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• AI startup InsideSales asks if a machine can be taught to sell

  16-11-2018 22:47 via zdnet.com
  Armed with hundreds of millions of dollars in funding from Microsoft and Salesforce, InsideSales believes it can make computers an intelligent assistant of sorts for salespeople.
  
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• This T-Mobile Black Friday deal gets you a free Note 9 or Galaxy S9

  16-11-2018 22:20 via zdnet.com
  Is there a catch? Of course. But this is still a pretty great Black Friday deal.
  
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• Trump signs bill that creates the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

  16-11-2018 21:13 via zdnet.com
  The US now has an official federal cybersecurity agency.
  
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• Best Black Friday 2018 iPhone deals: $400 iPhone X gift card, BOGO iPhone XR, and more

  16-11-2018 21:00 via zdnet.com
  Believe it or not, you can get a new iPhone at a reduced price! Here are the best deals we've found.
  
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• Microsoft investigated adding banner advertisements to the Windows 10 Mail and Calendar apps

  16-11-2018 20:29 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is continuing to look to banner advertising as a way to monetize Windows. But it seems Windows 10's built-in Mail and Calendar apps are unlikely to be the next place these ads show up.
  
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• Google Play Protect analyzes every Android app that it can find on the internet

  16-11-2018 19:28 via zdnet.com
  Play Protect, a security service included in the Play Store app, lives up to all the hype that Google created last year.
  
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• Best Black Friday 2018 smartphone deals: OnePlus 6T, LG G7, and more

  16-11-2018 19:21 via zdnet.com
  It's the most wonderful time of the year -- to get a new phone, on the cheap!
  
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• Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene steps down, to be replaced by former Oracle exec

  16-11-2018 19:02 via zdnet.com
  Greene will be succeeded by Thomas Kurian, a longtime Oracle executive who recently left after reported disagreements with Larry Ellison.
  
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• Sony won't be attending E3 next year

  16-11-2018 18:14 via bbc.co.uk
  For the first time in 24 years, Sony won't be at the huge gaming convention in 2019.
  
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• Automating the warehouse: These self-driving robots aim to modernize materials handling

  16-11-2018 18:00 via zdnet.com
  Talking with Pittsburgh-based Seegrid, we explore why robotics in materials handling is maturing at a rapid pace.
  
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• AWS rolls out new security feature to prevent accidental S3 data leaks

  16-11-2018 16:33 via zdnet.com
  New settings will prevent accidental S3 bucket leaks --if customers take the time to apply them.
  
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• American Link flight simulators win Britain's top computer conservation award

  16-11-2018 16:17 via zdnet.com
  Virtual Reality began in Binghamton with Link flight simulators, and the local TechWorks museum has won the Computer Conservation Society's Tony Sale Award for restoring three very different simulators from a bellows-mounted WWII Link to an all-digital Super GAT trainer from the 1980s.
  
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• The truth about that Iceland advert: Podcast 394

  16-11-2018 16:11
  
  On the WIRED podcast this week: why the weight of the kilogram is changing, the difficulty of moderating Mumsnet, and what really is going on with that Iceland advert.
  
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• The technology behind HPC4, the worlds most powerful computer

  16-11-2018 15:55
  
  Technology is at the heart of Eni as a company, and it's also crucial to one of its recent digital feats – the new HPC4 supercomputer
  
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• Slow Netflix, YouTube streaming? Big telcos quizzed over bandwidth throttling

  16-11-2018 15:21 via zdnet.com
  Senators tackle AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile for answers about alleged video traffic throttling.
  
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• IBM adds more automation to Cloud Migration Factory, partners with ServiceNow

  16-11-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  IBM's services unit said it is aiming to speed up multi-cloud deployment processes by using its algorithms in its Cloud Migration Factory.
  
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• Russian banks hit by major phishing attacks from two hacker groups

  16-11-2018 14:55 via zdnet.com
  The Silence and MoneyTaker hacking crews have been targeting Russian financial institutions.
  
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• Windows 10 on Arm: You can expect to see better apps soon, says Microsoft

  16-11-2018 14:17 via zdnet.com
  Developers can now recompile Win32 apps to run natively on Windows 10 on Arm devices.
  
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• Most antivirus programs fail to detect this cryptocurrency-stealing malware

  16-11-2018 13:59 via zdnet.com
  Traditional antivirus software has a tough time detecting malware used in the campaign.
  
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• Marketing efficiencies top of mind for CXOs in 2019

  16-11-2018 13:58 via zdnet.com
  Today's consumers have shorter attention spans across a variety of media, so how do brands cope with these changing habitsto keep their customers?
  
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• These AI-generated fake fingerprints can fool smartphone security

  16-11-2018 13:32 via zdnet.com
  Attackers no longer need your actual fingerprint to unlock your phone.
  
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• ​BlackBerry is buying AI-powered security company Cylance for $1.4bn

  16-11-2018 13:29 via zdnet.com
  The security and IoT software maker will use AI and machine learning capabilities across the BlackBerry portfolio.
  
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• Should we have left the Brexit decision to AI?

  16-11-2018 13:20
  
  We gathered together four technology and AI experts to talk humans vs algorithms - and asked, should we have left Brexit to AI?
  
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• Marijuana means business: Everything you need to know about the cannabis industry

  16-11-2018 13:20 via zdnet.com
  With the legal status of medical and recreational marijuana in constant flux, and varying wildly from state to state, the opportunities and risks of this market are mind-alteringly complex. Here are the basics.
  
