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Qualcomm says it is paying $3.1B to buy TDK's remaining interest in RF360 Holdings, a joint venture focused on RF front-end (Jeremy Horwitz/VentureBeat)

Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: Qualcomm says it is paying $3.1B to buy TDK’s remaining interest in RF360 Holdings, a joint venture focused on RF front-end  —  One of Qualcomm’s important but under-appreciated 5G business areas, RF front-end (RFFE) development, is about to come fully in-house thanks to a multi-billion-dollar deal announced this morning. Qualcomm says

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New Linux malware mines crypto after installing backdoor with secret master password

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new strain of Linux malware that not only mines cryptocurrency illicitly, but provides the attackers with universal access to an infected system via a “secret master password.” TrendMicro’s latest blog also reveals that Skidmap attempts to mask its cryptocurrency mining by faking network traffic and CPU-related statistics. High CPU usage

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Facebook says it is planning changes to tool allowing advertisers to rewrite news story headlines after UK's Conservative party altered a BBC headline in an ad (CBC News)

{$inline_image} CBC News: Facebook says it is planning changes to tool allowing advertisers to rewrite news story headlines after UK’s Conservative party altered a BBC headline in an ad  —  BBC article used in ad with a changed headline that contradicted article content  —  Advertisers on Facebook are able … Facebook says it is planning

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The Wi-Fi Alliance launches the Wi-Fi Certified 6 program for devices using next-gen 802.11ax Wi-Fi radios, expected to be up to 40% faster than Wi-Fi 5 (Ry Crist/CNET)

Ry Crist / CNET: The Wi-Fi Alliance launches the Wi-Fi Certified 6 program for devices using next-gen 802.11ax Wi-Fi radios, expected to be up to 40% faster than Wi-Fi 5  —  Promising “a new Wi-Fi era,” the Wi-Fi Alliance, a non-profit industry group, announced the launch of the Wi-Fi Certified 6 program today. The Wi-Fi

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5 Emerging Tech Trends Impacting the Enterprise

In its latest Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, research firm Gartner has identified five key trends expected to have “transformational impact” on enterprise organizations. Why? They will “create and enable new experiences, leveraging artificial intelligence and other constructs to enable organizations to take advantage of emerging digital ecosystems,” according to statement from the company. 5

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