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• IBM Adds Support for Ion Trap Quantum Technology to Qiskit - HPCwire

  11-11-2019 23:29 via hpcwire.com
  
  IBM Adds Support for Ion Trap Quantum Technology to Qiskit  HPCwire
  
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• Google signs healthcare data and cloud computing deal with Ascension

  11-11-2019 23:16
  
  Alphabet Inc'sGoogle signed its biggest cloud computing customer in healthcare yet, according to an announcement on Monday, gaining with the deal datasets that could help it tune potentially lucrative artificial intelligence tools.
  
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• How Slack Can Catalyze, or Kill, Group Collaboration | Technology and Learning - Inside Higher Ed

  11-11-2019 23:09 via insidehighered.com
  
  How Slack Can Catalyze, or Kill, Group Collaboration | Technology and Learning  Inside Higher Ed
  
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• Twitter wants your feedback on its deepfake policy plans

  11-11-2019 23:06
  
  Social media platform Twitteron Monday unveiled its plan for handling deepfake videos and other manipulated media, and called for feedback from the public.
  
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• Tencent Music quarterly revenue beats estimates on higher paying users

  11-11-2019 23:00
  
  China's Tencent Music Entertainment Group beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Monday, as the music streaming service attracted more paying users.
  
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• Microsoft says it will follow California's digital privacy law in U.S.

  11-11-2019 22:43
  
  Microsoft Corp said in a blog post on Monday that it would honor California's privacy law, known as CCPA, throughout the United States, expanding the impact of a strict set of rules meant to protect consumers and their data.
  
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• WeWork begins search for a new CEO: sources

  11-11-2019 22:07
  
  WeWork has started a search for a new chief executive following the departure of co-founder Adam Neumann, people familiar with the matter said on Monday, as the U.S. office-sharing start-up seeks to reverse its widening losses.
  
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• Venezuelan foreign ministry temporarily loses access to Twitter account

  11-11-2019 21:20
  
  Venezuela's foreign ministry temporarily lost access to its account with social media service Twitter Inc over the weekend, a spokeswoman said on Monday.
  
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• Analysis | The Technology 202: Microsoft takes its fight for 'dreamers' in its ranks to the Supreme Court - The Washington Post

  11-11-2019 21:00 via washingtonpost.com
  Analysis | The Technology 202: Microsoft takes its fight for 'dreamers' in its ranks to the Supreme Court  The Washington Post
  
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• Apple co-founder says Apple Card algorithm gave wife lower credit limit

  11-11-2019 20:58
  
  Apple Incco-founder Steve Wozniak joined in the online debate over accusations of gender discrimination by the algorithm behind the iPhone maker's credit card, fueling scrutiny of the newly launched Apple Card.
  
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• State attorneys general meet in Colorado to discuss Google antitrust probe

  11-11-2019 20:55
  
  State attorneys general are meeting on Monday in Colorado to discuss their probe into whether Google's business practices break antitrust law, according to two sources knowledgeable about the meeting.
  
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• Italy’s Mediaset hikes stake in ProSieben in pan-Europe TV drive

  11-11-2019 20:31
  
  Italy's top commercial broadcaster Mediaset has raised its stake in German rival ProSiebensat.1to 15.1% as it presses ahead with plans to create a pan-European TV platform to tackle slow growth and stiffer competition.
  
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• Apple aims to launch AR Headset in 2022, AR Glasses by 2023: The Information

  11-11-2019 19:43
  
  Apple Incis aiming to launch an augmented-reality headset in 2022 and a sleeker pair of AR glasses by 2023, news website The Information reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
  
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• Alibaba's Singles' Day sales hit $30 billion, on track for record

  11-11-2019 18:23
  
  Chinese retailer Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Monday that sales for its annual Singles' Day shopping blitz crossed the $30 billion mark at 4:31 p.m. (0831 GMT), putting the event on track to set a record in its 11th year.
  
