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Ascent Launches Navigator for Regulatory Compliance Automation – PR Newswire (press release)

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Ascent Launches Navigator for Regulatory Compliance Automation PR Newswire (press release) CHICAGO, June 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Ascent, a leading regulatory technology company, launches Navigator, a platform that provides intelligent assistance to help users build, manage and automate their compliance programs. Through natural language … and more »

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E3 2017: All You Need To Know about Electronic Entertainment Expo

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Virtual reality, 4K gaming, esports, and entertainment-based commerce are among the new developments expected to be highlighted this week during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles.

Kicking off tomorrow and running through Thursday at the Los Angeles Convention Center, the gaming-focused E3 Expo, now in its 23rd year, is open to the general public for the first time. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which organizes the event, made 15,000 tickets available for purchase in February.

Another first for this year’s expo, the E3 Coliseum, will feature two days of panel discussions and presentations designed to “connect video game fans with the biggest names in entertainment.” The E3 Coliseum, being staged by The Game Awards show producer Geoff Keighley, will be streamed live on Twitch, with a number of presentations also being made available to participants via Facebook.

Microsoft Reveals ‘Project Scorpio’

Many companies have already started previewing new products and services to be officially unveiled over the next few days. Microsoft, for instance, announced yesterday that it would be releasing a new Xbox device for 4K gaming, the Xbox One X, in November.

Developed under the code name “Project Scorpio,” the Xbox One X is designed to provide “immersive true 4K gaming when paired with a 4K display,” Microsoft said in a statement. The company also took the wraps off 42 new or redesigned games created with the Xbox One X in mind, including a role-playing game called Ashen, a post-apocalyptic multi-person game called The Darwin Project, and a new version of Minecraft that will be playable not only only gaming devices but on mobile devices, VR devices, and Windows 10 PCs as well.

Priced starting at $499, the Xbox One X is set to hit the market on Nov. 7. Games and accessories for the Xbox One will be…

June 12, 2017 at 10:46PM

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New Malware Threat Targets National Power Grids

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As if the threat posed by malware was not terrifying enough, researchers from the network security firm ESET said today that a Russian hacker group may have developed a way to take down the power grids of entire countries.

The researchers described the malware, dubbed ?EU?Industroyer,?EU? as the most dangerous hacking weapon since Stuxnet. First identified in 2010, Stuxnet is a malicious computer worm that targets industrial computer systems and was responsible for causing substantial damage to Iran’s nuclear program.

In fact, the ESET researchers said the malware was responsible for a 2016 blackout that affected Ukraine?EU?s capital city of Kiev for an hour. The researchers also said the malware could be reconfigured to attack other key infrastructure components as well.

‘A Particularly Dangerous Threat’

“Industroyer is a particularly dangerous threat, since it is capable of controlling electricity substation switches and circuit breakers directly. To do so, it uses industrial communication protocols used worldwide in power supply infrastructure, transportation control systems, and other critical infrastructure systems (such as water and gas),” the company wrote in a blog post today.

Because Industroyer affects switches directly, the malware can inflict varying degrees of damage on a target country’s infrastructure, from simply triggering a temporary blackout, to causing cascading failures or serious damage to equipment.

The malware is able to attack infrastructure equipment so effectively because it uses the common industry protocols that were first designed decades ago, long before most systems were connected to the Internet. As a result, security had not been a major priority at the time they were implemented. In many cases, the hackers only need to learn how to program the malware to communicate with the protocols because there aren’t any security systems that they need to circumvent.

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Software Locks Your Phone While Behind the Wheel

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In the near future, your phone might be smart enough to know whether you are driving a car, or going along for the ride. Anti-distraction software by a tech startup called Cellepathy would automatically go into a restrictive “driver mode” when a phone is within a moving vehicle. Online features such as texts, video, games and social media would be blocked, as well as some or all nonemergency telephone calls.

Your cellphone is like an airplane’s black box. It contains a compass, a gyroscope, an accelerometer and GPS tracking.

Using those features and the software, vehicle passengers could perform a verification task, lasting seven seconds or less, to unlock all the apps in “passenger mode.” For instance, they would hold a phone level and type in a series of numbers.

