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• Intel Capital announces plans to invest $117M in 14 startups

  01-04-2019 23:39 via zdnet.com
  The investments cover companies building new AI platforms, new approaches to chip design, and new solutions for communications, manufacturing and health care.
  
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• How to save money and reduce costs with a yearly auto-renew services checkup

  01-04-2019 22:48 via zdnet.com
  We're all about saving money these days. Today's pro tip can help your department or company save a lot of money by identifying where you're spending on services you're not using.
  
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• The new SUSE

  01-04-2019 22:38 via zdnet.com
  SUSE will soon be the largest independent Linux company.
  
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• How to thrive in a 'Business 4.0' world

  01-04-2019 22:14 via zdnet.com
  New report looks at four key traits for succeeding in a digital environment.
  
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• Over 13K iSCSI storage clusters left exposed online without a password

  01-04-2019 21:27 via zdnet.com
  New attack vector opens backdoor inside enterprise disk storage arrays and people's NAS devices.
  
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• Is VR really in decline?

  01-04-2019 20:59 via zdnet.com
  Have opinions and attitudes toward virtual reality shifted recently -- or are we already too familiar with the technology?
  
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• Apple to add reverse wireless charging to 2019 iPhones: Report

  01-04-2019 20:03 via zdnet.com
  It's never too early to begin talking iPhone rumors.
  
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• Oracle Takes Next Steps Toward the Customer Data Platform

  01-04-2019 19:34 via zdnet.com
  Oracle hopes to beat Salesforce, Adobe with CX Unity, but what’s the advice for data warehouse, data lake and MDM customers?”
  
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• Amazon AWS: Complete business guide to the world's largest provider of cloud services

  01-04-2019 18:12 via zdnet.com
  A few brilliant strokes of ingenuity, combined with a large dose of capitalism, made the e-retailer into the world’s cloud services leader.What’s remarkable is how little of what this leader does is generally understood.
  
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• Wallet wars: How a Microsoft-Amazon-led alliance can strike back at Apple Card

  01-04-2019 17:57 via zdnet.com
  A unified competitive response by the tech giants is required in order to counter the Apple Card from potentially monopolizing the future of the smart wallet and mobile payments industry.
  
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• Esports: The Fifa gamers signed by Premier League teams

  01-04-2019 17:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Professional video gamers are being signed by 20 teams in the Premier League for their esports teams.
  
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• Enterprise AI in 2019: What you need to know

  01-04-2019 17:49 via zdnet.com
  How to navigate the marketing hype and identify the opportunities that machine learning presents for your business.
  
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• Survey: Tech leaders cautiously approach artificial intelligence and machine learning projects

  01-04-2019 17:48 via zdnet.com
  A recent Tech Pro Research poll found that most respondents feel their AI/ML projects will be more difficult than previous IT projects.
  
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• Free PDF download: Managing AI and ML in the enterprise

  01-04-2019 17:46 via zdnet.com
  This special report from ZDNet and TechRepublic looks at the management, best practices, and benefits of artificial intelligence and machine learning projects. Download it as a free PDF ebook.
  
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• Indian govt agency left details of millions of pregnant women exposed online

  01-04-2019 17:00 via zdnet.com
  Medical records removed from leaky server after more than three weeks.
  
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• BMC brings back Beauchamp as interim CEO

  01-04-2019 16:40 via zdnet.com
  Beauchamp takes over for Peter Leav, who has been CEO since 2016. Leav is stepping down to take "a planned career break," said the company in a statement.
  
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• 3D Systems integrated into Nokia's Factory in a Box additive manufacturing effort

  01-04-2019 16:27 via zdnet.com
  The 3D printer company also announced integration deals in medical devices as well as aerospace and gas turbines.
  
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• Google: Malware in Google Play doubled in 2018 because of click-fraud apps

  01-04-2019 14:34 via zdnet.com
  Click-fraud apps drove a 100 percent year-over-year increase in the amount of malware installed from Google Play in 2018.
  
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• Windows 10 1903 update nears: Microsoft removes another barrier to its release

  01-04-2019 14:03 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft lifts the preview block on PCs with anti-cheat software that had been causing machines to GSOD.
  
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• YouTube: Zac Efron promotion draws ire from fans

  01-04-2019 14:01 via bbc.co.uk
  YouTube is criticised for promoting Zac Efron's new YouTube channel instead of smaller creators.
  
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• Call Of Duty hoax caller Tyler Barriss jailed

  01-04-2019 13:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Tyler Barriss is sentenced to 20 years in jail for making hoax calls to police.
  
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• Microsoft's flagship Windows 10 Surface Book 2 range quietly adds new model

  01-04-2019 12:55 via zdnet.com
  New 13.5-inch Surface Book 2 with Intel 8th Gen Core i5 costs the same as the line-up's entry-level machine at launch in late 2017.
  
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• PewDiePie concedes defeat to YouTube rival T-Series

  01-04-2019 12:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The Swedish gamer battled the Indian channel to remain the YouTuber with the most subscribers.
  
