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1. Underneath ancient Mexican temple, archeologists find an even older one
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... to be seen. At a press conference held by Mexico's Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH,) Isabel Campos Goenaga, the director of the INAH's Morelos Center and archeologist Georgia Bravo ...

2. Microsoft Teams goes free, as free as the wind blows... up to a point
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Redmond broadsides Slack with unlimited message history and more storage On the eve of its 2018 partner conference, Inspire, Microsoft has launched a freebie version of its Slack-alike collaboration platform, ...

3. Microsoft Whiteboard is now generally available; iOS, Android, and web coming soon
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At its Inspire 2018 conference today, Microsoft announced that Whiteboard for Windows 10 is now generally available. It also announced that there will be iOS, Android, and web versions coming soon. Read ...

4. Microsoft Teams goes freemium with its new offering
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At its Inspire partner conference, Microsoft announced today that it's now offering its group collaboration service Teams in a free version, which it says is more generous than competitors. Read more... ...

5. Papa John's founder used N-word in meeting about how he could avoid further PR disasters
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... and the rest of them. What next for Schnatter? Using the worst racial slur during a conference call intended to help him avoid further public relations disasters. On the May call, Schnatter was asked ...

6. China Has Nearly 3 Times the Number of Internet Users as the US, and the Gap Will Only Widen
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... titled, "China Internet Report 2018” discussed today at the Rise Conference in Hong Kong, attempts to comprehensively break down China’s thriving tech industry, identifying the big players in each ...

7. Grab your wallets, Twitch fans -- TwitchCon 2018 tickets on sale now!
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... year, the company has an official conference. Called "TwitchCon," This 3-day event is dedicated to content creators and their fans. Today, tickets for the aforementioned conference go on sale.… [Continue ...

8. Belkin unveils BOOST↑CHARGE Power Bank 10K with Apple-certified Lightning connector
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USB power banks are a dime a dozen these days. Believe it or not, they are often given away at trade shows and conferences -- they have become a ubiquitous throwaway promotional item, much like the USB ...

9. Don't fear 1337 exploits. Sloppy mobile, phishing defenses a much bigger corp IT security threat
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... expert Georgia Weidman told London's AppSec EU conference on Thursday.… Read all  ...

10. eMeet M2 AI Powered Wireless Conference Speaker
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Have you ever been in a meeting with a bad conference phone? I know you have. You’re trying to have a productive meeting, but the audio quality is so bad, that it just messes everything up. It’s ...

11. Valve's Steam Spy replacement will have ‘more useful’ game stats
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... conference. Ewert responded that developers n... Read all  ...

12. Google's reservation-making AI will be making calls soon
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Google talked about a lot at this year's I/O developer conference, but one demo quickly stole the show: a male voice on a phone, making a restaurant reservation. The restaurant was real, but the person ...

13. Google Maps' new Yelp-like features are now live
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At the I/O developer conference last month, Google announced a bunch of new features for Maps, and they're now making their way into the wild. Google is rolling out an update now, which includes a ...

14. Instagram's group video chat hits your phone today
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At last month's F8 conference, Facebook announced that a video chat feature for Instagram was in the works. Today, that starts rolling out to users across the world. Anyone you're in a Direct ...

15. macOS Mojave first look: Minor but welcome additions
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Three weeks ago at this time, Engadget was in the middle of a marathon liveblog. Apple was kicking off its annual WWDC developer conference and, as usual, it had news to share about each of its major ...

16. Serverless Computing London: Agenda is live
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Earlybird tickets now available We’ve hit the button and announced the first tranche of speakers for Serverless Computing London, our three day conference on all things, well, serverless, next November.… ...

17. OfficeCore M2 review: An enterprise-focused smart speaker sans a digital assistant
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The OfficeCore M2 is claimed to be the first conference speakerphone to be powered by AI to isolate the spoken word from noise. But at $209.99 without a native digital assistant, is it worth buying? Read ...

18. Firefighters burn down careers with sweet, sweet pornography
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... save the city from fires. During a news conference called Monday to address the rumors, Tucker said that Eller and Dean could face additional discipline, including dismissal, if an ongoing investigation ...

19. Access to Safe and Affordable Prescription Medications Online is a Human Right
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I recently served on a panel at the Toronto RightsCon 2018 conference (Making Safe Online Access to Affordable Medication Real: Addressing the UN Human Rights resolution for access to essential medicines), ...

20. How Timelinr's project roadmaps keep your team on task
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Projects big and small always go smoother when the whole team is collaborating, but members tend to get lost once the conference call ends. Timelinr is a project management solution that helps keep your ...

21. Interview with Stewart Brand on the 50th anniversary of the Whole Earth Catalog
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... he named The Well. He convened history’s first hacker’s conference, then later co-founded one of the world’s premiere centers of truly long-term thinking. He’s still running that today, and is also helping ...

22. The 70% Rule: When Imperfect Understanding Is Best
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At conferences, maybe it’s a good thing if some engineers don’t understand your entire presentation Read all  ...

23. Japanese man who left for lunch break 3 minutes early is shamed, forced to apologize on television
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... of seven months, he boldly repeated this offense 26 times. Once word got out, he was shamed for his dishonorable work ethics. He was forced to bow an apology on a televised news conference, after those ...

24. Did you have locking down AI and blockchain as possible Intel SGX uses? If so, congrats...
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Bias-enabling algorithms and smart contract tech no one quite trusts now easier to secure Israel Cyber Week  At the Cyber Week security conference in Israel on Tuesday, chip giant Intel plans to discuss ...