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• Justice Dept. says replacing U.S. workers may bring lawsuit

  03-04-2017 23:24
  
  The Department of Justice on Monday issued a warning to H-1B employers not to use the visa program to discriminate against U.S. workers.
  
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• As computing changes, Intel takes a fresh approach to chip design

  03-04-2017 22:41
  
  Intel is preparing for the future and making big changes in the way it designs chips
  
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• Senate bill would pay doctors to use Facetime with patients

  03-04-2017 22:36
  
  A bipartisan Senate bill would let Medicare cover more telehealth services with an evaluation on cost, effectiveness and better quality of care without increasing the cost of delivery.
  
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• CSIRO says red tape holding back Australia's medical technology, pharmaceutical industries - ABC Online

  03-04-2017 22:34 via abc.net.au
  
  ABC Online
  CSIRO says red tape holding back Australia's medical technology, pharmaceutical industries
  ABC Online
  The CSIRO is warning that slow and outdated regulation is holding back Australia's medical technology and pharmaceutical industry, and it risks losing work to countries with more "agile" systems in place.and more »
  
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• Android grabs most-popular OS prize from Windows

  03-04-2017 22:18
  
  Android last month slipped ahead of Windows to become the world's most popular operating system, according to Dublin-based StatCounter.
  
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• Trump ‘actively’ considering new H-1B spouse work rule

  03-04-2017 21:42
  
  The Trump administration is considering writing an entirely new rule. Before implementing that rule, it would seek public comment.
  
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• Beyond Trust: privilege, vulnerability management available through Azure

  03-04-2017 21:23
  
  Users of Azure cloud services have a new option for stopping the misuse of privileges as well as managing vulnerabilities through an alliance with Beyond Trust.
  
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• Windows 7 is in no rush to leave

  03-04-2017 20:24
  
  Microsoft Windows 7 may not be quietly going into the night; new data shows it still runs 54% of all Windows computers.
  
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• UEFI flaws can be exploited to install highly persistent ransomware

  03-04-2017 20:19
  
  A team of researchers from security vendor Cylance demonstrated a proof-of-concept ransomware program that ran inside a motherboard's Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI).
  
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• Office 365's deskless worker package expands with new features

  03-04-2017 18:00
  
  Microsoft is adding new capabilities to one of its cheapest enterprise plans for Office 365, in a push to capture a group of users traditionally underserved by the productivity suite.
  
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• Apple said to drop Imagination's IP in favor of own graphics chips

  03-04-2017 13:06
  
  Apple will soon stop using intellectual property from Imagination Technologies Group for graphics processing units for its iPhone and other devices, as it is working on a separate, independent graphics design for its products, the chip technology company said Monday.
  
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• Microsoft to shut CodePlex open source project site

  03-04-2017 12:00
  
  The company acknowledges that GitHub is the go-to option for project hosting and will shutter CodePlex at the end of this year
  
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• Enterprises want to add Alexa-style interfaces to apps

  03-04-2017 12:00
  
  Conversational interfaces a la Alexa, Siri, and Cortana top the list of tech trends companies want to incorporate in their software
  
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• WikiLeaks’ Assange gets relief from left victory in Ecuador

  03-04-2017 10:49
  
  The win in Ecuador’s presidential elections of leftist government candidate Lenin Moreno will likely have provided relief to WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, who had been threatened with eviction from the country’s embassy in London by the opposition candidate.
  
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• Tantrums and technology: screen time concerns for parents - The Sydney Morning Herald

  03-04-2017 06:18 via smh.com.au
  
  The Sydney Morning Herald
  Tantrums and technology: screen time concerns for parents
  The Sydney Morning Herald
  Most parents know what it's like to have to drag their child kicking and screaming – sometimes literally – away from a screen. Almost 70 per cent of parents have seen tantrums after taking their child's device away, according to a new survey, while ...and more »
  
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• Cyclone Debbie takes out two NBN nodes

  03-04-2017 04:42
  
  Only two National Broadband Network nodes are so far known to have been seriously damaged by Tropical Cyclone Debbie in Queensland, according to NBN.
  
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• NDIA seeks CIO to define IT strategy

  03-04-2017 04:03
  
  The National Disability Insurance Agency has begun the hunt for a chief information officer to take charge of IT within the organisation.
  
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• UTS launches AI research centre

  03-04-2017 03:55
  
  ​University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has opened a new Centre for Artificial Intelligence.
  
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• ANZ brings voice biometrics to mobile apps

  03-04-2017 02:50
  
  ANZ is working with technology company Nuance to integrate voice biometrics into its mobile apps.
  
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