| | Tech News Flash December 17, 2020 | | FTC Demands Social Media Firms' User Data, Harvesting Tactics | | The Federal Trade Commission seeks to obtain information on how many users certain social media companies have, how active the users are, what the companies know about them, how they got that information, and what steps the companies take to continue to engage users. | | Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony Issue Safe Gaming Manifesto | | The Big Three makers of video gaming hardware have announced a united front to make online gaming safe for all their players. "We can accomplish more when we work toward the same goal, and so we will each continue investing in, evolving, and amplifying our approaches to user safety," stated Dave McCarthy, Microsoft's corporate vice president for Xbox operations. | | The Evolution of Personal Communications Technology Through 2050 | | Sometime in the 2030s PCs and phones will merge, if they hadn't already. In the 2040s people and personal technology will merge as humans and robotics evolve into hybrids of each other. Since we're approaching the end of 2020, let's talk about what's on the way over the next three decades, and build up to what's in store for personal communications technology in 2050. | | Contact-Tracing Apps Flop in the US | | Americans seem to have little interest in using contact-tracing applications used to identify people who have come into contact with a person infected with COVID-19. | | Machine Learning Is Changing the Future of Software Testing | | Machine learning, which has disrupted and improved so many industries, is just starting to make its way into software testing. Heads are turning, and for good reason: the industry is never going to be the same again. Let's delve into the current state of affairs, and explore how ML techniques are radically changing the software testing industry. | | TRENDING ON TECHNEWSWORLD | | Student Inventor's Breast Cancer Screening Device Wins Award A 23-year-old biomedical engineering student is one of two first-place winners in the 2020 James Dyson Award. Her invention aims to help women around the world afford the cost of early testing for breast cancer. Read more www.technewsworld.com | | | | | | The Best Hybrid Mid-Range SUV Might Surprise You When we decided on a plug-in hybrid, after a lot of research it narrowed down to three with the right balance of performance and efficiency. Those were the Audi Q5 e, the BMW X3 Plug-in Hybrid, and the Volvo XC60 Recharge. Let's walk through what ... Read more www.technewsworld.com | | | | | | 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service For the 6th consecutive year, NICE inContact has been named a Leader while also achieving highest overall position for ability to execute in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service. Read more get.niceincontact.com | | | | | | Women in Tech: 20 Trailblazers Share Their Journeys | | | | Successful women in the tech trenches share their insights and tackle subjects ranging from how to search out a strong mentor to how to be one -- from how to advance in a large company to how to start your own firm.
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