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• Country officials in Estonia have voted to restrict the use of #5G technology from #Huawei, citing political concerns https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/estonia-5g-huawei-technology-politics …

  16-09-2019 20:10 via twitter.com
  Country officials in Estonia have voted to restrict the use of #5G technology from #Huawei, citing political concerns https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/estonia-5g-huawei-technology-politics …
  
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• Montreal-based start-up Element AI, which builds artificial intelligence tools for enterprises, has raised more than $151mhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/element-ai-enterprise-canada …

  16-09-2019 19:55 via twitter.com
  Montreal-based start-up Element AI, which builds artificial intelligence tools for enterprises, has raised more than $151mhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/element-ai-enterprise-canada …
  
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• “This result significantly expands the toolbox that we have available for doing accurate noise characterisation and therefore crafting better and more stable qubits in quantum computers,” researchers saidhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/machine

  16-09-2019 19:27 via twitter.com
  “This result significantly expands the toolbox that we have available for doing accurate noise characterisation and therefore crafting better and more stable qubits in quantum computers,” researchers saidhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/noise-cancelling-breakthrough-quantum-computer-tech …
  
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• Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google have all been asked to turn over internal documents as part of a growing antitrust investigation in the UShttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/companies/antitrust-investigation-tech-google-facebook …

  16-09-2019 18:50 via twitter.com
  Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google have all been asked to turn over internal documents as part of a growing antitrust investigation in the UShttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/companies/antitrust-investigation-tech-google-facebook …
  
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• Big Brother Cometh: Massive License Plate Database Exceeds 150 Million

  16-09-2019 18:09 via technocracy.news
  Throwing legality and the Constitution aside, Technocrats lust after data on society. Collecting data in real-time is the holy grail of AI that is used for instant analysis and reporting of actionable offenses. ⁃ TN EditorOur worst fears about automatic license plate readers (ALPR) are much worse than we could have imagined.
  Two months ago, I warned everyone that police in Arizona were using ALPR’s to “grid” entire neighborhoods. But this story brings public sur
  
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• “An overhaul of well-worn work structures is painfully overdue and, for the most part, it’s a change in attitude, not technology, that we need,” writes @CriticalRedPenhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/future-of-work-week &hell

  16-09-2019 17:50 via twitter.com
  “An overhaul of well-worn work structures is painfully overdue and, for the most part, it’s a change in attitude, not technology, that we need,” writes @CriticalRedPenhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/future-of-work-week …
  
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• Ex-Google Engineer: ‘Killer Robots’ Could Start War

  16-09-2019 17:45 via technocracy.news
  As governments ramp up the AI arms race to direct autonomous robots with a ‘licensed to kill’, the risk horrible mistakes rises as well, including the possibility of starting a robot war.  ⁃ TN EditorA new generation of autonomous weapons or “killer robots” could accidentally start a war or cause mass atrocities, a former top Google software engineer has warned.
  Laura Nolan, who resigned from Google last year in protest at being sent to work on a proj
  
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• #MostRead today: Spain’s @mittocard raised €2m to expand its youth-focused fintech platform https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/mitto-fintech-teenagers …

  16-09-2019 17:38 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: Spain’s @mittocard raised €2m to expand its youth-focused fintech platform https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/mitto-fintech-teenagers …
  
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• #MostRead today: Hundreds of tech jobs were announced across the country last week. #JobFairy https://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/ireland-550-news-jobs-announced …

  16-09-2019 17:32 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: Hundreds of tech jobs were announced across the country last week. #JobFairyhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/ireland-550-news-jobs-announced …
  
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• #MostRead today: These companies all have embraced the future of work by providing progressive benefits to their employeeshttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/jobs/future-of-work-companies-hiring-ireland …

  16-09-2019 17:31 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: These companies all have embraced the future of work by providing progressive benefits to their employeeshttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/jobs/future-of-work-companies-hiring-ireland …
  