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• How the marijuana industry is organized in legal states

  16-11-2018 13:20 via zdnet.com
  NIMBY-ism is not a problem only in vertically integrated states like Florida; even highly permissive, horizontally integrated states like California have these challenges.
  
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• For CBD products, legal questions linger

  16-11-2018 13:20 via zdnet.com
  CBD can be extracted using marijuana strains, or marijuana's non-psychoactive cousin, industrial hemp. But its legal status is still uncertain.
  
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• Hacking group returns, switches attacks from ransomware to trojan malware

  16-11-2018 13:08 via zdnet.com
  TA505 used to spam out ransomware - now it's returned with a focus on data-stealing remote access trojan malware attacks.
  
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• Dalby Forest sleeping mouse leaves visitors shut out

  16-11-2018 13:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Staff at Dalby Forest in the North York Moors wondered why an electric barrier was playing up.
  
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• Winter Olympic Games hackers are back with an updated arsenal

  16-11-2018 12:58 via zdnet.com
  The group behind Olympic Destroyer are back with an evolved toolkit and malware droppers.
  
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• SpaceX’s Starlink approved to launch almost 12,000 satellites

  16-11-2018 12:18
  
  Elon Musk’s satellite internet network is a go as it gains FCC approval
  
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• EE and Virgin Media fined £13m for overcharging customers

  16-11-2018 12:04
  
  Communications regulator Ofcom deemed the charges “excessive”
  
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• Award for wartime flight trainer returned to service

  16-11-2018 12:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Tens of thousands of pilots trained in a tiny, mechanical flight simulator which has been restored.
  
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• VR, AR and the NHS: How virtual and augmented reality will change healthcare

  16-11-2018 12:00 via zdnet.com
  Against a background of growing enterprise adoption of virtual reality, mixed reality and similar technologies are beginning to gain a foothold in the NHS.
  
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• Malicious code hidden in advert images cost ad networks $1.13bn this year

  16-11-2018 11:44 via zdnet.com
  So-called steganography is rapidly becoming a favored tool of fraudsters.
  
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• Workers unaware of travel-related cybersecurity threats, survey finds

  16-11-2018 11:29 via zdnet.com
  This holiday season, over half of adults plan to travel with work devices. Most don't appreciate the risks.
  
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• Firefox Quantum now tells you if a site has been breached

  16-11-2018 11:23
  
  Quantum's new version of Monitor now details size and scope of site breaches
  
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• Infographic: AI, Machine Learning and the Cloud

  16-11-2018 11:04 via zdnet.com
  With this infographic we illustrate how much AI and Machine Learning initiatives have grown and continue to grow.
  
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• These are the best Black Friday deals in the UK today

  16-11-2018 09:54
  
  We're well into Black Friday week now and we've sifted through several hundred products to find the best Black Friday deals for you
  
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• The latest (actually good) Black Friday deals in the UK today

  16-11-2018 09:54
  
  We're well into Black Friday week now and we've sifted through several hundred products to find the best Black Friday deals for you
  
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• The (actually good) Black Friday deals on Amazon UK today

  16-11-2018 09:54
  
  Welcome to Black Friday 2018. Today is the day and we've sifted through several hundred products to find the best Black Friday deals for you
  
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• The (actually good) Black Friday deals in the UK today

  16-11-2018 09:54
  
  Welcome to Black Friday 2018. We'll be updating this page with the best deals throughout the Black Friday week (yes, it's a week now) so you don't miss out
  
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• Friday briefing: SpaceX receives permission for a 11,943-satellite broadband constellation

  16-11-2018 08:47
  
  An extra 7,518 very-low-Earth orbit satellites can now be included in the Starlink satellite broadband constellation, Facebook chiefs deny knowledge of dubious PR practices, Raspberry Pi has released the last of its classic single-board computers
  
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• ​Foodora rider deemed employee in unfair dismissal case

  16-11-2018 07:42 via zdnet.com
  The Fair Work Commission has ruled that a sacked Foodora rider was unfairly dismissed.
  
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• Why physicists are about to completely redefine the kilogram

  16-11-2018 07:00
  
  For nearly 130 years the definition of the kilogram has been tied to a lump of metal inside a Parisian vault that varies in mass from decade to decade. Now all that is about to change
  
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• To tackle terror attacks, European countries are turning to SMS alerts

  16-11-2018 07:00
  
  The European Parliament has passed legislation that requires countries in the EU to create "reverse 112" text message alerts that can be used in the case of emergencies
  
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• This is why physicists just completely redefined the kilogram

  16-11-2018 07:00
  
  For nearly 130 years the definition of the kilogram has been tied to a lump of metal inside a Parisian vault that varies in mass from decade to decade. Now all that is about to change
  
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• The science behind the EU's creepy new border tech is totally flawed

  16-11-2018 07:00
  
  Trials in Europe are using lie detector tech to screen travellers and at the US-Mexico border DNA tests have been used. The systems raise ethical questions
  
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• Has Australia lost the startup bug? Fishburners doesn't think so

  16-11-2018 06:49 via zdnet.com
  The Fishburners 'startup community' is still expanding rapidly, with the not-for-profit launching virtual membership to keep up with demand.
  
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• Most ATMs can be hacked in under 20 minutes

  16-11-2018 06:30 via zdnet.com
  Experts tested ATMs from NCR, Diebold Nixdorf, and GRGBanking.
  
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• Australia works to prevent beach drownings through Wi-Fi

  16-11-2018 05:17 via zdnet.com
  The free 'Life-Fi' service will be used to encourage beachgoers to stay between the flags, and to push safety alerts to their phones describing beach conditions in seven different languages.
  
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