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• Square adjusts Q2 guidance following Weebly acquisition

  31-05-2018 23:35 via zdnet.com
  The payments company slightly increased its expectations for second quarter and full-year 2018 revenues while lowering full-year EPS expectations.
  
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• Workday delivers strong Q1, tops estimates

  31-05-2018 22:57 via zdnet.com
  Workday CEO Aneel Bhusri said the company saw strong demand across its product set.
  
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• VMware posts solid Q1 results

  31-05-2018 22:27 via zdnet.com
  The hybrid cloud and virtualization giant beat both top and bottom line expectations.
  
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• Amazon gives developers new tool to make their Alexa skills easier to discover

  31-05-2018 21:14 via zdnet.com
  Amazon is making it easier for users to have more natural, frictionless interactions with Alexa, which includes naturally finding new skills.
  
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• How to market your SMB with local events

  31-05-2018 21:03 via zdnet.com
  David Galownia, CEO and President of Slingshot, explains how hosting events at the their Louisville, KY office has helped the software development company reach new customers, strengthen current client relationships, and give back to the community.
  
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• Fitness app PumpUp leaked health data, private messages

  31-05-2018 20:56 via zdnet.com
  Exclusive: The app leaked health data, private messages, and full credit card data in some cases.
  
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• Microsoft's latest Windows 10 'Redstone 5' test build makes remote server admin tools available on demand

  31-05-2018 19:41 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's Windows 10 Insider test build 17682 adds new RSAT tool option. Meanwhile, Microsoft is adding parental controls to its Launcher and Edge apps for Android.
  
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• Waymo to add 62,000 more Chrysler minivans to self-driving car fleet

  31-05-2018 19:26 via zdnet.com
  The two companies are also in discussions to potentially add Waymo's self-driving technology to Fiat Chrysler cars.
  
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• Uber's CEO: A guiding star or a nice man in an ad?

  31-05-2018 19:03 via zdnet.com
  Uber decides to have its CEO, Dara Krosrowshahi, front its new ad campaign. Will customers and drivers warm to this approach?
  
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• Demand for augmented and virtual reality expected to soar this year

  31-05-2018 19:01 via zdnet.com
  New IDC study shows big growth for products, services, and use cases.
  
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• Withings to return after Nokia sell-off

  31-05-2018 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  French start-up Withings is to return to its founder for an undisclosed sum.
  
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• WWDC 2018: Is iOS 12 the fix that iPhone and iPad users are yearning for?

  31-05-2018 18:48 via zdnet.com
  Apple has turned iOS from a sleek, streamlined, easy-to-use operating system into a ghastly horror show. Will iOS 12 be the turning point?
  
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• AI's insatiable appetite for silicon requires new chips

  31-05-2018 18:31 via zdnet.com
  Don't make data science and AI engineering teams beg you for infrastructure, or your enterprise will fall behind.
  
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• AWS Neptune going GA: The good, the bad, and the ugly for graph database users and vendors

  31-05-2018 18:07 via zdnet.com
  It's official: AWS has a production-ready graph database. What features are included today, and what will be included in the near future, what use cases are targeted, and what does AWS Neptune's release mean for users and graph database vendors?
  
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• Alibaba wants to build logistics network that can handle 1 billion packages a day

  31-05-2018 17:13 via zdnet.com
  Chinese e-commerce giant says its 100 billion yuan (US$15.58 billion) investment aims to drive down logistics costs and bolster capacity from its current 100 million packages a day.
  
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• Alcatel 1X Android Go Edition smartphone launches in US for $99.99

  31-05-2018 16:54 via zdnet.com
  While Apple, Samsung, and Google launch phones in the $900 to $1,000 range, others continue to compete in the sub-$300 market. Alcatel has one of the lowest priced phones we've seen in the 1X.
  
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• Instagram ad insulted disabled people

  31-05-2018 16:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Adverts for the game Hustle Castle featured characters with the heading "Level 1 Retard".
  
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• Cisco unveils AMD EPYC-powered servers

  31-05-2018 16:36 via zdnet.com
  Cisco becomes the latest in a long list of server providers to adopt AMD's EPYC processors.
  
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• PlayStation Plus June 2018 games revealed: XCOM 2 leads the charge

  31-05-2018 16:11
  
  Sony announces a strong June 2018 PlayStation Plus lineup with XCOM 2 and Trials Fusion
  
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• AWS QuickSight launches pay-per-session pricing as BI, analytics, data reaches more people

  31-05-2018 16:10 via zdnet.com
  AWS move to offer QuickSight dashboard access for 30 cents per 30 minute session highlights how analytics vendors are aiming to reach more users.
  
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• How to see which Android apps are spying on you

  31-05-2018 16:05
  
  GlassWire for Android shows you which apps are going online, when and how often
  
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• Touching exhibition uses the power of tech to probe the isolating impact of dementia

  31-05-2018 15:47
  
  Invisible Flock’s Remote Contact looks at how digital technology can connect to memories and human intimacy
  
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• Your smart speaker could be at risk of 'voice squatting' hackers trying to steal your private data

  31-05-2018 15:24
  
  'Voice squatting' exploits the way a skill or action is invoked on voice-powered assistants like the Amazon Echo
  
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• Internet security: Slaying the botnet beast and the DDoS dragon

  31-05-2018 15:05 via zdnet.com
  Botnets and DDoS attacks continue to grow in scale. Tackling them is no easy task.
  
