Friday 8 June 2018

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Challenger Banking Picks Up Steam
The CLOUD Act's Dramatic Impact on International Privacy Laws
SAP Discovers CRM

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Today's Story Highlights

Challenger Banking Picks Up Steam

No-fee mobile bank Chime recently announced a $70 million Series C
funding round led by Menlo Ventures. With the Series C funding, the
company has raised more than $100 million in total funding. Investors
seem to have confidence in Chime's business model because "it's very
clean with extremely low overhead," remarked Rob Enderle, principal
analyst at the Enderle Group.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85380.html

The CLOUD Act's Dramatic Impact on International Privacy Laws

Just when the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, or
GDPR, was about to go into effect, the United States Congress created
the CLOUD Act. Without any public hearings, review or public comment,
Congress passed the legislation as part of the $1.3 trillion government
spending bill. The CLOUD Act changed the privacy provisions that
previously were in effect.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85374.html

SAP Discovers CRM

SAP has unveiled a new attempt to consolidate a group of about a dozen
front office apps into a fully integrated CRM suite -- next year. How do
you say "lipstick on a pig" in a non-derogatory way? Look, CRM is over
20 years old now. For most of the early days, the vendors scrambled to
integrate their apps into a coherent whole, supporting multiple
customer-facing processes.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85378.html

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It's Friday, June 08, 2018.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

Welcome to Friday! Amazon’s fusing together its Echo smartspeaker and Fire TV box -- and the result is a cube. We also report on a new BlackBerry phone and a spinning cat-litter tray. Unrelated.

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It's like the existing Fire TV plus a full-fledged Alexa experience.

Amazon's Fire TV Cube squeezes an Echo into its set-top box

It’s been four years since Amazon first introduced the Echo smart speaker and Alexa, and just over four years since the company first released its Fire TV set-top video box. Now, they’re coming together in the form of the Amazon Fire TV Cube.

It runs the expected suite of apps like Netflix, Hulu, PlayStation Vue, HBO Go, Sling and Amazon's Prime Video service. And like the current Fire TV Stick and Fire TV box, you can talk to Alexa to search for movies and shows as well as access thousands of third-party skills.

What we know so far.

Tesla involved in fatal crash sped up before hitting road barrier

Yesterday the NTSB released its preliminary investigation report concerning the fatal Tesla Model X crash that occurred on March 23rd, 2018, in Mountain View, California. According to the car’s onboard data: "The driver's hands were detected on the steering wheel for a total of 34 seconds, on three separate occasions, in the 60 seconds before impact. The vehicle did not detect the driver's hands on the steering wheel in the six seconds before the crash."

While in Autopilot mode, the vehicle sped up to 70.8 MPH three seconds before its impact with a previously damaged crash attenuator. It had been following a lead vehicle, but then began a left steering movement and stopped following four seconds before the crash. The car did provide multiple alerts for the driver to put his hands back on the wheel during 18 minutes when Autopilot was in use; however, those warnings all came 15 minutes before the crash. Additionally, the car’s battery caught fire again, five days after the crash, while sitting in an impound lot. The NTSB closed by saying that major investigations are usually completed within 12 to 24 months.

E3 2018

‘Crackdown 3’ gets delayed again

Confirming an earlier rumor, Microsoft revealed that the next Crackdown game will not arrive in 2018. Instead, Crackdown 3 is now scheduled for release in February 2019; although, the company said we should expect to see an update on the project during E3, which kicks off this weekend. Stay tuned for Microsoft’s press conference on Sunday afternoon starting at 4 PM ET.

You can get this $130 WiFi HD security camera for just $45

Officially official.

Anker built two Nintendo Switch-optimized battery packs

Anker announced two new battery packs optimized for fast charging the Nintendo Switch. One is a $70, 13400mAh pack that provides up to 10 hours of additional play time. The other allows for 15 additional hours of play time with a 20100mAh battery, retailing for $90. Any Power Delivery-ready USB-C charger should work with the Switch, but these have the console’s logo on them.

It's a more powerful, more premium take on the KEYone formula.

BlackBerry KEY2 hands-on: a stylish approach to privacy and multitasking

Last year's BlackBerry KEYone was a love letter to fans, but it wasn't perfect. It was chunky. Performance? Adequate. Now, TCL -- the Chinese company in charge of building BlackBerrys now -- would try to address all those issues. The BlackBerry KEY2 is clearly not for everyone, but this is the best effort at an Android-powered BlackBerry yet.

