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• Tencent's WeChat steps up censorship to clear undesirable content

  14-11-2018 23:48 via zdnet.com
  WeChat's is purging undesirable content on its platform to maintain a 'healthy' reading environment as required by the government.
  
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• Can IBM possibly tame AI for enterprises?

  14-11-2018 23:02 via zdnet.com
  Researchers from IBM argue AI is a bit too unruly for enterprise use, as it's based on "probabilistic" programming methods and "messy" data. Can the Big Blue approach to software lifecycles and "business processes" tame the beast?
  
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• NetApp Q2 strong, raises outlook

  14-11-2018 22:48 via zdnet.com
  NetApp's all-flash array product line is now on an annual revenue run rate of $2.2 billion.
  
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• ​Apple talks big about India, but its revenues are tanking

  14-11-2018 22:41 via zdnet.com
  Apple's revenues may fall by as much as a third, but profits have trebled. What on Earth is going on in India?
  
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• Automation will become central to business strategy and operations

  14-11-2018 22:22 via zdnet.com
  Ten percent of jobs will be lost to automation in 2019, but 3 percent will be created. Here are Forrester's 2019 Automation Predictions.
  
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• Cisco beats Q1 targets with broad-based growth

  14-11-2018 22:18 via zdnet.com
  The networking company saw revenue grow across all product categories and geographies.
  
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• One of Google Assistant's most popular features is getting more useful

  14-11-2018 21:26 via zdnet.com
  Ahead of the holiday shopping season, Google is rolling out a series of updates to its voice-activated assistant.
  
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• US rejects Oracle's complaint against Pentagon's single-vendor cloud contract

  14-11-2018 20:50 via zdnet.com
  The contract for the JEDI Cloud could be worth more than $10 billion over 10 years. The GAO rejected Oracle's arguments that it should go to multiple vendors.
  
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• Many free mobile VPN apps are based in China or have Chinese ownership

  14-11-2018 20:29 via zdnet.com
  Chinese affiliation raises a sign of alarm in light of China's recent clampdown of "unauthorized" VPN services.
  
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• Apple Stores to employ human trafficking victims

  14-11-2018 20:12 via bbc.co.uk
  The technology company's retail chief reveals the initiative as she is given the Stop Slavery Award.
  
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• Enter to win* a brand new smartwatch!

  14-11-2018 20:00 via zdnet.com
  Be one of 3 lucky winners and take home a brand new Apple Watch Series 4. This giveaway ends December 5, 2018.
  
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• How Momentum helps retailers create the ultimate shopping experience

  14-11-2018 19:42 via zdnet.com
  Use the blockchain infrastructure to create holistic offers for your customers and optimise their experience -- even out of the store.
  
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• Microsoft's new Windows 10 19H1 test build adds new light theme, more updating and printing options

  14-11-2018 19:37 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's latest Windows 10 test build, No. 18282, adds a new fully light theme, more updating, printing and snipping options and more tweaks.
  
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• We've found an icy new super-Earth that's orbiting our closest single star

  14-11-2018 19:03
  
  In a discovery that's been more than 20 years in the making, a planet more than three times the mass of Earth and was found orbiting our closest single star
  
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• There's a new way to hunt down exoplanets – and it's just made its first big discovery

  14-11-2018 19:03
  
  A technique that's been more than 20 years in the making has found its first exoplanet. The planet's more than three times the mass of Earth and was found orbiting our closest single star
  
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• Why Google consuming DeepMind Health is scaring privacy experts

  14-11-2018 19:00
  
  DeepMind Health has run into data protection problems before and it being moved fully into Google raises more questions. Privacy experts are concerned about the move, which sees its independent panel being disbanded
  
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• Google begins rollout of Night Sight camera feature for Pixel phones

  14-11-2018 18:50 via zdnet.com
  If you've ever been disappointed by the quality of the Pixel's camera in lowlight environments, Night Sight is about to change everything.
  
