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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• ​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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• No more queues! Amazon may bring its automated 'Go' shop to the UK

  05-12-2016 18:56
  
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• No more queues! Amazon Go's high-street store lets you walk in, grab items and walk out

  05-12-2016 18:56
  
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• Ransomware blamed for cyber attack which forced hospitals to cancel operations and shut down systems

  05-12-2016 18:49 via zdnet.com
  
  2,800 patient operations were cancelled in total, hospital confirms -- but no word on how Globe2 ransomware infection occurred.
  
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• Dailymotion hack exposes millions of accounts

  05-12-2016 18:30 via zdnet.com
  
  The video sharing site remains one of the most visited websites on the internet.
  
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• Uber snaps up AI startup Geometric Intelligence, forms Uber AI Labs

  05-12-2016 18:22 via zdnet.com
  
  Uber AI Labs joins Uber's Advanced Technologies Center (ATC) in Pittsburgh, which houses a team of engineers and researchers working to further Uber's self-driving car project.
  
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• Holding AI to account: will algorithms ever be free from bias if they're created by humans?

  05-12-2016 18:00
  
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• Predictive analytics and machine learning: A dynamic duo

  05-12-2016 17:57 via zdnet.com
  
  Predictive analytics and machine learning are seen as the pair of tools to save the day for most organizations currently. We try to de-mystify both, taking a look at what they are, how they work, and what they are good for.
  
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• Microsoft takes another shot at an AI chatbot with Zo

  05-12-2016 17:50 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft has fielded a preview of another AI chatbot, Zo.ai, but so far is limiting the topics it is able to address.
  
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• TalkTalk wi-fi router passwords stolen

  05-12-2016 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A security researcher says thousands of TalkTalk customers' wi-fi passwords look to have been stolen.
  
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• What's coming in Microsoft's Dynamics 365 Marketing app next year

  05-12-2016 17:23 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is readying a new Microsoft Dynamics 365 Marketing app for SMBs as part of its Dynamics 365 service. Here's a list of what's likely inside that app coming in the Spring of 2017.
  
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• Google's new Trusted Contacts app shares your location during emergencies

  05-12-2016 17:02 via zdnet.com
  
  With just a few taps, friends and family can locate you if they are worried - or you can share your location on demand.
  
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• Amazon kills the checkout line in new Amazon Go concept store

  05-12-2016 16:44 via zdnet.com
  
  Amazon Go is a new brick-and-mortar concept store that replaces cashiers and checkout lines with computer vision and artificial intelligence.
  
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• 6 top qualities IT leaders will need in 2017

  05-12-2016 16:38 via zdnet.com
  
  Deloitte survey finds CIOs are not satisfied with merely keeping things running smoothly -- they need to know if it's delivering what end customers actually want.
  
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• The ICO drafts in expertise of former diplomat

  05-12-2016 16:30 via computerweekly.com
  
  Former British diplomat Rob Luke takes up the role of the ICO’s second deputy commissioner in January 2017
  
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• DeepMind AI training is now free to all

  05-12-2016 16:03
  
  Google is to release a maze-like AI platform to the general public
  
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• Robot aircraft take to British skies

  05-12-2016 16:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Robot aircraft are to be tested in UK airspace to help refine systems that control autonomous planes.
  
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• Facebook and Twitter must tackle hate speech or face new laws

  05-12-2016 15:47
  
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• Seattle 'thief' caught by remote car door lock

  05-12-2016 15:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police in Seattle arrest a suspect after a stolen BMW was tracked and the doors locked remotely.
  
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• What happens to data protection when we leave the EU?

  05-12-2016 15:30 via computerweekly.com
  
  The UK was a keen participant in the formulation of new data protection laws for the European Union, but its electorate has since voted to leave the EU. How is that likely to affect data protection in the UK once Brexit is accomplished?
  
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• Europol hosts simulated cyber attack on retail sector

  05-12-2016 15:30 via computerweekly.com
  Europol and MasterCard hold a retail cyber attack simulation exercise to raise awareness of the issue and how to respond to attacks, as well as promote information sharing in the sector
  
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• Brazil sees worst quarterly PC sales of 2016

  05-12-2016 15:13 via zdnet.com
  
  Market segment reaches a new low due to changes in consumer demand, says IDC
  
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• iOS tip: Here's how to switch on a hidden shortcut menu on your iPhone or iPad

  05-12-2016 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Here's a simple trick that will make it much easier to for you to find and use features on your iPhone or iPad.
  
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• Gear S3 Frontier review: can the smartwatch save Samsung from a difficult 2016?

  05-12-2016 15:00
  
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• Luke Cage is coming back! Netflix confirms series two is in the works

  05-12-2016 14:43
  
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• Microsoft's real problem with mobile isn't (just) devices

  05-12-2016 14:40 via zdnet.com
  
  The future of secure, modern Windows apps needs to go beyond Surface.
  
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• The need for speed: Inside the cloud innovation engine at AWS

  05-12-2016 14:20 via computerweekly.com
  With analysts citing Amazon’s speedy product release cycles as a major source of competitive difference for the cloud firm, AWS CEO Andy Jassy opens up about how it keeps its innovation engine ticking over
  
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• The biggest PS4 games revealed at PlayStation Experience

  05-12-2016 14:14
  
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• Credit card numbers guessed in 'seconds'

  05-12-2016 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Smart cyber thieves who run queries across lots of different websites can guess credit card numbers in a few seconds, suggests research.
  
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• Breakthrough Prizes awarded to research into black holes, cancer and the origins of life

  05-12-2016 14:04
  
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• The BMW 550i makes a surprisingly handy mobile prison cell

  05-12-2016 13:38
  
  BMW employees remotely lock suspect in a stolen car, giving local police an easy catch
  
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• End user devices require careful orchestration

  05-12-2016 13:37 via computerweekly.com
  
  Options for access to IT have soared since the desktop PC’s heyday, and organisations must conduct a balancing act
  
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• Meet the writers pushing literature into the smartphone age

  05-12-2016 13:23
  
  The Ambient Literature project is pulling from podcasts and Pokémon Go to make a new type of book
  
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• Why I cancelled my new 15-inch MacBook Pro order

  05-12-2016 13:20 via zdnet.com
  
  When Apple's new MacBook Pros were announced in October, David Gewirtz's long wait was rewarded with a slightly queasy feeling, because the most obviously powerful model was a 15-inch machine with dual GPU.
  
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• Security Think Tank: Cyber risk not just an IT issue

  05-12-2016 13:15 via computerweekly.com
  How can information security professionals help businesses to understand the cyber risks across increasingly digital businesses?
  
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• New MacBook Pro with Touch Bar suffers from serious battery issues

  05-12-2016 13:13 via zdnet.com
  
  All-day battery life? Only if your workday is about 3 hours long, claim some owners of Apple's new MacBook Pro.
  
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• Google finally kills off Flash as the default player in Chrome

  05-12-2016 12:46
  
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• Chimps recognise butts in the same way humans recognise faces

  05-12-2016 12:46
  
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• UK and European firms to continue to invest in data protection ahead of GDPR

  05-12-2016 12:30 via computerweekly.com
  Data protection is to remain a key focus for IT security investment for European firms in 2017, but the emphasis is on cloud and mobile security as companies move to these technology platforms
  
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