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• China signs onto rare earth export deal with US. (theverge.com)
  On Friday, China’s Commerce Ministry said on state media that it will “review and approve eligible export applications for controlled items…
• CRM Watchlist 2015 Winners: Customer Engagement Part 3 (zdnet.com)
  We continue to take a look at the CRM Watchlist customer engagement grouped winners, Pitney Bowes, Thunderhead and Totango. All three have…
• The digital collaboration industry continues to flourish (zdnet.com)
  Far from maturing, the collaboration tool space is busier than ever evolving, branching out, and multiplying. But are organizations able to…
• New threat intelligence report skewers industry confusion, charlatans (zdnet.com)
  Are you getting threat intel -- or just antivirus software? A government-backed report designs a framework for threat intelligence that can…
• 10 best smartphones to kick off 2015 (zdnet.com)
  On the heels of mobile launches at CES and MWC, Matthew Miller has revised his list of favorite handsets. Whether you're looking for cuttin…
• 5 Best Practices For Agile Analytics Organizations (zdnet.com)
  New self-service analytics approaches provide an opportunity to dramatically improve analytics business agility and IT/business alignment.…
• Huawei forecasts higher earnings despite US hostility (zdnet.com)
  Chinese networking giant expects its net profit for 2013 to climb 34.6 percent to hit US$3.41 billion on higher revenue of US$38.19 billion…
• Admirable fuel economy numbers... for a supercar. (theverge.com)
  Yes, the Lamborghini Revuelto is a plug-in hybrid that also carries a $4500 gas guzzler tax for not meeting minimum fuel efficiency standar…
• The real story in the NSA scandal is the collapse of journalism (zdnet.com)
  A bombshell story published in the Washington Post this week alleged that the NSA had enlisted nine tech giants, including Microsoft, Googl…
• BT buys ESPN's UK channels to beef up its forthcoming BT Sport (zdnet.com)
  BT's move into sport looks like a minor deal, but it's part of the global competition for a converging TV/broadband market where the leadin…
• PayPal, Symantec hacked as Anonymous begins November 5 hacking spree (zdnet.com)
  As it becomes the 5th of November around the world, Anonymous announced a hacking spree that has claimed many websites and a few databases…
• Gmail’s AI search is coming to business users. (theverge.com)
  Gmail’s AI-powered search upgrade will now take recency, most-clicked emails, and frequent contacts into account when surfacing messages fo…
• Can GPS make you a better football player? (zdnet.com)
  BUENOS AIRES--Computer player analysis in football games was once the realm of professional teams. Now a group of Argentine entrepreneurs h…
• Apple’s F1 movie is a hit. (theverge.com)
  The Brad Pitt-starring racing drama opened to more than $55 million in the US this weekend, and $144 million worldwide. That’s still a ways…
• Microsoft profits from Linux patent FUD (zdnet.com)
  For the first time, Microsoft has publicly gotten a company using Linux servers to say that they've signed a Linux patent licensing deal, b…
• Disabled Amazon corporate workers complain of alleged discrimination. (theverge.com)
  The Guardian reports that a letter was sent to executives last month, representing more than 200 Amazon employees, accusing the company of…
• Buenos Aires turns to industry clusters to boost innovation (zdnet.com)
  BUENOS AIRES -- The Argentine capital is aiming to revive its forgotten southern half by launching industry-themed development zones. But i…
• Another way around Linux's Windows SecureBoot problem (zdnet.com)
  Yes, it's true that you won't be able to easily install Linux, or any other operating system, on Windows 8 PCs, but there is a way around t…
• Solar electricity world record: Germany cranks half its power with PV (zdnet.com)
  Some people think that Germany's walk away from nuclear will lead it down the fossil fuel path. But for a cloudless day last week, the coun…
• Maxell releases its own modernized cassette player. (theverge.com)
  In the ‘80s, Maxell was a brand synonymous with audio and cassette tapes thanks to an iconic ad. With the popularity of cassette tapes on t…
• You can upgrade this modular guitar controller with 3D-printed parts. (theverge.com)
  Drakong, a new gaming hardware subsidiary of Hyperkin, has partnered with Fender for a new rhythm game guitar controller called the InfinaK…
• Anker has ditched the battery supplier linked to over a million fire-prone power banks. (theverge.com)
  Apex (fka Amprius) is out, and ATL (aka Amperex) is in, as Anker recalls yet another five power banks due to overheating and fire risks. Th…
• One million robots. (theverge.com)
  That’s the milestone Amazon just crossed. As The Wall Street Journal notes, it’s coming up fast on the company’s total human workforce, whi…
• GitHub suspends member over 'mass-assignment' hack (zdnet.com)
  A GitHub member was briefly suspended on Sunday after he exploited a vulnerability in the code repository's systems without first telling G…
• Google/ Motorola deal okayed: Time for Motorola Nexus line (zdnet.com)
  The Google/ Motorola Mobility merger has received regulatory approval, so the Android creator will soon have the ability to control the ent…
• Facebook blamed for a third of divorces in the UK (zdnet.com)
