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AI Apps May Redefine Brick-and-Mortar Fashion Retail

Picture yourself entering a department store and, instead of wandering around searching for the correct department or product, you are guided by an expert personal concierge. The concierge is not a person, but rather a humanlike smartphone assistant. Whether you want to know "where are women's shoes located?" or "is this dress available in size six?" this concierge is always at hand to assist you. This is what retail shopping may be fast becoming, thanks to the mass proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI)-based technologies.

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FedEx to Invest €1.4Bn in Paris Airport Facility Overhaul

FedEx Express is expanding its distribution hub at Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) Airport with a €200m ($217.38m) investment in technology and automation, and a €1.2bn ($1.3bn), 30-year lease. The 30-year lease underscores the long-term importance of the European Union to the company's long-term plans. Once completed, FedEx said the upgrade will increase sorting capacity by 40 percent.

Galaxy Note 7 Recall May Threaten South Korea's Reputation, Economy

A former South Korean teacher, Kim Jeong-min was at Narita Airport in Japan this month when he watched a television news report that Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 smartphone was banned on airplanes because it was prone to catching fire. Kim, 58, said he had felt humiliated, as if the non-Koreans in the airport lounge were looking at him.

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3D Printer Sales to Double This Year, Analysts Say

There will be a doubling in the number of 3D printers shipped this year, according to analysts. Gartner predicts 455,772 units will ship in 2016, compared to 219,168 in 2015, as firms use the technology to create prototypes, augment manufacturing processes and produce finished goods.

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Gartner Predicts Decline of Mobile Apps, Loss of IoT Data

The message at Gartner's recent Symposium/ITxpo was to prepare for a fast move to augmented reality, the decline of mobile apps, a major shift away from web browsing and more. Many users will expect businesses, universities and governments to respond to these shifts, the market research firm said at its annual conference.

Reebok's Liquid Factory Could Change Process and Speed of Footwear Creation

A new generation of footwear manufacturing, spearheaded by Bill McInnis, head of future at Reebok and a former NASA engineer, is allowing the fitness brand to design and create a high performance athletic shoe faster and more efficiently than ever before, the company says.

Tesla Challenges Regulators to Catch up to Driverless Car Technology

According to Tesla's Elon Musk, driverless car technology is a problem that's pretty much solved. As he's made clear numerous times, the regulators need to catch up. They might want to start moving faster, he says, because Tesla isn't slowing down.

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Simple Encryption Not Enough to Comply With New Cybersecurity Regulations

The New York Department of Financial Services and Governor Andrew Cuomo have announced a series of new rules strengthening cybersecurity requirements for financial firms in the state of New York - the latest in a series of announcements aimed at protecting clients, consumers and financial entities from the ever-growing threat of cyber-attacks.

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UMass Medical Center to Use Beacons to Track Naloxone Medication

University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center says it will attach Visybl's Bluetooth beacons next month to packages of naloxone, an opioid-blocking drug, to determine whether patients discard the medication before leaving the premises and to gauge their willingness to have the medicine tracked.

Tesla Cars to Have Full Self-Driving Gear, But Feature Disabled for Now

Tesla Motors has announced its cars will soon come fitted with full self-driving hardware, as the company jousts with tech rivals like Google and car makers like Ford who are making a dash for the autonomous car market.

Oracle Reportedly Fixes Hundreds of Vulnerabilities That Put Enterprise Data at Risk

Oracle's October security update is one of the largest ever, fixing more than 250 vulnerabilities in enterprise products that are used to store and work with business data, the company reported.

We're Afraid of Getting Hacked, But We're Not Doing Much About It, Poll Says

A hack at Sony Pictures that exposed more than 170,000 emails in 2014 derailed a much-hyped film's release and prompted a months-long industry freakout. A hacking incident at Yahoo now threatens to derail a sale to Verizon. WikiLeaks' releases of Democratic officials' hacked private emails are providing near-endless fodder for Donald Trump's presidential campaign. And yet, while large numbers of Americans appreciate the threat of getting hacked, they don't seem to be changing their behaviors in any appreciable way.

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