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• GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving to step down

  22-08-2017 23:25 via zdnet.com
  After Irving retires at the end of the year, current GoDaddy president and chief operating officer Scott Wagner will replace him.
  
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• Intuit's Q4 gets QuickBooks Online boost, names new CFO

  22-08-2017 22:59 via zdnet.com
  Intuit said it improved QuickBooks Online and landed more subscribers. In addition, Michelle Clatterbuck will replace Neil Williams as CFO.
  
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• Salesforce beats Q2 targets, subscription revenue up 26 percent

  22-08-2017 22:34 via zdnet.com
  CEO Marc Benioff personally crowned the company as the first cloud software vendor to break the $10 billion revenue run rate.
  
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• Microsoft shows off Brainwave 'real-time AI' platform on FPGAs

  22-08-2017 21:39 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is sharing more details about its plans for bringing its deep-learning platform to customizable chips -- a step toward making Azure an 'AI cloud.'
  
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• Walmart expands grocery delivery program with Uber

  22-08-2017 20:50 via zdnet.com
  Walmart first partnered with Uber a year ago when it kicked off a pilot program that also included Lyft and Deliv.
  
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• ​Interested in the top job at Infosys? Here is the quicksand that awaits you

  22-08-2017 20:16 via zdnet.com
  No one in their right mind would want to inherit a job that brings with it meddling founders at war, with an out-of-sync board, where acquisitions will be endlessly questioned if they happen at all, and a climate of conservatism in business strategy when risk taking is the only antidote for survival.
  
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• Back to school: We test inexpensive 3D printers for students of all ages

  22-08-2017 19:52 via zdnet.com
  Do you like dino skulls? Of course you do. We have a T-Rex skull, a 300,000 year old hominid jaw, 3D printed mountain ranges, and some Arduino tools to show off along with CR-10 and MOD-t 3D printers. This is gonna be awesome!
  
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• Red Hat adds Microsoft's .NET Core 2.0 to its Linux and cloud offerings

  22-08-2017 18:51 via zdnet.com
  The latest version of Microsoft's open-source .NET Core platform will be available soon across Red Hat's Linux and open hybrid cloud offerings.
  
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• Microsoft to cease work on its GigJam collaboration service

  22-08-2017 18:39 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is halting work on its GigJam collaboration service in September, two years after its initial launch and before it ever exited preview.
  
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• QVC looks to augmented reality to boost shopper engagement

  22-08-2017 18:03 via zdnet.com
  The aim with the AR experiment is to create an immersive dual-screen experience that brings shoppers closer to the network and the brands that sell within it.
  
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• Google launches Chrome Enterprise, aims to integrate with more business systems

  22-08-2017 18:00 via zdnet.com
  Google Enterprise offers enterprise mobility management and supports Microsoft Active Directory. The aim is to put more Chromebooks in companies.
  
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• Cambridgeshire firefighters get rugged tablets for frontline work

  22-08-2017 17:30 via computerweekly.com
  Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue is deploying ruggedised Panasonic tablets across its service to help personnel access vital information in an emergency
  
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• Facebook's Safety Check is now a permanent, anxiety-inducing fixture in our lives

  22-08-2017 17:29
  
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• Backup product survey: Cloud and VM integration now table stakes

  22-08-2017 17:15 via computerweekly.com
  For enterprise backup, cloud integration and the ability to
  backup and be deployed in virtual machines as well as be
  controlled from the hypervisor are table stakes, along with
  data reduction and app-specific backup
  
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• Crypto-cash investors duped in funding scam

  22-08-2017 16:49 via bbc.co.uk
  The con netted thieves about $500,000 of the Ethereum virtual currency.
  
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• First set of Capgemini degree apprentices graduate

  22-08-2017 16:45 via computerweekly.com
  The first graduates of Capgemini's degree apprentice programme tell Computer Weekly about their experiences
  
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• CityFibre starts wholesale broadband service in Leicester and Nottingham

  22-08-2017 16:45 via computerweekly.com
  Business suffering from poor broadband connectivity in Leicester and Nottingham have been invited to register their interest in hooking up to CityFibre’s FTTP services
  
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• Mimecast calls for action to counter game-changing email exploit

  22-08-2017 16:30 via computerweekly.com
  Email security firm warns of a newly-discovered email exploit that could be a game-changer if used by attackers
  
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• Strategy in business and learning to map – should you take the blue pill or the red pill?

  22-08-2017 16:20 via computerweekly.com
  Devising business strategy means more than gut feel or copying others – the technique of mapping offers a better way to competitive advantage
  
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• Over 500 Android apps with a combined 100 million downloads found to secretly contain spyware

  22-08-2017 16:14 via zdnet.com
  Unbeknown to the app developers, an advertising software kit contained code for stealing data from their products' users.
  
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• The essence of whisky, with Glenfiddich

  22-08-2017 15:52
  
  Glenfiddich is in search of World’s Most Experimental Bartender
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• The Essence of Whisky: Glenfiddich uncovers an olfactory wonder

  22-08-2017 15:52
  
  Glenfiddich is in search of World’s Most Experimental Bartender
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• Nico Rosberg, IKEA and Google X confirmed for WIRED LIVE 2017

  22-08-2017 15:47
  
  Nico Rosberg, IKEA and Google X join WIRED Live 2017 - taking place in London, on November 2-3
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• Data processing startup Databricks raises $140 million

  22-08-2017 15:37 via zdnet.com
  Databricks is a business built on top of the Apache Spark open source project.
  
