Wednesday, October 31, 2018

TLDR: Could Renton become the next big tech hub of the Pacific Northwest? - GeekWire


GeekWire

TLDR: Could Renton become the next big tech hub of the Pacific Northwest?
GeekWire
This week, GeekWire has set up shop in Renton, Wash., bringing you stories of the city's growth and the momentum of its tech scene from Oct. 28 through Nov. 3. In this episode of our TLDR video show, we caught up with GeekWire reporter Taylor Soper ...



Australia's top cyber spy says Chinese tech is too good to be allowed near its key infrastructure - Business Insider


Business Insider

Australia's top cyber spy says Chinese tech is too good to be allowed near its key infrastructure
Business Insider
And since the Chinese government has been leveraging the state's position, role and function within its growing portfolio of world-beating mega-tech companies, the decision out of Canberra to err on the side of caution — and Washington — would have ...

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Franklin Tech clipped in OT of State Vocational finals - The Recorder


The Recorder

Franklin Tech clipped in OT of State Vocational finals
The Recorder
“They're extremely disappointed but this is what happens when you get seeded in tournaments,” Franklin Tech coach Kurt Richardson said of his team. “For every team but one team, your last game is a loss in these things. We always play (Westfield Tech) ...

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Spotting Disinformation Online Before the Midterm Elections - New York Times


New York Times

Spotting Disinformation Online Before the Midterm Elections
New York Times
How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? Kevin Roose, a technology columnist in New York who has been writing about disinformation online, discussed the tech he's using. Q. As a technology columnist, ...

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LinkedIn co-founder says tech companies shouldn't be afraid of chaotic growth - CNN


CNN

LinkedIn co-founder says tech companies shouldn't be afraid of chaotic growth
CNN
To some, Hoffman's book comes at a surprising time: Tech companies such as Facebook are facing negative impacts of their creations. Some critics warn that Hoffman's playbook for hastily supersizing startups into Fortune 500 juggernauts imperils society.



The Big Tech Selloff - Wall Street Journal


Wall Street Journal

The Big Tech Selloff
Wall Street Journal
Herbert Stein famously observed some 40 years ago that what can't continue won't, which bears remembering as tech stocks fall following a fantastic nine-year run fueled in part by the Federal Reserve. Americans no doubt wish that stocks could climb ...

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How Tech Is Coming For Your Middle-Class Job Too - Forbes


Forbes

How Tech Is Coming For Your Middle-Class Job Too
Forbes
Tech is taking over the world, right? Most days, it feels so. From the mobile phones glued to our hands to the dancing robots which frequently grace our digitally connected TV screens, soon, everything will be hyper-connected, automated and decidedly ...



How Women Who Code is making sure women aren't pushed out of tech jobs - Fast Company


Fast Company

How Women Who Code is making sure women aren't pushed out of tech jobs
Fast Company
You would think that holding both undergraduate and master's degrees from Stanford (the latter in computer science) would make finding a job in tech a cinch. Facebook, Google, and the like are willing to pay top dollar for these candidates, even at the ...



Georgia Tech defense has problem to solve against UNC - Atlanta Journal Constitution


Atlanta Journal Constitution

Georgia Tech defense has problem to solve against UNC
Atlanta Journal Constitution
There doesn't seem to be a discernible reason for why Georgia Tech has given up relatively easy scores to start their past two games. It hasn't been the case for most of the season in defensive coordinator Nate Woody's first year with the Yellow Jackets.

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It's Time for Ad-Tech Companies to Step Up and Prioritize Gender Diversity - Adweek


Adweek

It's Time for Ad-Tech Companies to Step Up and Prioritize Gender Diversity
Adweek
Ad tech is a highly competitive and increasingly commoditized industry, one where innovation and creative problem-solving are essential to success. A great way to cultivate those capabilities is by developing and retaining a diverse workforce—but too ...



