| Jim McGregor Apr 12, 2018 7:00 AM PT | |
 | Fear mongering about killer robots and the recent deaths connected with Uber and Tesla autonomous vehicles have rekindled concerns about AI in the machines around us. We are well beyond answering Alan Turing's question, "can machines think?" There is now good reason to ask how we should think of AI, and what we should expect from it. There have been phenomenal advances in just the past few years. [More...] |
 | House Critics Grill Zuckerberg Over Political Bias, Privacy Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday endured a second day of congressional criticism during a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. His appearance followed an intense session with two Senate Committees a day earlier. Some members of the House committee questioned whether Facebook tracked users offline. Some blasted what they claimed were repeated instances of censorship. [More...] |
 | CRM Tops Software Sales Charts Worldwide Worldwide CRM software revenues totaled $39.5 billion in 2017, eclipsing DBMS, the former market leader. DBMS had worldwide revenues of $36.8 billion last year, and it "has been the biggest software segment for years, noted Julian Poulter, research director at Gartner. CRM software will be the fastest-growing software market in 2018, with a growth rate of 16 percent, Gartner predicted. [More...] |
 | New RHEL Locks In Hybrid Cloud Growth Red Hat has announced the general availability of RHEL 7.5, which targets the needs of both Linux server and cloud deployment users. With the goal of providing a consistent foundation for hybrid cloud environments, RHEL 7.5 includes enhanced security and compliance controls, tools to reduce storage costs, and improved usability, as well as deeper integration with Microsoft Windows infrastructure. [More...] |
 | UC Has a Bright Future as the Next Generation of Business Communications Unified communications is coming on strong and growing fast. It is positioned as the next big step forward in the communications industry, both wireline and wireless. In the past, companies of every size had to have telephone gear -- like an expensive and complicated private branch exchange -- that was paid for, installed and continually updated. The rise of UC has replaced that burden. [More...] |
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What Should We Expect From AI?
Standards Milestone Could Mark Beginning of End for Passwords
Palo Alto Networks Sales VP Amy Slater: Be Human
Researchers to Put Facebook's Role in Elections Under Magnifying Glass
Open-Sourced Windows File Manager Gets New Life on Windows 10
Turning Social Media From a Problem Into a Solution
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What Should We Expect From AI?
Fear mongering about killer robots and the recent deaths connected with Uber and Tesla autonomous vehicles have rekindled concerns about AI in
the machines around us. We are well beyond answering Alan Turing's
question, "can machines think?" There is now good reason to ask how we
should think of AI, and what we should expect from it. There have been
phenomenal advances in just the past few years.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85269.html
Standards Milestone Could Mark Beginning of End for Passwords
A Web standards milestone could point to the end of the road for pesky passwords. The new standard, WebAuthn, has won near-final approval from
the World Wide Web Consortium. WebAuthn defines a standard API that can
be incorporated into browsers and Web infrastructure. It opens the door
for new ways for users to authenticate themselves on the Internet that
are more secure and convenient than passwords.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85268.html
Palo Alto Networks Sales VP Amy Slater: Be Human
"People have a fear that if they show any type of vulnerability, that's a bad thing," said Palo Alto Networks Sales VP Amy Slater. "But I've
learned over time that people want to work with and learn from humans.
I've modified the way that I was leading, and in doing so I've become
more approachable. Instead of being stiff and by-the-book, I started to
create my own brand of being human."
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85255.html
Researchers to Put Facebook's Role in Elections Under Magnifying Glass
A group of nonprofits have agreed to fund an initiative to study Facebook's role in elections and democracy. The organizations will pay
the expenses of researchers, and Facebook will give the scholars access
to proprietary data that has met the company's new standards for
heightened user privacy protection. "This is a critical first step,"
said Larry Kramer, president of the Hewlett Foundation.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85265.html
Open-Sourced Windows File Manager Gets New Life on Windows 10
Microsoft has rummaged deep into its archive for its latest contribution to the open source community: Windows File Manager. Originally bundled
with Windows in 1990, File Manager was a replacement for the command-
line interface in MS-DOS. The program was used to search, open, copy and
delete files until it was replaced by Windows Explorer, which followed
the introduction of Windows 95.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85262.html
Turning Social Media From a Problem Into a Solution
The shooting incident that took place last week at YouTube had less to do with guns than with the failure of the police to act on information
in a timely way and the inability of social media to be anything but
part of the problem. Google has been giving this issue little more than
lip service, but I expect it has become motivated to do more, given that
YouTube was the latest target.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85257.html
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