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• Google says Play Store is more secure than ever

  01-04-2019 23:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Google is focusing on making its mobile operating system more secure and in its latest Year in Review, the company detailed exactly how its policies and processes are helping keep Android users safe on its platform.According to the report, “potentially harmful applications” or PHAs for short, made up 0.04 percent of all downloads from the Google Play Store. Last year this figure came in at 0.02 percent and while there was an increase in the number of PHAs found on the Play Store this
  
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• Intel Capital announces plans to invest $117M in 14 startups

  01-04-2019 23:39 via zdnet.com
  The investments cover companies building new AI platforms, new approaches to chip design, and new solutions for communications, manufacturing and health care.
  
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• LG's true 5G-ready V50 ThinQ has a release date and price

  01-04-2019 23:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LG showed off the new, 5G-capable V50 ThinQ this year at MWC 2019, but there was no word on the price or release date at the time. Now, the LG V50 has release date and price in Korea, as LG press has announced.The confirmed price for the LG V50 is 1,199,000 Won, which is approximately $1,060 (£805, AU$1,485).  The release date is April 19, and customers can get LG's Dual-Screen accessory for free with their purchase until May.The price of the LG V50 shouldn't be too surprising. The ea
  
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• Lyft gives up debut gains in second day of trading

  01-04-2019 23:24
  Shares of ride-hailing company Lyft Inc crashed below their initial public offering price in just their second day of trading on Monday, matching the speed at which Facebook Inc gave up its IPO price after a rocky debut nearly seven years ago.
  
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• The best Fitbit Versa prices and sales in April 2019

  01-04-2019 23:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  If you're looking for a quality smartwatch, but don't want to pay the price of an Apple Watch, then the Fitbit Versa is an excellent option. The popular fitness tracker has been discounted from a number of popular retailers since there is a newer version of the Fitbit smartwatch out (the Fitbit Ionic) that retails for more. We also have the best prices for the Fitbit Versa Special Edition as well as the Fitbit Versa Lite Edition.The Fitbit Versa tracks all of your activity which includes steps,
  
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• Valve Index, a new VR headset from Valve, could launch on June 15

  01-04-2019 22:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Update: Twitter user @Wario64 spotted a product page on Steam for the Valve Index that cites a June 15, 2019 release date for the headset. According to the information on the product page, the headset uses DisplayPort 1.2 and USB 3.0, and recommends that you use an Nvidia GTX 1070 graphics card or better. A Valve spokesperson has since confirmed the information in an email to The Verge, who said "The tech info on that page, while not comprehensive, is accurate". The information being referr
  
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• Lyft stalls as shares slip below IPO price on second day of trading

  01-04-2019 22:51 via theguardian.com
  Taxi company’s shares dropped about 12% on Monday, ending the day at $69.03 after selling shares at $72 on FridayShares in Lyft, the ridesharing company, stalled on Monday, falling below their initial public offering (IPO) on their second day of trading.Lyft became the first of a new wave of giant tech companies to go public last Friday, selling shares at $72 a piece. The hotly anticipated sale saw Lyft’s share price leap to $78.89 on the first day of trading. Continue reading...
  
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• How to save money and reduce costs with a yearly auto-renew services checkup

  01-04-2019 22:48 via zdnet.com
  We're all about saving money these days. Today's pro tip can help your department or company save a lot of money by identifying where you're spending on services you're not using.
  
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• The best cheap 4K TV deals and sale prices in the US - April 2019

  01-04-2019 22:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  March Madness is still going on, and that means you can still find cheap TV deals from top retailers such as Amazon, Walmart and more (we've also got a roundup of UK retailers). You can find Black Friday like prices on a variety of best-selling 4K TVs from brands such as Samsung, Sony, LG and more. You'll find discounts on 4K TVs, smart TVs, different model sizes, and a variety of prices that will fit any all TV viewing needs.You will find all of our curated deals below. We've divided them into
  
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• The new SUSE

  01-04-2019 22:38 via zdnet.com
  SUSE will soon be the largest independent Linux company.
  
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• Tesla will pay $31,000 to settle U.S. EPA hazardous waste claims

  01-04-2019 22:19
  Tesla Inc will pay a $31,000 penalty and purchase $55,000 in emergency response equipment for a California city under a settlement reached with the Environmental Protection Agency over federal hazardous waste violations at its automotive factory, the government said Monday.
  
