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• Squarespace acquires appointment scheduling platform Acuity Scheduling

  23-04-2019 23:51 via zdnet.com
  The acquisition comes as Squarespace puts more focus on offering professional services for independent workers and small businesses.
  
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• Nvidia takes aim at Tesla's custom GPU claims

  23-04-2019 22:52 via zdnet.com
  Elon Musk is a master at promotion, but Nvidia is laying out a few "inaccuracies" with Tesla's GPU comparisons.
  
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• eBay tops Q1 targets, raises 2019 guidance

  23-04-2019 22:33 via zdnet.com
  Despite the relatively solid quarter, eBay said gross merchandise volume was down 4% to $22.6 billion.
  
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• Academics hide humans from surveillance cameras with 2D prints

  23-04-2019 21:10 via zdnet.com
  Couple it with some snazzy eyeglasses and you can become invisible to modern AI-powered surveillance systems.
  
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• How secure are your containerized apps?

  23-04-2019 20:11 via zdnet.com
  Containers are only as secure as their contents.
  
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• Kohl's will begin accepting Amazon returns in all its US stores

  23-04-2019 20:00 via zdnet.com
  The companies kicked off their partnership in September 2017 as a way to offer Amazon returns in select Kohl's stores.
  
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• Alphabet's Wing gets FAA approval to begin US commercial drone deliveries

  23-04-2019 19:59 via zdnet.com
  Wing is the first drone delivery company to receive air carrier certification from the US Federal Aviation Administration.
  
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• Three drivers of AI's explosive startup funding growth

  23-04-2019 19:48 via zdnet.com
  AI is one of the hottest sectors, with its technology promising to revolutionize and automate every industry imaginable. Venture Scanner has been covering this trend, showing a massive increase in AI startup funding. AI funding has more than tripled from 2016 to 2018. This phenomenon then begs the question: What caused this explosive growth in AI funding? There are three reasons.
  
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• Google Wing drones approved for US home deliveries

  23-04-2019 19:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Drone home delivery company Wing will start deliveries in rural Virginia "within months".
  
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• Google 'retaliating against harassment protest organisers'

  23-04-2019 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Organisers of walkouts in protest at Google's treatment of women say they are facing backlash at work.
  
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• Election interference is 'online harm', MPs hear

  23-04-2019 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK's information commissioner has strong words on the need for reform of political ads online.
  
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• Twitter shares surge 17% as users rise

  23-04-2019 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  The social media platform reports better-than-expected results as it plans to minimise "outrage".
  
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• Traveling with TripIt: New Apple Watch complications, Pro Hub improvements for Android

  23-04-2019 17:39 via zdnet.com
  TripIt is my go-to service for business and personal travel with regular updates released to improve services and offer enhanced experiences. The latest update brings improvements to the Apple Watch and Android.
  
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• How (and why) Microsoft is looking at freelance experts as its next big target for Office

  23-04-2019 17:33 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft launched a collection of tools and templates aimed at freelance workers late last year. Moving forward, Microsoft has much bigger plans to target those in the 'gig economy.'
  
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• Malicious lifestyle apps found on Google Play, 30 million installs recorded

  23-04-2019 17:13 via zdnet.com
  The adware-laden apps attempt to lure victims into installing additional software.
  
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• FBI: US companies lost $1.3 billion in 2018 due to BEC scams

  23-04-2019 17:00 via zdnet.com
  Ransomware complaints are on the decline, but losses are higher than ever.
  
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• Apple AI accused of leading to man's wrongful arrest

  23-04-2019 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  A man is suing Apple after claiming its in-store AI led to his arrest.
  
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• Amazon rolls out Key for Garage, expands Key delivery to more cities

  23-04-2019 16:30 via zdnet.com
  Key for Garage operates along the same lines as the door-based Key option, relying on smart home devices to facilitate secure entry.
  
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• Micron 9300 Series NVMe SSDs for cloud and enterprise markets

  23-04-2019 16:01 via zdnet.com
  The new Micron 9300 NVMe SSDs allows cloud and enterprise customers near real-time access to data by offering the industry’s lowest average write latency.
  
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• Take a stand for consumer privacy: The anti-surveillance economy

  23-04-2019 15:56 via zdnet.com
  As a result of widespread corporate surveillance, a new industry is set to emerge that will allow us to avoid giving up our privacy: The anti-surveillance economy.
  
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• It's too early to fold Samsung Galaxy Fold for good

  23-04-2019 15:12 via zdnet.com
  Samsung's Galaxy Fold screen issue drama continues to play out, but there are too many unknowns to shelve the device for good.
  
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• Salesforce updates Sales Cloud with AI-based productivity features

  23-04-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  The CRM giant said the new productivity features in Sales Cloud aim to streamline administrative tasks for sales reps.
  
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• Quobyte's TensorFlow plug-in speeds machine learning

  23-04-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Machine learning (ML), the most common form that AI takes today, relies on huge masses of data to train models. So an ML-enabled file system seems like a no-brainer. Here's the first one.
  
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• NVIDIA unveils new GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and 1650 Turing-based GPUs for gaming laptops

  23-04-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  The new NVIDIA Turing-based GPUs power a new generation of GeForce-powered gaming laptops with prices starting as low $799.
  
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• Verizon Q1 solid, but wireless business has multiple moving parts ahead of 5G

  23-04-2019 14:33 via zdnet.com
  Verizon grew net connections in the first quarter, but lost phones and tablets and added wearables as well as smartphones.
  
