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• Amazon Go: Here are the takeaways business tech execs need to know

  05-12-2016 23:56 via zdnet.com
  
  Amazon Go is going to rattle the retailing landscape with its checkout free technologies. But the fallout extends well beyond IT to business and society. Welcome to automation.
  
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• Android Nougat update steps up your gif, emoji game - CNET

  05-12-2016 23:54 via cnet.com
  
  The changes make a more diverse array of emojis available to Pixel and Nexus users.
  
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• Deloitte and IPsoft to customise AI agent Amelia for Australian market

  05-12-2016 23:40 via zdnet.com
  
  Building on their partnership in other regions, Deloitte and IPsoft have agreed to further develop IPsoft's cognitive agent Amelia for the Australian market.
  
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• Worker pleads guilty to snooping on emails for stock deals

  05-12-2016 23:32
  
  A former information technology worker at Expedia Inc. pleaded guilty Monday to securities fraud after authorities said he used his access to the computers of top executives to rummage through their email, ...
  
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• Bill Gates blogs about his 5 favorite books of 2016 - CNET

  05-12-2016 23:08 via cnet.com
  
  Books about tennis and tennis shoes top the Microsoft co-founder's reading list.
  
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• AT&T launches 5G network test at Intel office in Texas

  05-12-2016 23:02 via zdnet.com
  
  AT&T has secured its first business customer to test 5G, capable of 4k video streaming speeds of 14 gigabits per second.
  
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• Amazon Go's cool, but we'd like 5 other physical stores - CNET

  05-12-2016 22:58 via cnet.com
  
  The mega-retailer will open brick-and-mortar convenience stores. It got us musing about other Silicon Valley companies we want to see open shop on Main Street.
  
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• Oakley's smart workout sunglasses offer real-time coaching and feedback - CNET

  05-12-2016 22:53 via cnet.com
  
  These aren't your average sunglasses.
  
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• Oakley Radar Pace review - CNET

  05-12-2016 22:53 via cnet.com
  
  The Radar Pace provides surprisingly good real-time coaching and performance feedback when you're running and cycling. You just look a bit odd talking to it.
  
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• Google removes autocomplete suggestions about Jews, women - CNET

  05-12-2016 22:47 via cnet.com
  
  The search giant will no longer suggest you search whether these groups are "evil."
  
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• Chicago City Council might ban autonomous cars - Roadshow

  05-12-2016 22:41 via cnet.com
  
  Their reasoning, of course, involves thinking of the children.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S8 Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  05-12-2016 22:34 via cnet.com
  
  After the Galaxy Note 7 went down in flames, all eyes are on Samsung's next big phone.
  
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• Meet Zo, Microsoft's newest AI chatbot - CNET

  05-12-2016 22:32 via cnet.com
  
  The tech giant introduces another AI chatbot, Zo.ai, but is limiting the topics it's able to address.
  
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• Uber will start up its own AI research lab - Roadshow

  05-12-2016 22:29 via cnet.com
  
  Uber bought an artificial intelligence company -- artificial intelligence research comes next.
  
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• Effects of the Digital Transformation on Businesses - Helpful Use Cases Another Retail industry example (3b) - Instant Digital Feedback

  05-12-2016 22:12 via zdnet.com
  
  In today's ever changing and smarter world consumers want to be able to influence the products they consistently buy with their ideas. Taking the fashion industry as an example: new trends are only one factor that determine the newest collections. Customer satisfaction has always been and will always be a crucial factor for businesses to stay competitive in their respective markets.
  
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• The future of flying robots is in the claws of a goggle-wearing parrot

  05-12-2016 22:00
  
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• Obi the goggle-wearing parrotlet takes flight

  05-12-2016 22:00
  
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• Rebel against the cold in Star Wars 'Rogue One' jackets - CNET

  05-12-2016 21:32 via cnet.com
  
  New Star Wars jackets based on outfits worn by Jyn Erso, Cassian Andor and Death Troopers debut December 9. But they don't come cheap.
  
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• 5G is here from AT&T, for one business customer - CNET

  05-12-2016 21:20 via cnet.com
  
  Standards for 5G technology are still in development, but AT&T offers one business customer access to the next-gen network as part of a limited trial.
  
