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• Norsk Hydro ransomware incident losses reach $40 million after one week

  26-03-2019 22:43 via zdnet.com
  Norsk Hydro up and running with the exception of one business unit where "operations remain almost at a standstill."
  
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• Qualcomm loses bid for Apple iPhone import ban in ITC ruling

  26-03-2019 22:22
  Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday lost a bid to have imports of some Apple Inc iPhones banned in a final ruling on one dispute between the two companies by the full U.S. International Trade Commission.
  
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• Informatica update revolves around multi-cloud, serverless, AI support

  26-03-2019 22:17 via zdnet.com
  Informatica added a bevy of new tools to its cloud enterprise data management platform including connectors to Snowflake.
  
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• Goldman's Apple pairing furthers bank's mass-market ambitions

  26-03-2019 22:13
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc's credit card deal with Apple Inc is the latest move by the Wall Street investment bank to court mass-market consumers, potentially connecting Goldman with hundreds of millions of iPhone users.
  
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• Automation technologies, AI, and robotics are critical CIO targets

  26-03-2019 21:40 via zdnet.com
  The adoption of automation technologies like artificial intelligence and robotic process automation is key to driving business efforts.
  
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• Article 13: Memes exempt as EU backs controversial copyright law

  26-03-2019 20:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Sharing memes and GIFs is still allowed under the new laws, after tweaks to allow "parody".
  
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• FTC asks broadband providers to disclose how they collect user data

  26-03-2019 20:34 via zdnet.com
  The FTC wants to know what user data broadband ISPs are collecting about their customers, and how they're doing it.
  
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• Google launches global council to advise on AI and tech ethics

  26-03-2019 20:27
  Alphabet Inc's Google said on Tuesday it was launching a global advisory council to consider ethical issues around artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
  
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• Apple has mixed outing in US ITC hearings over Qualcomm's patents

  26-03-2019 20:23 via zdnet.com
  Hours after a US ITC judge recommended a limited import ban on the iPhone over a Qualcomm patent, the agency said a battery-saving patent is invalid.
  
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• Swift, Apple's language of choice, gets a major refresh

  26-03-2019 20:16 via zdnet.com
  With all the other Apple news, you may have missed that Apple released the latest version of its Swift programming language: Swift 5.0
  
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• Volvo raises 600 million euros in second bond deal this year

  26-03-2019 19:04
  Volvo Cars has raised 600 million euros ($677 million) via a bond issue on Tuesday, its second this year and which also comes seven months after the Swedish carmaker shelved plans to list on the stock market.
  
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• Top dark web marketplace will shut down next month

  26-03-2019 18:57 via zdnet.com
  Dream Market admins say the site will shut down on April 30, 2018.
  
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• What do major copyright changes mean for internet freedom?

  26-03-2019 18:35 via theguardian.com
  Will we still be able to upload online content and news – and what about memes?The European parliament approved the largest, and most contentious, overhaul of copyright legislation in two decades on Monday. When the directive comes into effect, it will be the biggest change to internet regulation since General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Related: MEPs approve sweeping changes to copyright lawContinue reading...
  
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• Deutsche Telekom open to data cooperation to boost security

  26-03-2019 18:33
  Deutsche Telekom is open to exchanging data with other operators to improve network security as the industry moves towards super-fast 5G technology, the head of its European business said on Tuesday.
  
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• Microsoft's Azure Stack HCI: A new option for running virtualized apps that connect to Azure

  26-03-2019 18:31 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is giving customers a new way to run their virtualized workloads on-premises while connecting to Azure.
  
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• UPS, Matternet launch drone healthcare delivery service

  26-03-2019 18:18 via zdnet.com
  A drone can make a trip from a clinic to a lab in 3 minutes and 15 seconds while a car can take up to 30 minutes.
  
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• 5G security: Europe worries about backdoors into its networks

  26-03-2019 18:17 via zdnet.com
  Europe wants tighter security around 5G networks. But if the US was hoping for a ban on Huawei, it will be disappointed.
  
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• EU demands scrutiny of 5G risks but no bloc-wide Huawei ban

  26-03-2019 18:13
  EU nations will be required to share data on 5G cybersecurity risks and produce measures to tackle them by the end of the year, the European Commission said on Tuesday, shunning U.S. calls to ban China's Huawei Technologies across the bloc.
  