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• Windows 7 use finally declines as the OS nears its end

  01-04-2019 22:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As Windows 7 nears its EOL (end of life), market data appears to show the operating system (OS) is losing users. While there had been a momentary uptick in market share for Windows 7 in February 2019, the most recent data shows Windows 7 declining in March, according to the latest Netmarketshare report.Late last year, Windows 10 finally overtook Windows 7 to become the most widely used desktop OS. For December 2018, Netmarketshare showed Windows 10 holding 39.22% of users while Windows 7 had fal
  
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• How to thrive in a 'Business 4.0' world

  01-04-2019 22:14 via zdnet.com
  New report looks at four key traits for succeeding in a digital environment.
  
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• Cloudflare launches new VPN with emphasis on speed

  01-04-2019 22:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Cloudflare is bucking the trend of revealing a fake product on April Fool's day by actually releasing a new VPN service designed to be as fast or even faster than a traditional mobile connection.Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) have grown increasingly popular among consumers and businesses as they help keep your data private and your connection secure. However, since traffic from your device goes through someone else's servers before reaching the web, VPNs generally tend to slow down your network
  
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• The Apple Arcade strategy so far, and why it could work

  01-04-2019 21:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  If you’re tired of the mess of free-to-play and ad-supported games available on your iPhone, Apple Arcade is a promising solution: play anything you want from a curated catalogue of titles that don’t have any frustrating or distracting microtransactions. If you want, switch over to play it on your iPad, Mac or Apple TV – the service saves your in-game progress between platforms. Best of all, the catalogue includes some games that won’t be available anywhere else.Simplicit
  
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• Best noise-cancelling headphones 2019: the best headphones for travel and commuting

  01-04-2019 21:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Best Noise-Cancelling Headphones Buying Guide: Welcome to TechRadar's round-up of the best noise-cancelling headphones you can buy in 2019.Few people enjoy commuting, and for most, it's a necessary evil to get us from A to B. But there are many ways to make it more bearable, especially to make the chatter and traffic sounds more bearable.Trains, buses, or even walking down a busy street can be awfully noisy, but there are lots of tech tools to help you block out the noise and help you reach audi
  
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• Uber's Kalanick, directors win dismissal of investor lawsuit

  01-04-2019 21:39
  Travis Kalanick, the co-founder of ride-hailing company Uber, and the company's directors won the dismissal of an investor lawsuit that sought to hold them liable for a fight over trade secrets that slowed Uber's push into autonomous vehicles.
  
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• Over 13K iSCSI storage clusters left exposed online without a password

  01-04-2019 21:27 via zdnet.com
  New attack vector opens backdoor inside enterprise disk storage arrays and people's NAS devices.
  
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• Best cheap headphones: your guide to the best budget headphones in 2019

  01-04-2019 21:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Headphones are like pieces of art: while the real connoisseurs can spend a fortune on them, for most folks, budget models work just as well. Just like art, there's a big difference between finger painting and Picasso – with a happy medium somewhere in between – and the same is true for headphones. Here at TechRadar, we’ve sort of built a reputation for covering all of the latest, greatest and priciest technology in the world. However, even in the face of all of that high-e
  
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• AT&T's WarnerMedia close to selling Hudson Yards stake: source

  01-04-2019 21:08
  A winning bidder has been selected for the sale of AT&T's WarnerMedia unit's stake in the second-tallest office building in Manhattan, a deal expected to top $2 billion, a source involved in the bidding said on Monday.
  
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• Is VR really in decline?

  01-04-2019 20:59 via zdnet.com
  Have opinions and attitudes toward virtual reality shifted recently -- or are we already too familiar with the technology?
  
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• Facebook deletes accounts linked to India's Congress party, Pakistan military

  01-04-2019 20:41
  Facebook has deleted 712 accounts and 390 pages in India and Pakistan for "inauthentic behavior", it said on Monday, many linked to India's opposition Congress party days before a national election, and others related to Pakistan's military.
  
