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1. Microsoft announces reduction of 3,000 staff layoffs officially started
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According to foreign media reports, Microsoft announced in Wednesday that it will formally cut about 3,000 jobs. The layoffs were part of a layoff plan announced in July this year, when the number of layoffs was announced at 18,000, accounting for 14% of the total staff. Most of the 18,000 jobs come from Nokia's mobile phone business unit.
A spokesman for Microsoft said, "We have taken another solid step towards completing the July announcement of the reduction of all 18,000 jobs." The layoff plan announced today will be spread across Microsoft's different business units and branches in different countries. He also said that the number of layoffs at Microsoft's Redmond headquarters in Washington was 638.
2. HP releases industrial 3D printers 10 times times faster than current technology
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According to foreign media reports, Hewlett-Packard Wednesday launched a new large-scale industrial printers and multi Jet fusion printing technology. The company, which specializes in computer and printer operations, says the new multi Jet fusion printing technology is 10 times times faster than the existing 3D print, which is cheaper and has a higher strength than existing printers.
Hewlett-Packard said the new 3D printer could make 3D printing technology more widely accepted. However, the time to market the product will wait until 2016. Three weeks ago, Hewlett-Packard announced that it would split two companies. After the split, the new Hewlett-Packard Company will focus on software and services in the corporate and government sectors, while the spin-off of HP will focus on PCs and print. The break-up will be completed by the end of October 2015.
3. IBM and Twitter to achieve data analysis cooperation business: the participation of thousands of employees
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IBM's Wednesday announcement of a partnership with Twitter for data analysis will help companies make better business decisions by leveraging Twitter data collected from around the world, helping companies market trends and consumer confidence in products and brands, Reuters reported.
For IBM CEO Rometty Ginni Rometty, she has been trying to shift the focus of the century-old company's business from traditional hardware to high-value cloud and data-analysis products. To ensure the best use of Twitter data, IBM will train about 10,000 employees to participate in the project.
4. The American Film Association's "0 tolerance policy" for wearable equipment
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The American Film Association MPAA recently updated its piracy policy to extend the "0 tolerance policy" to any recording device, which is clearly among the wearable devices. MPAA with the Cinema Owners Association issued a joint statement that any person carrying a recording equipment must be shut down during the film screening, if refused to cooperate will be required to leave, if found during the screening of illegal recording behavior, will be referred to law enforcement agencies to take measures. Illegal recording in cinemas can be sentenced to a maximum of 3 years ' imprisonment under U.S. law.
5. Security worries Apple pay rival CurrentC has been hacked
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A few hours ago, the Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) organization introduced details of the CurrentC mobile payment system and highlighted the security of CurrentC storing sensitive information based on the cloud. But now that CurrentC has been hacked, MCX now alerts users to the unusual access to their email.
6. The first robot shop staff in the United States opened next month
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In our lives, the presence of robots is growing rapidly, bringing all sorts of wonderful prospects and terrifying possibilities. Although we already have small robots to help us absorb dust and enrich our troops, most people do not think that robots can go out to buy food or otherwise run errands. This vision will not take long to become a reality, and there are already a number of companies that have added robots to their list of workers, Starwood hotels are already using BUTLR robots, and Lowes hardware stores will soon be using OSHbot robots.
7. The eight-year HTML5 standard was finally finalized
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HTML5 is now the most advanced Web development technology, although it has been used for many years, but HTML5 technical standards, in fact, has not been clearly formulated. A few days ago, the Internet authoritative technology organization World Wide Web Consortium (WWW) officially announced that the eight-year HTML5 standard was fully completed and formally started to adopt recommendations for the industry.
The World Wide Web is the authoritative technology standards Organization for Internet-related web-based technology, which promotes the generation of Internet, especially HTML technology. Over the years, they have joined more than 60 companies around the world to improve the HTML5 standard, which solves more than 4,000 bugs, the group said.
(Responsible editor: Mengyishan)