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• HPE rolls out new ways for businesses to manage data at the edge

  20-06-2018 23:58 via zdnet.com
  Using HPE's Edgeline Converged Edge Systems, HPE customers can run enterprise software, unmodified, at the edge, in the cloud or in data centers.
  
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• Box, IBM intro new services for building Box Skills with Watson

  20-06-2018 23:15 via zdnet.com
  Box Skills provide a framework for applying machine learning to the Box cloud content management platform.
  
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• Rackspace teams with HPE to offer pay-per-use Kubernetes private cloud

  20-06-2018 23:01 via zdnet.com
  Rackspace is also offering a pay-as-you-go service for a VMware-based private cloud.
  
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• Instagram launches IGTV, hits 1 billion users

  20-06-2018 22:21 via zdnet.com
  With its new long-from, vertical video app, marketers have yet another way to reach Instagram's vast audience.
  
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• Oracle chases SME business in Brazil

  20-06-2018 22:16 via zdnet.com
  The company is ploughing resources into increasing local market share in the segment
  
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• AI at Trainline: How the rail specialist is using data to help predict the future (Cloud TV)

  20-06-2018 21:23 via zdnet.com
  Trainline CTO Mark Holt explains how his firm is using artificial intelligence and the cloud, and offers advice for other IT chiefs.
  
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• The software robot invasion is underway

  20-06-2018 20:43 via zdnet.com
  Companies are adopting robotic process automation tools as they look to reduce errors and increase process efficiency.
  
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• Storage, servers and more: We found 24 cloud services for your business

  20-06-2018 20:37 via zdnet.com
  When it comes to cloud services and software-as-a-service (SaaS), we're all familiar with the usual players. But there's a huge world of opportunity and available resources beyond Google, Dropbox, Salesforce, Amazon, Microsoft and even beyond storage and server services.
  
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• Instagram reaches a billion users - and other things we learnt from boss Kevin Systrom

  20-06-2018 19:50 via bbc.co.uk
  In an exclusive interview with Newsbeat its boss says: "We want to make sure we're a positive force".
  
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• Burger King apologises for social media ads

  20-06-2018 19:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Burger King offering a reward to women who get pregnant by players adds to wave of sexism.
  
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• Bezos and partners pick CEO for joint healthcare venture

  20-06-2018 19:26 via zdnet.com
  Surgeon and writer Dr. Atul Gawande will take the helm of the healthcare venture on July 9 in its newly minted Boston headquarters.
  
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• Get a lifetime subscription to Bookafy appointment scheduling for $39

  20-06-2018 19:13 via zdnet.com
  This versatile scheduling service normally costs $84 per YEAR!
  
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• Newt Mobile: The most brilliant wireless company you've never heard of

  20-06-2018 19:12 via zdnet.com
  The salesmanship is breathless. The promises are enormous. What could be better than this?
  
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• Microsoft buys machine-learning startup Bonsai

  20-06-2018 19:01 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is buying one of the AI companies in which it has invested: Bonsai, a deep reinforcement platform for enterprise/industrial applications.
  
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• Autodesk, AWS team up to promote new AI-enabled design technology

  20-06-2018 19:00 via zdnet.com
  The two companies are giving new Autodesk Fusion 360 Ultimate subscribers cloud credits to try generative design, which leverages cloud computing and machine learning.
  
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• ​Linux and open-source jobs are in more demand than ever

  20-06-2018 18:59 via zdnet.com
  The Linux Foundation and Dice.com's 2018 Open Source Jobs Report shows the demand for open-source savvy employees is stronger than ever.
  
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• Air-gapping the planet: How to travel safely in digitally scary places

  20-06-2018 18:37 via zdnet.com
  If you're considering traveling to one of the many countries that has a dubious relationship with digital privacy, you'll need to protect yourself. While the standard advice is a VPN, David Gewirtz takes you a few steps deeper into the murky cloak and dagger world of digital tradecraft.
  
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• Tesla sues former worker for hacking

  20-06-2018 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Tesla says it has suffered "significant" damages as a result of the alleged theft.
  
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• BlackBerry KEY2 first look: Improved physical QWERTY for those who can't give them up

  20-06-2018 17:59 via zdnet.com
  Business users adored their hardware QWERTY BlackBerry keyboards, but most of the world has moved to on-screen keyboards over the last decade. The KEY2 provides the best physical keyboard, but that comes with some compromises.
  
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• Meet Smartbox, the company designing computers for disabled people

  20-06-2018 17:01
  
  Designing computers for the disabled comes with its own challenges – and enormous rewards – for one British family-owned business
  
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• Oppo's high-end Find X phone: Full screen, no notch but will you like pop-up camera?

  20-06-2018 15:34 via zdnet.com
  Oppo's latest high-end smartphone avoids the notch trend with a 'stealthy 3D camera'.
  
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• Council demanded payment card details via email

  20-06-2018 15:12 via bbc.co.uk
  A London local authority requested security codes among other details be sent via a Word document.
  
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• Teradata sues SAP, alleges stolen trade secrets and HANA built on its IP

  20-06-2018 15:09 via zdnet.com
  Teradata said SAP built HANA using its intellectual property and now is trying to block out its customers from accessing their ERP data.
  
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• Sapho adds hourly worker support to its employee experience portal

  20-06-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Hourly workers have different needs than salaried ones and more mobile access points to tasks.
  
