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• ServiceNow beats estimates, acquires VendorHawk

  25-04-2018 23:27 via zdnet.com
  eBay also reported first quarter financial results.
  
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• Microsoft's Build 2018 session highlights: Microsoft 365, Graph interface, MSIX packaging, more

  25-04-2018 23:14 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's early-May Build developer conference is coming into further focus as the company reveals more (but still not all) of the sessions it's planning for the three-day event.
  
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• Facebook sales soar despite data scandal

  25-04-2018 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  The firm reports a near 50% revenue rise and says it is taking a broader review of its duties.
  
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• Qualcomm's Q2 better than expected, Apple dispute weighs as does NXP uncertainty

  25-04-2018 23:06 via zdnet.com
  Qualcomm's second quarter had multiple moving parts, but the company said it saw strong chip demand and was prepping for 5G deployments.
  
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• PayPal adds 8 million new active users in Q1

  25-04-2018 22:52 via zdnet.com
  The payments company released the latest user figures inside of its first quarter financial report.
  
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• AT&T adds customers as the courtroom decides Time Warner deal

  25-04-2018 22:49 via zdnet.com
  The company saw a reversal of losses from a year ago, with a strong number of new prepaid customers. Its DirecTV Now service is gaining momentum. Earnings, however, missed expectations.
  
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• AMD Q1 rides Ryzen, Radeon, EPYC wave, ups outlook

  25-04-2018 22:41 via zdnet.com
  AMD's first quarter highlights some major traction in the chipmaker's core markets.
  
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• Facebook tops earnings targets despite data privacy scandal

  25-04-2018 22:33 via zdnet.com
  In the US and Canada, Facebook gained roughly one million new daily active users over Q1.
  
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• In Trump's first year, FISA court denied record number of surveillance orders

  25-04-2018 21:35 via zdnet.com
  More surveillance orders were denied during President Donald Trump's first year in office than in the court's history.
  
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• YouTube Kids to give parents more control over output

  25-04-2018 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The firm has been criticised for using algorithms not human judgment to curate the app.
  
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• ​Mosaic turns 25: The beginning of the modern web

  25-04-2018 19:34 via zdnet.com
  25 years ago, the first release of Mosaic web browser appeared and the web, as we know it, began.
  
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• BigCommerce raises $64 million to take on Shopify, fuel expansion

  25-04-2018 19:32 via zdnet.com
  BigCommerce says it has now raised more than $200 million in equity funding.
  
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• Where do millennials go for digital media and content?

  25-04-2018 19:03 via zdnet.com
  Where do you prefer to go for inspiration for online media content -- and do milennials get their inspiration elsewhere?
  
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• BuzzFeed partners with Netflix for documentary series

  25-04-2018 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The series, which launches in July, will go behind-the-scenes as journalists pursue stories.
  
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• Amazon Alexa to reward kids who say: 'Please'

  25-04-2018 18:21 via bbc.co.uk
  A good manners feature will praise children if they ask questions politely.
  
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• Google Tasks launches for Android and iOS: Basic list manager with potential for more

  25-04-2018 18:05 via zdnet.com
  Like many Google products, we have the ability to create task list in Google Keep, Google Calendar, Gmail, and more. Google finally launched a product called Tasks and maybe it will serve as that central repository.
  
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• Google Cloud Platform adds more managed database services

  25-04-2018 18:00 via zdnet.com
  Google Cloud Platform is covering its managed database services bases as it aims to cover more large enterprise use cases.
  
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• TSB admits its internet banking woes are not over

  25-04-2018 17:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Crisis-hit TSB said its internet bank is working at 50% capacity, leaving half of customers locked out.
  
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• Brain Bar: Dangerous ideas welcome

  25-04-2018 17:33
  
  The Budapest based event is back in May, ready to show off the smartest minds and biggest ideas to its attendees
  
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• Amazon launches the Echo Dot Kids Edition to teach your children some manners

  25-04-2018 17:33
  
  “Alexa, entertain my offspring for me"
  
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• Amazon launches the $80 Echo Dot Kids Edition, but there's a catch

  25-04-2018 17:33
  
  “Alexa, entertain my offspring for me"
  
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• Amazon teases mystery Fire TV Cube, announces Echo Dot for kids

  25-04-2018 17:26 via zdnet.com
  What's this Cube that Amazon is teasing? Plus, "Alexa, read me a bedtime story" is now a thing.
  
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• Modernizing Hadoop: Reaching the plateau of productivity

  25-04-2018 17:11 via zdnet.com
  What's new in Hadoop, and how is vendor dynamics and strategy evolving?
  
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• High temperatures make us hotheads: Study finds the weather impacts how we "talk" on Twitter and Facebook

  25-04-2018 16:48
  
  Blame it on the sunshine
  
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• This chatbot could help you become Instagram famous by predicting the success of your next post

  25-04-2018 16:16
  
  Become the Instagram success you deserve to be, with the help of this AI chatbot
  
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• Flaw found in hotel room keys could have given hackers access to ANY room anywhere in the world

  25-04-2018 15:58
  
  Using information on discarded keys, the researchers were able to create a master key with privileges to open any room in the building
  
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• iPhone X sales in rapid decline? Apple will sell 'fewer than 14 million in Q1'

  25-04-2018 15:53 via zdnet.com
  Meanwhile, Samsung sold eight million Galaxy S9 and S9+ in its first month of sales, says Canalys.
  
