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• Google's Fei-Fei Li: Vision is AI's "killer app"

  19-05-2017 21:22 via zdnet.com
  
  Computer vision is "one of the most important elements of machine intelligence and the transformation of enterprise and companies," Li said at the Google I/O conference.
  
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• New FCC proposal completes plan to gut net neutrality

  19-05-2017 19:02 via zdnet.com
  
  The Republican-led FCC has completed its plan to wreck net neutrality.
  
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• General election 2017: Illegal content sanctions threat

  19-05-2017 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Conservative manifesto suggests digital providers should pay to help combat online crime.
  
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• Graph databases and RDF: It's a family affair

  19-05-2017 18:14 via zdnet.com
  
  RDF is a graph data model you've probably either never heard of, or already dismissed. Why is that, could there be value in it, and how does it differ from the most popular graph data model out there?
  
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• Building a smart city: How Singapore is forging a path ahead of the rest

  19-05-2017 18:11
  
  It’s fallen to a small island country to show the world how to build a truly smart nation
  
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• The future factory, an Improbable startup: Podcast 318

  19-05-2017 18:01
  
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• Stephen Hawking believes we have 100 years left on Earth – and he's not the only one

  19-05-2017 17:56
  
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• Salesforce preps guidance feature for its Einstein AI technology

  19-05-2017 17:05 via zdnet.com
  
  One of the main takeaways from Salesforce's second quarter earnings conference call is that CEO Marc Benioff is using its Einstein AI technology to get a reality check on what his management team is doing.
  
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• McAfee researchers test WannaCry recovery method

  19-05-2017 16:44 via computerweekly.com
  Although there is evidence that some victims of the WannaCry ransomware attack on 12 May have paid the attackers, there is no evidence that they are getting their data back
  
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• Why London is the best place for fintech – even with Brexit

  19-05-2017 16:37
  
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• The predicted Tory landslide means huge things for the internet as we know it

  19-05-2017 16:13
  
  The Conservative Party manifesto outlines plans to seize back internet control from private companies
  
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• Manx Telecom streamlines its business with VMware NFV

  19-05-2017 16:10 via computerweekly.com
  After deploying an NFV platform to replace its IMS service, Isle of Man-based telco has seen substantial improvements to its business agility and processes
  
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• This heat map shows how WannaCry spread around the world like an epidemic

  19-05-2017 16:03
  
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• Brazil starts satellite trials

  19-05-2017 15:46 via zdnet.com
  
  The government has started the operational tests for the equipment, expected to improve broadband provision and security of defense communications.
  
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• This smartphone app wants to train you for space… and then send you there

  19-05-2017 15:34
  
  Space Nation wants to turn people into astronauts, but can an app be a gateway for space travel?
  
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• Graph database company Neo4j maps out the future

  19-05-2017 15:32 via zdnet.com
  
  Neo4j CEO Emil on the impact of the Panama Paper and the future of graph database technology.
  
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• Windows XP hit by WannaCry ransomware? This tool could decrypt your infected files

  19-05-2017 15:27 via zdnet.com
  
  Windows XP wasn't vulnerable to the WannaCry worm but still could be infected with the ransomware. Now there's a tool to decrypt Windows XP machines attacked by WannaCry.
  
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• Command and control communications key to detecting threats

  19-05-2017 15:18 via computerweekly.com
  Malware command and control (C&C) communications are key to detecting advanced threats, according to a security researcher
  
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• ​CIO Diary: Lessons from the FCC bot-swarm attack

  19-05-2017 15:08 via zdnet.com
  
  Cloud-based bots attacked the Federal Communications Commission -- here's what we know and what it means for Chief Information Officers.
  
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• Tyrannosaurus rex's bite was so powerful it would have caused bones to 'explode'

  19-05-2017 15:00
  
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• Building a voice interface: The do's and don'ts

  19-05-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  There's huge potential in conversational interfaces, but there are also pitfalls to avoid, Google's Daniel Padgett explained at the Google I/O conference.
  
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• Microsoft should have left Windows XP to rot and die

  19-05-2017 14:55 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft's decision to release an emergency patch for Windows XP to foil the WannaCrypt ransomware attack has sent consumers and enterprise customers a confusing double message.
  
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• Text-to-switch plan for mobile users

  19-05-2017 14:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ofcom wants to make it easier for people to switch operator - but it has ruled out a simpler option.
  
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• PCLinuxOS Roll-Up Release: Another Linux installed on my new notebook

  19-05-2017 14:30 via zdnet.com
  
  A roll-up release of the PCLinuxOS KDE distribution just came out.I have added that to the Linux installations on my new ASUS R414SA
  
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• The world's first 'nano hologram' could bring 3D technology to your smartphone

  19-05-2017 14:26
  
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• ​'Safe and predictable' Windows 10 S won't run Linux, says Microsoft

  19-05-2017 14:20 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft wants to clear up confusion about Windows 10 S and Linux distributions available on the Windows Store.
  