  Facebook is cited in 33 percent of divorces in the United Kingdom. This is for the year 2011: the statistic increased from 20 percent for t…
• Windows 8 Developer Preview (zdnet.com)
  Windows 8 introduces a new interface, Metro, with an 'immersive' look-and-feel that's designed to scale from smartphones to desktops. It's…
• Acer Iconia Tab A500 (zdnet.com)
  Acer's Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) tablet is nicely styled, but errs on the bulky and heavy side. Performance and battery life are competitive,…
• Torture Testing - The big case test - Part 1 (zdnet.com)
  Modern gadgets are pretty robust and can brush off the occasional knock, the odd splash of water and a sprinkling of dust, but if you regul…
• The Trump administration deleted a major climate resource. (theverge.com)
  It pulled down the federal website that houses national climate assessments, reports that show how climate change affects every region of t…
• Speedb is a drop-in replacement for RocksDB that wants to take the embedded key-value store world (zdnet.com)
  RocksDB is the secret sauce underlying many data management systems. Speedb is a drop-in replacement for RocksDB that offers a significant…
• Are you conducting demonic rituals with ChatGPT? (theverge.com)
  It’s easy, says The Atlantic, which got a hot reader tip on how to make OpenAI’s chatbot guide you through the rites of Molech: > When aske…
• Digital Rights Watch defends social media platforms' efforts in removing terrorist content (zdnet.com)
  The digital rights advocate warned that overly stringent laws around removing abhorrent violent material could create an unintended consequ…
• Intel CEO says he’ll personally approve all chip designs from here on out. (theverge.com)
  Lip-Bu Tan on today’s earnings call: > I’m also instituting a policy. Every major chip design needs to be personally reviewed and approved…
• Google’s Pixel Watch 4 should match its new phones. (theverge.com)
  Yesterday we learned Google’s new smartwatch might charge on its side, and now Android Headlines has shared official renders of it in vario…
• The UK is now age-gating the internet. (theverge.com)
  Online Safety Act rules are now in effect that require online platforms to have “strong age checks” in place to prevent children from acces…
• Is AVG coming to the Mac? (arstechnica.com)
  According to Australian sources, Grisoft, the Czech maker of AVG anti-virus and firewall software for Windows may be porting AVG Anti-Virus…
• It’s happened again. (theverge.com)
  Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Google’s Pixel 10 range has leaked. This time Evan Blass did the honors, sharing images of the 10…
• Google’s investing in a CO2 battery. (theverge.com)
  It’s part of the company’s new push to support the development of technologies that can store renewable energy for longer periods of time t…
• Oura Ring 3 review: Unobtrusive 24/7 health tracking with more to come in 2022 (zdnet.com)
  Smartwatches have added advanced health and wellness tracking features, but have limited battery life and take up wrist space. Oura's Ring…
• FICO launches next-generation Originations Solution for digital-first account openings (zdnet.com)
  FICO Originations Solution, Powered by FICO Platform, makes loan origination decision-making faster, smarter and more profitable for financ…
• Meta will no longer show political and “social issue” ads in the EU. (theverge.com)
  The company is making the change starting in October “in response to the EU’s incoming Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising…
• During this Pre-Black Friday Doorbusters sale, you can get 30% off top security apps (zdnet.com)
  Your data is vulnerable not only to exposure while you are online, but also to social engineering that allows hackers to crack your passwor…
• Media Matters is still fighting. (theverge.com)
  The left-leaning nonprofit watchdog has been a frequent target of Elon Musk and other Republicans for its reporting on the right wing media…
• The Internet Archive is now an official hub for government documents. (theverge.com)
  California Senator Alex Padilla granted the Internet Archive federal depository status, allowing it to more easily access and share governm…
• Intel keeps carving off pieces of itself — networking is the latest. (theverge.com)
  Intel is cutting tens of thousands of employees, cutting investment around the world, and moving away from entire businesses too. After shu…
• SambaNova is enabling disruption in the enterprise with AI language models, computer vision (zdnet.com)
  SambaNova just added another offering under its umbrella of AI-as-a-service portfolio for enterprises: GPT language models. As the company…
• Coyote vs. Acme has a release date, but you’re not gonna like it. (theverge.com)
  We knew the Looney Tunes flick was launching in 2026, but it won’t be until August 28th. The date was announced at San Diego Comic-Con, whe…
• Thomson Reuters unveils cloud-based tax platform (zdnet.com)
  The patent-pending Indirect Tax Determination Anywhere platform is built for corporate tax departments dealing with ever-changing tax regul…
• Cisco partners with JupiterOne for cloud security platform (zdnet.com)
  The Cisco Secure Cloud Insights with JupiterOne hopes to offer enterprises greater visibility into all of their cyber assets, paths toward…