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Nasdaq to Deliver Matching Engine Technology to the Football Index
Cloud deployed matching engine offers fixed-odds betting operator platform rich functionality via the Nasdaq Financial Framework STOCKHOLM, Sweden and LONDON, July 23, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nasdaq Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today it has signed a new agreement with Football Index, where clients can buy and
Lancaster University students’ data stolen by cyber-thieves
Students’ personal data has been stolen in a “sophisticated and malicious” phishing attack at Lancaster University. Officials said the information had been used to send bogus invoices to applicants. “A very small number” of student records, phone numbers and ID
The Verge – Delivery apps like DoorDash are using your tips to pay workers’ wages
When you order food through an app and tip the worker who delivers it, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the money you give goes directly to that person. But in reality, some delivery apps use your tip to make
New Crosswork APIs Help Service Providers Automate Network Operations
Due to changes in customer preferences, and technological evolutions such as 5G, Service Providers (SPs) are expected to face massive traffic growth and increased operational complexities. To make the most out of those opportunities, Service Providers are looking for ways
Want to break up ‘Big Tech’? Don’t fall prey to these misconceptions
Advocates and opponents of breaking up Facebook, Google and other technology giants are falling prey to some serious misconceptions This article was written by Bhaskar Chakravorti, Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, and originally appeared on The Conversation, a
The Great Hack: the film that goes behind the scenes of the Facebook data scandal
This week sees the release of The Great Hack, a Netflix documentary that is the first feature-length attempt to gather all the strands of the affair into some sort of narrative – though it is one contested even by those appearing
Amazon ECR now supports increased repository and image limits
Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) now supports increased number of repositories per region and images per repository. Previously, the default limit was 1,000 repositories per region and 1,000 images per repository, and required an extra step to increase limits. Now,
Understand The Location Intelligence Tech Landscape And Get Over Your Maps
Our most recent location intelligence (LI) research takes a deep dive into the LI landscape. The report titled, “Now Tech: Location Intelligence Technologies, Q3 2019,” analyzes 34 different players in the location intelligence market. We describe the key capabilities, the
Trump says Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud contract should be investigated. Again. – The Washington Post
President Trump on Thursday said he would direct aides to investigate a pending military contract widely expected to be awarded to Amazon, saying he had heard multiple complaints about an allegedly unfair bidding process. His involvement would be an unusual
Vice: Researchers Trick Cylance’s AI-Based Antivirus Into Thinking Malware Is ‘Goodware’
By taking strings from an online gaming program and appending them to malicious files, researchers were able to trick Cylance’s AI-based antivirus engine into thinking programs like WannaCry and other malware are benign. Artificial intelligence has been touted by some
Here’s How AI Startups Are Doing in 2019
AI Startup Growth Now that artificial intelligence (AI) is part of the mainstream, companies are rapidly investigating what they can do to develop new AI technologies that will make society better and translate to substantial profits for their startups. These
Everyone Wants Facebook’s Libra to Be Regulated. But How?
Everyone from President Trump to Representative Maxine Waters (D-California) says Libra, Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency, should be heavily regulated. But nobody seems to know how—including Facebook. That much was clear in the often muddled questions of legislators who hauled in Facebook