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• Asus Pro B9440UA review: A tough, lightweight 14-inch business laptop, but where's the webcam?

  19-05-2017 14:01 via zdnet.com
  
  There's plenty to like here, but there's no webcam or touchscreen, limited on-board connectivity and an irritating power switch location.
  
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• SAP says S/4HANA and AI are ready for prime time

  19-05-2017 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  It wasn't a year of blockbuster announcements. Instead, SAP is taking the first steps towards getting its customers to embrace AI. And it's spreading the message that its next-generation S/4HANA is ready for prime time.
  
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• Google: Why Android developers should consider accessibility

  19-05-2017 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Designing for accessibility doesn't just help Android reach the disabled; it helps improve the user experience on all 2 billion active Android devices.
  
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• Swedish prosecutors drop Julian Assange rape investigation after all options are 'exhausted'

  19-05-2017 13:15
  
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• Here's what Twitter and Facebook know about you

  19-05-2017 13:09
  
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• Android O's new battery menu will show you how each app is draining your power

  19-05-2017 13:09 via zdnet.com
  
  Android O's battery menu becomes Google's way of keeping app developers in line with new battery-saving rules.
  
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• Pi Desktop: This kit turns your Raspberry Pi into a Linux desktop

  19-05-2017 13:08 via zdnet.com
  
  If you need to turn a Pi into a PC, this kit promises to do it -- in minutes.
  
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• London's filthiest tube lines revealed: which bacteria are you sharing a carriage with?

  19-05-2017 13:00
  
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• How to simplify IT integration

  19-05-2017 12:38 via computerweekly.com
  Pressure on IT is mounting and point-to-point integration does not scale. Opening up APIs is one of the approaches now being considered
  
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• Azure, Office 365, Dynamics 365: Microsoft's cloud just grew its reach with new regions

  19-05-2017 12:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Taking its cloud region count to 40, Microsoft will be offering its services from datacenters in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa.
  
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• Interview: Claude Moraes, MEP and EU Civil Liberties Committee chair

  19-05-2017 12:27 via computerweekly.com
  
  Claude Moraes, chair of the European Parliament's Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee shares his views, concerns, reservations about EU-US data transfers, encryption and Brexit
  
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• Create, collect and consume: the fundamentals of the internet of things

  19-05-2017 12:25
  
  The fundamentals of IoT with TAG Heuer
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• Microsoft to open African cloud datacentre region in 2018

  19-05-2017 12:20 via computerweekly.com
  Software giant plans to capitalise on business demand for its cloud services in Africa by offering users access to locally hosted Azure and Office 365
  
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• Modifying human cells to create "anti-leukaemia soldiers"

  19-05-2017 12:14
  
  Waseem Qasim’s research group seeks to modify and edit human cells - using TALENs and CRISPR/Cas techniques - for novel therapeutic applications.
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• FCC votes to overturn net neutrality rules

  19-05-2017 12:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Critics say changing the rules may mean some data travels on "fast lanes".
  
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• ​Google I/O 2017: Here's what we learned

  19-05-2017 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Artificial intelligence, simplified Android developer tools and Google's play to be your digital assistant of choice are among the key themes from Google I/O 2017.
  
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• Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation

  19-05-2017 11:42
  
  WikiLeaks founder has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy since 2012
  
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• Matey the product-hunting robot wants to make shops smarter

  19-05-2017 11:00
  
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• Watching this first-person space walk is mind-blowing

  19-05-2017 10:57
  
  Incredible first-person footage shows astronauts working on the International Space Station
  
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• Neustar launches international security council

  19-05-2017 10:49 via computerweekly.com
  Sharing information in the face of threats such as WannaCry is crucial for organisations to improve their cyber security capability, according to Neustar, which is making it easier to do
  
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• One app to rule them all? Facebook, Messenger and Instagram are sharing notifications

  19-05-2017 10:39
  
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• London City first in UK to get remote air traffic control

  19-05-2017 10:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  London City Airport flights will be directed by controllers using a remote system 80 miles away.
  
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• Watch this AI learn to drive in GTA V on Twitch

  19-05-2017 10:18
  
  This AI is not quite ready to give you a lift into town
  
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• Asean internet economy worth $50B, home to 230M digital consumers

  19-05-2017 09:14 via zdnet.com
  
  Number of digital consumers in Southeast Asia has climbed 50 percent over the past year to 200 million, fuelling a US$50 billion internet economy that is big on social media and games.
  
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