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• Georgia Tech launches $1 million retail technology initiative at ATDC - Georgia Tech News Center

  19-05-2017 22:06 via news.gatech.edu
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  Georgia Tech launches $1 million retail technology initiative at ATDC
  Georgia Tech News Center
  The Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), Georgia's technology incubator, is launching a new initiative for entrepreneurs focused on retail-related technology. The new program — which comes as the retailing sector faces a torrent of change in ...and more »
  
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• Uber Freight Is the First Step to Automating Away Truckers - MIT Technology Review

  19-05-2017 18:29 via technologyreview.com
  
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  Uber Freight Is the First Step to Automating Away Truckers
  MIT Technology Review
  First: matching haulers to jobs. Next: leveraging that network to build out fleets of autonomous 18-wheelers. by Jamie Condliffe; May 19, 2017. Want to move truckloads of stuff across the country? There's now an app for that. Uber has finally unveiled ...and more »
  
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• The Technology Behind Bluebird Bio - Bloomberg

  19-05-2017 18:24 via bloomberg.com
  
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  The Technology Behind Bluebird Bio
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  Bluebird Bio CEO Nick Leschly discusses gene therapy, Boston's biotech scene, and venture capital with Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde on "Bloomberg Technology" at the Museum of Science in Boston on May 9. (Source: Bloomberg) ...
  
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• Using technology, medical informatics in patient education - ModernMedicine

  19-05-2017 18:20 via optometrytimes.modernmedicine.com
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  Using technology, medical informatics in patient education
  ModernMedicine
  Incorporating new technologies is a must for ODs to improve patient communication and education. Multiple platforms of communication are needed in the 21st century to communicate and educate patients of very different backgrounds. Internet-based ...
  
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• Oracle has a plan to make Java 9 migration easier

  19-05-2017 18:00
  
  A new proposal would temporarily permit illegal reflective access from code on class path by default, so more older code would function in Java 9
  
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• IoT and Blockchain Technology Collide in the Payments Industry - Bitcoin Magazine

  19-05-2017 17:15 via bitcoinmagazine.com
  
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  IoT and Blockchain Technology Collide in the Payments Industry
  Bitcoin Magazine
  The Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain-based advancements in the payments industry were among the many themes explored at TRANSACT, a tech-centric, payments industry conference held on May 10–12 in Las Vegas. A panel discussion entitled ...and more »
  
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• Salesforce preps guidance feature for its Einstein AI technology - ZDNet

  19-05-2017 17:05 via zdnet.com
  
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  Salesforce preps guidance feature for its Einstein AI technology
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  Salesforce is testing a version of its Einstein artificial intelligence service internally to help project sales and give guidance. CEO Marc Benioff said an internal spin of this Einstein Guidance feature has made the artificial intelligence technology ...and more »
  
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• Intel Puts the Kibosh on Reports It Will License AMD GPU Technology - ExtremeTech

  19-05-2017 16:35 via extremetech.com
  
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  Intel Puts the Kibosh on Reports It Will License AMD GPU Technology
  ExtremeTech
  One of the more intriguing (and if we're being honest, slightly weird) rumors from last year was that AMD and Intel might cooperate on a GPU patent-sharing deal, or possibly a direct design agreement in which AMD would build GPUs for its largest ...and more »
  
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• Technology giants paying just 1 per cent tax - The Australian - The Australian

  19-05-2017 16:14 via theaustralian.com.au
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  Technology giants paying just 1 per cent tax - The Australian
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  The five US technology giants at the helm of the digital revolution wreaking havoc on the media, retailers and financial services are paying as little as less than 1 ...and more »
  
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• Technology giants pay 1 per cent tax - The Australian

  19-05-2017 16:14 via theaustralian.com.au
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  Technology giants pay 1 per cent tax
  The Australian
  The five US technology giants at the helm of the digital revolution wreaking havoc on the media, retailers and financial services are paying as little as less than 1 per cent of their local earnings in tax — about one-fifteenth as much as the major ...and more »
  
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• Manx Telecom streamlines its business with VMware NFV

  19-05-2017 16:10 via computerweekly.com
  After deploying an NFV platform to replace its IMS service, Isle of Man-based telco has seen substantial improvements to its business agility and processes
  
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• Isobar Lands New Global Data and Technology Leader From Publicis.Sapient - Adweek

