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Wendy's $50M cyberattack settlement signals growing threat to quick-service restaurants
The lawsuit reveals how costly cyberattacks can be for restaurants, which are facing frequent POS and loyalty system hacks.
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IBM may not win the cloud war, but Watson started a new battle
Introducing Watson to competitors' clouds indicates IBM's willingness to provide services beyond its own environment.
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Report: Billion-dollar FTC fines could mark new era for privacy in US
Facebook is negotiating a multibillion dollar fine for the settlement of an investigation into its privacy practice blunders, sources familiar with the matter told The Washington Post and The New York Times.
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Amazon nixes New York headquarters, no plans to restart search
The company is pulling out of New York following pushback from state and local politicians.
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How Coffee Meets Bagel leverages data and AI for love
What if a user missed out on the love of their life because height preferences on their dating app were set 1 inch too high? CTO Will Wagner has to consider this, and more, as the company perfects its matching algorithm.
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A $13B data center expansion will give Google a home in 24 states
"2019 marks the second year in a row we'll be growing faster outside of the Bay Area than in it," CEO Sundar Pichai said in a company blog post.
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NYC mayor touts Amazon HQ2 importance while reports indicate deal is at risk
Mayor Bill de Blasio says bringing the tech giant to the city is "mission critical," but reports indicate Amazon isn't amused by New Yorkers' negative attitudes.
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Tastewise uses AI to digest information on the latest food trends
The site analyzes billions of data points — including more than 1 billion photos shared every month and 153,000 restaurant menus across the U.S.
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Watson breaks IBM out of niche role and into cloud competitors' space
Watson's presence will break down siloes, exposing data in competitors' hybrid cloud environments to IBM's proprietary AI capabilities.
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Step 1 for Google Cloud's new CEO: Build a robust sales force
Google Cloud has made headway in the enterprise market, but its traction pales in comparison to industry leaders Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.
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Deep DiveTechnology of love: Between the sheets of OkCupid's amorous applications
Big data, the cloud, cybersecurity and software may play a bigger role in your love life than you think.
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Mature digital organizations use 3x the AI, ML compared to beginners
Successful digital transformation needs executive buy-in and empowerment of IT professionals throughout an organization.
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How companies overspend millions on IT procurement
If a company doesn't know what it already has, it's easy to buy the same thing again — and again, and again.
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Trump executive order a big step for national AI strategy, despite no new funds
Though China was not mentioned once, it loomed large over the executive order.
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Is voluntary relocation the new strategy for luring in tech talent?
As employers struggle to find workers, some are trying relocation or remote work to try and expand their applicant nets.
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The root of Microsoft's patches: Memory safety flaws and dated languages
A memory safety vulnerability is a processing error which can label memory as free though it's still in use.
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Neiman Marcus' innovation lab dissolves under CEO's new strategy
Catering to a specific consumer takes more niche technologies that need exploring, but not at the cost of maintaining existing systems.
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Wells Fargo's outage puts focus on data management modernization
The bank's data center underwent a backup plan after smoke detection launched automatic shutdown.
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Report: Amazon considers alternatives as opposition to New York headquarters heats up
The nomination of a vocal critic of the deal to a state board could place the headquarters in jeopardy.
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Supplier cybersecurity risk concerns auto industry
The majority of respondents to a Synopsys and SAE International study said they test less than half of the automotive technology they develop for security vulnerabilities.
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Yum Brands hunts for global leader to build digital, tech strategy
Technology is "increasingly at the forefront of our strategic planning efforts" and stands as one of the four "growth drivers" for the parent company of Pizza Hut and KFC, said CEO Greg Creed.
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European regulators log more than 59K data breaches since GDPR's passage
The Netherlands, Germany and United Kingdom reported 15,400, 12,600 and 10,600 data breaches respectively, the most of any European countries.
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Microsoft and Google duke it out for software bundles, but customers still rely on duplicates
Companies aren't solely investing in Office 365. More than three-quarters of Office 365 users have one or more apps that are duplicates of features in the software bundle.
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SAP realigns to market as businesses shy away from major IT overhauls
In the past, SAP has pulled a lot of its revenue from the large enterprise customer base, but businesses are becoming more hesitant to switch ERP systems.
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Microsoft pits Office 2019 against Office 365; its betting on the latter
Promoting Microsoft 365 is part of Azure's cloud push. However, Office 2019 is available for Windows and Mac users who aren't cloud ready, the company said.
Cloud