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• AOC: Do My Green New Deal Or Miami Will Vanish

  16-09-2019 17:08 via technocracy.news
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez levels a veiled threat against Miami, Florida if leaders don’t implement her Green New Deal; namely, that global warming will sink the city into oblivion. This is sounding more like a Marvel comic theme every day. ⁃ TN Editor“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it,” said Nazi propaganda master Joseph Goebbels. Such is the case with global warming hysterics who have recently begun to make headw
  
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• The Government has announced plans to ban single-use plastics in a bid to reduce wastehttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/single-use-plastics-landfill-ireland-government …

  16-09-2019 16:50 via twitter.com
  The Government has announced plans to ban single-use plastics in a bid to reduce wastehttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/single-use-plastics-landfill-ireland-government …
  
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• The Seagull has landed: Drone delivers crucial diabetic meds to Aran Islandshttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/drone-diabetic-medication-aran-islands …

  16-09-2019 16:39 via twitter.com
  The Seagull has landed: Drone delivers crucial diabetic meds to Aran Islandshttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/drone-diabetic-medication-aran-islands …
  
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• Estonia votes to limit its use of Huawei 5G technologyhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/estonia-5g-huawei-technology-politics …

  16-09-2019 16:35 via twitter.com
  Estonia votes to limit its use of Huawei 5G technologyhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/estonia-5g-huawei-technology-politics …
  
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• Estonia votes to limit its use of Huawei 5G technology https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/estonia-5g-huawei-technology-politics …

  16-09-2019 16:35 via twitter.com
  Estonia votes to limit its use of Huawei 5G technology https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/estonia-5g-huawei-technology-politics …
  
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• Annie Slattery of @ConXjobs recently won a top award in Australia for women in tech start-ups, but the Dublin native has been building her digital platform for construction contractors for several yearshttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/conx-annie-

  16-09-2019 15:10 via twitter.com
  Annie Slattery of @ConXjobs recently won a top award in Australia for women in tech start-ups, but the Dublin native has been building her digital platform for construction contractors for several yearshttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/conx-annie-slattery-toolbox …
  
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• Today’s featured employer is @Fidelity. Find out more about the company here: http://bit.ly/2K1CaSO pic.twitter.com/xL7oUKS698

  16-09-2019 14:30 via twitter.com
  Today’s featured employer is @Fidelity. Find out more about the company here: http://bit.ly/2K1CaSO pic.twitter.com/xL7oUKS698
  
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• HighRoads to hire 20 at Northern Ireland software engineering hubhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/jobs/highroads-to-hire-20-at-northern-ireland-software-engineering-hub …

  16-09-2019 12:56 via twitter.com
  HighRoads to hire 20 at Northern Ireland software engineering hubhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/jobs/highroads-to-hire-20-at-northern-ireland-software-engineering-hub …
  
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• Noise-cancelling breakthrough to accelerate quantum computer techhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/noise-cancelling-breakthrough-quantum-computer-tech …

  16-09-2019 12:54 via twitter.com
  Noise-cancelling breakthrough to accelerate quantum computer techhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/noise-cancelling-breakthrough-quantum-computer-tech …
  
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• Is this the end of our work as we know it?https://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/future-of-work-week …

  16-09-2019 12:29 via twitter.com
  Is this the end of our work as we know it?https://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/future-of-work-week …
  
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• DMS announces 50 new jobs in financial services for Cashel, Tipperaryhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/jobs/dms-jobs-announcement-cashel-tipperary …

  16-09-2019 12:26 via twitter.com
  DMS announces 50 new jobs in financial services for Cashel, Tipperaryhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/jobs/dms-jobs-announcement-cashel-tipperary …
  
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• US tech giants antitrust investigation ramps up with internal document requesthttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/companies/antitrust-investigation-tech-google-facebook …

