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• Canada cyber-spy agency expects hacktivist attacks in 2019 vote

  16-06-2017 23:51
  
  OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's electronic spy agency said on Friday it was "very likely" that hackers will try to influence Canada's 2019 elections and it planned to advise political parties next week on how to guard against cyber threats.
  
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• What’s new in Google’s Go 1.9 language

  16-06-2017 21:30
  
  The next version of Google’s popular Go language will improve performance, compilation, and scaling to large code bases
  
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• Apple poaches top Sony TV executives to boost video content

  16-06-2017 21:10
  
  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Apple Inchas hired two long-time Sony Pictures Television executives to expand the iPhone maker's push into original television programming, plunging deeper into a field crowded by Hollywood studios and online streaming services.
  
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• Orange says SFR lawsuit over fiber optics network coverage dismissed

  16-06-2017 20:45
  
  PARIS (Reuters) - French telecom operator Orange said on Friday that rival telecom group SFR had lost a lawsuit against it over fiber optic network coverage, confirming a report on the website of newspaper Le Parisien.
  
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• Alleged Canadian hacker may not fight U.S. extradition: lawyer

  16-06-2017 19:08
  
  TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian accused of helping Russian intelligence agents break into email accounts as part of a massive 2014 breach of Yahoo accounts may waive his right to fight a U.S. extradition request, his lawyer said on Friday.
  
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• U.S. tech firm in blockchain tie-up with insurance advisory firm

  16-06-2017 18:53
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. technology company The Bitfury Group said on Friday it had formed a strategic partnership with advisory firm Risk Cooperative to use the blockchain digital ledger in the $60 billion insurance broking market.
  
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• How to tell if AI or machine learning is real

  16-06-2017 12:00
  
  False and misleading claims abound that applications and cloud services are now smart. Here’s how to identify true artificial intelligence and machine learning
  
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• Three fined £1.9m over emergency communications failure

  16-06-2017 11:15 via computerweekly.com
  Telecoms regulator Ofcom has hit mobile operator Three with a £1.9m fine after a loss of service left customers unable to contact the emergency services
  
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• Angry Birds maker Rovio says IPO possible in future

  16-06-2017 10:12
  
  HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish mobile game and animation studio Rovio, maker of the Angry Birds game, said it could list on the stock exchange in the future, while declining comment on a media report that China's Tencent Holdings was looking to acquire the company.
  
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• Virgin Australia to appoint CISO to safeguard frequent flyer data

  16-06-2017 08:55
  
  Virgin Australia’s frequent flyer division has created a new executive position to oversee security as part of the airline's group information security strategy.
  
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• Technology needs to support delivery of aged care services - Talking Aged Care

  16-06-2017 07:22 via agedcareguide.com.au
  
  Talking Aged Care
  Technology needs to support delivery of aged care services
  Talking Aged Care
  Establishing a national data exchange and reporting hub to support providers with advanced business intelligence, analytics and reporting capabilities, and developing a series of Demonstration Pilots to show how to extend telehealth and telemedicine ...
  
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• Whyalla steelworks: South Korean consortium proposing to use new technology to secure facility - ABC Online

  16-06-2017 05:24 via abc.net.au
  
  ABC Online
  Whyalla steelworks: South Korean consortium proposing to use new technology to secure facility
  ABC Online
  The preferred bidder for the Whyalla steelworks is a South Korean consortium led by Newlake Alliance Management and JB Asset Management. Newlake is a private equity firm with its headquarters in Seoul, and JB Asset Management is an investment firm ...and more »
  
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• Cyber risk: The next facet of business insurance

  16-06-2017 05:00
  
  With cyber security threats on the rise worldwide, companies have begun utilising traditional risk transfer mechanisms, like insurance, to try and mitigate cost impacts if a data breach occurs.
  
