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• Smart home standards to be considered

  23-03-2017 23:45
  
  ​Standards Australia is to discuss the development of home automation standards later this year.
  
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• Augmented reality gets a second life in manufacturing

  23-03-2017 23:24
  
  Although augmented reality may not have gotten very far in the consumer market, the technology is getting a second look in the manufacturing sector.
  
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• FBI director floats international framework on access to encrypted data

  23-03-2017 23:21
  
  The FBI director James Comey is suggesting an international approach to solving the encryption debate. He proposes that the U.S. might work with other countries on a “framework” for creating legal access to encrypted tech devices.
  
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• Microsoft expands connected car push with patent licensing

  23-03-2017 22:33
  
  Microsoft’s push into the connected car market continued Wednesday when it unveiled a new patent licensing program aimed at crafting deals for carmakers and other companies.
  
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• Leaked iCloud credentials obtained from third parties, Apple says

  23-03-2017 21:52
  
  The iCloud credentials that the Turkish Crime Family hacker group claims to have weren't obtained through a breach of the Apple's services.
  
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• Most Android devices lack latest security patches

  23-03-2017 21:14
  
  Nearly three-quarters of Android devices on the five biggest U.S. carriers are running on security patches that are at least two months old,putting them at greater risk of being hacked.
  
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• Google: Half of Android devices haven’t been patched in a year or more

  23-03-2017 20:41
  
  Google acknowledged that half of all Android devices had not received a security update in the past year, but the company is working to streamline thepatching process.
  
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• Microsoft integrates F#-to-JavaScript tool with .Net Core SDK

  23-03-2017 20:22
  
  Fable uses the Babel compiler to make JavaScript a back end for Microsoft's F# functional programming language
  
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• 18 free cloud storage options

  23-03-2017 19:49
  
  A review of 18 companies that offer free cloud storage
  
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• Google's Android Things OS won't work on new Raspberry Pi board

  23-03-2017 19:33
  
  The new Raspberry Pi Zero W was designed to be a board to make internet of things devices, but a key OS from Google won't work on the hardware.
  
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• Wikileaks documents show CIA's Mac and iPhone compromises

  23-03-2017 19:24
  
  The U.S. CIA has had tools to infect Apple Mac computers by connecting malicious Thunderbolt Ethernet adapters to them since 2012, according to new documents purported to be from the agency and published by WikiLeaks.
  
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• Using personality profiling to make call centers more efficient

  23-03-2017 18:14
  
  Mattersight says it optimizes outcomes by connecting callers with agents that can best deal with their personality traits
  
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• Senate votes to kill FCC's broadband privacy rules

  23-03-2017 18:13
  
  The U.S. Senate has voted to kill broadband provider privacy regulations prohibiting them from selling customers' web-browsing histories and other data without permission.
  
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• Intel merges AI operations into a new unit

  23-03-2017 18:13
  
  Intel's artificial intelligence efforts have been scattered over many different units but are now being united into a single operating group.
  
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• Snowden's ex-boss offers tips on stopping insider threats

  23-03-2017 18:10
  
  Steven Bay, a former defense contractor, knows a thing or two about insider threats. For a brief period, he was the boss of Edward Snowden, the famous leaker who stole sensitive files from the National Security Agency.
  
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• Look before you leap: 4 hard truths about IoT

  23-03-2017 13:00
  
  The internet of things still looks promising, with forecasts for billions of devices to solve all sorts of problems. But as promising as the technology is, it has some shortcomings.
  
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• The goal of a new machine

  23-03-2017 11:39
  
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise is exhibiting a key element of The Machine, its testbed for making computing memory-centric, at the Cebit trade show.
  
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• Open source JavaScript, Node.js devs get NPM Orgs for free

  23-03-2017 11:00
  
  The NPM Orgs tool previously was only for paid, private package developers
  
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• Tapping the brakes on 802.11ac wave 2

  23-03-2017 10:01
  
  802.11ac wave 2 is the splashy new kid in the wireless technology pool, but some experts caution that you might not want to let it play without lifeguards present.
  
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• Apple acquires Workflow automation app, offers it free

  23-03-2017 04:59
  
  Apple has acquired the Workflow automation app, which allows iOS users to trigger a sequence of tasks across apps with a single tap.
  
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• NSW govt poaches AUSTRAC CIO for top security role

  23-03-2017 04:49
  
  The New South Wales government has appointed Dr Maria Milosavljevic to the role of government chief information security officer (GCISO).
  
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• Technology can strengthen Australia's gas advantage - The Australian Pipeliner

  23-03-2017 03:03 via pipeliner.com.au
  
  The Australian Pipeliner
  Technology can strengthen Australia's gas advantage
  The Australian Pipeliner
  Technology can strengthen the role Australian gas plays in the diverse energy mix beyond 2030 as outlined in a new vision launched today by the gas industry. Gas Vision 2050 was developed by Australia's peak gas industry bodies and demonstrates how ...and more »
  
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• It wasn't the money: Wozniak on robots, design, and Apple's origins

  23-03-2017 00:32
  
  More than 40 years after founding Apple Computer, Steve Wozniak has a lot to say about the early days of the world's richest company -- and about technology, Silicon Valley, and being a born engineer.
  
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• Piracy crackdown: Website blocking to get a lot quicker, cheaper

  23-03-2017 00:13
  
  Court action by copyright holders seeking to have Internet service providers (ISPs) block their customers from accessing a range of piracy-linked websites is set to become a lot quicker and consequently, cheaper.
  
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