  16-09-2019 12:09 via twitter.com
  US tech giants antitrust investigation ramps up with internal document requesthttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/companies/antitrust-investigation-tech-google-facebook …
  
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• Pixsy acquires Binded’s blockchain-based image copyright platformhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/pixsy-acquires-binded-photography-blockchain …

  16-09-2019 11:44 via twitter.com
  Pixsy acquires Binded’s blockchain-based image copyright platformhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/pixsy-acquires-binded-photography-blockchain …
  
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• A good company culture is contagious, but could automation change that?https://www.siliconrepublic.com/advice/company-culture-automation-future-of-work …

  16-09-2019 11:10 via twitter.com
  A good company culture is contagious, but could automation change that?https://www.siliconrepublic.com/advice/company-culture-automation-future-of-work …
  
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• Fees for landfill plastic among Government’s ‘radical action’ plan for waste https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/single-use-plastics-landfill-ireland-government …

  16-09-2019 11:06 via twitter.com
  Fees for landfill plastic among Government’s ‘radical action’ plan for waste https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/single-use-plastics-landfill-ireland-government …
  
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• Mitto’s fintech solution for Gen Z teens raises €2mhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/mitto-fintech-teenagers …

  16-09-2019 11:03 via twitter.com
  Mitto’s fintech solution for Gen Z teens raises €2mhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/mitto-fintech-teenagers …
  
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• Mitto’s fintech solution for Gen Z teens raises €2m https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/mitto-fintech-teenagers …

  16-09-2019 11:03 via twitter.com
  Mitto’s fintech solution for Gen Z teens raises €2m https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/mitto-fintech-teenagers …
  
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• Deforestation: ‘We cannot continue to just demonstrate, we’ve got to act’https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/deforestation-amazon-ethiopia-weforest-marie-noelle-keijzer …

  16-09-2019 10:41 via twitter.com
  Deforestation: ‘We cannot continue to just demonstrate, we’ve got to act’https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/deforestation-amazon-ethiopia-weforest-marie-noelle-keijzer …
  
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• Deforestation: ‘We cannot continue to just demonstrate, we’ve got to act’ https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/deforestation-amazon-ethiopia-weforest-marie-noelle-keijzer …

  16-09-2019 10:41 via twitter.com
  Deforestation: ‘We cannot continue to just demonstrate, we’ve got to act’ https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/deforestation-amazon-ethiopia-weforest-marie-noelle-keijzer …
  
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• Cancer drug innovator named Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur for 2019https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ireland-best-young-entrepreneur-award-2019 …

  16-09-2019 10:17 via twitter.com
  Cancer drug innovator named Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur for 2019https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ireland-best-young-entrepreneur-award-2019 …
  
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• These 5 companies are all embracing the future of work – and they’re hiringhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/jobs/future-of-work-companies-hiring-ireland …

  16-09-2019 09:50 via twitter.com
  These 5 companies are all embracing the future of work – and they’re hiringhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/jobs/future-of-work-companies-hiring-ireland …
  
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• ConX created a digital toolbox to help building contractors win workhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/conx-annie-slattery-toolbox …

  16-09-2019 09:00 via twitter.com
  ConX created a digital toolbox to help building contractors win workhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/conx-annie-slattery-toolbox …
  
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• Separation of Science and the State

  16-09-2019 08:16
  There’s been a concerted effort over the last few months to point out that science isn’t perfect. The National Party’s Federal Council has just endorsed a motion to establish a watchdog, a national scientific quality assurance agency –  a push led by federal MP George Christensen. Nationals Senator Matt Canavan previously backed the call by […]
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• ‘Don’t underestimate the power of conversation’: Rasa Strumskyte on future of workhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/people/rasa-strumskyte-future-of-work-inspirefest …

  16-09-2019 08:15 via twitter.com
  ‘Don’t underestimate the power of conversation’: Rasa Strumskyte on future of workhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/people/rasa-strumskyte-future-of-work-inspirefest …
  
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