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• How urban autonomous driving will change our cities forever

  14-11-2018 18:31
  
  Hundreds of Uber drivers took to London’s streets to protest unfair pay and conditions in October. A week later, banks were valuing the tech giant at an astonishing $120 billion ahead of a potential 2019 IPO
  
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• Which industry defies millennial turnover rates? (Hint: It's not tech)

  14-11-2018 18:29 via zdnet.com
  Once labelled the "job-hopping generation," with low professional engagement, millennials in one industry significantly differ from their working world counterparts.
  
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• Elastic tackles containers and APM in the new 6.5 release

  14-11-2018 18:28 via zdnet.com
  In its latest release, the company now called Elastic is now aiming higher up the stack, treading on the turf of application performance management vendors (APM), and tackling the realities of container-based deployment.
  
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• The paradoxes of the folding phone

  14-11-2018 18:17 via zdnet.com
  Samsung itself is making concessions that acknowledge tradeoffs of its long-awaited form factor.
  
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• Workday customers starting to run on AWS

  14-11-2018 17:41 via zdnet.com
  Workday said the early batch of customers running its finance and HR software on AWS represents a milestone.
  
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• Singapore moots creation of template sandboxes to ease fintech approval process

  14-11-2018 17:24 via zdnet.com
  Monetary Authority of Singapore has provided a consultation paper detailing pre-defined sandboxes that it says will complement existing fintech regulatory sandboxes and enable businesses to more quickly embark on experiments.
  
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• Singapore, China to collaborate on fintech initiatives

  14-11-2018 16:56 via zdnet.com
  Central banks from both countries have inked an agreement to jointly work on fintech innovation projects, research, and regulations, whilst two companies from both countries will collaborate on cross-border services.
  
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• OnePlus 6T review: Outstanding reception, solid battery life, and extremely fast performance make this one to buy

  14-11-2018 16:47 via zdnet.com
  OnePlus just released its first phone in partnership with a US wireless carrier and early indications are that sales were brisk. The in-screen fingerprint scanner works well, the phone is very fast, cellular performance is stellar, and you will go a full day with the large capacity battery. Run to T-Mobile and buy this phone now.
  
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• An Amazon Echo will be a key witness in a double murder case

  14-11-2018 16:20
  
  Amazon's Alexa-powered smart home device could be made to testify in a US murder case
  
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• Guilty of your roots: Why Kaspersky believes tech nationalism is on our doorstep

  14-11-2018 15:58 via zdnet.com
  The answer lies in why Kaspersky has now moved core systems from Russia to Switzerland.
  
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• Order amongst chaos: automation best practice in a serverless world

  14-11-2018 15:52 via zdnet.com
  Without straying too far into any notion of 'cookie cutter' computing, how intelligently can we apply custom-built pre-templated automation controls into serverless environments based upon defined (and agreed) best practices for information management and application deployment?
  
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• New report reveals massive diversity deficit in UK tech firms

  14-11-2018 15:48
  
  Only 14.6% of senior UK tech leaders are women, revealing the UK tech’s ongoing diversity problem
  
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• Researchers discover seven new Meltdown and Spectre attacks

  14-11-2018 15:44 via zdnet.com
  Experiments showed that processors from AMD, ARM, and Intel are affected.
  
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• ​OpenStack: Beyond the cloud

  14-11-2018 15:33 via zdnet.com
  OpenStack has made it clear it will be doing more than IaaS cloud. Let's look at what the foundation is doing in containers, edge-computing, and CI/CD.
  
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• Windows 10 October Update is officially rolling out to partners

  14-11-2018 15:07
  
  Microsoft says it’s latest Windows 10 update is now safe for deployment to all
  
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• Microsoft acquires AI and bot development house XOXCO

  14-11-2018 15:01 via zdnet.com
  Microsfot is acquiring XOXCO, a conversational-AI development firm known for its Howdy.ai bot tools for Slack.
  
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• Why cryptojacking malware is a bigger threat to your PC than you realise

  14-11-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Cryptocurrency-mining malware might seem like a low risk, but it rarely arrives without more dangerous baggage.
  
