Thursday 5 December 2019

Tech News Flash

Tech News Flash: Thursday -- December 5, 2019

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Headline Scan
Amazon Ratchets Up Competition in 5G, Hybrid IT
Twitter Sets Up Privacy Center but Moves to Skirt GDPR
EU Digital Czar to Probe Facebook's and Google's Data Wrangling
Tapping AI for a Future of Better, Faster, Cheaper Gift Shopping
HPC and AI Are Changing the World
A Glimpse of Our Wireless Future
How the Quantum Tech Race Puts the World's Data at Risk
You've Come a Long Way, Linux-Baby

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Today's Story Highlights

Amazon Ratchets Up Competition in 5G, Hybrid IT

Among the highlights of Amazon Web Services re:Invent are three
announcements that strengthen its presence in the enterprise hybrid IT
infrastructure market: AWS is teaming with Verizon to deliver 5G edge
cloud computing; the first AWS Local Zone is located in Los Angeles; and
AWS Outposts are generally available. These moves "close some huge
competitive gaps," observed tech analyst Rob Enderle.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86397.html

Twitter Sets Up Privacy Center but Moves to Skirt GDPR

Twitter's new Privacy Center will give users more clarity on what it
does to protect the information people share. The center will host
everything relevant to Twitter's privacy and data protection work,
including initiatives, announcements, new privacy products and
communication about security incidents, noted Twitter Data Protection
Officer Damien Kieran and Product Lead Kayvon Beykpour.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86395.html

EU Digital Czar to Probe Facebook's and Google's Data Wrangling

The European Union has launched a probe into how Google and Facebook
gather, process, use and monetize data for advertising purposes. The
European Commission has begun distributing questionnaires as part of a
preliminary investigation into Google's and Facebook's data practices.
Facebook and Google join Amazon as targets of the EU's "digital czar,"
Margrethe Vestager.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86391.html

Tapping AI for a Future of Better, Faster, Cheaper Gift Shopping

If you are like me, every Christmas you dread shopping because figuring
out what everyone wants is a bit of a nightmare. You don't know what
folks want in your price range. If you find out, there is no easy way to
be sure they haven't bought it themselves, or that someone else didn't
get it for them. Choosing sizes and colors adds to the nightmare. These
problems aren't limited to Christmas.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86381.html

HPC and AI Are Changing the World

During the recent SC19 supercomputing conference, the top semiconductor
and systems vendors discussed and demoed the highest-performance
computing solutions in the world. While it's easy to imagine these
platforms solving some of the most challenging problems, and simulating
everything from the human genome to climate change, there are thousands
of other applications that can benefit as well.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86389.html

A Glimpse of Our Wireless Future

Last week I attended a Qualcomm event that took me through the coming
wave of both 5G and WiFi 6 products, touched on the millimeter wave, and
at least spoke to 6G. From this I think I can begin to picture the world
as it will exist by the middle of the next decade, and it is kind of
fascinating. Qualcomm has spent nearly $50B -- yes billion -- advancing
its wireless initiatives.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86385.html

How the Quantum Tech Race Puts the World's Data at Risk

The technology one-upmanship between the United States and China is fast
becoming the new space race. There's been a lot of talk in the press
about the competition to reach 5G, but little traction outside of the
tech community about something more momentous: the dangers of computing
in a post-quantum world. The recent news from Google about its quantum
capabilities is exciting.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86382.html

You've Come a Long Way, Linux-Baby

When Linux first emerged from its cocoon in a frenzied Usenet thread, it
is doubtful that almost anyone imagined the project would ascend to
global prominence. Even more astonishingly, its dominance was driven as
much, if not more, by its adoption by the private sector -- although it
posed an antithesis to its business model -- as by any of its other
notable traits.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86383.html

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E-Commerce Minute: Thursday -- December 5, 2019

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Small Etailers: It's Not Too Late to Protect Your Holiday Revenue
Amazon Makes Quantum Computing Accessible as a Service
Dreamforce Points to New Disruption
SMBs Enjoy Online Surge on Small Business Saturday
Crowdsourcing, Drones, and Why I'll Never Buy a Bugatti

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Small Etailers: It's Not Too Late to Protect Your Holiday Revenue

As consumers start to tackle their holiday shopping lists, retailers are
scrambling to finish preparations for what's likely to be a record-
breaking year. Total sales could break through the $1.1 trillion mark
for the first time in history. Cyber Monday alone racked up an estimated
$9.4 billion in sales. Most merchants understand how significant this
time of year is.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86388.html