Wake Tech Shines National Spotlight on Vital IT Partnerships - Wake Tech Newsroom


Wake Tech Shines National Spotlight on Vital IT Partnerships
Wake Tech Newsroom
NEW YORK, NY (October 25, 2018) - Wake Tech's partnerships with IT firms in the Research Triangle region were in the national spotlight at the 2018 Association of Community College Trustees Leadership Congress. Executives from Lenovo, IBM, and Cisco ...



US strikes at the heart of China's tech ambitions with chipmaker ban - CNN


CNN

US strikes at the heart of China's tech ambitions with chipmaker ban
CNN
The Chinese government sees the situation very differently, viewing the need to develop higher-tech manfucturing industries as vital to its economic development. Despite widespread complaints from companies, it denies it has sought to obtain US ...
US to Block Sales to Chinese Tech Company Over Security ConcernsNew York Times
US Ban Threatens Beijing's Ambitions as Tech PowerWall Street Journal
US threatens Chinese chipmaker with ban on buying American techNikkei Asian Review
Moneycontrol.com -Department of Commerce
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Tech stocks plunged in October, suffering their worst month since the 2008 recession - CNBC


CNBC

Tech stocks plunged in October, suffering their worst month since the 2008 recession
CNBC
The Nasdaq plunged 9.2 percent in October, its steepest monthly drop since a 10.8 percent decline in November 2008. At that time the financial markets were in crisis and the tech-heavy Nasdaq was at the tail end of a six-month slump, during which the ...



Virginia Tech suspends expected starter Chris Clarke - ESPN


ESPN

Virginia Tech suspends expected starter Chris Clarke
ESPN
Virginia Tech forward Chris Clarke has been suspended indefinitely, the school announced Wednesday. No further information was provided by the school. Clarke, a 6-foot-6 senior, was runner-up for ACC Sixth Man of the Year last season and was expected ...
Chris Clarke suspended from Virginia Tech men's basketball teamRoanoke Times
Report: Virginia Tech indefinitely suspends Chris ClarkeACCSports.com
Virginia Tech F Chris Clarke 'suspended indefinitely'247Sports
WVVA TV -CBSSports.com
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5 things Oklahoma fans need to know about Texas Tech: The Red Raiders have a vintage Air Raid offense - Dallas News


Dallas News

5 things Oklahoma fans need to know about Texas Tech: The Red Raiders have a vintage Air Raid offense
Dallas News
Texas Tech freshman quarterback Alan Bowman could give the Sooners a lot of trouble. A virtual unknown coming into the season, Bowman has become one of the best stories in college football in 2018. Through seven games, Bowman has completed 68 ...
Remembering 2016 OU-Texas Tech: Baker Mayfield vs Patrick MahomesTulsa World
5 key storylines for Texas Tech week247Sports
Texas-Texas Tech game will be another six-day selectionBurnt Orange Nation

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Tech Tackles Cancer with Karaoke - American Inno


American Inno

Tech Tackles Cancer with Karaoke
American Inno
Leaders in technology and healthcare are raising their voices to fight cancer — for real this time. Organizers at Tech Tackles Cancer, a charity fundraising program operated by the non-profit Hack Reduce, aim to raise funds for pediatric cancer ...



The Battle of the Big-Tech Titans Over San Francisco's Tax for the Homeless - The New Yorker


The New Yorker

The Battle of the Big-Tech Titans Over San Francisco's Tax for the Homeless
The New Yorker
In 2011, Twitter, which was situated in San Francisco, threatened to leave the city limits for a new headquarters down the peninsula in the South Bay, where Google, Facebook, Apple, and other tech giants are based. “Twitter said the deal-breaker was a ...
San Francisco's billionaires have transformed a local political fight into a battle for tech's soulFast Company
How a bookstore owner turned a tech billionaire into a homelessness activistThe Guardian

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Tech takes its hat off to open source - Financial Times


