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Data Dive, Farewells Edition: Apple, Chase, SoFi, Uber

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Reports emerged this week that Apple has begun the process of scrubbing the social sphere of all trace of iTunes. So far, all of the social media content from Facebook and Instagram pages has disappeared, though its Twitter account still has content for the time being.

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Facebook Faces Billions In Possible GDPR Fines

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As reported, the social media giant was hacked through a vulnerability in the Facebook source code, which gave the attackers the ability to steal access tokens, which they in turn used to keep Facebook subscribers logged in. The one million euros will be spent through 2019, according to reports. As has been reported, the U.S.

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In Praise Of The Selfie And The Commerce It Drives

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Now let’s do a match cut to outer space — like that famous early shot of the bone being tossed in “ 2001: A Space Odyssey ” — where, during the Gemini 12 mission in 1966, U.S. based tech firm that recently won a Visa award for its cashless grocery store concept, is on the road toward bringing facial recognition technology to those merchants.

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What Every Banker Needs to Know Today About Artificial Intelligence

Gonzobanker

In the last two years, almost every technology company has started using the terms artificial intelligence and, related to that, machine learning. If you just thought of HAL in 2001: Space Odyssey telling Dave he was getting pissed, you’re there! Hal9000 2001ASpace Odyssey GIF from Hal9000 GIFs. You will need internal data scientists.

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Why The Sweet Smell Of Tech Success Can Be Rife With Failure

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In 2001, at the COMDEX Fall computer show, Microsoft ’s then-CEO Bill Gates introduced to the world to the Microsoft Tablet PC. Microsoft was incredibly confident in the product, as were many big names in the early 2000s market: Acer, Compaq, Fujitsu and Toshiba all promised to put out versions of the Microsoft Tablet PC by 2002.

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Unattended Retail Lessons From Caviar Dreams

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In fact, in various global markets, high-end luxury items can be purchased from both ATMs and unattended machines. The caviar comes from several global markets, including Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Peru, South Korea, Spain and the U.S. As such, Beverly Hills Caviar closed its physical location.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

The dot-com bubble recession began in March 2001 and lasted only 8 months. percent of all jobs in 2001 to 11.3 By comparison, non-high-tech industries lost 689,000 jobs between 2001 and 2002 but recovered the lost jobs by 2004. We knew there was tremendous hubris in the subprime market. High-tech employment fell from 12.1

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