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• The best cheap smart home device deals in April 2019

  01-04-2019 20:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Upgrade your living space into a smart home without breaking the bank with our hand-picked smart home devices that include speakers, security cameras, light bulbs and more. Create a smart home hub with these gadgets that work with Amazon Alexa and the Google Assistant to simplify your technology and help make your day-to-day life even easier.Whether you want to personalize and control your lighting, stream music and videos or secure your home, we've found a variety of top-rated smart home gadget
  
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• The best T-Mobile phones for April 2019

  01-04-2019 20:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  T-Mobile's best phones are the perfect complement to its plans. The carrier, often known as "The Un-carrier" for its frequent shifts away from the way other mobile carriers operate, has the  best unlimited data plan of the big four, and it has many of the best smartphones to go along with it.If you want the best of the best, T-Mobile has the top of the line smartphones from Samsung and Apple on offer. If you're looking for more value- or budget-friendly options, the company has phones to f
  
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• Planet Hollywood owner hit by major data breach

  01-04-2019 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Earl Enterprises, the owner of the US restaurant chain Buca Di Beppo, several Earl of Sandwich franchises and Planet Hollywood's Las Vegas, New York City and Orlando locations, has confirmed that cybercriminals used point-of-sale (POS) malware to obtain credit card data between May 2018 and March 2019.The breach was first discovered by KrebsOnSecurity which found that a batch of around 2.15m stolen cards were made available for sale on the online shop Joker's Stash.Joker's Stash regularly sells
  
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• Apple to add reverse wireless charging to 2019 iPhones: Report

  01-04-2019 20:03 via zdnet.com
  It's never too early to begin talking iPhone rumors.
  
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• Alexa Games: the best games you can play on your smart speaker

  01-04-2019 19:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  If you had asked us five years ago what we thought the future of gaming would be like, we probably would’ve told you about VR/AR (still in its infancy back then) and the inevitable shift to 4K. But the idea of using a smart speaker (which, at that point had only just come out) as a way to play games, well, that thought would’ve never crossed our minds. And yet here we are.  While we never saw it coming, there are now tens of thousands of people using the Amazon Echo and Ale
  
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• Oracle Takes Next Steps Toward the Customer Data Platform

  01-04-2019 19:34 via zdnet.com
  Oracle hopes to beat Salesforce, Adobe with CX Unity, but what’s the advice for data warehouse, data lake and MDM customers?”
  
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• The best Verizon phones available in April 2019

  01-04-2019 19:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The best Verizon phones just got easier to find, as we're here to help you know which smartphones are premium picks worth your money or excellent value devices that won't let you down.We've tested the best smartphones and the best cheap smartphones, and we've compared our finding to what Verizon has on offer. We've also taken into consideration the deals Verizon offers on its phones. So, whether you're looking to switch to Verizon and take advantage of any new customer discounts and trade-
  
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• Best business plan software of 2019

  01-04-2019 18:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Thomas Edison said that genius was “1% inspiration and 99% perspiration,” and anyone who has gone through the process of turning their epiphany of a great idea into the reality of a viable business, can attest to that, as there are tons of pitfalls along the way. Unfortunately, a good business plan can involve a ton of perspiration, due to the detailed planning that can easily overwhelm anyone; even more so a neophyte.Business plans are essential to secure funding for fledgling busin
  
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• Why am I seeing this?: New Facebook tool to demystify news feed

  01-04-2019 18:44 via theguardian.com
  Facebook aims to assure users it’s not spying on them via their phone’s mic for better adsFacebook is attempting to demystify how its news feed works with a new feature that explains to users how it picks the posts and adverts to show them.The company hopes the tool could put an end to the widespread conspiracy theory that it targets users by spying on them with their phone’s microphones, by explaining in plain English the most important factors that determine whether and when
  
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• China's Kunlun in talks with U.S. over Grindr: filing

  01-04-2019 18:42
  Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd said on Monday that it was in talks with U.S. government authorities about whether it should continue to own popular gay dating app Grindr LLC.
  
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• Amazon now taking cash at Mexico's top corner store Oxxo

  01-04-2019 18:28
  Amazon.com Inc is now accepting cash payments at Mexico's top corner store chain, Oxxo, the two said on Monday, opening a major channel for the e-commerce leader to reach millions of people in the country who rely heavily on cash.     
  