Cellepathy co-founder Dan Abramson recently moved from Tel Aviv to Sammamish, where he says the company will recruit engineers from this region. The pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca in Israel and some European firms are requiring employees to use Cellepathy, which he said has begun to market to customers in North America.

“Our contribution to the world is our ability to differentiate between drivers and passengers,” he says, a useful goal until self-driving cars someday rule the road.

“We can prevent a lot of deaths, injuries and tragedies over the next 40 years, and if we can make an honest wage for our efforts, that’s great.”

The quest for technical solutions comes while states gradually pass laws to reduce distracted driving, including Washington’s Driving Under the Influence of Electronics act, which takes effect July 23. It bans watching video or using a handheld phone or other device while driving.

Apple announced this week its “Do Not Disturb While Driving” mode, to be installed in iOS 11 software this fall. Once a phone owner has chosen this mode, the iPhone…

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Small Businesses in Clean Energy Sector Hope for Best

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Small business owners who install solar panels or help customers use clean energy don’t seem fazed by President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord, saying they expect demand for their services will still keep growing.

They’re confident in two trends they see: A growing awareness and concern about the environment, and a desire by consumers and businesses to lower their energy costs.

“It’s an economic decision people are making, although it also makes environmental sense,” says Suvi Sharma, CEO of Solaria, a Fremont, California-based company that designs and sells solar energy panel systems.

Trump said he was putting U.S. interests ahead of international priorities in leaving the agreement that would, among other things, require the U.S. and other countries to report greenhouse gas emissions. The U.S. is the world’s second-emitter of carbon after China, and carbon is one of the gases that scientists cite as a key factor in global warming.

Many of the nation’s largest companies opposed Trump’s move, and some have already committed to reducing emissions and are spending billions to do it.

Small business advocacy groups are split over the impact of a U.S. withdrawal. The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council doesn’t believe Trump’s action will hurt the United States.

“Even without the U.S.’s formal participation in the pact, we believe our nation will continue to lead in carbon reduction and clean energy,” says Karen Kerrigan, CEO of the group. “The market is demanding as much and the private sector and investment are responding.”

But the Small Business Majority, which has supported limits on greenhouse gas emissions as a way to help the environment and the economy, said the U.S. needs government policies that “promote the development of renewable energy and the implementation of energy efficiency standards.”

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Board Adopts Report on Uber’s Culture, Silent on CEO Leave

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Uber’s Board of Directors has adopted a series of recommendations about the company’s corporate culture from former Attorney General Eric Holder, but it was silent late Sunday on whether it would approve a leave of absence for the ride service’s embattled CEO.

A spokesman confirmed that the board met with Holder and Tammy Albarrán, both partners with Covington & Burling LLP, a law firm hired to investigate complaints of widespread sexual harassment and other deep-seeded cultural problems at Uber.

Board members voted unanimously to adopt all of the firm’s recommendations, which were to be released to employees on Tuesday, the spokesman said.

He would not comment on any further actions taken by the board, including whether it discussed the future of CEO Travis Kalanick. Multiple media outlets reported Sunday that the board was considering a leave of absence for Kalanick.

Uber Technologies Inc. has been rocked by accusations that its management has fostered a workplace environment where harassment, discrimination and bullying are left unchecked.

Uber announced last week that it fired 20 employees for harassment problems after a separate investigation by a different law firm.

Under Kalanick, Uber has shaken up the taxi industry in hundreds of cities and turned the San Francisco-based company into the world’s most valuable startup. Uber’s valuation has climbed to nearly $70 billion.

But Kalanick has acknowledged his management style needs improvement. The 40-year-old CEO said earlier this year that he needed to “fundamentally change and grow up.”

In February, former Uber engineer Susan Fowler wrote on a blog that she had been propositioned by her boss in a series of messages on her first day of work and that superiors ignored her complaints. Uber set up a hotline for complaints after that and hired the law firm of Perkins Coie to investigate.

That firm checked into 215 complaints, with 57 still under investigation.

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Apple CEO to MIT Grads: Tech Without Values Is Worthless

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Science is worthless if it isn’t motivated by basic human values and the desire to help people, Apple CEO Tim Cook told graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday, urging them to use their powers for good.

In a commencement address, Cook — who as Apple’s chief executive since 2011 has overseen the rollout of the iPhone 7 and the Apple Watch — said his own company is constantly looking for ways to combine tech with a sense of humanity and compassion.

