Lee Bell
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Huawei P40 Pro Plus review: Possibly the world’s best smartphone...with a catch
By Lee Bell last updated
Reviews The Chinese phone maker delivers its best handset yet, but is it worth it for the lack of Google services?
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Oppo Find X3 Pro review: An exceptional device
By Lee Bell published
Reviews The Chinese phone maker strikes again with its best flagship yet
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UK startups fly to Australia to boost trade links
By Lee Bell published
News Innovate UK's tech delegation identifies three key smart city obstacles Australia and the UK share
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Kaspersky: North Korea framed for Winter Olympics malware
By Dale Walker, Lee Bell published
News Source code analysis reveals similar tactics used by Russian-speaking Sofacy group
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Former YouTube employee sues Google
By Lee Bell published
News Arne Wilberg was allegedly fired for pushing back against Google in its diverse workforce hiring practices in 2017
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Dropbox teams with Google Cloud to integrate G-Suite
By Lee Bell published
News Will connect Dropbox and G Suite cloud productivity tools over Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Hangouts
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Microsoft still won’t hand over private email data to the US
By Lee Bell published
News Redmond stands its ground in a court case with the US government that has been going on since 2013
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Researchers find bug enabling hackers bypass login
By Lee Bell published
News Found by Duo security in a third-party library in its own authentication gateway
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Security expert dismisses RedDrop Android malware
By Lee Bell published
News Researchers claim it extracts a 'devastating' amount of data, but victims would need to grant many permissions to let it
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Colt: Vendors have a moral duty to run green data centres
By Lee Bell published
News Nine of Colt's 17 European facilities now run on 100% renewable energy
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Microsoft adds Mac and Linux support to quantum kit
By Clare Hopping, Lee Bell published
News Slew of updates include additional open source libraries and interoperability with Python
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Apple battery slowdown lawsuits to be heard in one court cas
By Lee Bell, IT Pro published
News Dozens of cases to be heard at once during a hearing scheduled for next month
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Apple confirms iCloud is now a customer of Google Cloud
By Lee Bell published
News Apple's iCloud security guide suggests GCP replaced Microsoft Azure
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Intel didn’t warn US-CERT of Meltdown and Spectre
By Lee Bell published
News Letters to lawmakers say Intel took six months to tell the US government about the exploits
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Samsung breaks ground in extreme ultraviolet processor tech
By Lee Bell published
News Believes it will help it aid in its focus in state-of-the-art semiconductors
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HPE revenues rise fulled by server and network sales
By Lee Bell published
News Revenues surged to $7.67 billion, well above the $7.07 billion expected
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Intel will launch 5G-powered laptops in 2019
By Lee Bell published
News The chip maker is working with some of the industry’s biggest tech brands, such as Dell, HP, Lenovo and Microsoft
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Cyber crooks are using SWIFT to launch new attacks
By Lee Bell published
News Disguised malware is entering multiple enterprises’ networks via email phishing campaigns
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WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton is pouring $50m into Signal
By Lee Bell published
News The move will also see him serve as executive chairman of the firm’s new Signal Foundation
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Qualcomm unveils VR reference design based on Snapdragon 845
By Lee Bell published
News Will use the firm’s latest mobile chip to power new features like foveated rendering and room-scale tracking
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A quarter of UK councils 'have been hacked'
By Lee Bell published
News Local authorities experience 19 million cyber attacks every year, finds report
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Google’s Project Zero team discloses Edge browser bug
By Lee Bell published
News Microsoft didn't make the 90-day patch window, so Project Zero shared details with the world
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25% of customer service operations will use chatbots by 2020
By Lee Bell published
News Growth in virtual customer assistants will rocket after low adoption in 2017, research firm predicts