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• ServiceNow Q2 strong, fueled by big deals, multi-product customers

  26-07-2017 22:54 via zdnet.com
  For 2017, ServiceNow is projecting more than $1.9 billion in revenue.
  
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• Meg Whitman leaves HP's board

  26-07-2017 22:49 via zdnet.com
  The HPE chief executive is rumored to be on the shortlist for Uber's CEO job.
  
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• Facebook beats Q2 expectations with solid growth in mobile ad revenue

  26-07-2017 22:32 via zdnet.com
  Mobile advertising revenue now accounts for around 87 percent of advertising revenue for the social media giant.
  
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• PayPal beats Q2 estimates

  26-07-2017 22:18 via zdnet.com
  PayPal delivered revenue of $3.14 billion, up 18 percent year-over-year.
  
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• Are influencers turning away from Snapchat?

  26-07-2017 21:21 via zdnet.com
  New data indicates that influencers are pausing their use of social platforms like Snapchat and are moving to greener, more profitable social media pastures.
  
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• eBay launches AI-powered visual search tools

  26-07-2017 21:05 via zdnet.com
  The new image search feature lets shoppers use a photograph to find products for sale on the site.
  
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• Google.org pledges $50m to prep people for "the changing nature of work"

  26-07-2017 20:02 via zdnet.com
  Google's philanthropic arm is funding efforts to help workers adjust to the economic changes Google itself is helping to create.
  
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• Google tests auto-play videos in search results

  26-07-2017 19:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Some users are seeing movie trailers automatically start in their search results.
  
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• New Windows 10 Fall Creators Update test build adds Cortana voice commands, phone-PC linking

  26-07-2017 19:45 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is continuing to add new features to its Windows 10 Fall Creators Update test build as it enters the final development stretch. Here's what's in Build 16251.
  
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• Security flaw in 3G, 4G LTE networks lets hackers track phone locations

  26-07-2017 19:00 via zdnet.com
  The researchers say "very little" can be done to prevent stingray-style surveillance attacks.
  
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• Microsoft joins Kubetnetes group as platinum member

  26-07-2017 18:59 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is joining Google, Alibaba, and IBM in the Cloud Native Computing Foundation to accelerate the development and adoption of the Kubernetes container orchestration program.
  
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• Security Think Tank: Security is a shared responsibility

  26-07-2017 18:30 via computerweekly.com
  What are the best types of security controls organisations should organisations be using to ensure a safe working environment for employees so that they do not have the unfair pressure of being the first line of cyber defence?
  
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• Premier League wins anti-piracy court order

  26-07-2017 18:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Ruling will allow the league to combat the illicit use of devices such as pre-loaded IPTV and Kodi boxes.
  
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• Flash will die in 2020: Game devs discuss a once-great format

  26-07-2017 18:02
  
  Flash developers on the passing of a one of the internet’s early enablers
  
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• ​Cochlear and Apple team up for cochlear implant sound processor

  26-07-2017 18:02 via zdnet.com
  The Nucleus 7 Sound Processor is the first Made for iPhone cochlear implant sound processor, allowing implant recipients to stream sound from their iOS device.
  
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• Scientists raise ethics alarm over use of DNA for research

  26-07-2017 17:45
  
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• AI, destroyer or savior? Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg trade insults

  26-07-2017 17:24 via zdnet.com
  The moral behind their feud: AI is good or bad for you. Until it's not.
  
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• OpenText to acquire Guidance Software for $222 million

  26-07-2017 17:19 via zdnet.com
  OpenText plans to use the deal to bolster its overall infosec portfolio.
  
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• GDS wants IT suppliers to use its GaaP products – but won’t offer service guarantees

  26-07-2017 17:15 via computerweekly.com
  The Government Digital Service encourages tech firms to adopt the platform services it has developed – but can’t offer any service or support guarantees
  
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• Shakespeare’s sprite takes flight as an Intel-crafted digital avatar

  26-07-2017 17:07
  
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• Radiation detection devices open to cyber attack, researcher finds

  26-07-2017 17:00 via computerweekly.com
  A security researcher has discovered numerous security flaws in multiple devices that are used to detect radiation in critical facilities
  
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• Microsoft previews new Azure Container Instance service on Linux

  26-07-2017 17:00 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's new Azure Container Instances service allows users to set up containers without having to manage virtual machines.
  
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• YouTuber Jack Jones says sorry for racist and homophobic outburst

  26-07-2017 16:53 via bbc.co.uk
  The star apologises to anyone who felt offended by his words and says he was just "lashing out".
  
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• ​Google Consulting could be Indian IT's new, great threat in its own backyard

  26-07-2017 16:48 via zdnet.com
  How much these consulting services overlap with the digital and cloud solutions of Indian IT will determine how much of a danger they will pose.
  