Financial Times

Tech takes its hat off to open source
Financial Times
In the beginning, it was hard to see any way that those embracing open source could make money. It became the charity-shop giveaway of big tech companies. Something free, that nobody owned, and anybody could tinker with and change. So that makes ...
IBM Buys Red Hat: What the Deal Means for Tech ProsDice Insights (blog)

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Tech Drove Stocks Skyward. It's a Different Story on the Way Down. - New York Times


Tech Drove Stocks Skyward. It's a Different Story on the Way Down.
New York Times
The rout, unlike the rally, has been a broad-based affair, suggesting that investors are less concerned that the tech giants' shares rose too far too fast. Rather, they are worried about the fundamentals of the United States economy and the continuing ...

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Soon there may be more economists at tech companies than in policy schools - Quartz


Quartz

Soon there may be more economists at tech companies than in policy schools
Quartz
Under chief economist Pat Bajari, Amazon has hired more than 150 PhD economists in five years. Bajari has also cornered the market on what might be called “rookie economists” just out of school. That crowns Amazon the largest employer of tech ...



Technologically Advanced: How Tech Adoption Helps SMB Owners Get Ahead - Business.com


Business.com

Technologically Advanced: How Tech Adoption Helps SMB Owners Get Ahead
Business.com
Thom Foss has taken the leap many of us only dream about when he left the corporate world and opened his own brewery six years ago with his brother, Dane. At Burning Brothers Brewing in St. Paul, Minnesota, Thom has leveraged his years of corporate ...



Nine Disruptive Tech Breakthroughs In 2018 - Forbes


Forbes

Nine Disruptive Tech Breakthroughs In 2018
Forbes
In the last year, technology has progressed in ways no one could have expected. The innovations of today will continue to have a major impact in the years ahead, and smart businesses are making plans now to capitalize on the latest trends. We asked a ...

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Tech employees are much more liberal than their employers — at least as far as the candidates they support - Recode


Recode

Tech employees are much more liberal than their employers — at least as far as the candidates they support
Recode
We've analyzed these numbers as a way to gauge the tech industry's politics in a midterm election that is slated to be the most expensive ever. Total spending is expected to reach $5.2 billion, and tech donations have grown accordingly. So we looked at ...

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Wake Tech Shines National Spotlight on Vital IT Partnerships - Wake Tech Newsroom


Wake Tech Shines National Spotlight on Vital IT Partnerships
Wake Tech Newsroom
NEW YORK, NY (October 25, 2018) - Wake Tech's partnerships with IT firms in the Research Triangle region were in the national spotlight at the 2018 Association of Community College Trustees Leadership Congress. Executives from Lenovo, IBM, and Cisco ...



Apple Earnings Coming Up Amid Tech Pullback And Higher Volatility - Forbes


Forbes

Apple Earnings Coming Up Amid Tech Pullback And Higher Volatility
Forbes
Apple reports fiscal fourth-quarter earnings after the closing bell on Thursday, Nov. 1. Even with the recent pullback, shares are still up 23.8% year to date, handily beating the Nasdaq 100's 4.59% increase and the S&P 500's 0.49% decline. With the ...

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LinkedIn co-founder says tech companies shouldn't be afraid of chaotic growth - CNN


CNN

LinkedIn co-founder says tech companies shouldn't be afraid of chaotic growth
CNN
To some, Hoffman's book comes at a surprising time: Tech companies such as Facebook are facing negative impacts of their creations. Some critics warn that Hoffman's playbook for hastily supersizing startups into Fortune 500 juggernauts imperils society.

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The 20 best tech gifts of 2018 - USA TODAY


USA TODAY

The 20 best tech gifts of 2018
USA TODAY
Whether you're buying for a family member, a coworker, or your nerdy spouse, knowing which tech gizmos and gadgets are big-ticket items this holiday season ain't easy. Does anything evolve faster than technology? By the time you come up with an answer, ...