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• Netflix: Get your 'Stranger Things' merch here! - CNET

  05-12-2016 21:06 via cnet.com
  
  The streaming giant is breaking with tradition and testing merchandise for "Stranger Things." Because, well, so many of us are like, "Please take my money."
  
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• Apple iPhone 8 Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  05-12-2016 21:04 via cnet.com
  
  Next year's iPhone may skip the 'S' model completely and move straight to a radical redesign for its 10th anniversary in 2017. Here's what we know so far.
  
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• ​Xero launches Apple Pay through payments platform Stripe

  05-12-2016 21:01 via zdnet.com
  
  The cloud accounting firm has partnered with Stripe to allow users to pay an invoice using Apple Pay.
  
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• Selling Isobel: how a woman turned her sex trafficking ordeal into an award-winning film

  05-12-2016 21:00
  
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• AutoComplete: Honda prepares its boxy NeuV concept for CES 2017 video - Roadshow

  05-12-2016 20:59 via cnet.com
  
  BMW plans to start testing self-driving cars, and a startup nearly triples the VW E-Golf's range.
  
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• Tech heavy hitters, celebrities bet science can fend off Trump - CNET

  05-12-2016 20:52 via cnet.com
  
  Mark Zuckerberg joins other big names in Silicon Valley and Hollywood to hand out $25 million for advances in tech and science at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony.
  
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• OpenAI, DeepMind open source AI training platforms

  05-12-2016 20:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Both the Elon Musk-backed group and Alphabet's AI division are opening up their training environments with the aim of getting closer to developing general intelligence.
  
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• Google 'must review its search rankings because of rightwing manipulation'

  05-12-2016 20:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Hate sites are dominating and controlling searches on Muslims, Jews, Hitler and women and search engine is failing to tackle problem, say academicsGoogle must urgently review its search ranking system because of “compelling” evidence that it is being “manipulated and controlled” by rightwing propagandists, leading academics have said, after the Observer reported that hate sites are now dominating searches on Muslims, Jews, Hitler and women.Cathy O’Neil, a data scien
  
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• Tech investors say UK must clarify Brexit immigration stance

  05-12-2016 20:41
  By Paul Sandle and Eric Auchard LONDON (Reuters) - London could lose its position as the leading destination for start-ups in Europe if it does not remain open to the best talent after the British vote to leave the European Union, investors warned on Monday. Six months after the referendum, tech investors used the TechCrunch Disrupt London conference, a major annual gathering for hot start-ups, to call on the government to answer many lingering questions around immigration policy.
  
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• This hidden Apple Watch feature helps find a lost iPhone in the dark - CNET

  05-12-2016 20:33 via cnet.com
  
  It's the perfect way to find a dropped iPhone in a dark parking lot, or under your couch.
  
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• 4 common Amazon Alexa problems and how to fix them video - CNET

  05-12-2016 20:20 via cnet.com
  
  Amazon's Echo, Echo Dot and Tap speakers come loaded with features and are virtually maintenance-free. But things don't always go to plan. Here are some common problems with the Alexa speakers and how to fix them.
  
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• Android 7.1.1 released for Pixel, select Nexus devices

  05-12-2016 20:17 via zdnet.com
  
  The minor update patches security flaws and adds expanded support for GIFs through Android's keyboard.
  
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• How to set up Christmas lights in 10 minutes - CNET

  05-12-2016 20:12 via cnet.com
  
  Hint: Use a holiday light projector, like laser lights.
  
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• Microsoft begs for unity in a divided world - CNET

  05-12-2016 19:59 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: For its holiday ad, Redmond shows people who are making a difference in the world.
  
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• TalkTalk denies cyber bug has led to WiFi passwords being stolen

  05-12-2016 19:58
  
  A security researcher has claimed router passwords have been compromised.
  