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• Technology helps patients heal - The West Australian

  16-06-2017 04:42 via thewest.com.au
  
  The West Australian
  Technology helps patients heal
  The West Australian
  EXPERIENCING a shortness of breath and chest tightness while struggling to talk, a distressed Vivien Kerr made an urgent call for an ambulance in November last year. The 70-year-old Bunbury resident was having an unexpected respiratory attack and ...
  
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• Department of Energy to close climate technology office and eliminate 11 positions - Business Insider

  16-06-2017 04:09 via businessinsider.com
  
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  Department of Energy to close climate technology office and eliminate 11 positions
  Business Insider
  The Department of Energy is closing its Office of International Climate and Technology and will eliminate its 11 staff positions, according to a New York Times report Thursday. The small office first opened in 2010 and has worked with other countries ...and more »
  
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• Sector challenged to use technology that empowers residents - Australian Ageing Agenda

  16-06-2017 03:38 via australianageingagenda.com.au
  Australian Ageing Agenda
  Sector challenged to use technology that empowers residents
  Australian Ageing Agenda
  Aged care residents need access to technology that enhances their quality of life, says the head of the national peak body for seniors and technology. Technology is already making an enormous difference to the aged care industry but providers should ...
  
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• TechnologyOne seeks to put Brisbane City Council saga behind it

  16-06-2017 03:33
  
  TechnologyOne has put the Brisbane City Council saga behind it, expecting the dispute to have no further impact on profits.
  
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• NBN begins FTTC roll out

  16-06-2017 03:15
  
  NBN has begun the roll out of fibre to the curb (FTTC), the company announced this morning.
  
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• Salary analysis flares tabs versus spaces debate

  16-06-2017 01:59
  
  ​The “eternal holy war” over tabs versus spaces is set to flare again following a report which suggests developers who use spaces for indentation make more money than those who use tabs, even if they have the same amount of experience.
  
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• Integrity in technology — the other side of digital disruption - The Australian

  16-06-2017 01:42 via theaustralian.com.au
  Integrity in technology — the other side of digital disruption
  The Australian
  Like any frequent flyer, I've spent plenty of hours waiting in airport lounges. So I empathised with the thousands of British Airways passengers whose travel plans were thrown into chaos by that airline's recent global systems outage. This was a stark ...
  
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• nbn trials FTTC technology in Melbourne suburb - ARNnet

  16-06-2017 01:21 via arnnet.com.au
  
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  nbn trials FTTC technology in Melbourne suburb
  ARNnet
  The first stage of building Fibre-to-the-Curb (FTTC) access technology is underway through a trial in Coburg, a suburb 8km north of Melbourne's central business district. With the company behind the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN), nbn, ...
  EXCLUSIVE: List of Perth suburbs to receive NBN's latest FTTC technologyCommunity Newspaper Groupall 12 news articles »
  
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• nbn trials FTTC technology in Melbourne suburb - ARN - ARNnet

  16-06-2017 01:21 via arnnet.com.au
  
  ARNnet
  nbn trials FTTC technology in Melbourne suburb - ARN
  ARNnet
  The first stage of building Fibre-to-the-Curb (FTTC) access technology is underway through a trial in Coburg, a suburb 8km north of Melbourne's central business ...
  EXCLUSIVE: List of Perth suburbs to receive NBN's latest FTTC technologyCommunity Newspaper Groupall 12 news articles »
  
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• Not yet Amazon Prime time: Australia retail sell-off overblown?

  16-06-2017 01:19
  
  SYDNEY/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Since Amazon.com Incsaid in late April it would bring its Marketplace for third-party sellers to Australia, shares of leading bricks-and-mortar retailers have tumbled on fears their growth prospects would be hit.
  
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• U.S. states could not set self-driving car rules under Republican plan

  16-06-2017 00:37
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - California and other states would be barred from setting their own rules governing design and testing of self-driving cars, while federal regulators would be blocked from demanding pre-market approval for autonomous vehicle technology, according to a U.S. House Republican proposal reviewed by Reuters on Thursday.
  
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