The Morning After: The Galaxy Note 7 rides again

It's Tuesday, February 21, 2017. Welcome to Tuesday. If you thought the Galaxy Note 7 saga was over -- we wish it was -- you’d be wrong. Samsung might bring refurbished devices back. Kind of. We also toured the New York Toy Fair for its high-tech toys and games, and fell in love with PS4-exclusive Horizon Zero Dawn. Also: Keep an eye out for a new episode of The Future: IRL coming at 9AM ET. Just not in the US or Europe Report: Samsung will sell ‘refurbished’ Galaxy Note 7s Now that Samsung has officially determined that there’s nothing wrong with the Galaxy Note 7 itself, did you think it would let all those phones go to waste? Korean media reports that the company will take the 2.5 million or so phones it has laying around and shove them into new cases with slightly smaller batteries (to alleviate any issues that caused power pack meltdowns the last time around). Those refurbs are headed to developing markets like India and Vietnam, so you can forget any ideas of grabbing a value-priced phablet off of the scrap heap. Move quickly Nab your new Nintendo name now With the launch of the Switch, Nintendo is revamping its online services once more, and for gamers that means registering yet another username. If you don’t want to be SuperMarioLover8734567, then immediately head towards the accounts page to reserve your new choice. An unexpected treat 'Horizon Zero Dawn' review Horizon Zero Dawn may not be Gaming Editor Jessica Conditt’s typical kind of game, but the character design and massive, beautiful open world drew her in. But for such a huge game environment, is a 30-hour campaign long enough?  Sponsored Content by StackCommerce Get a lifetime of privacy with VPN Unlimited for just $39. Toys and tech. Highlights from Toy Fair 2017 This year’s New York Toy Fair has a few blasts from the past, whether it’s a glowing-eyed Teddy Ruxpin, or the classic game of Simon reimagined for some reason, as a headset. At least it’s more imaginative than another cheap VR headset. Barbie has hologram tech now, too. Under the sea! Under the sea! Endless nuclear power can be found in the seas   Climate change is such an urgent issue that despite problems with radioactive waste, nuclear power is once again viable until renewable solutions like solar and wind are more widely adopted. The ocean is a good source of uranium fuel, but it exists in such small quantities that extracting it hasn't been economically feasible. However, Stanford researchers have developed a new technique that can capture up to three times more than existing methods, meaning we might soon get a new source of uranium. But wait, there's more... 1. Hyundai chooses efficiency over range with its new Ioniq vehicles 2. Space particles could be screwing up your smartphone 3. Oh, there's one more way Facebook can rip off Snapchat? 4. The Pacific Ocean is hiding a whole continent: Zealandia The Morning After is a new daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't subscribe. Craving even more? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? Send us a note. Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: AOL 770 Broadway #4 New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.

Editor's Pick: Could IBM's Watson Fix President Trump?

Could IBM's Watson Fix President Trump?

Rob Enderle Feb 20, 2017 9:00 AM PT
	President Trump offers a good emulation for a future artificial intelligence system, suggests a column I read earlier this month, and his presidency may be an early warning of what could happen if we should fail to think through its training and information sources. Cathy O'Neil, the author of the piece, compares artificial intelligence to human intelligence that is mostly id. [More...]

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Microsoft Seeks Global Cybersecurity Accord Microsoft has called on governments around the world to create a "digital Geneva Convention" as a way to normalize international cybersecurity rules and protect civilian use of the Internet. President Brad Smith, who is also Microsoft's chief legal officer, addressed the issue at the annual RSA conference held earlier this week, saying that governments need to establish international rules. [More...]

Trump's Not the Only One With a Phone Security Problem Is your Android phone secure? President Donald Trump's favorite smartphone reportedly is an older Android device. Security concerns flared recently, following indications that he sent some tweets from it. Of course, the president has been given a special secure device, but it's not clear whether he is using it. My question is, if the president is not secure using an ordinary phone for his primary wireless communications... are any of us? [More...]

Watson Joins Cybersecurity Warriors' Ranks IBM this week announced Watson for Cyber Security, a powerful new ally for organizations that want to protect their data from Net marauders. The new offering bolsters the ability of information security pros to analyze the flood of information from the roughly 200,000 events that pour into their Security Operations Centers, or SOCs, every day. As much as 80 percent of it is unstructured data. [More...]

