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Four things to know today

*  A roundup of Tech vs China

https://www.vox.com/2019/10/15/20915729/google-hong-kong-video-game-revolution-of-our-times 

* Microsoft puts its hand on its heart for open source

 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/10/15/microsoft-to-linux-community-we-are-an-open-source-company/

* Private equity wants TechData

https://www.channele2e.com/investors/private-equity/tech-data-buyout/

https://www.channelnomics.com/2019/10/15/private-equity-firm-bids-to-takeover-tech-data/  [https://www.channelnomics.com/2019/10/15/private-equity-firm-bids-to-takeover-tech-data/]

AND

* SpaceX wants to get four times bigger

https://spacenews.com/spacex-submits-paperwork-for-30000-more-starlink-satellites/

Three things to know today

*   Gaming apps from the cloud in preview

https://thenextweb.com/gaming/2019/10/15/microsoft-public-preview-project-xcloud/

* The impact of the ban of Huawei in rural America

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/10/huawei-helped-bring-internet-small-town-america-now-its-equipment-has-go/

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* Elizabeth Warren goads facebook

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/technology/elizabeth-warren-facebook-ad.html

Five things to know today

*  Deepfakes in both video and written word.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/14/what-is-deepfake-and-how-it-might-be-dangerous.html

https://www.wsj.com/articles/readers-beware-ai-has-learned-to-create-fake-news-stories-11571018640 

* Facebook continues to loose support for project Libra

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/11/20910330/mastercard-stripe-ebay-facebook-libra-association-withdrawal-cryptocurrency

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/11/ebay-drops-out-of-facebook-libra-cryptocurrency-one-week-after-paypal.html

* Data on the cost of older technology

https://www.itbusiness.ca/news/canadian-smbs-incur-a-potential-productivity-loss-of-ca2-billion-using-older-technology/112660 

* How a black hole is great marketing.

https://www.cnet.com/news/fortnite-season-11-event-ended-with-a-cosmic-explosion-and-now-the-game-is-gone/

 AND

* Another acquisition in the cyber security space

https://www.msspalert.com/investments/sophos-acquired-by-private-equity/

Three things to know today 

*  More costs of cybersecurity, and its not getting much better 

https://healthitsecurity.com/news/66-small-medium-businesses-hit-with-cyberattack-in-past-year

* UK Frustrations with Distribution

https://www.channelpro.co.uk/news/11534/over-90-of-resellers-are-frustrated-with-distribution 

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* Some good news about handling online hate

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614529/germanys-synagogue-shooting-was-live-streamed-on-twitch-but-almost-no-one-saw-it

Three things to know today

*  Remote working and how it is remaking how we work.

https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/10/9/20885699/remote-work-from-anywhere-change-coworking-office-real-estate

* Is innovation on the decline? 

https://theconversation.com/the-surprising-decline-of-entrepreneurship-and-innovation-in-the-west-124552

* The Open Cybersecurity Alliance.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/cybersecurity-firms-join-forces-to-combat-open-source-security-woes-under-oasis-umbrella/

Three things to know today

*  Pizza drives voice assistants 

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/10/07/dominos-pizza-website-accessibility-supreme-court-wont-hear-case/3904582002/

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* Hackers target a different kind of small business

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/technology/iranian-campaign-hackers-microsoft.html

* Changes to policy and law around information management… of platforms.

https://popular.info/p/facebook-says-trump-can-lie-in-his?no_cover=true

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/business/tech-shield-trade-deals.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/business/tech-shield-trade-deals.html?utm_campaign=The%20Interface&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter]

CompTIA lays out its 2025 vision, with big goals in testing, expansion, training, influence, and changing learning.

Three things to know today 

* CompTIA announces UK Tech Town 2019 Index 

https://www.comptia.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/2019/10/07/location-location-location-comptia-tech-town-index-identifies-top-places-to-work-in-it-across-the-uk

https://www.comptia.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/2018/10/23/new-comptia-study-identifies-america-s-top-20-tech-towns-based-on-job-opportunities-and-quality-of-life 

* A Panel  on"What I learned" from London

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* Security offerings from Synnex last week.

https://www.channelpronetwork.com/news/synnex-launches-outsourced-managed-security-program

https://www.channelpronetwork.com/slideshow/3-last-updates-synnex-inspire-2019

Three things to know today

* A biotech conference shows where Silicon Valley's investor is moving

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/03/synbiotech-showed-the-real-future-of-silicon-valley-biology.html

* There are more IT workers out there than commonly known, but perhaps not where we are looking

 https://www.techrepublic.com/article/skilled-tech-workers-are-among-the-majority-of-the-57-million-americans-who-freelance/ 

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* Facebook meetings leak, and why the focus on Big Tech on privacy matters.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/1/20892354/mark-zuckerberg-full-transcript-leaked-facebook-meetings [https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/1/20892354/mark-zuckerberg-full-transcript-leaked-facebook-meetings?utm_campaign=The%20Interface&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter]

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/3/20897932/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-live-qa-leaked-audio-elizabeth-warren-response