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NSA Hacks Into SIM Card Makers Giving US and UK Criminals Access to Millions of Cell Phones

MishTalk

Among its clients are AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint and some 450 wireless network providers around the world. Possessing the keys also sidesteps the need to get a warrant or a wiretap, while leaving no trace on the wireless provider’s network that the communications were intercepted. says the ACLU’s Soghoian.

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3 Kinds of Jobs That Will Thrive as Automation Advances

Harvard Business

And it’s not just low skilled, manual labor that’s at risk — “knowledge” work like operational analytics and marketing is also being taken over by sophisticated artificial intelligence algorithms. How Technology Is Reshaping Markets. So, what’s the result?

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What Does Whole Foods Get from Amazon? Alexa, for Starters

Harvard Business

Can the stores be transformed into cashierless, wireless purchasing markets ? Can Whole Foods’s own supply chain be made more efficient with Amazon’s logistics chops? These pairs have different markets, different brand profiles, and different online skills. Can Alexa sell Whole Foods’s inventory?

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Hospitals Are Dramatically Overpaying for Their Technology

Harvard Business

Given that this intervention could prevent more suffering than many wonder drugs, one would expect that there would be zero market for a breathing machine that didn’t make lung-preventive ventilation as easy as possible. When health systems insist on interoperable technologies, the market will respond.

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Digitalization of Aerospace Engineering: Main Difficulties and Ways to Overcome Them

Epicflow

So, every company that wants to stay competitive in the market must digitalize its processes sooner or later. . Reducing production costs, Improving the quality of the final product, Shortening the product development time, Efficient collaboration of various specialists involved into the engineering process. Possible solution .

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Return of the Buggy Whip; Streetcar Named Imprudent

MishTalk

And some critics point to markets such as Tampa to suggest that once completed, new lines aren’t exactly teeming with passengers. Tour the displays at NAIAS and you get an idea why: Driverless, connected vehicles could well form the basis for an energy efficient way of moving people around. for the past two years.

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A Short History of Radio Explains the iPhone’s Success

Harvard Business

The iPhone roared into the marketplace 10 years ago today, and overwhelmed the wireless world. Wireless is the same, but without the cat. Homogenized content, with far less diversity than an open market would support, was the result. Wireless rights became more flexible, ceding spectrum management to the market.