Tuesday 21 March 2017

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Apple May Alter the AR Competition
Why Tech Can't Help Donald Trump and Most CEOs
IBM Launches Enterprise-Strength Blockchain as a Service
Crafty Phishing Technique Can Trick Even Tech-Savvy Gmail Users
Google Unveils Guetzli, Open Source JPEG Encoder, to Speed Browsing

Today's Story Highlights

Apple May Alter the AR Competition

Apple is stockpiling resources to make a splash in the augmented reality
market. The company reportedly is not only marshaling internal resources
behind its AR efforts, but also hiring talented outsiders and acquiring
companies with expertise in AR hardware, 3D gaming and virtual reality
software. The new outsiders include engineers who worked VR headsets for
Google and Microsoft.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84391.html

Why Tech Can't Help Donald Trump and Most CEOs

The new president is making almost the identical mistake President Obama
made during his first two years. Trump has picked a major entitlement to
hang his hat on -- the same major entitlement, healthcare -- and shortly
will discover what most CIOs know: You don't mess with anything that
touches everybody. The likely outcome will be that like Obama, Trump
will lose the house in the next election.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84388.html

IBM Launches Enterprise-Strength Blockchain as a Service

IBM has unveiled the first enterprise-ready Blockchain as a Service
offering based on The Linux Foundation's open source Hyperledger Fabric.
IBM Blockchain, which lets developers quickly establish highly secure
blockchain networks on the IBM cloud, is a transformative step in being
able to deploy high-speed, secure business transactions through the
network on a large scale, the company said.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84390.html

Crafty Phishing Technique Can Trick Even Tech-Savvy Gmail Users

Gmail users recently have been targeted by a sophisticated series of
phishing attacks that use emails from a known contact. The emails
contain an image of an attachment that appears to be legitimate,
according to Wordfence. The sophisticated attack displays
"accounts.gmail.com" in the browser's location bar and leads users to
what appears to be a legitimate Google sign-in page.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84386.html

Google Unveils Guetzli, Open Source JPEG Encoder, to Speed Browsing

Google on Thursday announced Guetzli, a new contribution to its evolving
set of tools for the open source community. Guetzli is an encoder that
allows JPEG files to be compressed as much as 35 percent, resulting in
much faster Web page loading. "Guetzli," which means "cookie" in Swiss
German, allows users to create smaller JPEG images.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84384.html

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It's Tuesday, March 21, 2017.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

Welcome to the Morning After, and the start of Adult Week here at Engadget. (We mean it in the grown-up sense, not the sexy one.) We also break down Samsung’s new, weirdly-named Siri competitor, and introduce the app the world deserves: a selfie rating service. Smile!

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Welcome to Engadget's Adult Week

It's time to become an independent and constructive member of society, and Engadget can give you some tips on how to do it. All week we’ll be bringing you stories about how to use technology to become a better grownup and navigate our tech-saturated world in a manner befitting a real deal adult. First up, is advice on how to do some good online.

A "biomarker" protein hangs out on cells where the virus hides from treatment.

HIV breakthrough may help scientists kill sleeping virus cells

AIDS patients must endure a lifetime of drugs because the virus conceals itself in the immune system and reactivates with a vengeance once the treatment stops. However, French scientists have discovered a marker that makes it possible to identify dormant, HIV-infected T-cells from healthy ones. That could lead to drugs that target those "reservoir cells," eradicating the virus completely and curing the patient.

Bixby?

Samsung unveils its Siri competitor ahead of the Galaxy S8

It was only a matter of time until Samsung launched a full-fledged virtual assistant of its very own -- "S Voice" just never quite cut it. Today the company unveiled Bixby, a new assistant that'll debut with the Galaxy S8 on March 29th. Naturally, it's meant to help Samsung differentiate itself from Apple's Siri and Google's Assistant. Bixby seems different on a conceptual level: It's meant to serve as a new voice-based interface for controlling your apps, rather than just something that you can ask a few questions.

Rate our editors.

What the world needs now: an app that lets people rate your selfies.

59.8. That is Dan Cooper’s average score, as calculated by the swaths of people using a selfie-judging app called Spontana. He spent the past few days sharing pictures of himself on the service and receiving the unvarnished truth in response. Thankfully, he also got to deal judgements out.

The 4-day ban also covers some African carriers.

US temporarily bans most electronics on Middle Eastern airlines

The US just made traveling to certain parts of the world considerably more complicated, at least if you're a technology fan. Middle Eastern and African airlines (including Royal Jordanian and Saudia) say the US has asked them to institute a 96-hour ban on carrying most electronics on flights to or from the US, starting on March 21st. You can sit down with your phone or any necessary medical devices, but cameras, laptops and other gadgets will have to go into your checked baggage. A US official speaking anonymously to the BBC says the device ban would affect nine airlines in 10 airports. It’s believed to be in response to intelligence reports hinting at threats.

Work smart, not hard.

ARM ‘DynamIQ’ chips are ready for an all-AI future

Processor heads are familiar with the ARM tech that powers everything from mobile devices to game consoles, and the company just announced what’s next for its multicore processor designs. Called DynamIQ, it improves on existing designs by allowing for multiple CPU cores that are designed for specific purposes. It’s all done to work better with AI and machine learning, perfect for not only tomorrow’s smart phones, but also self-driving cars and servers.

Trying to avert the #YouTubeIsOverParty

YouTube apologizes for ‘Restricted Mode’ blocking LGBTQ+ content

Over the last few days, YouTubers caught on to the fact that a screen to block mature content from school computers and the like was going too far. Restricted Mode made a habit of blocking anything with a hint of LGBTQ+ content, even if it was completely innocent. Now, the company has unblocked some content, and VP Johanna Wright says that “We're sorry and we're going to fix it.”

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3. Trump's quiet war on data begins

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Monday 20 March 2017

Editor's Pick: Why Tech Can't Help Donald Trump and Most CEOs

Why Tech Can't Help Donald Trump and Most CEOs

Rob Enderle
Mar 20, 2017 10:15 AM PT

The new president is making almost the identical mistake President Obama made during his first two years. Trump has picked a major entitlement to hang his hat on -- the same major entitlement, healthcare -- and shortly will discover what most CIOs know: You don't mess with anything that touches everybody. The likely outcome will be that like Obama, Trump will lose the house in the next election. [More...]

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ProsperWorks Adds In-App Comms to its Google CRM Solution
ProsperWorks, which provides CRM for Google's G Suite business tools, last week announced the addition of in-app cloud communications functionality. The new features are available through a custom integration with RingCentral, which provides enterprise cloud communications and collaboration solutions. The integration lets users make, receive and log calls without leaving the CRM solution. [More...]

IBM Launches Enterprise-Strength Blockchain as a Service
IBM has unveiled the first enterprise-ready Blockchain as a Service offering based on The Linux Foundation's open source Hyperledger Fabric. IBM Blockchain, which lets developers quickly establish highly secure blockchain networks on the IBM cloud, is a transformative step in being able to deploy high-speed, secure business transactions through the network on a large scale, the company said. [More...]

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