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• Facebook considering hiring editors to pick quality news for users

  01-04-2019 18:20 via theguardian.com
  Mark Zuckerberg also said he is weighing up paying publishers for use of their journalismFacebook could start employing editors to select “high-quality news” to show to users, in the social network’s latest attempt to lose its reputation as a source for disinformation.Mark Zuckerberg said he is considering the introduction of a dedicated news section on the social network, which could use either humans or algorithms to chose stories from outlets that are “broadly trusted&
  
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• Amazon AWS: Complete business guide to the world's largest provider of cloud services

  01-04-2019 18:12 via zdnet.com
  A few brilliant strokes of ingenuity, combined with a large dose of capitalism, made the e-retailer into the world’s cloud services leader.What’s remarkable is how little of what this leader does is generally understood.
  
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• Americans still don't trust self-driving cars, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

  01-04-2019 17:59
  Half of U.S. adults think automated vehicles are more dangerous than traditional vehicles operated by people, while nearly two-thirds said they would not buy a fully autonomous vehicle, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll.
  
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• Wallet wars: How a Microsoft-Amazon-led alliance can strike back at Apple Card

  01-04-2019 17:57 via zdnet.com
  A unified competitive response by the tech giants is required in order to counter the Apple Card from potentially monopolizing the future of the smart wallet and mobile payments industry.
  
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• Esports: The Fifa gamers signed by Premier League teams

  01-04-2019 17:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Professional video gamers are being signed by 20 teams in the Premier League for their esports teams.
  
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• Enterprise AI in 2019: What you need to know

  01-04-2019 17:49 via zdnet.com
  How to navigate the marketing hype and identify the opportunities that machine learning presents for your business.
  
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• Survey: Tech leaders cautiously approach artificial intelligence and machine learning projects

  01-04-2019 17:48 via zdnet.com
  A recent Tech Pro Research poll found that most respondents feel their AI/ML projects will be more difficult than previous IT projects.
  
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• Free PDF download: Managing AI and ML in the enterprise

  01-04-2019 17:46 via zdnet.com
  This special report from ZDNet and TechRepublic looks at the management, best practices, and benefits of artificial intelligence and machine learning projects. Download it as a free PDF ebook.
  
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• Lyft gives up debut gains on second day of trading

  01-04-2019 17:39
  Shares of Lyft Inc crashed through the ride-hailing company's initial public offering price on just their second day of trading, tumbling as much as 10.5 percent and matching the speed at which Facebook Inc gave up its IPO price following its botched offering nearly seven years ago.
  
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• Google employees call for removal of rightwing thinktank leader from AI council

  01-04-2019 17:27 via theguardian.com
  Staffers criticized the appointment of Heritage Foundation president Kay Coles James in a letter published on MondayA group of Google employees have called for the removal of a rightwing thinktank leader from the company’s new artificial intelligence council, citing her anti-LGBT and anti-immigrant record. Related: 'Bias deep inside the code': the problem with AI 'ethics' in Silicon ValleyContinue reading...
  
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• Facebook reveals how it ranks items in the news feed

  01-04-2019 17:22
  Facebook is lifting the lid on the algorithm that decides which posts appear in its news feed, as part of a drive to be more transparent and offer greater control to users.
  
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• Indian govt agency left details of millions of pregnant women exposed online

  01-04-2019 17:00 via zdnet.com
  Medical records removed from leaky server after more than three weeks.
  
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• Indian govt agency left details of 12.5 million pregnant women exposed online

  01-04-2019 17:00 via zdnet.com
  Medical records removed from leaky server after more than three weeks.
  
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• BMC brings back Beauchamp as interim CEO

  01-04-2019 16:40 via zdnet.com
  Beauchamp takes over for Peter Leav, who has been CEO since 2016. Leav is stepping down to take "a planned career break," said the company in a statement.
  
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• Facebook removes many accounts in India, Pakistan for 'inauthentic' behavior

  01-04-2019 16:33
  Facebook has removed 712 accounts and 390 pages in India and Pakistan because of "inauthentic behavior" and spamming, it said on Monday, much of it linked to India's main opposition Congress party days before elections and Pakistan's military.
  
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• When it comes to disclosing sponsors, your Google Assistant may be mute

  01-04-2019 16:31
  On stage at an investor conference last month, Google's Chief Business Officer Philipp Schindler identified a vexing challenge for the company's most prized app: its virtual assistant.
  
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• Tesla boom lifts Norway's electric car sales to record market share

  01-04-2019 16:29
  Almost 60 percent of all new cars sold in Norway in March were fully electric, the Norwegian Road Federation (NRF) said on Monday, a global record as the country seeks to end fossil-fueled vehicles sales by 2025.
  
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