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• Honda engineer debunks own claim about cause of Takata air bag failures

  23-06-2017 22:54
  
  DETROIT (Reuters) - Honda Motor Coon Friday released a 2013 email in which one of its engineers suggested that he knew some hidden truth about "the root cause" of Takata Corpair bag failures, but the engineer later said he was mistaken.
  
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• U.S. Muslim group launches cellphone app to report hate crimes

  23-06-2017 22:09
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hoping to get an accurate count of anti-Muslim hate crimes in the United States, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Friday launched a mobile app allowing victims to report bias incidents.
  
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• Time to harness technology capabilities - Farm Weekly

  23-06-2017 21:47 via farmweekly.com.au
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  Time to harness technology capabilities
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  WITH digital technologies invading livestock production at a rate of knots, the focus needs to be on steering the juggernaut towards providing producers with the ability to make prescient and informed decisions, regardless of where they are. This is ...
  
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• Google to stop scanning Gmail for creating targeted ads

  23-06-2017 21:45
  
  (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday it would stop scanning Gmail content for creating personalized ads from later this year, bringing the widely-used email service in line with its enterprise offering, G Suite.
  
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• Friday Sector Leaders: Technology & Communications, Materials - Nasdaq

  23-06-2017 20:53 via nasdaq.com
  
  Friday Sector Leaders: Technology & Communications, Materials
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  The best performing sector as of midday Friday is the Technology & Communications sector, higher by 0.8%. Within that group, Western Digital Corp (Symbol: WDC) and Akamai Technologies Inc (Symbol: AKAM) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a ...
  
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• The EPA Quietly Approved Monsanto's New Genetic-Engineering Technology - The Atlantic

  23-06-2017 18:24 via theatlantic.com
  
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  The EPA Quietly Approved Monsanto's New Genetic-Engineering Technology
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  Like ​The Atlantic? Subscribe to ​The Atlantic Daily​, our free weekday email newsletter. DvSnf7 dsRNA is an unusual insecticide. You don't spray it on crops. Instead, you encode instructions for manufacturing it in the DNA of the crop itself. If a ...
  
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• What is intent-based networking?

  23-06-2017 18:14
  
  Cisco this week jumped head-first into the intent-based networking market, saying the technology that uses machine learning and advanced automation to control networks could be a “paradigm” shift in how networks are managed. But what exactly is intent-based networking?
  
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• It's the technology, stupid: we need a plan for post-coal world - The Australian

  23-06-2017 16:26 via theaustralian.com.au
  It's the technology, stupid: we need a plan for post-coal world
  The Australian
  This weeks news from the Finkel front is that the clean energy target doesnt matter.and more »
  
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• Technology and skill combined to set record sniping shot - The Australian

  23-06-2017 16:16 via theaustralian.com.au
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  Technology and skill combined to set record sniping shot
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  The art of sniping requires patience, courage, concentration, steady hands and good eyesight. The sniper and his spotter would have been deployed under the cover of darkness to an ideal spot on high ground that overlooks their target area. This was ...and more »
  
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• The road to Java 9: Only critical bugs getting fixed now

  23-06-2017 12:00
  
  The upgrade is slated for an initial release candidate build today
  
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• Toshiba stock listing status downgraded, deeper losses flagged

  23-06-2017 10:43
  
  TOKYO (Reuters) - Crisis-wracked Toshiba Corp suffered further indignities on Friday, estimating bigger losses for the past financial year and getting demoted to the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
  
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• Facebook launches UK initiative to counter online extremist material

  23-06-2017 09:56
  
  (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is launching a UK program to train and fund local organizations to combat extremist material online, as internet companies attempt to clamp down on hate speech and violent content on their services.
  
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• Inflation & Technology - ShareCafe (registration)

  23-06-2017 09:13 via sharecafe.com.au
  
  Inflation & Technology
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  The words “technology”, or “blockchain” and “AI”, did not sully this week's minutes of the last Reserve Board meeting, and the word “inflation” did not get a Guernsey in a speech by Governor Philip Lowe on Monday that was partly about technology. In ...
  
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• ANZ bank creates new 'digital transformation and performance' exec role

  23-06-2017 08:56
  
  ANZ Group has appointed former eBay Europe’s chief operating officer finance to serve under Maile Carnegie in a newly created role.
  
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• Deloitte, AWS and Salesforce win Service Victoria contracts

  23-06-2017 08:40
  
  Deloitte has scored a $42.81 million systems integration contract as part of the rollout of Service Victoria.
  
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• Vic Police cancel fines issued by WannaCry-infected cameras

  23-06-2017 08:18
  
  Victoria Police have cancelled fines issued using evidence from speed and red-light cameras infected by the WannaCry ransomware.
  
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• Harvesting technology | Country News - Country News

  23-06-2017 08:01 via countrynews.com.au
  
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  Harvesting technology | Country News
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  Country News brings you the latest and breaking news surrounding Harvesting technology.and more »
  
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• Harvesting technology - Country News

  23-06-2017 08:01 via countrynews.com.au
  
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  Harvesting technology
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  The value of data, how to capture the benefits of data and how it can be shared down the value chain were the dominant themes at the Harvesting the Benefits of Digital Agriculture Conference, hosted by the Australian Farm Institute. The value of data ...and more »
  
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• Russia threatens to block Telegram messaging app

  23-06-2017 07:56
  
  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor on Friday accused the Telegram messaging app of violating Russian legislation and said it could be blocked if it did not provide the watchdog with information about the company that controls Telegram.
  
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• Government prepares to add GPS data to Triple Zero calls

  23-06-2017 07:55
  
  The government is preparing to release a single request for tender covering both the Triple Zero Emergency Call Service and additional location-based data services.
  