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The Morning After: Tax the robots

It's Monday, February 20, 2017. Go get 'em, champ! Welcome to the week. The Pacific Ocean might be hiding a whole other continent, Bill Gates wants to tax the robots, and some other robots crash in the midst of a road race. A pretty thrilling Monday morning, we'd say. Funds could help humans find new work when automation takes over.   Bill Gates wants a robot tax to compensate for job losses   How would you deal with the likelihood that robots and automation will lead to many people losing their jobs? For Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, the answer is straightforward: tax the robots. In an interview with Quartz, Gates argues that taxing worker robots would offset job losses by funding training for positions where humans are still needed, such as child and senior care. Never work with children, animals and UAVs. NBA player gets some Slam Dunk Contest help from an Intel drone   Isn’t this cheating?   The landlord says Airbnb is helping tenants break its 'no short-term rental' rule. Airbnb sued by major US apartment landlord Denver’s Apartment Investment & Management Co. (AIMCO) has sued the rental service for "helping tenants breach their leases," according to The Wall Street Journal. AIMCO, one of the biggest landlords in the US, owns and manages over 50,000 apartments across the country. Real-estate research firm Green Street Advisors told the WSJ that this is the first time Airbnb has been sued by a major landlord. Other apartment owners might now feel emboldened to follow suit if the service refuses to cooperate with them. The plaintiff says short-term rentals are against their leases, and Airbnb is helping its tenants break that rule. Not ready. Self-driving car race finishes with a crash Fans attending Formula E's Buenos Aires ePrix got a nice treat: the first 'race' between self-driving cars on a professional track, courtesy of Roborace. It didn't go according to plan, however. Roborace's two test vehicles (known as DevBots) battled it out on the circuit at a reasonably quick 115MPH, but one of the cars crashed after it took a turn too aggressively. New Zealand would just be the peak of a much larger underwater land mass.   The Pacific Ocean is hiding a whole continent   Researchers have confirmed the existence of Zealandia, a giant land mass (roughly two thirds the size of Australia) hiding in the Pacific Ocean, with New Zealand is its peak. Academics have long suspected that the mass was a continent, but they only recently gathered enough information to make a convincing case.   But wait, there's more... 1. JJ Abrams and Stephen King are making another Hulu series 2. Amazon lowers its free shipping threshold to counter Walmart 3. SpaceX reschedules its unmanned mission to Mars for 2020 The Morning After is a new daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't subscribe. Craving even more? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? Send us a note. Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: AOL 770 Broadway #4 New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.

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Headline Scan
Trump's Not the Only One With a Phone Security Problem
Oracle's DB Dilemma
AWS Unveils Chime Conferencing Service
Oro CEO Yoav Kutner: Getting a Sense of Your Customer
Toshiba Plunges on Massive Nuclear Writedown, Earnings Delay

Today's Story Highlights

Trump's Not the Only One With a Phone Security Problem
Is your Android phone secure? President Donald Trump's favorite
smartphone reportedly is an older Android device. Security concerns
flared recently, following indications that he sent some tweets from it.
Of course, the president has been given a special secure device, but
it's not clear whether he is using it. My question is, if the president
is not secure using an ordinary phone for his primary wireless
communications... are any of us?
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84315.html

Oracle's DB Dilemma
Seeking Alpha is an online outfit that offers investors good research
and analysis on tech vendors, and it is especially well versed in
Oracle. Its writers' expertise involves matching technologies to
investment attractiveness. I am sure you are familiar with the type. XYZ
company's product does this, it should result in sales of this much, and
that will drive profits so that the stock is worth so much. You get the
idea.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84313.html

AWS Unveils Chime Conferencing Service
AWS on Tuesday introduced Amazon Chime, a cloud-based unified
communications offering that lets users engage in high-quality audio and
HD video meetings across Windows and Mac desktops, and iOS and Android
mobile devices. Companies just have to download the app; they don't need
to make upfront investments in hardware or software. Users can switch
seamlessly between desktop and mobile apps.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84314.html

Oro CEO Yoav Kutner: Getting a Sense of Your Customer
One of the most noticeable recent trends in CRM is that "there are a lot
more companies looking for tools to centralize data," noted Oro CEO Yoav
Kutner. "We're seeing multichannel businesses that interact with
customers both through a brick-and-mortar and through multiple
touchpoints. That data has to be collected someplace so they understand
how they're doing with their customers.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84305.html

Toshiba Plunges on Massive Nuclear Writedown, Earnings Delay
Toshiba shares fell 8 percent on Tuesday as the company took a $6.3
billion writedown related to its struggling nuclear power business and
delayed the release of its fiscal Q3 earnings. Shigenori Shiga,
Toshiba's chairman and representative executive officer, resigned
effective Wednesday. His resignation in part reflects management taking
responsibility for the Westinghouse fiasco.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84306.html

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