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• Study: Hackers can get your credit card info in 6 seconds just by guessing it

  05-12-2016 19:57
  
  In troubling news, a paper from researchers at Newcastle University in the UK claims that Visa's credit-card payment system can be compromised online in "as little as six seconds." The security flaw was possibly the point of entry for the cyber-attack on the UK's Tesco Bank that lost £2.5 million. This isn't some high-level hacking going on here either — all it takes for a determined thief to grab a treasure trove full of card data is a laptop with an internet connection and som
  
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• Uber can now track you after a ride and some people are creeped out

  05-12-2016 19:52
  
  LONDON — Uber has introduced a new feature that allows the app to gather users' location data for up to 5 minutes after a ride has ended.   SEE ALSO: UberEats has surge pricing now Prior to this latest update, Uber only collected location information during a passenger's trip and only while the app was running in the foreground. No data was collected after the drop-off. However, the company now intends to collect location information for the five minute period following the ride. And
  
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• Police 'mug' suspect to get into iPhone while he's using it - CNET

  05-12-2016 19:49 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: Encryption be damned. British police created novel tactic to get past Apple's insistence on privacy and security. They grab the phone while it's being used.
  
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• Fitness trackers outpace smartwatches with consumers - CNET

  05-12-2016 19:46 via cnet.com
  
  A report from IDC shows that fitness trackers are the muscle behind the wearables industry.
  
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• Fitbit dominates Q3 wearable shipments, Apple Watch slump continues: IDC

  05-12-2016 19:46 via zdnet.com
  
  Fitness bands, which are part of IDC's "basic wearables" category, were the top-selling wearable devices in Q3 and accounted for 85 percent of the market.
  
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• This accessory fixes everything that's wrong with Apple's new MacBook Pro - CNET

  05-12-2016 19:45 via cnet.com
  
  The HyperDrive USB-C adapter adds useful ports to the MacBook Pro.
  
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• Dip into DeepMind's 3D playground where AI comes to learn - CNET

  05-12-2016 19:40 via cnet.com
  
  How do you teach navigation skills to an AI agent? Why, you play laser tag with it, of course.
  
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• YouTube Red holiday show snuggles with Mariah Carey, Mike Tyson - CNET

  05-12-2016 19:39 via cnet.com
  
  The subscription service's special debuts December 19 with a plot revolving around the loss of a cell phone on Christmas Eve.
  
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• Deep-fried Furby Connect melts into your worst nightmares - CNET

  05-12-2016 19:35 via cnet.com
  
  A deep fryer and a Furby meet in a melding of fake fur, plastic and electronics that will both horrify and fascinate you.
  
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• Amazon unveils plans for grocery shop with no checkouts

  05-12-2016 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Customers will be able to select items and walk out without waiting to pay at the Amazon Go shop.
  
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• See a fleeting glimpse of 'Game of Thrones' in HBO teaser - CNET

  05-12-2016 19:27 via cnet.com
  
  Blink and you'll miss them, but HBO teased hungry "Game of Thrones" fans with several images from the next season of the series.
  
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• Just got Oculus Touch? Here are 53 games available tomorrow - CNET

  05-12-2016 19:22 via cnet.com
  
  Starting December 6, you'll be able to play a bunch of virtual reality games using Oculus Rift's new Touch controllers.
  
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• Amazon Go reinvents grocery store: No lines, no cash - CNET

  05-12-2016 19:16 via cnet.com
  
  It may look like shoplifting, but it's actually Amazon's latest real-world shopping experiment.
  
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• 'Pizzagate' — The deranged conspiracy theory that jumped from hashtag to IRL violence

  05-12-2016 19:11
  
  On Sunday afternoon, an armed man walked into pizzeria Comet Ping Pong in Washington, D.C., firing his weapon at least once and causing a whole lot of havoc. SEE ALSO: Reddit's Trump trolls are freaking out—and they're right The reason for his actions? He was there to "self-investigate" an online conspiracy theory now handily known to those online as "Pizzagate," one of the weirdest, most grotesque Hillary Clinton conspiracy theories ever circulated (which is saying something).  But t
  
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• Amazon opens line-free grocery store in challenge to supermarkets

  05-12-2016 19:06
  Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it has opened a brick-and-mortar grocery store in Seattle without lines or checkout counters, kicking off new competition with supermarket chains. Amazon Go, the online shopping giant's new 1,800-square-foot (167-square-meter) store, uses sensors to detect what shoppers have picked off the shelf and bills it to their Amazon account if they do not put it back. The store marks Amazon's latest push into groceries, one of the biggest retail categories it has yet to mast
  
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• Face-planting 'Planet Earth II' fox earns internet's love - CNET

  05-12-2016 19:04 via cnet.com
  
  A fox's epic face-first leap of faith into the snow sparks an outpouring of Twitter sympathy and understanding.
  
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