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• Samsung's best bet: Cancel the Galaxy Fold for good

  23-04-2019 14:13 via zdnet.com
  Hats off to Samsung for taking a risk, but now it’s time to do the right thing.
  
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• Windows 10: Microsoft lists the processors you'll need for the May 2019 Update

  23-04-2019 13:57 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft lists the chips you'll need - but no 5G, yet.
  
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• Trojanized TeamViewer used in government, embassy attacks across Europe

  23-04-2019 13:51 via zdnet.com
  The remote desktop software is being weaponized to gain access to victim systems.
  
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• Sri Lanka attacks: The ban on social media

  23-04-2019 13:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Is the ban a sign of things to come for social media firms unable to halt the spread of misinformation?
  
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• Twitter Q1 solid as daily active users, licensing, ads show growth

  23-04-2019 13:28 via zdnet.com
  Twitter delivered data licensing sales of $107 million, up 20 percent from a year ago.
  
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• Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android adds single sign-in, can now block Chrome and Safari access to some apps

  23-04-2019 13:12 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is making signing in to enterprise web apps easier for users and gives admins tools to make it harder for workers to use Chrome and Safari.
  
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• Smarter beer: When old school craft brewing meets industry 4.0 AI

  23-04-2019 13:00 via zdnet.com
  How IoT and artificial intelligence helps craft brewers achieve perfect suds.
  
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• Smarter beer

  23-04-2019 13:00 via zdnet.com
  How IoT and artificial intelligence helps craft brewers achieve perfect suds.
  
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• Max Levchin's Affirm spins out independent B2B financing company Resolve

  23-04-2019 13:00 via zdnet.com
  Resolve takes Affirm's buy now, pay later approach and applies it to business purchasing.
  
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• Facebook asked to clamp down on cops creating fake accounts

  23-04-2019 12:54 via zdnet.com
  Police officers are creating covert, fake accounts in order to spy on users during investigations.
  
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• The key moments from Game of Thrones season eight, episode two

  23-04-2019 12:39
  
  WIRED's resident Game of Thrones fans discuss the latest episode, and the build-up to next week's much-hyped battle
  
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• Programming languages: Developers now ask more questions about Python than JavaScript on Stack Overflow

  23-04-2019 11:54 via zdnet.com
  Rise in queries driven by interest in Python and community of new programmers.
  
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• Apple facial recognition tech prompts student to sue for $1 billion after false arrest

  23-04-2019 11:07 via zdnet.com
  The case revolves around a teenager that was falsely accused of stealing from Apple stores.
  
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• Tesla's Elon Musk expects 'robotaxis' to start in US next year

  23-04-2019 10:15 via bbc.co.uk
  The electric carmaker entrepreneur makes a new promise on driverless vehicles.
  
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• Singapore looks to prep financial workforce for data analytics, automation era

  23-04-2019 10:09 via zdnet.com
  Country's banking agencies identify 121 job roles in banking, asset management, and insurance that it believes will be necessary in future when the financial sector sees increased adoption of data analytics and automation.
  
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• Tuesday briefing: Crew Dragon capsule destroyed in engine test failure

  23-04-2019 08:54
  
  SpaceX's crew transport capsule has exploded during an engine test, Samsung has postponed its Galaxy Fold launch over screen breakages
  
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• Vodafone named 'worst' mobile network

  23-04-2019 08:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Annual study of more than 6,000 mobile customers names most and least popular UK network providers.
  
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• Google Play introduces reward points in South Korea

  23-04-2019 07:29 via zdnet.com
  The US search giant has launched a reward program for South Koreans making in-app purchases from the Google Play store.
  
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• ASD Essential Eight cybersecurity controls not essential: Canberra

  23-04-2019 07:10 via zdnet.com
  The Australian government demonstrates its can't-do attitude to computering yet again. Requiring all agencies to follow the Australian Signals Directorate's 'best advice' is just too hard.
  
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• To truly fight climate change, we need to totally reinvent politics

  23-04-2019 07:00
  
  "It is hard to imagine humanity moving to a post-carbon future without first having restored sanity to our politics and embraced a new era of global cooperation"
  
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• Tesla Model 3 review: worth the wait but not so cheap after all

  23-04-2019 07:00
  
  Three long years on from its debut, Tesla’s "affordable" electric car will finally land in the UK this summer (fingers crossed). We took the Model 3 Performance on a road trip across France to find out if it lives up to expectations
  
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• Technology will only transform medicine if we get privacy right

  23-04-2019 07:00
  
  Healthcare systems have been slow to digitise, but change is now unstoppable. To keep innovating we need to ensure there isn't a firewall between digital companies and clinicians
  
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• Source code of Carbanak trojan found on VirusTotal

  23-04-2019 07:00 via zdnet.com
  Carbanak source code has been available on VirusTotal for two years, and security firms didn't even notice.
  
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• Read the comments and think of the children: 10 rules for life online

  23-04-2019 07:00
  
  Ignoring the comments hasn't worked so far, and listening to the next generation is a great forecasting tool. Here are WIRED's ten rules for a more mindful tech existence
  
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• Reliance Jio hits 300 million customers

  23-04-2019 03:47 via zdnet.com
  Reliance Jio added 120 million customers during the year, with the Indian carrier clocking in at 307 million customers by the end of FY19.
  
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