“Whatever you do in your life, and whatever we do at Apple, we must infuse it with the humanity that we are born with,” said Cook, who previously served as chief operating officer and headed the Macintosh division.

“That responsibility is immense. But so is the opportunity,” he said.

Cook said Apple wants to make products that help people. As examples, he cited iPhone technology that can help a blind athlete run a marathon, and an iPad that connects an autistic child connect to the world around them.

“When you keep people at the center of what you do, it can impact,” he said.

Cook said he isn’t worried about artificial intelligence giving computers the ability to think like humans.

“I’m more concerned about people thinking like computers without values or compassion or concern for the consequences,” he said. “That is what we need you to help us guard against. Because if science is a search in the darkness, then the humanities are a candle that shows us where we have been and the danger that lies ahead.”

Cook also urged graduates to resist becoming cynical.

“The internet enabled so much and empowered so many, but it can also be a place where basic rules of decency are suspended and pettiness and negativity thrive,” he said. “Don’t let that noise knock you off course. Don’t…

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Former Fine Gael TD and minister Austin Deasy dies aged 80

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Deasy was a Fine Gael TD for Waterford from 1977 to 2002.

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Raymond James Financial (RJF) Investor Presentation – Slideshow

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Old Mutual Continues To Grow Stake In Markel CATCo Listed Fund

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Normalizing The Activist In The American Boardroom – ValueWalk

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Normalizing The Activist In The American Boardroom ValueWalk In today’s environment, no company is immune from challenges of shareholder activists. It’s a challenge that boards must be ready to meet (and sometimes embrace). Activists have likely become a permanent fixture in today’s capital markets, forcing …

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Facebook Disaster Maps

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Molly Jackman et al at Facebook: “After a natural disaster, humanitarian organizations need to know where affected people are located, what resources are needed, and who is safe. This information is extremely difficult and often impossible to capture through conventional data collection methods in a timely manner. As more people connect and share on Facebook, our data is able to provide insights in near-real time to help humanitarian organizations coordinate their work and fill crucial gaps in information during disasters. This morning we announced a Facebook disaster map initiative to help organizations address the critical gap in information they often face when responding to natural disasters.

Facebook disaster maps provide information about where populations are located, how they are moving, and where they are checking in safe during a natural disaster. All data is de-identified and aggregated to a 360 square meter tile or local administrative boundaries (e.g. census boundaries). [1]

This blog describes the disaster maps datasets, how insights are calculated, and the steps taken to ensure that we’re preserving privacy….(More)”.

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Special Counsel to FBI Puts Mafia and Foreign Bribery Expert at Heart of Trump Investigation – AlterNet

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Special Counsel to FBI Puts Mafia and Foreign Bribery Expert at Heart of Trump Investigation AlterNet The biggest reason James Comey’s is likely to disappoint when he appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee is not because he doesn’t have a good story to tell, but because he’s concerned about getting in the way of the investigation being led by … and more »

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Wayne Doc Got Kickbacks, Trips To Strip Clubs As Part Of Bribery Scheme: Authorities – Patch.com

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Wayne Doc Got Kickbacks, Trips To Strip Clubs As Part Of Bribery Scheme: Authorities Patch.com Dr. Aiman Hamdan, his wife and another man are the latest people to be charged in a massive test-referral scheme involving a testing clinic. By Daniel Hubbard (Patch Staff) – June 7, 2017 9:58 am ET. Wayne Doc Got Kickbacks, Trips To Strip Clubs As …

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The Inescapable Fintech Revolution – Crowdfund Insider

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The Inescapable Fintech Revolution Crowdfund Insider Big consultancies, such as PwC, Cap Gemini, KPMG, Deloitte and Accenture, research and analyze fintech developments to support the digital transformation of their banking customers. They promote this work through well-crafted free reports and white … and more »

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IASB interpretation addresses uncertainty in accounting for income taxes – Journal of Accountancy

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IASB interpretation addresses uncertainty in accounting for income taxes Journal of Accountancy The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issued an interpretation Wednesday that specified how organizations should reflect uncertainty in their accounting for income taxes. IAS 12, Income Taxes, describes how organizations should account …

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