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News about industry verticals

• Software upgrade could be cause of US airline disruption

  The Federal Aviation Administration has zeroed in on a recent upgrade at a radar facility

• Infor seeks to strengthen cloud footing with $675M GT Nexus buy

  Its efforts in the retail supply chain could get an especially significant boost

• Foxconn to invest $5B to set up first of up to 12 factories in India

  Foxconn is responding to India's bid to attract manufacturers to the country

• University technology program launched to give peace a chance

  Drexel University and PeaceTech Lab will enlist computer science and engineering students in conflict resolution efforts

• Tesla patches Model S after researchers hack car's software

  With physical access to the car, the researchers were able to exploit six flaws and eventually access the infotainment system

• IBM's new US$1B acquisition will help Watson 'see'

  The addition of Merge's imaging data could advance personalized medicine, IBM says

Features about industry verticals

• The worst thing about tech bubbles isn't what you may think

  Sure, stock prices dive, but the longer-term problem is what the bubble does to computer science college enrollments.

• Wearables for workplace wellness face federal scrutiny

  Federal regulators are weighing reforms to widespread workplace wellness programs.

• How to strike a balance between marketing and tech

  The chief marketing technology officer role is emerging to help businesses find a happy medium between their marketers and technologists.

• The Ford GT is absolutely sick with high-tech innovation and you need to know why

  The 2017 Ford GT is a high-tech tour-de-force, and Ford does it all with a gasoline engine, lightweight materials and advanced aerodynamics.

• Apple Watch won't boost Apple Pay payments by much

  The Apple Watch supports Apple Pay, but it's unlikely that it will significantly boost the number of mobile payments made by U.S. customers

• 10 cool network and computing research projects

  If you think the latest enterprise and consumer network and computer technologies rolling into your data center and being snuck into your offices by end ...