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• Salesforce Research creates Swiss Army Knife for natural language processing

  20-06-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Salesforce has created a multi-task model for natural language processing that takes an architecture approach.
  
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• EPYC: One year on and AMD has transformed the server landscape

  20-06-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  AMD did something that was long overdue -- it upended a stagnant and complacent server market, and all in a year.
  
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• Microsoft: This Azure password-banning tool will help kill off bad 'P@$$w0rd' habits

  20-06-2018 14:42 via zdnet.com
  Admins can now significantly reduce the risk of accounts being compromised by password-spraying attacks.
  
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• BT fined for five million spam emails

  20-06-2018 13:35 via bbc.co.uk
  BT fined for sending nearly five million emails promoting three charities to customers.
  
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• This new Windows malware wants to add your PC to a botnet - or worse

  20-06-2018 13:30 via zdnet.com
  The intentions of and delivery method of Mylobot are unknown - but it appears to be the work of a sophisticated attacker who could deliver trojans, ransomware and more.
  
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• Microsoft employees protest: 'Stop work with ICE over cruel border policies'

  20-06-2018 13:19 via zdnet.com
  Concern over harmful applications of AI once again sparks an employee protest -- this time at Microsoft.
  
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• 'Disastrous' copyright bill vote approved

  20-06-2018 13:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Critics call it a "dark day" as an EU committee adopts two controversial changes to copyright law.
  
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• Rural residents hang up on mobile banking, regulator finds

  20-06-2018 13:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Fewer than a quarter of those living in rural areas use a smartphone for banking, regulator finds.
  
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• Google, Microsoft, Amazon: Are they responsible for government use?

  20-06-2018 13:00 via zdnet.com
  Welcome to the world of politicized capitalism doused with hashtag activism.
  
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• Bithumb: Hackers 'rob crypto-exchange of $32m'

  20-06-2018 12:57 via bbc.co.uk
  One of the largest crypto-currency exchanges says thieves have seized $31.6m worth of its funds.
  
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• Facebook is about to ruin Messenger with autoplaying video ads

  20-06-2018 12:51
  
  Nowhere is safe from the autoplay video ad
  
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• Google is finally taking podcasts seriously with a dedicated app

  20-06-2018 12:40
  
  Google’s own Android app for podcasts could be a gamechanger
  
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• ​Oracle aims to put voice interfaces on Fusion ERP, HCM apps

  20-06-2018 12:30 via zdnet.com
  "We've developed these new technologies, machine learning, voice and mobile, so we could voice-enable all of our applications," said Oracle CTO Larry Ellison.
  
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• ​Cloud computing: Tackling an 'all-in' migration

  20-06-2018 12:07 via zdnet.com
  Planning a move into the cloud? Here are some of the issues to consider.
  
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• World Cup 2018: The tech security challenges around the big event

  20-06-2018 11:47 via zdnet.com
  All big events have tech security implications, but the World Cup in Russia throws up a few additional issues.
  
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• Take a 3D virtual tour of Frank Lloyd Wright's winter retreat

  20-06-2018 11:38 via zdnet.com
  The immersive experience, which is like a turbo charged Street View, offers a new kind of preservation in virtual reality
  
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• Don’t blink: Facebook has a plan to fix your closed-eye photos

  20-06-2018 11:04
  
  An eye-opening use of AI
  
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• The US owns the fastest supercomputer – again

  20-06-2018 10:50
  
  Summit can calculate more than 200 quadrillion calculations per second, doubling that of the Taihu Light
  
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• Telstra2022: Key takeaways from Telstra's new strategy

  20-06-2018 09:09 via zdnet.com
  ZDNet unpacks the main points of Telstra's new three-year strategy, including the establishment of InfraCo and Global Business Services, and how it will handle NBN, 5G, and TPG.
  
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• Optus to share World Cup streaming with SBS until knockout rounds

  20-06-2018 08:42 via zdnet.com
  Optus has announced that it will be sharing the streaming of FIFA World Cup matches with SBS until the end of the World Cup group stages.
  
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• ​Government IT procurement still favouring the big end of tech town

  20-06-2018 08:22 via zdnet.com
  The Department of Human Services this week handed out AU$54.9 million to Dell EMC, IBM, and Oracle.
  
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• Soon, machine learning agents behind every application

  20-06-2018 05:51 via zdnet.com
  Embedded machine learning technology is increasingly being incorporated into rich, predictive user interactions.
  
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• ​South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb hacked

  20-06-2018 05:26 via zdnet.com
  South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has been hacked and tokens worth 35 billion won ($31.5 million) have been stolen, following the hack on compatriot Coinrail earlier this month.
  
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• ​Auckland looks to 'gamify' public transport

  20-06-2018 04:26 via zdnet.com
  The council-owned entity is looking to put its data to good use, embarking on a project with US-based Machine Zone to 'gamify' public transport.
  
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• Cubic to build Queensland's AU$371m transport ticketing system

  20-06-2018 03:21 via zdnet.com
  Cubic will be responsible for upgrading the current system to allow for contactless payment via bankcards, mobile phones, and wearables on public transport.
  
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• Micron says good times to continue for memory

  20-06-2018 03:20 via zdnet.com
  Both DRAM and flash memory pose plenty of technology challenges. At the VLSI Symposia, Micron explained how it has overcome these hurdles and why customers will continue to demand larger and faster memory.
  
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