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Twitter purges hate groups under new anti-abuse rules

By Eric David Dec 18, 2017

Twitter Inc. launched a major purge of hate accounts today as it began enforcing the expanded anti-abuse rules it announced last month. The updated policies add rules that forbid users from using abusive usernames or profile bios, from sharing…

Emerging Tech

AI will review child abuse images so police won’t have to

By Eric David Dec 18, 2017

Police must often review hundreds of disturbing images found on devices belonging to child abuse suspects, and these investigations can take a toll on officers’ mental health. London’s Metropolitan Police Service wants to spare officers from this trauma by developing an artificial…

Cloud

Microsoft cuts cloud analytics service pricing by 52 percent and adds new features

By Maria Deutscher Dec 18, 2017

Microsoft Corp. is kicking off the week with the release of several major updates for HDInsight, one of the main data analytics services on its Azure cloud platform. The most significant of the changes revealed today…

Cloud

France seeks to fine Amazon for allegedly abusing its market position

By Maria Deutscher Dec 18, 2017

Amazon.com Inc. is facing a new legal challenge in the European Union. On Monday, French daily Le Parisien broke the news that the country’s Economy Ministry has filed a complaint against the online retailer following…

Apps

Facebook demotes spammy posts begging for likes and comments

By Eric David Dec 18, 2017

Facebook Inc. announced today that it will crack down on “engagement bait” content that begs users for likes and other interactions. Facebook divides engagement bait into a few different categories depending on the type of interaction posts are…

Women in Tech

CloudNOW winners show many faces of women in tech

By R. Danes Dec 18, 2017

What is it about women who not only nab jobs but achieve excellence in technology? Silicon Valley’s sexist company cultures are practically a meme thanks to the stream of corroborating headlines. For women techies…

Big Data

Survey shows data quality is now a top challenge for analytics projects

By Maria Deutscher Dec 18, 2017

Finding professionals with advanced data processing knowledge isn’t as pronounced a challenge as it once was for enterprises, according to Syncsort Inc.’s fourth annual survey of the analytics landscape. The provider, which sells software that helps…

Emerging Tech

Report: Samsung to launch Galaxy S9 and S9+ in February

By Collen Kriel Dec 18, 2017

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s latest flagship smartphone was supposed to debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in early January, but these claims were later denied by the company. Now, the latest reports peg the launch of…

Infra

Critical vulnerability found in password manager bundled with Windows 10

By Duncan Riley Dec 17, 2017

A critical vulnerability has been discovered in a password manager bundled with Windows 10 that could allow any website to steal any password stored on a personal computer. Discovered by Google Project Zero researcher Travis…

Infra

Bloomberg open-sources PowerfulSeal, a new tool for testing Kubernetes clusters

By Mike Wheatley Dec 17, 2017

Bloomberg L.P. is best known for the technology it reports on, but recent innovations in enterprise information technology have prompted the financial software and media organization to get its hands dirty, so to speak.…

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AI will review child abuse images so police won’t have to

Microsoft cuts cloud analytics service pricing by 52 percent and adds new features

France seeks to fine Amazon for allegedly abusing its market position

CloudNOW winners show many faces of women in tech

Survey shows data quality is now a top challenge for analytics projects

Report: Samsung to launch Galaxy S9 and S9+ in February

Critical vulnerability found in password manager bundled with Windows 10

Bloomberg open-sources PowerfulSeal, a new tool for testing Kubernetes clusters

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