Fri Dec 27 2019: Microsoft insights, Exoskeletons reveal, and 5G predictions
Today, three things we didn’t want to miss. Insight from Microsoft’s shareholder meeting Robotic exoskeletons reveal an unlikely business model …
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Today, three things we didn’t want to miss. Insight from Microsoft’s shareholder meeting Robotic exoskeletons reveal an unlikely business model …
Today TikTok banned by the Navy https://www.cnet.com/news/us-navy-bans-tiktok-over-security-worries-says-report/ Apple open sources HomeKit, but why? …
Today The Smartphone tracking industry Two Facebook stories https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/19/21030043/facebook-os-custom-operating-system-android-reliance-self-sufficiency-ar-glasses …
Today Hope for Smart Home integration Facebook plans to try to dodge privacy laws Google’s Cloud Platform plan AND Lessons to be learned as Wawa is hacked
Today Airbnb and Uber have different outcomes around regulation https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50851419 https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/12/16/business/16reuters-eu-airbnb.html …
Today IoT and Blockchain, together like peanut butter and jelly. https://www.techrepublic.com/article/report-iot-and-blockchain-integration-is-booming-among-us-businesses/ How much money does Amazon make on Alexa? …
Today Automation updates https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/12/60percent-of-big-us-corporations-say-head-count-reduction-is-coming-in-2020.html Security Changes for G Suite and Office 365 …
Today New Orleans in a cybersecurity state of emergency https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2019/12/14/new-orleans-declares-state-of-emergency-following-cyber-attack New moves to reopen Net Neutrality …
Today Facebook and the FTC A new coordinated cyberattack on governments https://www.zdnet.com/article/two-of-chinas-largest-tech-firms-are-uniting-to-create-a-new-domestic-os/ India closes the internet, and China starts its…
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