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• Blockchain could reduce deaths and illness resulting from food contamination

  22-08-2017 15:31 via computerweekly.com
  Some of the biggest companies in the food supply sector are working with IBM to find ways to use blockchain technology to improve food safety
  
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• What is turbulence? Unravelling one of physics’ million-dollar questions

  22-08-2017 15:24
  
  Turbulence occurs across everyday life, from drinks to cigarette smoke and flying – but what is it?
  
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• AccuWeather caught sending user location data, even when location sharing is off

  22-08-2017 15:15 via zdnet.com
  A security researcher has found that the popular weather app sends private location data without the user's explicit permission to a firm designed to monetize user locations.
  
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• Microsoft, Red Hat extend their partnership with container support

  22-08-2017 15:02 via zdnet.com
  Following a similar alliance with Amazon earlier this year, Red Hat is committing to add more support for Windows Server and Azure with its container platform.
  
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• Goldman Sachs invests in cloud provider Skytap in $45m round

  22-08-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  The cloud company has raised $109 million in total, and will use the latest funds to expand its engineering and sales teams.
  
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• Ford's scrappage scheme is offering drivers up to £7,000 to help clean up the UK's roads

  22-08-2017 15:00
  
  The motor giant wants to incentivise a move towards more environmentally friendly vehicles
  
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• Almost one-third of IT workers think they need more training to enhance career

  22-08-2017 14:47 via computerweekly.com
  More than half of IT workers receive formal training from their employer, but many feel more needs to be done for them to advance, according to Computer Weekly research
  
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• Samsung CHG70 review (C27HG70): An excellent HDR gaming monitor

  22-08-2017 14:44
  
  Samsung unleashes a fantastic HDR gaming monitor – it’s just a shame that Windows 10 and HDR don’t get along better
  
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• Windows security: Cryptocurrency miner malware is enslaving PCs with EternalBlue

  22-08-2017 14:28 via zdnet.com
  Stealthy and persistent cryptocurrency-mining malware is hitting Windows machines.
  
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• Windows security: Cryptocurrency miner malware is enslaving PCs with Eternal Blue

  22-08-2017 14:28 via zdnet.com
  Stealthy and persistent cryptocurrency-mining malware is hitting Windows machines.
  
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• Samsung's Bixby rolled out in 200 countries

  22-08-2017 14:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The AI digital assistant had been delayed amid quality concerns.
  
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• Brazilian government to reassess Internet steering committee

  22-08-2017 14:24 via zdnet.com
  The public consultation process will evaluate the body's policies, last updated in 2003.
  
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• Industrial robots a security risk, warns IOActive

  22-08-2017 14:00 via computerweekly.com
  Some of the most popular industrial and domestic robot brands have various vulnerabilities that could by exploited by cyber attackers, a research paper warns
  
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• Ethical hackers have turned this robot into a stabbing machine

  22-08-2017 14:00
  
  By: Matt BurgessContinue reading...
  
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• Microsoft's new record: Speech recognition AI now transcribes as well as a human

  22-08-2017 13:55 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft speech-recognition systems now match professional human transcribers but understand nothing.
  
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• China relaunches world's fastest train

  22-08-2017 13:52 via bbc.co.uk
  The high-speed trains will be able to run at speeds of 350km/h following safety checks on rail lines.
  
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• London now has a co-working hackspace for the booze industry

  22-08-2017 13:34
  
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• Nokia 5 review: A solid mid-range pure-Android contender

  22-08-2017 13:20 via zdnet.com
  The Nokia 5 is a well-designed mid-range handset with excellent build quality, although several compromises have been made to achieve its attractive price point.
  
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• E8 dodges NVMe/controller bottleneck with server processing

  22-08-2017 13:15 via computerweekly.com
  Startup E8 announces v2 of its NVMe-based products with LUNs, Raid and thin provisioning as it sidesteps the NVMe-controller bottleneck by offloading processing to app servers
  
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• Martian winter wonderland: Study claims snow storms could be hitting Mars at night

  22-08-2017 13:11
  
  Research has discovered that tiny specks of water-ice could travel down to the ground on Mars
  
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• Unifi Software readies RegAlert! for GDPR

  22-08-2017 13:00 via zdnet.com
  The EU's General Data Protection Regulation takes effect in about 9 months. Unifi Software is launchinga new offering to help companies assure compliance.
  
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• An AI musician is getting its first album: A collaboration with Taryn Southern

  22-08-2017 12:58
  
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• DJI drone owners told to update or be grounded

  22-08-2017 12:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Spark drone owners have until 1 September to apply the update or their aircraft will no longer fly, DJI warns.
  
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• How AT&T embraced the telecoms technology transition

  22-08-2017 12:46 via computerweekly.com
  AT&T’s CIO of network and shared services, Sorabh Saxena, discusses how to reskill telecoms engineers and exploit open standards as the operator embraces the future of networking services provision
  
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• In a dystopian turn of events, this self-healing robot regenerates after being stabbed

  22-08-2017 12:37
  
  Belgian researchers have created a jelly-like robot which can reform its 'limbs' using heat
  
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• Silicon Valley can't handle hate. Should the state take over?

  22-08-2017 12:31
  
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