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• Microsoft to talk more about Surface Hub 2S at April event

  26-03-2019 18:12 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is getting closer to launching the first wave of its new Surface Hub 2 devices. More details should be forthcoming at an April 17 event in New York City.
  
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• Three-unique-words 'map' used to rescue mother and child

  26-03-2019 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  How three words - "weekend", "foggy" and "earphones" - rescued a mother and child after a car crash.
  
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• Tech industry says Coalition's encryption bill has put it 'in a chokehold'

  26-03-2019 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Atlassian’s Scott Farquhar says encryption-cracking bill must be amended before electionAustralian tech heavyweights, led by Atlassian’s Scott Farquhar, have intensified their call for the government to amend its controversial encryption-cracking bill before the coming election.Tech companies will gather in Sydney on Wednesday for a public forum where they will call for amendments including clarifying the requirements of employees under the law; creating a clearer definition of desig
  
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• Why are virtual assistants always female? Gender bias in AI must be remedied

  26-03-2019 17:38 via theguardian.com
  
  As machine learning is increasingly incorporated into business and society, is male bias being programmed in?Asked whether artificial intelligence (AI) has a gender problem, Ivana Bartoletti, founder of the Women Leading in AI network, is in no doubt. “An algorithm is an opinion expressed in code,” she says. “If it’s mostly men developing the algorithm, then of course the results will be biased … You’re teaching the machine how to make a decision.”There
  
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• How a kingfisher helped reshape Japan's bullet train

  26-03-2019 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The bullet train used to make a loud boom going through tunnels - but inspiration from the natural world helped fix it.
  
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• Google's Gmail for AMP generally available: Dynamic email could be boon for customer service, marketing

  26-03-2019 17:00 via zdnet.com
  For marketers, the Gmail AMP for Email effort could create more interesting pitches and outreach programs with customers. Customer service via email could also be streamlined.
  
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• Huawei launches Watch GT Active and Elegant editions, FreeLace wireless earphones

  26-03-2019 16:59 via zdnet.com
  Along with the new Huawei P30 and P30 Pro smartphones, Huawei announced a couple new wearables in Paris. Updated Watch GT models along with new wireless earbuds were revealed.
  
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• Huawei shows off flagship camera phone

  26-03-2019 16:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Two new smartphones from Huawei use artificial intelligence to create better exposures.
  
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• Huawei's new P30 Pro has ground-breaking Leica Quad Camera system, superb low-light performance

  26-03-2019 16:42 via zdnet.com
  Huawei's new P-series smartphones deliver superb low-light, optical zoom and ultra-wide angle camera performance.
  
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• Data visualization via VR and AR: How we'll interact with tomorrow's data

  26-03-2019 16:29 via zdnet.com
  Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality​ could fundamentally change the way we interact with and interpret data.
  
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• Huawei welcomes EU executive's 'objective' approach to 5G

  26-03-2019 16:27
  Chinese telecoms equipment company Huawei said on Tuesday it welcomed the European Commission's "objective and proportionate" approach to the security of future 5G networks.
  
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• Norsk Hydro's initial loss from cyber attack may exceed $40 million

  26-03-2019 16:17
  Norwegian aluminum maker Norsk Hydro may have lost more than $40 million in the week that followed a cyber attack that paralyzed parts of its operations, and a full recovery of IT systems will take weeks or more, the company said.
  
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• Wirecard shares soar after law firm clears head office of wrongdoing

  26-03-2019 15:49
  Local staff at the Singapore office of Wirecard may have committed crimes but these were not material to the German payment company's financial position, an investigation by an outside law firm has found.
  
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• ASUS releases fix for Live Update tool abused in ShadowHammer attack

  26-03-2019 15:37 via zdnet.com
  ASUS releases Live Update 3.6.8. Also says that "a very small" number of users were impacted.
  
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• What McDonald's acquisition of Dynamic Yield tells us about digital transformation

  26-03-2019 15:36 via zdnet.com
  Dynamic Yield will show food based on time of day, weather, restaurant traffic and food that is trending. Dynamic Yield can also suggest and display items.
  
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• Python programming language: Pyboard D-series arrives for MicroPython robots

  26-03-2019 15:35 via zdnet.com
  Low-power but high-priced Pyboard is now on sale for making Python-based robots.
  
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• Online pornography age checks for UK web users

  26-03-2019 15:34 via bbc.co.uk
  UK internet users could soon have to pay for an ID check if they want to watch pornography online.
  