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• Gmail redesign: Google overhauls G Suite with more AI, less clutter

  25-04-2018 15:41 via zdnet.com
  Google's G Suite makeover is aimed at saving businesses email hours, opens and time spent on notifications.
  
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• North Korea’s internet elite has abandoned Facebook, Google and Instagram for Chinese alternatives in just six months

  25-04-2018 15:27
  
  The secretive regime is also mining Monero, making counterfeit software and building bots
  
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• Microsoft's new open-source tech turns iPads, Surface Pros into big touchscreen

  25-04-2018 15:27 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft reveals modular mobile system for multi-player games, analytics, air-traffic control, and trading-desks.
  
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• Amazon's Alexa could be tricked into snooping on users, say security researchers

  25-04-2018 15:06 via zdnet.com
  Researchers at Checkmarx were able to build an Alexa skill which could be used to spy on users within earshot. Amazon has now closed the loophole.
  
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• Hotel door locks worldwide were vulnerable to hack

  25-04-2018 15:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Cyber-security researchers found a way to unlock rooms across the world without leaving a trace.
  
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• Adobe Flash is nearly dead as 95% of websites ditch the software ahead of its retirement

  25-04-2018 15:05
  
  A year ago, just under 7% of websites were using the technology and, back in 2011, 28.5% of websites used Flash
  
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• Puppet adds new tools, partners for easier IT automation

  25-04-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  The IT automation platform is making Puppet Discovery generally available to help companies figure out what to automate first.
  
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• Hackers built a 'master key' for millions of hotel rooms

  25-04-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  New research shows how hackers can manipulate hotel room key cards to gain access to an entire building.
  
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• New Gmail: Google overhauls G Suite with more AI, less clutter

  25-04-2018 14:55 via zdnet.com
  Google's G Suite overhaul is aimed at saving businesses email hours, opens and time spent on notifications.
  
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• Google's Gmail gets self-destruct option ahead of GDPR

  25-04-2018 14:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Google adds security measures to minimise the risk of data-protection breaches in its mail service.
  
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• Finding the data buried in cloud storage

  25-04-2018 14:00 via zdnet.com
  With cloud object stores becoming the de facto data lakes, a recent survey shows that enterprises are between a rock and a hard place when it comes to finding and accounting for all the data that is piling up.
  
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• Dremio 2.0 adds Data Reflections improvements, support for Looker and connectivity to Azure Data Lake Store

  25-04-2018 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Dremio, the Apache Arrow-based BI data fabric, gets smarter and faster Data Reflections, and makes cloud data lake stores first-class.
  
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• Nanowires could hold the key to safer, less flammable Lithium-ion batteries

  25-04-2018 13:51
  
  Scientists have made Lithium-ion batteries both safer and more powerful with the use of nanowires
  
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• Comcast's Q1 strong as business and high-speed Internet services offset cord cutting

  25-04-2018 13:51 via zdnet.com
  Comcast's customer base continues to shift due to cord cutting, but it still has the broadband pipes and it's adding value on top of that infrastructure.
  
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• Juniper builds up more support for multi-cloud environments

  25-04-2018 13:45 via zdnet.com
  The networking company is updating its multi-cloud orchestration tool and offering new support services.
  
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• Twitter Q1 stronger than expected, monetization efforts pay off

  25-04-2018 13:29 via zdnet.com
  Twitter's user growth isn't off the charts, but the company is monetizing its user base well and becoming a go-to platform for marketers looking to capitalize on live events.
  
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• 11-11: Memories Retold is an emotionally charged tale about the First World War from the makers of Wallace & Gromit

  25-04-2018 13:17
  
  UK animator Aardman Studios partners with Bandai Namco to bring the First World War to life through paint
  
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• AWS traffic hijack: Users sent to phishing site in two-hour cryptocurrency heist

  25-04-2018 12:59 via zdnet.com
  Criminals pull off a brazen attack using weakness in core internet infrastructure.
  
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• Galileo: UK plan to launch rival to EU sat-nav system

  25-04-2018 12:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK is looking at its own sat-nav system if the EU locks it out of Galileo because of Brexit.
  
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• High-powered cannon reveals how Earth may have got its oceans

  25-04-2018 12:14
  
  The research could even explain how Mars became so wet in its early days
  
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• This AI can restore your damaged and ripped photos with surprising accuracy

  25-04-2018 11:55
  
  Using a process called ‘image inpainting’, Nvidia’s AI restores missing elements of photos
  
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• WhatsApp is raising the minimum age for its users in the UK and Europe because of GDPR

  25-04-2018 11:34
  
  Sorry, no under 16s allowed in this group chat
  
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• Watch: Haunting video of 3D-printed morphing matter that folds to assemble itself

  25-04-2018 11:13 via zdnet.com
  The future of manufacturing may be in self-assembling materials that can be printed inexpensively and shipped flat
  
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