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• Technology: Helping and hindering? | Nyngan Observer - Nyngan Observer

  23-06-2017 07:52 via nynganobserver.com.au
  
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  Technology: Helping and hindering? | Nyngan Observer
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  Latest Nyngan news, sport, football and business news from the Nyngan Observer.and more »
  
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• Technology: Helping and hindering? - Nyngan Observer

  23-06-2017 07:52 via nynganobserver.com.au
  
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  Technology: Helping and hindering?
  Nyngan Observer
  A variety of lobby groups, emergency services, associations, Nyngan producers and government agencies gathered in Nyngan on Tuesday for the Rural Crime Advisory Group meeting. At the meeting the groups spoke about advancing technology helps catch ...and more »
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover demonstrates its Autonomous Urban Drive technology - Practical Motoring

  23-06-2017 07:07 via practicalmotoring.com.au
  
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  Jaguar Land Rover demonstrates its Autonomous Urban Drive technology
  Practical Motoring
  Jaguar Land Rover completes final trials of connected and autonomous research technology before tests on public roads in Milton Keynes and Coventry. Jaguar Land Rover has demonstrated its Autonomous Urban Drive technology which allows a vehicle to ...and more »
  
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• Big Oil turns to big data to save big money on drilling

  23-06-2017 07:05
  
  (Reuters) - In today's U.S. shale fields, tiny sensors attached to production gear harvest data on everything from pumping pressure to the heat and rotational speed of drill bits boring into the rocky earth.
  
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• Miltaburra students embrace 3D technology - West Coast Sentinel

  23-06-2017 06:55 via westcoastsentinel.com.au
  
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  Miltaburra students embrace 3D technology
  West Coast Sentinel
  Miltaburra Area School is one of 49 South Australian primary schools to have taken part in the nation's first large scale roll out of 3D printing technology. The roll out was a joint initiative between the state government, public schools and Makers ...
  
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• Qantas names startups and scale-ups for accelerator programme

  23-06-2017 06:32
  
  ​A company that provides a tool for pilots and crews to view and share rosters, and another which connects travellers with local professional photographers around the globe, are among the 12 businesses named in the inaugural cohort of Qantas’ accelerator programme.
  
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• NT prepares for mammoth overhaul of health IT

  23-06-2017 06:24
  
  InterSystems Australia has been chosen by the Northern Territory government to replace the NT’s key health IT systems.
  
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• Tesla moves a step closer to building electric cars in China

  23-06-2017 05:54
  
  BEIJING/DETROIT (Reuters) - Tesla Inctook a step closer toward establishing an electric vehicle manufacturing plant in China with its announcement on Thursday that it is in exploratory talks with the Shanghai municipal government.
  
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• The rise of serverless architecture

  23-06-2017 05:29
  
  Serverless architecture has become a buzzword, with more and more people using it. But should they be? While there are some situations where serverless offers many benefits, there are also scenarios where it’s not the right technology.
  
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• Cairo's 'the Gate Heliopolis' building raises the bar for green technology - Domain News

  23-06-2017 05:11 via domain.com.au
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  Cairo's 'the Gate Heliopolis' building raises the bar for green technology
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  Eco-bling is a tag architects would rather not have attached to their buildings. Defined by the Collins Dictionary as “equipment that is energy efficient but less effective than simpler technology”, eco-bling is as the name implies – eco just for show ...
  
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• Technology opens new chapter for shire libraries - Riverine Herald

  23-06-2017 05:10 via riverineherald.com.au
  
  Technology opens new chapter for shire libraries
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  CAMPASPE Shire has embraced new technology installed in five libraries at Kyabram, Tongala, Rushworth, Rochester and Echuca. Share · Share · Share · Email; 0 Comments. Share · Share · Share · Email; 0 Comments. CAMPASPE Shire has embraced ...
  
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• Carnarvon Petroleum to unlock opportunities with exploration ... - Proactive Investors Australia

  23-06-2017 04:24 via proactiveinvestors.com.au
  
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  Carnarvon Petroleum to unlock opportunities with exploration ...
  Proactive Investors Australia
  Carnarvon Petroleum (ASX:CVN) - The company is collaborating with its neighbour NOGA in the Timor Sea.and more »
  
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• iiNet founder to chair Superloop’s board

  23-06-2017 04:10
  
  Michael Malone, the founder and former chief executive of iiNet, has been appointed chair of Superloop’s board.
  
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• Google's research chief questions value of 'Explainable AI'

  23-06-2017 03:53
  
  As machine learning become more ubiquitous, there are growing calls for the technologies to explain themselves in human terms.
  
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• ACMA mulls 5G future for 3.6GHz spectrum

  23-06-2017 02:54
  
  The potential re-farming of spectrum in the 3.6GHz band for use in fixed and/or mobile broadband services could begin as soon as soon as Q4 2017, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
  
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• Judge says San Francisco can subpoena Uber for driver information

  23-06-2017 02:51
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California state judge said on Thursday that San Francisco can demand from Uber records containing the ride-hailing company's driver contact information, the city attorney said.
  
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• Exclusive: China Unicom counts Alibaba, Tencent among investors in drive to raise $10 billion - sources

  23-06-2017 02:18
  
  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese tech giants Alibaba Group Holdingsand Tencent Holdingswill be among new investors pouring a total of around $10 billion into mobile carrier China Unicom, sources said, part of efforts by Beijing to rejuvenate state behemoths with private cash.
  
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• New token sale for blockchain-based currency EOS to launch on Monday

  23-06-2017 02:01
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Block.one will launch the sale of a new blockchain-based digital currency or token called EOS on Monday, the tech company said on Thursday.
  
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