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• Is The Cloud Space Headed To The Stratosphere?
  
  Microsoft's strong Q2 earnings, propelled by its cloud segment, is a very positive signal to the rest of the cloud space. It illustrates that demand for cloud technology is still strong.
  Daniel Laboe.  Zacks.  Fri, 19 Jul 2019 21:14:00 GMT.
• Moonshot Marketing: VW, Nissan, Jeep Among Auto Brands Hitching Their Wagons To Apollo 11
  
  There's no surprise that auto brands would try to associate themselves with the moon landing in 1969, one of the signature achievements of technology and national will in the history of the United States and, indeed, of the world. ...
  By Dale Buss, Contributor.  Forbes.  Fri, 19 Jul 2019 21:03:00 +0000.
• Geoscientists discover mechanisms controlling Greenland ice sheet collapse
  
  New radar technology allowed geoscientists to look at Greenland's dynamic ice-ocean interface that drives sea level rise.
  Science Daily.  Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:55:45 EDT.
• Orlando cancels Amazon's controversial facial recognition pilot program after technical glitches
  
  Orlando's pilot of Amazon's facial recognition program is coming to an end after being plagued by technical issues, bandwidth problems and criticism of the controversial face-scanning technology.
  Christopher Carbone.  Fox News.  Fri, 19 Jul 2019 16:24:43 GMT.
• Deaf people could get 'almost perfect' quality hearing with cochlear implant which rebuilds sounds
  
  Researchers at the University of Greenwich are working on an implant which they say will produce a significantly less 'metallic' sound quality than currently available technology.
  Daily Mail.  Fri, 19 Jul 2019 16:06:40 GMT.
• WATCH: Astronaut looks back on Apollo 11
  
  On July 16, 1969, Collins, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong set off to make U.S. history. Experts discuss the technology needed for the mission and why the landing was so important.
  ABC News.  Fri, 19 Jul 2019 05:16:49 -0400.
• Swedish police want to introduce facial recognition technology to fight crime
  
  Swedish police reportedly want to introduce new facial recognition technology to help identify criminal suspects after testing the technique this spring.
  The Local.  Fri, 19 Jul 2019 10:42:58 +0200.
• 'First city in the world': KFC to open drive-through-only restaurant in Newcastle
  
  The development, which will have five lanes, includes new technology that will create an efficient operation, the fast food chain says.
  Sydney Morning Herald.  Fri, 19 Jul 2019 18:36:02 +1000.
• Pre-Crime: Has Minority Report-style Policing Become a Reality?
  
  Police are using technology and data to predict behaviour and prevent crime - but are innocent people being targeted?
  Al Jazeera.  Fri, 19 Jul 2019 08:11:49 GMT.
• Hovering, gliding drone takes-off and other tech news
  
  BBC Click's Paul Carter looks at some of the week's best technology news stories.
  BBC News.  Thu, 18 Jul 2019 23:10:03 GMT.
• ParcelPal Continues National Expansion Strategy by Launching in Toronto, Ontario
  
  VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 18, 2019 -- ParcelPal Technology Inc. ...
  PR Newswire.  Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:30:00 +0000.
• MPs call for halt to police's use of live facial recognition
  
  The House of Commons' Science and Technology raises concerns about accuracy and bias.
  BBC News.  Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:03:46 GMT.
• Black, older patients less likely to use hospital patient portals
  
  Black patients are less likely to use patient portals than white patients, even when the technology is presented at the bedside, a new study suggests.
  Jessica Kim Cohen.  Modern Healthcare.  Wed, 17 Jul 2019 16:28:07 EDT.
• New First Insight tool improves customer experience
  
  Technology firm First Insight has developed a new platform that combines enhanced customer insights with product-level analytics to help companies to increase speed-to-market and deliver customer-driven assortments.
  Just Style.  Wed, 17 Jul 2019 14:41:00 GMT.
• 2020 Lexus RX first drive review: Sharper image - Roadshow
  
  The original luxury crossover gets crisp styling tweaks and a host of new technology for its 2020 model year update.
  Antuan Goodwin.  CNET.  Wed, 17 Jul 2019 11:11:14 +0000.
• Congress grills Big Tech over competition, money and power
  
  Big Tech faced tough questions Tuesday as federal lawmakers focused on issues of potentially anticompetitive behavior by technology giants and expressed bipartisan skepticism over Facebook's plan for a new digital currency. ...
  Barbara Ortutay and Matt O'brien.  Washington Times.  Wed, 17 Jul 2019 04:34:46 -0400.
• The downside of giving app users too many superpowers
  
  The superhero with X-ray vision who can see through buildings is probably guilty of substantial privacy violations, and the same applies to technology superpowers. ...
  CBC News.  Wed, 17 Jul 2019 04:00:00 EDT.
• Cvent Unveils List of Top 25 Meeting Destinations in Europe for 2019
  
  London - Cvent, a market-leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider, today released its annual list of the Top Meeting Destinations for meetings and events in Europe. ...
  Hsyndicate.  Tue, 16 Jul 2019 15:00:31 +0200.
• Facebook faces a $5B FTC fine, the largest ever in tech
  
  At $5 billion, the fine the FTC is about to levy on Facebook is by far the largest it's given to a technology company, easily eclipsing the second largest, $22 million for Google in 2012. ...
  Barbara Ortutay.  Washington Times.  Sat, 13 Jul 2019 01:43:58 -0400.
• White House calls meeting over 5G tensions, report says - CNET
  
  The Trump administration holds a policy meeting to "combat infighting" about the next-generation networking technology, says a report.
  Corinne Reichert.  CNET.  Fri, 12 Jul 2019 00:13:37 +0000.

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