Tuesday 28 May 2019

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Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- May 28, 2019

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How to Set Up Your Computer to Auto-Restart After a Power Outage
Qualcomm and Huawei: Now Things Are Just Getting Weird
T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Teeters Between FCC Approval, DoJ Rejection
US Post Office to Test-Drive Autonomous Trucks
5G Could Mess With Accuracy of Weather Forecasts

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Today's Story Highlights

How to Set Up Your Computer to Auto-Restart After a Power Outage

Aside from malware and viruses, nothing has the potential to be more
dangerous to your computer's health than power outages. Here is how to
ensure your computer keeps it boot on when a power failure turns the
lights off. With the approach of the turbulent summer season, it is
important to know what kills the electrical lifeline, how to safeguard
your digital gear from fatal reboot disease.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86034.html

Qualcomm and Huawei: Now Things Are Just Getting Weird

Qualcomm just lost its seemingly no-lose case against the FTC, largely
because it seems the judge was only physically in the room during the
trial. The ruling makes it look like she and I observed very different
trials. In addition, the U.S. apparently declared war against Huawei,
which actually could benefit Huawei. The result of both efforts
effectively could be to give the 5G market to China.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86036.html

T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Teeters Between FCC Approval, DoJ Rejection

United States Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai this
week gave the green light to a merger between T-Mobile and Sprint,
currently the third- and fourth-largest mobile carriers respectively.
The nation's top telecom regulator agreed to the $26 billion merger, but
with some conditions -- the most notable being that Sprint would sell
off its Boost Mobile prepaid cellphone brand.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86035.html

US Post Office to Test-Drive Autonomous Trucks

The U.S. Postal Service has announced a pilot project using self-driving
trucks. It will conduct the two-week experiment in collaboration with
TuSimple, an autonomous driving technology company based in San Diego.
TuSimple's contract with the postal service calls for one of the
company's self-driving trucks to make five round trips hauling USPS
trailers between Dallas and Phoenix.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86032.html

5G Could Mess With Accuracy of Weather Forecasts

Next-generation 5G mobile communications technology could have a harmful
impact on weather forecasting in the United States, based on expert
testimony presented before a U.S. House committee during a hearing on
the future of weather forecasting. Interference from 5G wireless phones
could reduce the accuracy of weather forecasts by 30 percent, said Neil
Jacobs, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere at
NOAA.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86026.html

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E-Commerce Minute

E-Commerce Minute: Tuesday -- May 28, 2019

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Getting Chatty With Chatbots
Leveraging the Tools That Fuel E-Commerce Growth
Where CEOs Go Wrong With Brand ID
ARM Joins Firms Shunning Huawei's Business
EU's Counterattack on Junk News May Help Protect Elections
Better Customer Satisfaction Through AI-Enabled CRM

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Getting Chatty With Chatbots

Chatbots are an important part of the e-commerce shopping experience.
They answer questions, provide information, and help customers along in
their buying journey. Though they may never replace human beings
entirely, they are central to many e-commerce-related interactions.
Because they can be everpresent, chatbots are vital for keeping
customers and potential customers engaged with a brand.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86039.html

Leveraging the Tools That Fuel E-Commerce Growth

E-commerce technologies have been innovating fast. It's no surprise,
considering e-commerce in North America grew by 15 percent in 2018, to
reach more than $500 billion. Today's e-commerce businesses need to stay
ahead of the curve if they want to be the consumer's choice, as
convenience and relevance remain king. Companies can stand out by
deploying some of the latest technologies.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86038.html

Where CEOs Go Wrong With Brand ID

Brand ID is key to every company's success and growth. Why then do so
many senior executives at so many different companies screw it up? When
you come up with a winning brand ID, it's OK to build on it and to
change it for the better, but not for the worse. Customers buy from you
based on your brand ID. If that changes, then customers may change their
buying habits as well.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86037.html

ARM Joins Firms Shunning Huawei's Business

British mobile device software design firm ARM has ordered its staff to
stop working with Chinese smartphone giant Huawei, in compliance with a
ban issued by President Trump. Under an executive order he signed last
week, foreign companies and individuals are prohibited from buying
United States technology and services without first obtaining special
approval from the U.S. government.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86031.html

EU's Counterattack on Junk News May Help Protect Elections

Government efforts to minimize the effects of junk and fake news
circulating on social media ahead of this week's EU parliamentary
elections may have succeeded, suggest results of a study conducted by
Oxford University's Computational Propaganda Project. The European
Commission undertook targeted actions to counter junk news last year.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86030.html

Better Customer Satisfaction Through AI-Enabled CRM

You don't have to be entrenched in the tech world to have heard the
term, "artificial intelligence," but what is artificial intelligence, or
AI, as it's commonly known? Simply put, AI is the simulation of human
intelligence processes performed by machines or computer systems.
Nowadays, AI is being used to carry out many jobs previously held by
humans, but there's no need to panic.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86029.html

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Editor's Pick: How to Set Up Your Computer to Auto-Restart After a Power Outage

How to Set Up Your Computer to Auto-Restart After a Power Outage

Jack M. Germain
May 28, 2019 10:20 AM PT

Aside from malware and viruses, nothing has the potential to be more dangerous to your computer's health than power outages. Here is how to ensure your computer keeps it boot on when a power failure turns the lights off. With the approach of the turbulent summer season, it is important to know what kills the electrical lifeline, how to safeguard your digital gear from fatal reboot disease. [More...]