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• Relational databases relatively poor at running digital transformation projects

  26-07-2017 16:45 via computerweekly.com
  Digital projects aren’t living up to expectations, with many only delivering incremental improvements to the status quo, survey reveals
  
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• Cybersecurity experts are in greater demand than ever (​ZDNet Academy)

  26-07-2017 16:32 via zdnet.com
  Learn how to become an ethical hacker for $43.
  
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• New diesel and petrol vehicles to be banned from 2040 in UK

  26-07-2017 16:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Ministers have also unveiled a £255m fund to help councils introduce steps to deal with pollution
  
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• Facebook is rumoured to be building a smart speaker, but who’s it really for?

  26-07-2017 16:10
  
  Facebook’s potential speaker plans sound like a bum note
  
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• A tour through the weird worlds of Luc Besson's 'Valerian'

  26-07-2017 16:08
  
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• Hey! Pikmim review: reheated filler doesn't do series justice

  26-07-2017 15:57
  
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• Apple faces $506m patent dispute payout

  26-07-2017 15:52 via bbc.co.uk
  A judge more than doubles an existing fine after Apple fails to abide by the verdict.
  
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• Cloud delivers threefold revenue growth at SAP Brazil

  26-07-2017 15:49 via zdnet.com
  The subsidiary boasts increased sales of its off-premise offerings to large clients and makes progress in the small and medium enterprise segment
  
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• ​Trump: Apple will build three beautiful plants in the US

  26-07-2017 15:25 via zdnet.com
  President Trump has claimed success in convincing Apple to build new manufacturing facilities in the US.
  
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• Google's DeepMind creates an AI with 'imagination'

  26-07-2017 15:18
  
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• Solix launches healthcare data management platform, based on Hadoop

  26-07-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Solix integrates data from disparate healthcare software platforms into its Hadoop-based Common Data Platform application framework. The data, which crosses medical specialty boundaries, then becomes searchable, incurs lower storage costs and is ready for analysis.
  
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• Outcome of judicial review into Apple's Irish datacentre dispute delayed until 12 October

  26-07-2017 15:00 via computerweekly.com
  Apple faces a further three-month delay to see if it will be given the go-ahead to proceed with its much-delayed bid to build an €850m datacentre in Athenry, County Galway
  
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• Outcome of judicial review into Apple's Irish datacentre dispute delayed until 10 October

  26-07-2017 15:00 via computerweekly.com
  Apple faces a further three-month delay to see if it will be given the go-ahead to proceed with its much-delayed bid to build an €850m datacentre in Athenry, County Galway
  
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• Hack on Italy's largest bank affects 400,000 customers

  26-07-2017 15:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Data from 400,000 accounts belonging to Italy's biggest bank are thought to have been exposed.
  
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• How scientists are manipulating the mind with VR

  26-07-2017 14:58
  
  By: João MedeirosContinue reading...
  
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• Google is now setting its sights on nuclear fusion

  26-07-2017 14:49
  
  Working with Tri Alpha Energy, Google has built an algorithm designed to speed up experiments in plasma physics
  
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• Open Letter: Seriously, Roomba, now you're spying on us?

  26-07-2017 14:46 via zdnet.com
  It's not just that iRobot might sell maps of our homes, it's the security implications of what can happen if this oh-so-private information gets into the wrong hands.
  
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• Visa expands transaction processing facilities in Singapore, UK

  26-07-2017 14:14 via zdnet.com
  Payment company opens new data centres to meet growing demand for digital payments and support the development of new capabilities in this space.
  
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• This Tinder couple have finally met - after three years of messaging each other

  26-07-2017 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Michelle Arendas and Josh Avsec, who messaged each other just 10 times in three years, finally meet in person.
  
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• US decrees some ethereum trading is bound by securities law

  26-07-2017 14:04 via zdnet.com
  The ruling could have serious knock-on effects for ICOs in the future.
  
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• ​Google launches SOS Alerts in Search and Maps for emergency updates

  26-07-2017 13:46 via zdnet.com
  Google launches SOS Alerts but it needs to new partnerships in Europe to deliver the service fully.
  
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• Events business uses fixed-wireless to serve demanding clients

  26-07-2017 13:30 via computerweekly.com
  Etherlive, a provider of networking and IT services to organisers of major outdoor events, is using Luminet’s Fibre-Air fixed-wireless access product to better address its clients’ needs
  
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• APAC users not confident their online data is properly secured

  26-07-2017 13:29 via zdnet.com
  More than 70 percent of online consumers in Asia-Pacific believe their personal data isn't adequately protected and 55 percent are unlikely to use online services that don't do so.
  
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• The rise of AI is forcing Google and Microsoft to become chipmakers

  26-07-2017 13:26
  
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• Petya ransomware: Free decryption tool released for the original versions of this nasty malware

  26-07-2017 13:26 via zdnet.com
  Red Petya, Green Petya and GoldenEye can all be decrypted with this free tool - unfortunately it can't do anything about NotPetya or PetrWrap
  
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• US Uber will charge for lost item return

  26-07-2017 13:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Passengers will face a $15 (£11.50) fee if they want lost property returned.
  
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