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Wednesday 29 May 2019

Microsoft acquires Drawbridge to bolster LinkedIn's marketing platform

Microsoft plans to use Drawbridge's digital identty management technology, which uses machine-learning techniques, to grow LinkedIn's Marketing Solutions product.

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Workday fiscal Q1 better than expected as it increases subscription revenue target for 2020

CEO Aneel Bhusri said that the company saw customers--Fortune 50 and Fortune 500 companies--expand their spending with Workday.

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Your technology investments may not deliver the productivity gains you expected

Improving productivity has been core to the value proposition for technology investments, but trends in overall US productivity indicate that tech spending is not the same.

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Walmart taps former Google exec for elevated CTO role

Suresh Kumar will serve as chief technology and chief development officer for the big box retailer.

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Nomad Base Station Apple Watch Edition: As close to Apple AirPower as you'll get

A wireless charging pad that can charge your iPhone, AirPods, and Apple Watch at the same time? It does exist.

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Almost one million Windows systems vulnerable to BlueKeep (CVE-2019-0708)

New research puts an initial estimation of 7.6 million vulnerable systems into more context.

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Data storage: Everything you need to know about emerging technologies

The era of data-centric computing is here -- and, fortunately, data storage is more cost effective than ever. But we'll see more change in the next decade than we've ever seen before in computer data storage. Here's what's coming that you need to know.

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Intuit buys data analytics startup as part of AI expansion efforts

Intuit plans to use the acquisition of Origami Logic to better analyze multiple data sets, which would allow for more personalized services and products across its portfolio.

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How OnePlus' launch polished its image to take on the industry's best

As the OnePlus 7 Pro makes its debut in the company's strongest ever marketing push in the US, an analysis of the phone's announcement shows how OnePlus set expectations for a more premium experience and price.

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MacKenzie Bezos Pledges To Give More Than Half Of Her Billions To Charity

MacKenzie Bezos, one of the wealthiest women in the world, says she

"We each come by the gifts we have to offer by an infinite series of influences and lucky breaks we can never fully understand," Bezos said as she signed the Giving Pledge.

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Foresight 2020: Andrew Yang

Yang says he’s running the “nerdiest presidential campaign in history.”

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Instagramming Crowds Pack National Parks

Around 50 tourists and photographers were huddled near Mesa Arch in Utah to catch a glimpse of the sunrise in early May.

Social media is helping drive more people to visit national parks. While it's getting folks out there, it's also causing traffic jams and congestion in places valued for solitude and reflection.

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Tampered Videos Threaten To Hijack 2020 Political Conversations

Videos suggesting that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was drunk and slurring her words went viral. They were proven to be fake but the damage was done. Should Facebook have taken them down?



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Why Suburban Moms Are Delivering Your Groceries

"I had one day I worked six hours and made $50. It really wasn

After two master's degrees and three children, Hilary Gordon is one of the women who now make up more than half of the contractors at food delivery apps like Instacart. NPR spent a day with her.

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The diggers guided by satellites and drones

Moving earth is messy - but new technology means we can dig with an accuracy of a few centimetres.

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CEO Secrets: Strava running app boss shares business tips

A boss isn't the captain of the ship, he's the designer, says James Quarles, boss of Strava.

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MediaTek's New 5G-Ready Chip Is Exactly the Kind of Competition Qualcomm Needs

We’re still in the early days of 5G, but if you take a quick look around the smartphone world, it’s clear Qualcomm has gotten a head start when compared to other chipmakers. Nearly every 5G phone on the market today is powered by a Qualcomm modem, and while Qualcomm recently got slapped for violating antitrust laws,…

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If You're a Zillionaire Neat Freak, iRobot's New Roomba and Mop Bot Are a Dream Come True

While most home robots never see much success with consumers, iRobot’s made a nice little niche for itself with its Roombas. Today, the company is announcing its most advanced bot to date—the Roomba s9+: A self-emptying, room-memorizing cleaner that also costs a whopping $1,300 to start. Oh...and iRobot has also…

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Gravel Made the Travel Pillow of Blankets

If, like me, you prefer to spend as much time as possible under a blanket at home, Gravel made a blanket that you can take with you anywhere.

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Netflix Comes Out Against Georgia's Anti-Abortion Law, Other Studios Still Silent

The third season of The Handmaid’s Tale may be a month away, but it already feels like it’s making headlines. More states have passed and signed legislation that makes it hard for women to get safe and legal abortions—including in Georgia, which has become a key state for the film industry. How are media companies…

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Australia’s New Encryption Law Is Forcing Tech Companies To Help With Surveillance

We still don’t know the full impact of Australia’s big, bad encryption law.

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The 10 Best Deals of May 28, 2019

We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.

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After Destroying Brick and Mortars, Amazon Reportedly Planning to Cut Ties With Thousands of Small Vendors

Amazon has long touted its relationships with the small businesses who sell on its platform as helping them “reach hundreds of millions of customers around the world.” But Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that the e-commerce giant is about to cease bulk ordering for “thousands of mostly smaller suppliers,” which could…

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