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• Uber's Kalanick sells 21% of his stake after share lockup expires

  11-11-2019 17:36
  
  Uber Technologies Incco-founder and former chief executive Travis Kalanick has sold nearly 21% of his stake in the ride-hailing company following the expiry of a so-called lockup period, a regulatory filing from late Friday showed.
  
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• Factbox: China's love of e-commerce powers Alibaba's Singles' Day

  11-11-2019 17:17
  
  China's dominant e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding raked in $23 billion worth of sales in the first nine hours of its annual Singles' Day shopping extravaganza on Monday, setting records as the event celebrates its 11th year.
  
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• Dutch court orders Facebook to pull financial fraud adverts

  11-11-2019 17:05
  
  A Dutch court has ordered Facebook to remove advertisements that misuse the likeness of a local celebrity to promote fraudulent Bitcoin-related investments.
  
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• Chinese smash European hopes of 'Legends' video game glory

  11-11-2019 16:55
  
  Chinese video gamers crushed a team from Europe on Sunday who were hoping to break the domination of Asian players in the world championship finals of online game "League of Legends".
  
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• Get Organized: How Technology Can Help (and Hurt) Your Sleep - PCMag.com

  11-11-2019 16:37 via pcmag.com
  
  Get Organized: How Technology Can Help (and Hurt) Your Sleep  PCMag.com
  
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• Twitter takes steps to keep UK election 'healthy and safe'

  11-11-2019 16:03
  
  Twittersaid it would make it easier to report misleading information about the voting process in Britain's Dec. 12 election, less than a month after its global ban on political advertising comes into force.
  
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• Google launches smart device in Brazil in new challenge to Amazon.com

  11-11-2019 15:44
  
  Alphabet Inc’s Google is bringing to Brazil the latest version of its Google Nest Mini smart speaker, with plans to start selling it in major online and brick-and-mortar retailers in the country on Tuesday.
  
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• Uber’s Latin American stronghold pursued by SoftBank-funded rivals

  11-11-2019 15:32
  
  Latin America, long a safe haven for Uber, was the biggest weak spot in the money-losing company’s latest financial results, registering just 2% growth, the worst of any region.
  
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• Electric Dreams will show how technology is transforming the arts - InDaily

  11-11-2019 15:24 via indaily.com.au
  
  Electric Dreams will show how technology is transforming the arts  InDaily
  
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• Poland asks Netflix to make changes to documentary about Nazi death camp guard

  11-11-2019 14:48
  
  Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has pressed Netflix, the U.S. streaming and production company, to make changes to a documentary that includes a map showing Nazi death camps inside the borders of modern Poland.
  
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• Lamborghini, MIT patent supercapacitor technology - CarAdvice

  11-11-2019 14:01 via caradvice.com.au
  
  Lamborghini, MIT patent supercapacitor technology  CarAdvice
  
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• BBC and Sky announce joint content and technology partnership - What Hi-Fi?

  11-11-2019 12:53 via whathifi.com
  
  BBC and Sky announce joint content and technology partnership  What Hi-Fi?
  
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• How to choose a database for your application

  11-11-2019 12:00
  
  From performance to programmability, the right database makes all the difference. Here are 12 key questions to help guide your selection
  
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• Facebook’s Libra co-creator: Social, financial data will remain separate

  11-11-2019 12:00
  
  Facebook planned for regulatory pushback and competition from other crypto wallets, which is what has emerged.
  
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• NBN Co slashes transfer fee, rejigs 25Mbps pricing

  11-11-2019 09:19
  
  NBN Co has pushed ahead with two changes foreshadowed in the company’s second round of consultation on wholesale prices.
  
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• The major hybrid cloud options compared: AWS Outposts vs Azure Stack vs Google Anthos

  11-11-2019 05:08
  
  We compare the hybrid cloud solutions from the big three public cloud providers and beyond.
  
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