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The Hidden “If” in Everything
Our lives are governed by the humble “if” statement. From stubborn car updates to the inner workings of AI, these two letters dictate our reality. Software logic often lacks empathy. We must surface these buried rules and ensure product managers, not developers, define the conditions that govern our daily lives.
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Weekend’s Top 8 roundup – 5th Dec
First week of the last month, we see BMW locking bad people up, Apple Watch sales fall dead, Amazon legalizes shoplifting, Bluetooth gets faster, Canada gets a data center, Java 9 may slip, clues to how Samsung built a fire starter and a true legion is no longer in this world.
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Weekend’s Top 8 roundup – 28th Nov
Last week of November, we see hackers giving the residents of San Francisco a day of free rides, an anchor takes out the internet of an island, Netflix allows viewing of content in the air, FitBit rescues Pebble, Amazon beats its chest in Las Vegas, Russian bank loses a lot of shekels and once more the nation’s favorite banned executive toy, is back on the shelves.
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Chromebook Adventure
Working with a Chromebook takes a leap of faith when it comes to working exclusively through a browser. But it can work.
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Weekend’s Top 8 roundup – 21st Nov
Thanksgiving week here in the USA, we see record sales, US Navy suffers data breach, Scotland’s unicorn sold to China, Oracle buys a DNS company, Twitter laying off over 300 people, a battery that lasts for weeks from a charge in seconds, and how swearing can show your intelligence.
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Last Week’s Top 8 Tech Stories – 14th Nov
The week that was gave us another 8 interesting stories, including this year’s biggest software hack, how you can easily hack with your laptop, VW embroiled in another emission software scandal, Amazon gets into the car business, Tesla into the sun business and how users can no longer hide from Skype calls!
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The next AWS? Tesla, GM or Ford
Amazon outflanked the computing industry with their cloud offering; it will happen again, from another unlikely source.
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Last Week’s Top 8 Tech Stories – 7th Nov
Welcome to this week’s, election free, roundup of the news that caught my attention this week, ranging from self-testing USB sticks, security attacks on Tesco, how Facebook buys passwords from hackers, NFL losing viewers, cramped airlines, Yahoo still dancing with Verizon, to a warning about pervy teenagers in sunglasses.
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Last Weeks Top 8 Tech Stories – 31st Oct
It was the week that the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, Facebook and GoPro released their quarterly earnings and Samsung find themselves with some more consumer problems.
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Weekly Top 8 Tech Stories – 24th October
A big week in the world of tech where Google, Apple, Tesla and Microsoft had big product announcements and Amazon had its quarterly earnings report.
the leg-end that is, Alan Williamson.
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