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Qualcomm and Huawei: Now Things Are Just Getting Weird
Qualcomm just lost its seemingly no-lose case against the FTC, largely because it seems the judge was only physically in the room during the trial. The ruling makes it look like she and I observed very different trials. In addition, the U.S. apparently declared war against Huawei, which actually could benefit Huawei. The result of both efforts effectively could be to give the 5G market to China. [More...]

Leveraging the Tools That Fuel E-Commerce Growth
E-commerce technologies have been innovating fast. It's no surprise, considering e-commerce in North America grew by 15 percent in 2018, to reach more than $500 billion. Today's e-commerce businesses need to stay ahead of the curve if they want to be the consumer's choice, as convenience and relevance remain king. Companies can stand out by deploying some of the latest technologies. [More...]

Linux Mint Turns Cinnamon Experience Bittersweet
Linux Mint no longer may be an ideal choice for above-par performance out of the box, but it still can serve diehard users well with the right amount of post-installation tinkering. The Linux Mint distro clearly is the gold standard for measuring Cinnamon desktop integration. Linux Mint's developers turned the GNOME desktop alternative into one of the best Linux desktop choices. [More...]

AppExchange Partners Get a Lift
For many years, one of the big concerns of the cloud software industry has been ensuring that the user experience was as good for enterprise software users as it was for consumers on big websites like Amazon. That has been a good motivator, because today's apps on both desktops and mobile devices have seen major improvements. That applies to today's partner ecosystem as well. [More...]

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10nm Intel CPUs and a useful dual-screen laptop

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It's Tuesday, May 28, 2019.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

Ready to catch up on more news from Computex 2019? Intel’s new 10th-gen CPUs are here, and ASUS has a dual-screen laptop that just might make the whole concept worthwhile. In other news, a malware-laden laptop sold for $1.3 million, and we’re hours away from finding out more about Hideo Kojima’s next game Death Stranding.

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Now the XPS 15 has a top-mounted webcam, 9th-gen CPUs and OLED.

Dell's new XPS 13 2-in-1 is its most stylish laptop yet

Devindra Hardawar called Dell’s last XPS 13 revision a “perfect ultraportable,” but now there might be something better. It just unveiled an updated 2-in-1 version that has a taller 16:10 aspect ratio screen, more metal than previous XPS cases and a keyboard that feels more responsive than Apple’s butterfly keys. Oh, and of course Intel’s latest 10th-generation Core CPUs will be inside.

Meet the new generation.

Intel finally unveils its long-awaited 10nm Ice Lake CPUs

The heart of the 10th-gen CPUs is Intel's Sunny Cove architecture, which features a quad-core, eight-thread design and speeds up to 4.1GHz. In comparison, the eighth-gen i7-8565U scaled up to 4.6GHz, while the previous i5 and i3 CPUs topped out at 3.9 GHz. With larger cache, 18 percent more instructions per clock (IPC) and massively improved Iris Plus integrated graphics, the new chips will do more even at equivalent clock speeds.

As for other upgrades, the 10th-gen chips will include WiFi 6/802.11ax and Thunderbolt 3 support. While ultraportable laptop designs are the first ones to see these upgrades, the focus on efficient design will be felt elsewhere soon.

Splitting the difference between Touch Bar and a full dual-screen laptop.

ASUS ZenBook Pro Duo hands-on

Imagine a MacBook Pro with a Touch Bar that expanded down towards the trackpad, pushing the keyboard below it. That's pretty much what the ZenBook Pro Duo's bottom deck looks like: A physical keyboard takes up the bottom half, with a 14-inch wide display sitting above it.

This beast of a machine comes equipped with appropriately powerful guts, like an Intel Core i9 HK chip that's unlocked for overclocking, as well as an NVIDIA RTX 2060 graphics card that supports ray tracing for advanced lighting effects. According to Cherlynn Low, the primary 4K OLED screen was vivid, and its keyboard is still comfortable to use -- even if we don’t know how much one of these will cost or when they’ll actually be available.

uTalk can teach you a new language for just $20

The work of art is meant to give physical form to abstract digital threats.

Auction for a laptop full of malware closes at $1.3 million

Bidding on a laptop packed with some of the world's most dangerous malware has closed at $1.345 million. Dubbed "The Persistence of Chaos," the Samsung NC10 contains six viruses that have caused an estimated $95 billion in damages.

Plug in your PC, Switch or even smartphone.

ASUS made the world's first 240Hz portable monitor for gamers

The ROG Strix XG17 features a 17.3-inch 1,920 x 1,080 IPS LCD, and it's a high-end affair that offers an adaptive refresh rate up to 240Hz, along with a 3ms response time. It can even run on battery for three hours at 240Hz.

We’ll finally know something about Hideo Kojima’s first post-Konami game.

More 'Death Stranding' details are coming Wednesday night

Kojima Productions has teased a countdown to a Death Stranding announcement on May 29th (May 30th in Japan). Its teaser told fans to “create the rope” -- whatever that means.

But wait, there's more...

1. ASUS releases a 30th-anniversary edition ZenFone 6 and ZenBook

2. Watch AMD's Computex press conference in nine minutes: Ryzen, Navi and Zen 2

3. The next iPhone may send Bluetooth audio to two devices at once

4. Engadget's Guide to Parenting in the Digital Age: Tracking your child's progress

5. ASUS' latest WiFi 6 router looks appallingly normal

6. HP adds walnut, birch wood options to its Envy laptops

7. YouTube Gaming will merge with main site after Thursday

8. Huawei accuses FedEx of diverting documents to the US

9. Why Sony still dominates the full-frame camera market over Canon and Nikon

10. Teen hacked Apple hoping the company would offer him a job

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