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• No, Samsung doesn't have to keep patching old smartphones, court rules

  31-05-2018 15:03 via zdnet.com
  Samsung beats consumer advocates in case over smartphone security updates.
  
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• Technology that changed us: The 2010s, from Amazon Echo to Pokémon Go

  31-05-2018 14:45 via zdnet.com
  In this 50-year retrospective, we're not just looking at technology year by year, we're looking at technologies that had an impact on us, paved the way for the future, and changed us, in ways good and bad. (Previously: The 2000s)
  
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• Atari VCS gaming console Linux mini-PC finally available to pre-order

  31-05-2018 14:36 via zdnet.com
  After many false starts, the Ubuntu-running living room system gets official pricing and specs as part of its Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign.
  
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• Is mysterious Windows 10 on Arm dual-screen Dell in the works?

  31-05-2018 14:28 via zdnet.com
  Clues surface that suggest Dell could be making a Windows 10 Arm-based dual-screen mobile device.
  
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• Takeaways to be delivered by drone in Shanghai

  31-05-2018 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  China business park in Shanghai is to offer takeaway drone delivery service.
  
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• ​Machine learning: Making it work in the real world

  31-05-2018 14:05 via zdnet.com
  Machine learning and AI are providing new options for business; here's what some leading organisations make of it.
  
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• Uganda imposes WhatsApp and Facebook tax 'to stop gossip'

  31-05-2018 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The revenue raised is also intended to help pay off of the country's growing national debt.
  
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• Intel unveils Optane DC persistent memory DIMMs: 'This is a new class of storage'

  31-05-2018 13:49 via zdnet.com
  Intel announces what it calls a new tier of memory for memory-intensive workloads.
  
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• Samsung won't be forced to update old phones

  31-05-2018 13:44 via bbc.co.uk
  The smartphone giant will not be forced to provide regular software updates for its handsets.
  
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• Git repository vulnerability leads to remote code execution attacks

  31-05-2018 13:43 via zdnet.com
  A serious vulnerability utilizes malformed Git repositories to remotely execute code on victim PCs.
  
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• What happens when a supermassive black hole devours a star? This computer model gives us some clues

  31-05-2018 13:34
  
  Astrophysicists have developed a computational model to look at what happens when a black hole swallows a star
  
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• Cloud computing: Helping restaurants keep their costs under control with on-demand IT

  31-05-2018 13:03 via zdnet.com
  Fourth Software CTO Christian Berthelsen on the software-as-a-service tools the hospitality trade uses.
  
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• Server sales boom in Q1 as Dell, HPE tied for No. 1, but whitebox dominates for cloud providers

  31-05-2018 12:56 via zdnet.com
  It's a good time to make servers as the cloud buildout, Intel's Purely platform and an enterprise upgrade cycle drive demand.
  
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• Reddit pips out Facebook to become the third most popular site as it rolls out chat rooms

  31-05-2018 12:51
  
  Users spend more time on Reddit than they do any other website
  
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• SpamCannibal blacklist service hijacked

  31-05-2018 12:49 via zdnet.com
  Miscreants have tampered with the service to pump out spam and tell you that every IP address you check is suspicious.
  
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• Article 13 "could destroy the internet as we know it": What is it, why is it controversial and what will it mean for memes?

  31-05-2018 12:11
  
  Critics of the proposed EU directive on copyright warn that it could censor internet users
  
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• Windows 10 April 2018 Update: Problems knock users but adoption still soars to 50%

  31-05-2018 12:10 via zdnet.com
  A fast rollout that shows 50 percent adoption in a month doesn't mean it's been smooth for all Windows 10 users.
  
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• The World Cup will be in 4K on the BBC with one pretty big catch

  31-05-2018 11:46
  
  Get in early if you want better picture quality
  
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• The nerve: Tiny fibers give robots a new way to sense

  31-05-2018 11:21 via zdnet.com
  Artificial nerves bring flexibility to robotics and smart wearables (and bring us a step closer to Westworld)
  
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• Twitter blocks users who were underage at registration, blames GDPR

  31-05-2018 11:14
  
  The social network used profile information to determine which users were underage when signing up
  
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• Google and E.ON bring Project Sunroof to the UK to help homeowners switch to solar

  31-05-2018 10:52
  
  The online tool lets you put in your address and check if the size of your roof makes it suitable for solar
  
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• Nest Hello arrives in the UK: Google’s £229 smart video doorbell brings facial recognition to your front door

  31-05-2018 10:32
  
  Can Nest beat Amazon to put a smart doorbell on every home? I’m sceptical
  
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• Dell Virtustream secures spot on Australia's certified cloud list

  31-05-2018 08:45 via zdnet.com
  The Dell Technologies-owned company has been awarded Unclassified DLM status by the Australian Signals Directorate.
  
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• ​Amazon to block Aussies from global marketplace

  31-05-2018 04:45 via zdnet.com
  From July 1, 2018, overseas retailers selling goods to Australia will be liable to pay GST on items under AU$1,000, so Amazon has decided to pull out of selling to customers down under from its global marketplace.
  
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• Microsoft continues to hone its latest reorg with more employee shuffles

  31-05-2018 04:39 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's Corporate Vice President Kudo Tsunoda is leaving his position as head of Mixed reality, '3D for Everyone,'and associated apps and services as part of the latest moves.
  
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• Newcastle University develops 3D-printed replacement corneas

  31-05-2018 04:19 via zdnet.com
  3D-printed 'bio-ink' consisting of stem cells, alginate, and collagen, could be used in the future to ensure an unlimited supply of corneas for people requiring surgery.
  
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