Google announces it will build Toronto’s neighbourhood of the future

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Google's parent company, Alphabet, is officially building a futuristic mini-city along a 12-acre section of Toronto's eastern waterfront. This is absolutely huge – for the city, for the country, and for the California-based tech giant in its quest to develop high-tech "smart cities" around the world. This will mark the biggest project tackled by Sidewalk Labs to date, according to Reuters, a...
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New Industry Benchmarks for Mobile Page Speed – Think With Google

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The average time it takes to fully load a mobile landing page is 22 seconds, according to a new analysis.1 Yet 53% of visits are abandoned if a mobile site takes longer than three seconds to load.2 That's a big problem. It's no secret that shoppers expect a fast mobile experience. If there's too much friction, they'll abandon their cart and move on. Today, it's critical that marketers design fas...
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Tech billionaires want to break humans out of a computer simulation – Business Insider

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The theory that we might all be living in a computer simulation has gotten so popular among Silicon Valley's tech elites that two billionaires are now apparently asking scientists to help break us out of the simulation.   Source: Tech billionaires want to break humans out of a computer simulation - Business Insider --
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Updated Federal Driver-less Policy – via- The Washington Post

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Each day, driverless cars carry passengers around U.S. cities big and small. But federal officials — driven by bipartisan concerns about stifling a promising industry or seeming too old-fashioned — have not imposed any new safety requirements. On Tuesday, the Trump administration weighed in with its first set of suggestions for how autonomous vehicles should be managed. It continues — and, ...
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Armis – BlueBorne Attack Vector Explained – YouTube

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Armis Labs revealed a new attack vector endangering major mobile, desktop, and IoT operating systems, including Android, iOS, Windows, and Linux, and the devices using them. The new vector is dubbed “BlueBorne”, as it spread through the air (airborne) and attacks devices via Bluetooth. Armis has also disclosed eight related zero-day vulnerabilities, four of which are classified as critical. BlueBo...
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