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A group of investors led by Francisco Partners, a technology-focused private equity firm, is acquiring[1] the electronic payment solutions company Verifone for $3.4 billion, the companies announced Monday.
The Verifone board of directors has...
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The iPhone maker also said nine more manufacturingRead more: Apple now powered by 100 percent renewable energy worldwide
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The iPhone maker also said nine more manufacturingRead more: Apple: We're now powered by 100 percent renewable energy worldwide
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Video: Google Pay users can now use Assistant to send money
In the past, running an always-on, always-listening wake word recognizer as software meant constantly running the applications processor, which consumed too much battery power.
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Read more: Wake words and voice UI are coming to our favorite apps
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You know by now that Internet of Things devices like your router are often vulnerable to attack[1], the industry-wide lack of investment in security leaving the door open to a host of abuses. Worse...
Read more: A Long-Awaited IoT Crisis Is Here, and Many Devices Aren't Ready
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Read more: Git turns 13, Linux and SSH commands to know, Python programming, and more
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Video: Do social networks influence perception?
Brands want to measure influencer content across social networks and track actions such as impressions, shares, and conversion events driven by influencers.
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They want to track when consumers click onRead more: New collaboration and measurement tracking tools automate influencer management workflow
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In 2014, a researcher named Alexander Kogan created a personality quiz that 270,000 Facebook users[1] would go onto install. From those downloads alone, he was able to harvest the personal information of up...
Read more: How to Check If Cambridge Analytica Could Access Your Facebook Data
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Bots have become a great scourge of the internet. Recently, they've flooded government comment systems[1] with fake activism, distorted the national discourse on guns[2], and launched malicious attacks against the ...
Read more: Twitter Bots Post Two-Thirds of Links to Popular Sites on the Platform