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• Alibaba's Taobao again on U.S. blacklist list for fakes

  12-01-2018 19:43
  (Reuters) - The U.S. Trade Representative put Alibaba's Taobao on its blacklist for the second year in a row over suspected counterfeits sold on the shopping platform, a move the Chinese e-commerce giant said did not reflect its IP-protection efforts.
  
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• IBM may be prepping for massive changes at Global Technology Services group - TechCrunch

  12-01-2018 18:32 via techcrunch.com
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  IBM may be prepping for massive changes at Global Technology Services group
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  Global Technology Services is the business consulting arm of IBM that deals with infrastructure support and hardware consulting. As the company has shifted its emphasis to the cloud, GTS's hardware focus is an area that will have less significance for ...and more »
  
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• What’s new in the Erlang VM-based Elixir language

  12-01-2018 18:20
  Code formatting and compiler diagnostics are the focus of the functional language’s new version
  
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• Uproar over crackdown on cryptocurrencies divides South Korea

  12-01-2018 15:00
  SEOUL (Reuters) - With a tech-savvy population quick to adopt the latest gadgets and a young generation facing dim prospects in the conventional workplace, South Korea has been a fertile ground for virtual currencies.
  
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• How AI could revolutionize project management

  12-01-2018 12:00
  Estimation, resource management and KPIs are just a few of the key areas where machine learning and predictive analytics can have a positive impact on project outcomes.
  
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• How AI could revolutionise project management

  12-01-2018 12:00
  Estimation, resource management and KPIs are just a few of the key areas where machine learning and predictive analytics can have a positive impact on project outcomes.
  
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• China chides tech firms over privacy safeguards

  12-01-2018 06:39
  BEIJING (Reuters) - China reprimanded three top tech firms on Friday over poor privacy protections, as tech companies face an increasing backlash from consumers and authorities over excessive data collection practices.
  
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• No pedal to the metal in GM's planned self-driving Cruise AV car

  12-01-2018 06:06
  DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Cois seeking U.S. government approval for a fully autonomous car - one without a steering wheel, brake pedal or accelerator pedal - to enter the automaker's first commercial ride-sharing fleet in 2019, executives said.
  
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• Explainer: How chip flaws Spectre, Meltdown work and what's next

  12-01-2018 05:33
  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Smartphones, PCs and servers across the world have received software updates in recent days to plug security gaps on computer chips that cyber security researchers have described as the most serious threat in years.
  
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• Chinese bitcoin miners eye sites in energy-rich Canada

  12-01-2018 05:21
  MONTREAL/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Bitmain Technologies is eyeing bitcoin mining sites in Quebec, a company spokesman told Reuters, as expectations of a potential Chinese crackdown on cryptocurrency mining make the energy-rich Canadian province an attractive alternative.
  
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• Sexual consent app: New technology driven by #metoo movement - NEWS.com.au

  12-01-2018 04:11 via news.com.au
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  Sexual consent app: New technology driven by #metoo movement
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  IMAGINE being in the bedroom about to have sex when all of a sudden you have to freeze the moment, sit down and sign a bunch of legal documents to give explicit consent.
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• Facebook to emphasize friends, not news, in series of changes

  12-01-2018 04:05
  SAN FRANCISCO/LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook Incon Thursday began to change the way it filters posts and videos on its centerpiece News Feed, the start of what Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said would be a series of changes in the design of the world's largest social network.
  
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• Encryption crackdown: Government putting finishing touches on legislation

  12-01-2018 03:15
  The government is close to finalising proposed legislation that it says will boost the ability of law enforcement agencies to access to communications using encrypted services.
  
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• Intel says patches can cause reboot problems in old chips

  12-01-2018 03:11
  (Reuters) - Intel Corp on Thursday said that recently issued patches for flaws in its chips could cause computers using its older Broadwell and Haswell processors to reboot more often than normal and that Intel may need to issue updates to fix the buggy patches.
  
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• SS&C boosts banking software heft with $5.4 billion DST deal

  12-01-2018 01:01
  (Reuters) - SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc said on Thursday it would buy DST Systems Inc in a $5.4 billion deal, expanding its financial technology software prowess through its largest deal to date.
  
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• Telstra rolls out Narrowband support

  12-01-2018 00:58
  Telstra has rolled out support for the NarrowBand IoT standard across major Australian cities and a number of regional towns.
  
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• AMD chips exposed to both variants of Spectre security flaw

  12-01-2018 00:39
  (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc said on Thursday its microprocessors are susceptible to both variants of the Spectre security flaw, days after saying its risk for one of them was "near zero".
  
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• House passes NSA spying bill after Trump tweets cause confusion

  12-01-2018 00:08
  (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to renew the National Security Agency's warrantless internet surveillance program, overcoming objections from privacy advocates and confusion prompted by morning tweets from President Donald Trump that initially questioned the spying tool.
  
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• Skype adds Signal protocol powered ‘Private Conversations’

  12-01-2018 00:04
  Microsoft is adding an end-to-end encryption option, powered by Signal, to Skype.
  
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