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• The Walking Dead: The Final Season game review – a fittingly grisly end

  26-03-2019 15:23 via theguardian.com
  PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch; Telltale / Skybound Entertainment
  The concluding episodes of Telltale games’ genre-defining narrative horror story ponder how to preserve humanity in a callous worldIt has taken seven years to finish the story of Clementine, the girl forced to survive a zombie apocalypse with no hope of rescue – and we almost didn’t get to see it end at all. In 2012, the excellent first season of The Walking Dead video game made its developer Tellta
  
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• After partnership, first all-electric airline on the way

  26-03-2019 15:08 via zdnet.com
  From seaplanes to e-planes, the future of aviation is buzzing toward zero emissions.
  
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• Super-fast battery charge: Xiaomi touts empty phone battery to full in 17 minutes

  26-03-2019 14:40 via zdnet.com
  Xiaomi's budget sibling teases fast-charging tech that could come to budget Redmi phones first.
  
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• Citigroup to enter burgeoning consumer payments business

  26-03-2019 14:40
  Citigroup Inc said on Tuesday it is developing a consumer-payments platform, in a move to enter the rapidly growing digital payments industry.
  
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• Facebook, YouTube sued over Christchurch shootings video

  26-03-2019 14:39 via bbc.co.uk
  A French Muslim group launches legal action over the way disturbing footage of the shootings was shared.
  
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• Huawei presents flagship smartphone in Paris during Chinese leader's visit

  26-03-2019 14:35
  Huawei, the world's third-largest smartphone maker, presented its new flagship phone in Paris on Tuesday with the hope of making further gains in Europe, a region where its other products could face in-depth scrutiny for security reasons.
  
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• Tesla is three years ahead of all its competitors

  26-03-2019 14:34 via zdnet.com
  ARK Invest has estimated that Tesla is three years ahead of its electric vehicle (EV) production peers based on its battery production and efficiency capabilities, autonomous hardware and AI, and the massive amount of autonomous driving data.
  
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• Huawei's P30 and P30 Pro focus on photography over flagship tech

  26-03-2019 14:32
  
  Here's how the new Huawei P30 and P30 Pro stack up to last year's P20 and the rest of the Android phones available
  
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• Huawei P30 Pro’s 5x optical zoom steps up phone camera wars

  26-03-2019 14:30 via theguardian.com
  Chinese firm first to launch smartphone with periscope zoom and Leica quad camera The Huawei P30 Pro is the first smartphone to have a 5x periscope-like optical zoom and four cameras on the back.Stepping up the smartphone camera wars another notch, the latest flagship smartphone from the Chinese firm at the centre of a political storm looks to raise the bar not only for camera quality but also flexibility. Continue reading...
  
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• EU lawmakers back copyright reforms targeting Google, Facebook

  26-03-2019 14:30
  EU lawmakers have endorsed an overhaul of the bloc's two-decade old copyright rules, which will force Google and Facebook Inc to pay publishers for use of news snippets and make them filter out protected content.
  
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• Bahrain to use Huawei in 5G rollout despite U.S. warnings

  26-03-2019 14:23
  Bahrain, headquarters of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, plans to roll out a commercial 5G mobile network by June, partly using Huawei technology despite the United States' concerns the Chinese telecom giant's equipment could be used for spying.
  
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• Virus attacks Spain's defense intranet, foreign state suspected: paper

  26-03-2019 14:21
  A computer virus infected the Spanish Defence Ministry's intranet this month with the aim of stealing high tech military secrets, El País newspaper said on Tuesday, citing sources leading the investigation as suspecting a foreign power behind the cyberattack.
  
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• YouTube, Facebook and Google News will be 'directly affected' as Europe approves new internet copyright rules

  26-03-2019 14:20 via zdnet.com
  Europe wants copyright to work the same was online as offline. That could have a big impact on how news and other content is shared.
  
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• Cryptocurrency miner Bitmain lets Hong Kong IPO application lapse

  26-03-2019 14:14
  Bitmain Technologies, the world's largest designer of products for mining cryptocurrencies, on Tuesday let its application for a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) lapse, becoming the latest cryptocurrency company to shelve plans to go public.
  
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• Innoviz, Ouster raise millions for self-driving lidar sensors

  26-03-2019 14:10
  Self-driving technology continues to attract robust investment, as two tech startups, one in San Francisco and one near Tel Aviv, said this week they have raised nearly $200 million to support development and production of lidar sensors for automated vehicles.
  
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