Day: June 19, 2018

Cisco snags potential customer-sniffing biz for an undisclosed sum

OEM partner July Systems’ tech tracks in-store punters by Wi-Fi Cisco is to slurp up cloudy indoor location services biz July Systems to add to its Wi-Fi platform and boost customer experience capabilities.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


CrowdStrike Secures $200M Funding Round

The new funding round brings the company’s valuation to more than $3 billion. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Google Has A New Podcast App. It Also Hopes To Diversify Podcasting.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Google now has its own podcast app called, well, Google Podcasts, and if you have an Android phone, you can head over to the Play Store and get it right now. Google Podcasts does most things you would expect a podcast app to do. It lets you subscribe to…


Lawn From Hell Saved by Mower From Heaven

It’s that time of year again, at least in the northern hemisphere. Everything is alive and growing, especially that narrow-leafed non-commodity that so many of us farm without tangible reward. [sonofdodie] has a particularly hard row to hoe—his backyard is one big, 30° slope of knee-ruining agony. After 30 years of trudging up and down…


T-Mobile, Sprint lay out 5G merger arguments in FCC filing – CNET

No less than the future of 5G rests upon T-Mobile and Sprint getting together. At least, that’s what they say. …read more Source:: CNet


New IBM Robot Holds Its Own In a Debate With a Human

PolygamousRanchKid shares a report: The human brain may be the ultimate super computer, but artificial intelligence is catching up so fast, it can now hold a substantive debate with a human, according to audience feedback. IBM’s Project Debater made its public debut in San Francisco Monday afternoon, where it squared off against Noa Ovadia, the…


Cisco CPO: Privacy Is Not About Secrecy or Compliance

Michelle Dennedy sat down with Dark Reading at the recent Cisco Live to set the record straight about privacy, regulation, encryption, and more. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Senior judge: Put AI in charge of reviewing social media evidence

Court of Appeal beak reckons tech will help solve disclosure scandal A senior judge has said that “technology has created many of our current disclosure problems” – and then added that AI will fix them.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Sigma ships its five new fast Sony full-frame primes – CNET

Five of its Art-series lenses for Sony FE-mount-compatible cameras are here for your A-series attachment. …read more Source:: CNet


Uber was ‘poster child for everything gone wrong,’ Bozoma Saint John says – CNET

Uber’s former brand guru says the company is on a better path now. …read more Source:: CNet