Apple said to be planning person-to-person payments service

From ComputerWorld: Apple is in talks with major banks on an extension of its Apple Pay service that would allow person-to-person payments.

The discussions are continuing and it's unclear whether any banks have struck a deal with Apple, reported The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, citing "people...

HP Inc. begins life with a new 4K laptop

From InfoWorld: It didn't take long for the newly formed HP Inc. to release its first product, the ZBook Studio, a feature-packed, 15.6-inch laptop with a 4K screen.

The laptop can be configured to be as speedy as a gaming laptop, but is targeted at mobile workers.

The laptop marks the first...

Google open-sources machine learning to smarten up our apps

From InfoWorld: One day in the not-so-distant future, an app might make a dinner reservation for you before you realize you even want to go out, or your smartphone might suggest tourist sights you'd enjoy when you land in a new city.

It's possible -- and it's really not so far away, say analysts...

Nvidia packs machine learning for Web video in new GPUs

From PC World: Tagging online videos with information about colors, surroundings and even emotions in order to enhance search could soon become easier with Nvidia's new machine-learning graphics processors.

Nvidia's Tesla M40, and its little brother, the M4, both announced Tuesday, are server-based...

China to scrub its Internet of songs deemed offensive

From CNET: China's Internet is one of the most censored in the world and faces even fiercer scrutiny thanks to regulations set to take effect in January.

Under the new rules, announced Monday, companies that provide or host music online must examine what's being made available before it's posted to...

Dangerous bugs leave open doors to SAP HANA systems

From ComputerWorld: Serious software flaws have recently been reported for SAP's HANA, the in-memory database platform that underpins many of the German company's products used by large companies.

While some of the problems require SAP-issued patches that are available, other issues require...

Amazon will open London data center by early 2017

From InfoWorld: Amazon Web Services will open its third European datacenter cluster by early 2017, CTO Werner Vogels said Friday.

The move will "provide ... strong data sovereignty to local users," Vogels wrote in a blog post.

Data sovereignty -- or which country has jurisdiction over data -- is a...

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