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• Power BI delivers AI power

  14-11-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's self-service BI tool will soon let business analysts build and use machine learning models, with minimal expertise, and no code.Access to Azure Cognitive Services and models hosted in Azure Machine Learning, as well as a new feature that explains KPI outcomes, are also included.
  
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• Mark Shuttleworth is not selling Canonical or Ubuntu -- yet

  14-11-2018 14:57 via zdnet.com
  Mark Shuttleworth might consider selling Canonical and its Ubuntu Linux operating system, if he were still in charge of it afterwards.
  
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• Google Chrome Labs: Use our open-source Squoosh image tool for faster page loads

  14-11-2018 14:26 via zdnet.com
  Squoosh helps websites cut image file sizes and helps Google promote its WebP image-compression format.
  
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• Call of Duty 'swatting' death prankster pleads guilty

  14-11-2018 14:01 via bbc.co.uk
  The 25-year-old had fooled police into thinking a father-of-two had murdered a family member.
  
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• Best Jet Black Friday 2018 deals: $195 Roomba, $70 off Nest Cam Indoor, and more

  14-11-2018 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Walmart-owned Jet has released a preview of its Black Friday ad. Here are the deals that stand out.
  
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• Facebook, Twitter and Google team up to form an AI-powered anti-drug coalition

  14-11-2018 13:22
  
  The tech firms plan to use AI to combat the spread of drug use
  
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• Google accused of 'trust demolition' over health app

  14-11-2018 13:05 via bbc.co.uk
  DeepMind now wants its health app to become an AI assistant for nurses and doctors around the world.
  
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• Best Newegg Black Friday 2018 deals: $50 off Moto G6, $70 off Nest thermostat, and more

  14-11-2018 13:00 via zdnet.com
  There are far too many discounts to go over here. This is just scratching the surface on the Newegg Black Friday 2018 sale. Just know that some of the deals are live already, and that you can save money on everything from unlocked Android phones to smart office products.
  
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• The Internet, Warts and All, book review: How to regulate a messy system

  14-11-2018 12:56 via zdnet.com
  Paul Bernal explores today's unruly, heterogeneous internet, debunks a number of myths and offers guidelines on how to resolve its problems.
  
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• New iPhone sales may be showing some signs of weakening, but that might not be a bad thing for Apple

  14-11-2018 12:52 via zdnet.com
  Is interest in the new iPhone XS and iPhone XR smartphones weaker than for previous releases? The data we have suggests that there may be some signs of weakening, but that this might not be a bad thing. In fact, it might be good news for Apple.
  
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• These six UK cities will get 5G in 2019

  14-11-2018 12:47
  
  EE announces the six UK cities to get 5G connectivity first
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S10's chipset? Exynos 9820 unveiled with 20% speed boost, AI chip

  14-11-2018 12:39 via zdnet.com
  Samsung unveils the 8nm chipset that will power its 2019 flagship handsets.
  
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• US asks London court to hand over two alleged hackers

  14-11-2018 12:01 via bbc.co.uk
  The men are accused of helping cause $530m of losses to banks and other businesses.
  
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• IoT and the NHS: Why the Internet of Things will create a healthcare revolution

  14-11-2018 12:00 via zdnet.com
  The Internet of Things must be one of the most high-profile technology trends of the last five years. Could IoT be the backbone of the NHS of the future?
  
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• Best eBay Black Friday 2018 deals: See early sales on Galaxy Watch, Chromecast, and more

  14-11-2018 12:00 via zdnet.com
  eBay is kicking things off early with a "Better than Black Friday" sale that consists of one-day deals.Quantities are expected to be limited, so it's best to grab something as soon as you see it and want it.
  
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• Fixing code bugs to keep connected cars on the road

  14-11-2018 11:57 via zdnet.com
  Aurora Labs wants to make it easier for car manufactures to spot and fix errors with vehicle software.
  
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