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• Law regulating online shopping activities enforced in China

  02-01-2019 23:49 via zdnet.com
  The e-commerce law newly enforced in China on Jan 1, 2019, aims to improve regulation over vast online markets that have been dominated by players like Alibaba and JD.com.
  
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• Apple cuts Q1 revenue outlook due to weak iPhone sales, Chinese market

  02-01-2019 23:48 via zdnet.com
  Revenues will come in lower than a year prior, Apple warned, due to a rough economic climate in China and fewer iPhone upgrades than expected.
  
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• Over half of consumers will choose a chatbot over a human to save time

  02-01-2019 22:44 via zdnet.com
  Shoppers want a little less automation, but a little more human interaction, according to a new report.
  
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• Hey Apple: Forget AirPower. Get your accessories act together

  02-01-2019 21:54 via zdnet.com
  The failure to launch AirPower in 2018 was a rare miss for Cupertino. But there are other accessories issues for its mobile products that it needs to address.
  
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• Data of 2.4 million Blur password manager users left exposed online

  02-01-2019 20:51 via zdnet.com
  Company says data breach didn't expose any actual passwords stored inside users' Blur accounts.
  
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• Samsung's One UI release schedule updated with good news for Note users

  02-01-2019 19:43 via zdnet.com
  A major interface revamp to Samsung's Galaxy line of phones is coming sooner than previously announced.
  
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• Hacker hijacks thousands of Chromecasts and smart TVs to play PewDiePie ad

  02-01-2019 19:27 via zdnet.com
  Hacker is targeting smart TVs, Chromecasts, and Google Home devices. Sonos support also coming, hacker said.
  
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• Microsoft to add two new Microsoft 365 security, compliance bundles to its line-up

  02-01-2019 18:01 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is adding new Microsoft 365 packages to its subscription-service roster, as well as expanding availability of its MyAnalytics 'fitness tracker for work' service.
  
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• Brazilian government to create data protection authority

  02-01-2019 17:24 via zdnet.com
  Outgoing president signs measure to introduce information watchdog and extend go-live date for the country's GDPR.
  
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• Brazilian government creates data protection authority

  02-01-2019 17:24 via zdnet.com
  Outgoing president signs measure to introduce information watchdog and extend go-live date for the country's GDPR.
  
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• Tesla shares drop on disappointing quarterly performance

  02-01-2019 16:32 via bbc.co.uk
  The electric carmaker misses vehicle delivery expectations and says it will cut prices in the US.
  
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• Can virtual assistants plug the healthcare gap?

  02-01-2019 15:45 via zdnet.com
  The “virtual nurse” will see you all the time. Electronic Caregiver is launching what it claims is “the world's first virtual caregiver” at CES in January, though it’s by no means the first chat-bot to offer medical help.
  
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• Three technology trends that will redefine marketing in 2019

  02-01-2019 15:40 via zdnet.com
  Today, consumers and business buyers alike expect convenient, relevant, and responsive engagement across every interaction. In the age of the connected customer, marketers -- with their deep understanding of customer needs and behavior -- are well positioned to take a lead on these broader customer experience initiatives.
  
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• DIY-IT: Exciting maker projects and gear coming to ZDNet in 2019

  02-01-2019 15:35 via zdnet.com
  Roll up your sleeves. 2019 is going to be chock-full of fascinating projects and cool technology.
  
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• Windows 10 is now most popular PC OS as Windows 7 wanes

  02-01-2019 15:27 via zdnet.com
  Windows 10 overtakes Windows 7 amid very slow adoption of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update.
  
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• Apple's biggest embarrassment of 2018

  02-01-2019 15:19 via zdnet.com
  It's rare for Apple to fall foul of its ego, but hardware can be hard, and it seems like the Cupertino giant bit off more than it could chew back in 2017.
  
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• Netflix removes Hasan Minhaj comedy episode after Saudi demand

  02-01-2019 15:14 via bbc.co.uk
  The episode of Patriot Act, with US comedian Hasan Minhaj, was critical of Saudi Arabia's rulers.
  
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• New Nokia 9 PureView: Five-camera smartphone leaks in promo video

  02-01-2019 14:22 via zdnet.com
  HMD Global will revive the PureView camera brand in the new Nokia 9.
  
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• Big Data 2019: Cloud redefines the database and Machine Learning runs it

  02-01-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Artificial intelligence and the cloud will be the great disrupters in the database landscape in 2019.
  
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• Asimov's 2019 predictions - fiction or fact?

  02-01-2019 13:52 via bbc.co.uk
  How accurate were predictions for the coming year made by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov in 1983?
  
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• Google's Soli mini-radar gesture controls for phones, cars just got more accurate

  02-01-2019 13:43 via zdnet.com
  Google's Soli sensors have been approved to operate at higher power levels than currently allowed by US regulators.
  
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• Want a hybrid workforce? The trick is getting humans and machines speaking to each other

  02-01-2019 12:40 via zdnet.com
  Google X roboticists and engineers aim to provide solution to make sense of robot data in industries such as retail, construction, automotive and healthcare.
  
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• New York new year drone plan scuppered by rain

  02-01-2019 11:42 via bbc.co.uk
  NYPD plans to use a camera-equipped drone in Times Square were spoiled by rain and wind.
  
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• Why it's high time you ditched that digital detox nonsense

  02-01-2019 07:00
  
  Computing is becoming ever-present, the internet will fade into the background as we develop new ways to enjoy technology without being overwhelmed by it
  
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• These are the best new games coming out in 2019

  02-01-2019 07:00
  
  Here are 12 of the biggest gaming releases that have us most excited for the new year
  
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• Self-driving ships are here to clean up our gridlocked roads

  02-01-2019 07:00
  
  Autonomous shipping will lead to more cargo traffic on the oceans – and much less on land
  
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• Hot new year's correspondence from Silicon Valley's tech bros

  02-01-2019 07:00
  
  Get up to speed on the 2019 growth strategies of Dorsey, Zuckerberg, Musk, Bezos and... Tim Ferris
  
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• AI's failure to live up to the hype is starting to put off investors

  02-01-2019 07:00
  
  Investor enthusiasm for AI will wane with the first big failures – and it will be up to the industry to redefine the problems it is trying to solve
  
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• Australian police Google Maps blunder 'missed location of body'

  02-01-2019 06:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Australian authorities should have used better tools when looking for a missing man, a coroner says.
  
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• Privacy International hits out at unconsented Facebook tracking within apps

  02-01-2019 04:54 via zdnet.com
  Popular apps like Kayak and Duolingo are firing off users' Google ad IDs to Facebook the moment apps are launched.
  
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• DBS banks on data to know what customers want before they themselves know

  02-01-2019 02:23 via zdnet.com
  DBS Bank is hoping to be more pre-emptive in meeting its customers' needs, as the Singapore bank focuses its attention on building a data platform and beefing up itscapabilities in data analytics and artificial intelligence.
  
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• The firm whose staff are all autistic

  02-01-2019 01:07 via bbc.co.uk
  A California father set up a company where his sons could work - and now employs more than 150 people.
  
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• Rio Tinto completes rollout of world-first autonomous iron ore rail operation

  02-01-2019 01:05 via zdnet.com
  Mining Giant creates 'world's largest robot' as its driverless rail network goes live in Pilbara, Western Australia.
  
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• Explosion in digital evidence coming thanks to IoT and 5G: Hancom GMD

  02-01-2019 00:15 via zdnet.com
  New IoT devices with cameras, 5G, and AI analytics coming in 2019 will change the digital forensic landscape forever, says Hancom GMD.
  
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