Amazon Makes Quantum Computing Accessible as a Service

Amazon Web Services has announced Amazon Braket, a fully managed quantum
computing service. Braket will let scientists, researchers and
developers experiment with computers from multiple quantum hardware
providers in one place. Users can build and test their circuits in a
classically powered simulation environment, and then run them on an
actual quantum computer.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86394.html

Dreamforce Points to New Disruption

There were more than 170,000 people at Dreamforce a couple of weeks ago,
and many more watching from afar. Also, there were well over 2,000
sessions. Numerous announcements sprang from the big Salesforce event.
Some announcements and sessions, like the Tim Cook fireside chat, stand
out. Of the top six, I reckon that five were more about integration and
working across vendor boundaries than CRM.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86393.html

SMBs Enjoy Online Surge on Small Business Saturday

While many retailers mull the takeaway from this year's Black Friday
Cyber Monday shopping event, others may be more interested in the action
that took place on Saturday. Online shoppers on Saturday spent $3.6
billion dollars at both large and small retailers, reflecting 18 percent
year-over-year growth and setting a new sales record for the day,
according to Adobe Analytics.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86392.html

Crowdsourcing, Drones, and Why I'll Never Buy a Bugatti

Amazon has taught me I don't have to wait for my next two-pack of
ravioli cutter stamps, so if you can't get them to me in under two
hours, I know someone else who can. It's 2019, and customers want what
they want, when they want it. The global last-mile market is expected to
hit $55.2 billion by 2025, up from the current $30.2 billion, and it's
no wonder.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86390.html

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In some end-of-the-year housekeeping, BMW said it will stop charging drivers for CarPlay, Craigslist finally releases an iOS app and YouTube is revealing the top videos for 2019.

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The goal here is just to make a video that doesn’t get the most dislikes ever.

YouTube Rewind 2019 charts put 'Minecraft,' PewDiePie at the top

PewDiePie is still the number one most viewed creator, and Minecraft is the most viewed game.

Now you can low-ball sellers while on the go.

Craigslist only took 11 years to make its own iOS app

Considering the App Store has been around for 11 years and Craigslist for 13 years before that, it's astonishing the bastion of online classified ads hasn't bothered to create an official first-party iOS app until now.

Still no Android Auto.

BMW will drop its Apple CarPlay fees

For years, BMW has charged customers for access to Apple CarPlay. Initially, the automaker charged a $300 lifetime fee, but this summer, it introduced a subscription model at $80 per year. Now, BMW says it will no longer charge a subscription fee for 2019 and 2020 cars equipped with Apple CarPlay in the US.

Save big on the best devices. And get them on the network more people rely on. It's a holiday wishlist come true.

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Plex launches its free movie and TV streaming service

Now thousands of "free movies, TV shows, extreme sports films, music documentaries, Bollywood musicals" have been unlocked inside the Plex app. The ad-supported video-on-demand service is available in more than 200 countries to anyone with a free Plex account. American Ultra, Frequency, Lord of War, Rain Man, Raging Bull, The Terminator, Thelma & Louise and Apocalypse Now all feature, with more movies set to be added in the future.

You can have any color you want, as long as it’s black.

Google Fiber drops its 100Mbps tier in favor of gigabit-only service

Google has announced that it no longer offers the 100Mbps tier to new Fiber customers -- it's either the $70 gigabit plan or nothing. If you ask the company, it's a reflection of evolving internet technology and usage habits.

But wait, there's more...

1. Nintendo Switch Online is adding 'Star Fox 2' and Super Punch Out!!'

2. Tesla Model X and Porsche Taycan score 5-star rating in EU safety test

3. Motorola's bezel-free One Hyper has a 32-megapixel pop-up selfie camera

4. Ford will turn McDonald's used coffee bean husks into car parts

5. Microsoft may be building a disc-less next-gen Xbox after all

6. Mozilla pulls four Firefox add-ons over excessive data collection

7. Apple confirms shutdown issue with the 2019 13-inch MacBook Pro

8. More signs point to Samsung's Galaxy S11 capturing 8K video

9. The best portable (and affordable) USB MIDI controllers

10. DiGiorno and Stouffer's bring plant-based 'meat' to frozen Italian food

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