News highlights for 19 September 2017
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Amazon working on smart glasses which sync with Alexa
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc is working on its first wearable device – a pair of ‘smart glasses’, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The device, designed like a regular pair of spectacles, will allow Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa to be summoned anytime and in all places. Read more…
TRAI cuts interconnect rates in half
MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s telecoms regulator has more than halved a fee mobile operators pay each other for calls from one network to another in a move that could hurt leading operators including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone’s Indian business. Read more…
Data security biggest barrier to technology adoption: ABI
In a recent B2B technology survey of U.S.-based utility companies, ABI Research finds that 40% of respondents believe that data security is the leading barrier to adopting innovative technologies. However, it is a barrier that can be overcome, with 64% of large utility enterprises expressing willingness to adopt innovative technologies. Read more…
Equifax still boasting of data breach excellence
Equifax hasn’t found time for a houseclean and is making claims of authority and competence about security breaches that, following its own recent high profile breach, come off as pretty cringeworthy. Read more…
UK, France and Italy wants extremist content removed within hours
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The leaders of Britain, France and Italy will push social media companies on Wednesday to remove “terrorist content” from the internet within one to two hours of it appearing. Read more…
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