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• Competing for drone deliveries

  01-04-2019 12:45 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC reports on Tanzania's competition to encourage drone delivery flights.
  
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• Google adds more Smart Compose features to Gmail on its 15th birthday

  01-04-2019 12:00 via zdnet.com
  Google's Smart Compose additions to Gmail highlight how it has become more of a machine learning and AI tool.
  
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• Facebook to reveal News Feed algorithm secrets

  01-04-2019 10:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Facebook is launching a new feature to explain how its algorithms decide what to display in your News Feed.
  
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• Stratasys launches F120 3D printer for $11,999; V650 Plex

  01-04-2019 09:00 via zdnet.com
  The F120 is designed to bring industrial grade parts to enterprises and educators and the V650 Plex is a highly configurable system for service bureaus and OEMs.
  
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• Stratasys launches F120 3D printer for $11,999; V650 Flex

  01-04-2019 09:00 via zdnet.com
  The F120 is designed to bring industrial grade parts to enterprises and educators and the V650 Flex is a highly configurable system for service bureaus and OEMs.
  
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• Monday briefing: Saudi Arabia accused of Bezos hack

  01-04-2019 08:15
  
  An investigator hired by the Amazon CEO says the Saudi government was behind leaks of personal photos and messages, the UK porn block has been delayed again
  
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• Like the gilets jaunes, London's black-cab and Uber drivers rail against environmental policies

  01-04-2019 08:00
  
  Countering climate change won't be pain-free. Driver protests are a taste of what lies ahead
  
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• How to fix the shocking, sexist collapse of female coders

  01-04-2019 08:00
  
  Today, coding is dominated by men —but it hasn't always been this way
  
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• Focal's retro-styled headphones are an audiophile's dream

  01-04-2019 08:00
  
  Focal's Stellia headphones have exceptional quality, exquisite sound and an eye-watering price - ideal for for on-the-go audiophiles
  
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• Canberra believes it's doing enough to measure government digital competency

  01-04-2019 07:57 via zdnet.com
  The measures in its digital transformation strategy should be enough to convince the public the federal government knows what it's doing when it comes to digital, its response to a Senate committee has shown.
  
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• Hewlett-Packard reverses Australian loss to profit AU$54 million in 2018

  01-04-2019 06:50 via zdnet.com
  The US multinational pocketed AU$54 million from its operations known as Hewlett-Packard South Pacific.
  
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• WA pumps AU$35m into digital government

  01-04-2019 06:03 via zdnet.com
  Western Australia's Office of Digital Government will have AU$34.7 million to push its digital reform agenda.
  
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• Zuckerberg uses online op-ed to call for internet regulation

  01-04-2019 05:31 via zdnet.com
  The key policy considerations the Facebook founder has called for are around harmful content, election integrity, privacy, and data portability.
  
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• Korean telcos use Galaxy S10 pre-orders to compete for initial 5G subscribers

  01-04-2019 05:07 via zdnet.com
  SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus are going all out to lure their first 5G subscribers with the pre-order of Samsung Galaxy S10 5G going on sale on Friday in South Korea.
  
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• Building a large-scale share flash infrastructure

  01-04-2019 04:15 via zdnet.com
  Rack-scale integration (RSI) could bring cloud economics to enterprise data centers. But storage is a sticking point. A new software stack makes remote flash almost equivalent to local flash. Here's what you need to know.
  
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• Can AI defeat fake news?

  01-04-2019 04:00 via zdnet.com
  Our digital society is under attack from malevolent forces creating realistic looking fake text, images, and video. Can real artificial intelligence overcome evil fake news?
  
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• Apple reveals services, Huawei P30 camera samples, Google Atlas video (MobileTechRoundup show #465)

  01-04-2019 03:38 via zdnet.com
  Apple started the week by revealing some new services and then Huawei revealed all the details of the P30 and P30 Pro. Kevin found more details on the Google Atlas Chromebook and Google posted the I/O schedule.
  
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• Facebook to show explanations why content shows up on users' news feeds

  01-04-2019 03:25 via zdnet.com
  Company taking steps to add more transparency to its News Feed algorithms.
  
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• Taiwan citing national security in Chinese streaming site block: Report

  01-04-2019 02:51 via zdnet.com
  Baidu and Tencent's services will reportedly be blocked in the countdown to the 2020 Taiwan election.
  
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• LG V50 ThinQ with 5G to launch in South Korea on April 19

  01-04-2019 01:50 via zdnet.com
  LG will launch its first 5G smartphone, the V50 ThinQ, in South Korea on April 19, two weeks after the release of Samsung's Galaxy S10 5G.
  
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• Automatic compensation for broadband users goes live

  01-04-2019 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Five UK broadband and landline providers will now compensate users when services do not work.
  
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• Australia to rush laws on jailing social media execs for violent crime streaming

  01-04-2019 00:33 via zdnet.com
  Government in race against time to get laws through before it calls an election.
  
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• Cybersecurity is broken: Here's how we start to fix it

  01-04-2019 00:00 via zdnet.com
  We are building our future on creaking digital foundation. It's time for that to change.
  
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