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• How Bloomberg journalists use data science to move financial markets

  Gideon Mann, head of data science at Bloomberg, explains how the newsroom uses unstructured and alternative data

• HTC's nosedive blamed on scant smartphone innovation, fierce competition

  The financial future of smartphone maker HTC appears dire, analysts say, even as the company has remained upbeat.

• No joke: Microsoft is teaching comedy to computers

  Using a computer algorithm, The New Yorker's cartoon contest editors weaned out thousands of unfunny submissions.

• Windows 10 PCs will miss the Windows 10 launch

  The OS will ship on July 29, but PC makers need time to test the software before selling PCs with it.

• iPhone 7 rumour rollup: Apple's just going to have all the money, production revs up

  This week, the latest in Apple's quest to rule all it surveys and pave the road to conquest with oblong, rectangular handheld computers.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Friday, April 17

  WikiLeaks publishes stolen Sony info...IBM opens up threat data...China suspends rule on foreign IT vendors

Features about Bloomberg

• Why Israel could be the next cybersecurity world power

  There are plenty of cities in the U.S. that want to lay claim to becoming the "next" Silicon Valley, but a dusty desert town in ...

• Microsoft board motivated to hire new CEO before activist joins in early '14

  ValueAct, which can claim its place on the board early next year, could throw a minor monkey wrench into the CEO selection process

• The coming Microsoft reorg: What's in it for customers?

  No immediate impact, analysts decide

• Think different: Apple's $17B debt offers stark contrast to 1996's junk bonds

  17 years ago, Apple was on the brink of disaster, and its junk bonds reflected the unease over its future with Windows dominant

• Blackberry CEO's comments ignite debate on future of personal computing

  Tablet market expected to soar for next five years, but smartphones, wearable tech will also alter mobile computing