It’s a known fact that the last mile is also the longest mile in the parcel delivery service. The further removed from a hub city a delivery location is, the more required stops in between. Every part of the process slows to a glacial pace when the drop-off spot is inaccessible by land or air.
Read MoreJonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: With its acquisition of Red Hat, IBM refocuses on its core strengths, rather than Watson, an AI push that was always more hype than reality — With its latest $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat, IBM may have found something more elementary than “Watson” to save its flagging business. With its
Read MoreOverseas factories can be sort of a mythical topic. News articles remind us that Flex (née Flextronics) employs nearly 200 thousand employees worldwide or that Foxconn is up to nearly a million. It must take an Apple-level of insider knowledge and capital to organize such a behemoth workforce, certainly something well past the level of
Read MoreSam Byford / The Verge: Gab.com takes its service offline after GoDaddy informed the company they had violated terms of service and had 24 hours to move the domain to another provider — Gab, the controversial social network with a far-right following, has pulled its website offline after domain provider GoDaddy gave it 24 hours
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Why Android Nearby, iBeacons, and Eddystone failed to gain traction: low consumer awareness, spammy local notifications, complicated on-site rollouts, more — Apple, Google, and other tech titans once trumpeted beacons — tiny transmitters that interact with smartphones, wearables, and other nearby gadgets — as the future of retail. Why Android Nearby,
Read MoreKaz gets closer to the First Order in the best episode so far. Star Wars Resistance episode 5: Trip to The High Tower reveals danger and intrigue – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKevin Roose / New York Times: How Gab, the social network where the Pittsburgh shooting suspect aired his hatred in full, became a platform of choice for neo-Nazis and other extremists — Early Saturday, moments before the police say he barged into a Pittsburgh synagogue and opened fire, Robert D. Bowers’s anti-Semitic … How Gab,
Read MoreBeing able to coast on a bicycle is a feature that is often taken for granted. The use of a freewheel was an improvement made early in the bicycle’s history, for obvious reasons. This also unlocked the ability to build bikes with multiple gears, allowing higher speeds to be easily reached. On a unicycle, however,
Read MoreBrian Patrick Eha / BREAKER: Interview with Tezos co-founder Kathleen Breitman on Tezos’s management problems, negative press, her experience starting a new blockchain, big ICOs, and more — Kathleen Breitman couldn’t be happier. That, at least, is what she tells me, and that is the impression she gives. Interview with Tezos co-founder Kathleen Breitman on
Read MoreDylan McGrath / EE Times: Syntiant, a startup working on microwatt-level AI chips, raises $25M Series B led by Microsoft’s M12 with Alexa Fund and Intel Capital among other investors — SAN FRANCISCO — The venture capital arms of six prominent tech companies — including Microsoft, Amazon and Intel — invested Syntiant … Syntiant, a
Read MoreGabrielle Canon / The Guardian: Ann Cavoukian, a key privacy expert in joint Toronto and Sidewalk Labs smart city project, has quit, citing opposition over proposed data collection practices — Wired neighborhood planned by Google sister company has raised questions over data protection — When it was announced last year … Ann Cavoukian, a key
Read MoreThe sound-expanding dongle will be available for sale in the US on Nov. 1. Creative's Super X-Fi Amp heads to the US – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSteve Jobs was actually a good designer and CEO. This is a statement that would have been met with derision in 2010, with stories of a ‘reality distortion field’. We’re coming up on a decade in the post-Jobs era, and if there’s one thing the last seven or eight years can tell us, it’s that
Read MoreIBM today announced it would be acquiring iconic Linux firm Red Hat in a $34 billion all-cash deal. According to a joint statement issued by both companies, IBM will pay $190 for each share of Red Hat, with Big Blue intending to absorb its latest purchase into its Hybrid Cloud division. [NEWS] @IBM to acquire
Read MoreTesla is relying on showrooms to sell electric cars, solar roofs and batteries. But a California rival has made inroads into the residential business. Sunrun Gives Tesla a Fight in the Home Solar Business Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreInvestors will be looking for a turnaround plan from G.E.’s new chief. Data on the eurozone’s economy is due. And Facebook’s earnings will come with data on its user numbers. THE Week Ahead: A U.S. Trade Complaint, Tech Earnings and Jobs Numbers Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Researchers detail how state-owned China Telecom, the third largest carrier in the country, regularly hijacks internet traffic passing through the US and Canada — Chinese government turned to local ISP for intelligence gathering after it signed the Obama-Xi cyber pact in late 2015, researchers say. Researchers detail how state-owned China Telecom,
Read MoreBig Blue’s largest deal ever aims to take on Amazon, Google and Microsoft in the cloud. IBM to acquire open-source software firm Red Hat for B – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen it comes to music, the human voice is the most incredible instrument. From Tuvan throat singing to sopranos belting out an aria, the human vocal tract has evolved over millions of years to be the greatest musical instrument. We haven’t quite gotten to the point where we can implant autotune in our vocal cords,
Read MoreLora Kolodny / CNBC: IBM has agreed to acquire open source software maker Red Hat in a deal valued at $34B — Independent Programming Subscribe to CNBC PRO Licensing & Reprints Join the CNBC Panel Advertise With Us Closed Captioning Digital Products Privacy Policy Corrections — News Tips — Got a confidential news tip? IBM
Read MoreThe deal is a big move to bring more software developers under IBM’s corporate wing and hints at a bigger push into cloud computing. IBM to Buy Red Hat, the Top Linux Distributor, for Billion Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: IBM is close to a deal to acquire open-source software maker Red Hat — By By Ed Hammond , By Kiel Porter , and By Alex Barinka — Red Hat has a market capitalization of $20.5 billion — An agreement could be announced as early as Sunday Sources: IBM is close to a
Read MoreAfter user reports, Microsoft has pulled a fake Bing ad that was serving up deceptive content to those seeking to download Google Chrome. Microsoft removes fake Bing ad that looked like a Chrome download site Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreCharlie Warzel / BuzzFeed News: Online hatred, trolling, harassment, and conspiracy theories are spilling into the physical world with ever greater and more alarming frequency — This week, reporters dredged up the online pasts of two monsters: a Florida man who was arrested for sending pipe bombs to at least a dozen … Online hatred,
Read MoreThere’s not much time left now. If you’re going to put something together to give the youngsters some night terrors in exchange for all that sweet candy, you better do it quick. This late to the game you might not have time to do anything too elaborate, but luckily we’ve come across a few quick
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