They might even tempt over a disgruntled Mac owner or two.

Intel wants to get you excited for PCs with 'Creator' machines

Stylish gaming rigs aren't hard to find today, but with its Creator PC initiative, Intel is aiming to inspire hardware makers to develop high-end computers for a wider audience. You can think of it like Intel's push for thin and light Ultrabooks years ago (in response to Apple’s MacBook Air), though the company isn't planning to spend nearly as much marketing Creator PCs. It's more of a "build it and they will come" approach, with an emphasis on design and cutting-edge hardware like Intel's Optane SSDs and Thunderbolt 3 connectivity. Devindra Hardawar dives in.

Has cat ears that flash blue.

Spinning litter box automatically collects your kitty's poop

This is the forefront of innovation.

The company will have to change its board within the next 30 days, too.

ZTE will pay $1 billion fine to beat US export ban

US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said yesterday that the government has "struck a deal" with ZTE to end trade sanctions. The deal includes a $1 billion penalty and a US-picked compliance department that will embed within the company and monitor it going forward. More than that, within the next 30 days, ZTE will have to install a new board of directors and executive suite, whom the compliance committee will report to directly.

It might also have an all-glass design.

Google Pixel 3 XL leak hints at a deep display notch

Two front cameras, but just one at the back. A notch. If a purported leak of the Pixel 3 XL is to be believed, there’s a few interesting design decisions to muse on. Expect more leaks and rumors before Google’s next flagship arrives.

It affected 14 million people.

A Facebook bug made status posts default to 'public'

For about 14 million people, Facebook had a bug that made the default privacy setting for their status posts "public." If they changed it, then whatever they set worked, but if they weren't careful they may have accidentally shared posts with more people than they intended. Facebook is notifying those affected and says the problem has been fixed.

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1. Sprint is offering $15 unlimited 'Kickstart' plans for new customers

2. Inside Fox Sports' plan to bring the World Cup to your living room

3. IKEA and Sonos show off their first smart speaker prototype

4. The best smartphone camera accessories

5. The future of Daimler trucking is electrified and autonomous

6. MSI's 25-inch gaming display is absurdly fast

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Thursday 7 June 2018

Editor's Pick: The CLOUD Act's Dramatic Impact on International Privacy Laws

The CLOUD Act's Dramatic Impact on International Privacy Laws

Peter S. Vogel & Stephen Jones Jun 7, 2018 5:00 AM PT
	Just when the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, was about to go into effect, the United States Congress created the CLOUD Act. Without any public hearings, review or public comment, Congress passed the legislation as part of the $1.3 trillion government spending bill. The CLOUD Act changed the privacy provisions that previously were in effect. [More...]

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Red Hat Launches Fuse 7, Fuse Online for Better Cloud Integration
Red Hat has launched its Fuse 7 cloud-native integration solution and introduced Fuse Online, an alternative iPaaS. Red Hat Fuse is a lightweight modular and flexible integration platform with a new-style enterprise service bus to unlock information. It provides a single, unified platform across hybrid cloud environments for collaboration between integration experts, application developers and business users. [More...]

SAP Discovers CRM
SAP has unveiled a new attempt to consolidate a group of about a dozen front office apps into a fully integrated CRM suite -- next year. How do you say "lipstick on a pig" in a non-derogatory way? Look, CRM is over 20 years old now. For most of the early days, the vendors scrambled to integrate their apps into a coherent whole, supporting multiple customer-facing processes. [More...]

Apple Unveils New Siri Customization Tools at WWDC
The next version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 12, will include a new feature that allows you to customize the way Siri works with applications on phones and tablets. The announcement was one of the highlights at the kickoff of Apple's WWDC on Monday. Called "Siri Shortcuts," the feature lets a user define a phrase that will trigger a set of actions by the apps on a device. [More...]

Avoiding Career Death by Twitter
The most popular show on ABC was canceled last week because the star of the show, Roseanne Barr -- known for saying and writing stuff that would get most of us fired -- did exactly what she was known for doing and got fired. ABC now looks like it is run by idiots because, really, who didn't see this coming? This outcome is one that could have been prevented relatively easily. [More...]