Microsoft Acquires Italian IoT Platform Solair and other top stories.

• Microsoft Acquires Italian IoT Platform Solair

  

  TOP OF THE NEWS   MAY 4, 2016 ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE Microsoft Buys IoT Platform Solair To boost offerings for enterprises.

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• A 10-year-old hacked Instagram so Facebook gave him $10000

  

  Before he even reached the age requirement to make a Facebook account, a 10-year-old found a major flaw in Instagram, earning him a cool $10,000 from Facebook.  Jani (his parents withheld his last name, figured out a way to get into Instagram's servers and delete text posted by Instagram users, Finnish news site Iltalehti reported. Jani was rewarded $10,000 by Facebook as part of its bug bounty program, which offers cash rewards to people who find bugs and flaws in Facebook's digital infrastruc..

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• Google autonomous car project teams with FiatChrysler (Update)

  

  Google parent Alphabet on Tuesday announced that it has partnered with Fiat Chrysler in a major expansion of its fleet of self-driving vehicles. The Google autonomous test fleet would be more than doubled with the addition of 100 new 2017 Chrysler ...

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• IBM launches quantum computing for the rest of us

  

  Soon Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won’t be the only semi-average person who can talk a good quantum computing game. On Wednesday, IBM unveiled the world’s first cloud-based quantum computing experience. Starting today, regular humans will be able to access real quantum computing hardware based in IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY, which means virtually anyone can run quantum computing experiments from the comfort of their lab, office or living room couch. An I..

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• Here's When Dishonored 2 Is Expected To Release

  

  Bethesda is starting to lay the groundwork for their big showing at E3 this year in Los Angeles. To help build up the hype train for Dishonored 2, they've announced that the game will be launching on November 11 for the Xbox One, PS4 and PC. Engadget picked up the news from over on the official Bethesda website, where they made the announcement ahead of a jam-packed 11-page feature that will go live in the next issue of Game Informer. The Game Informer issue will work as a primer to Be..

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