  19-05-2017 15:56 via adweek.com
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  Isobar Lands New Global Data and Technology Leader From Publicis.Sapient
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  Dentsu Aegis Network agency Isobar has hired a new svp, global data and technology—Vikalp Tandon. Vikalp will report directly to Isobar global CEO Jean Lin and will be based in the agency's Boston office. Under Vikalp, the agency will continue its ...and more »
  
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• Isobar Lands New Global Data and Technology Leader From ... - Adweek

  19-05-2017 15:56 via adweek.com
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  Isobar Lands New Global Data and Technology Leader From ...
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  Dentsu Aegis Network agency Isobar has hired a new svp, global data and technology—Vikalp Tandon. Vikalp will report directly to Isobar global CEO Jean Lin ...and more »
  
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• 5 technology trends to watch out for this year - ABS-CBN News

  19-05-2017 15:34 via news.abs-cbn.com
  
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  5 technology trends to watch out for this year
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  MANILA- Consumers should watch out for 5 major technology trends that could significantly influence their lives this 2017. According to market research company GfK, trends that are seen to potentially impact consumer behavior this year are mobile ...
  
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• DXC Technology looks to lighten the payroll six weeks after launch - The Register

  19-05-2017 13:04 via theregister.co.uk
  
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  DXC Technology looks to lighten the payroll six weeks after launch
  The Register
  It was only a matter of time before DXC Technology – the corporate pile-up between CSC and HPE's former Enterprise Services division – began using staff cuts to lighten the overheads. And so it begins. Peter Hands, veep at DXC, formed at the start of ...
  DXC Technology (DXC) to Report Pre-Merger Q4 Results of CSCNasdaqall 14 news articles »
  
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• Hawk-Eye selected as VAR technology provider - FIFA.com

  19-05-2017 12:44 via fifa.com
  
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  Hawk-Eye selected as VAR technology provider
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  FIFA will continue the testing of video assistant technology during the FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017 (20 May – 11 June), the FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017 (17 June – 02 July) and the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017 (6 – 16 December).and more »
  
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• Canberrans to be recruited in trial of face-tracking technology in ... - The Canberra Times

  19-05-2017 12:35 via canberratimes.com.au
  
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  Canberrans to be recruited in trial of face-tracking technology in ...
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  Up to 40 Canberrans will be recruited to test face-tracking technology in autonomous cars, in a trial funded by the ACT government. Seeing Machines, a ...and more »
  
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• Canberrans to be recruited in trial of face-tracking technology in driverless cars - The Canberra Times

  19-05-2017 12:35 via canberratimes.com.au
  
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  Canberrans to be recruited in trial of face-tracking technology in driverless cars
  The Canberra Times
  Up to 40 Canberrans will be recruited to test face-tracking technology in autonomous cars, in a trial funded by the ACT government. Seeing Machines, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange but headquartered in Canberra, specialises in ...and more »
  
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• CW@50: Vint Cerf on his 'love affair' with tech and what’s coming next

  19-05-2017 12:00
  
  In an interview marking Computerworld's first 50 years of covering the tech industry, internet pioneer Vint Cerf looks back at the last half century in tech and ponders what's ahead for IT.
  
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• StarCraft Pros Are Ready to Battle AI - MIT Technology Review

  19-05-2017 06:06 via technologyreview.com
  
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  StarCraft Pros Are Ready to Battle AI
  MIT Technology Review
  Elite players of the strategy game reveal how they would fight high-level AI bots created by DeepMind, Facebook, and other tech companies. by Yoochul Kim and Elizabeth Woyke; May 19, 2017. Message from the world's best StarCraft players to the world's ...
  
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• Australia Post partners with DTA on identity

  19-05-2017 04:36
  
  Australia Post will work with the Digital Transformation Agency to integrate its Digital iD platform into the government’s Digital Identity Framework.
  
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• IT jobs boost for Hobart - The Mercury

  19-05-2017 03:38 via themercury.com.au
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  IT jobs boost for Hobart
  The Mercury
  A GLOBAL information technology company which helps clients establish and maintain a digital profile is planning an expansion of its Hobart workforce, with 50 new jobs. Two years after DXC Technology relocated from Sydney to Tasmania, it is set to ...
  DXC Technology gets $1.4M for Tassie jobs boost - ARNARNnetall 3 news articles »
  
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• RMIT researchers create world's thinnest hologram

  19-05-2017 01:53
  
  ​Researchers at RMIT have created what they claim to be the world’s thinnest hologram.
  
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• UNSW tech chief departs after less than a year in role

  19-05-2017 01:07
  
  UNSW’s chief digital officer Conrad Mackenzie has left the university after less than 12 months in the role.
  
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