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• Which iPhones and iPads can run iOS 11?

  29-06-2017 23:16
  
  When Apple releases iOS 11 this fall, it will drop support for three older devices, effectively locking them into last year's operating system.
  
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• Microsoft consolidates its mobile management tools under Azure

  29-06-2017 22:31
  
  Microsoft has migrated its Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) admin consoles to the Azure web-service portal, bolstering corporate mobility management efforts.
  
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• Technology stocks lead declines as traders trim winners - Financial Times

  29-06-2017 19:15 via ft.com
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  Technology stocks lead declines as traders trim winners
  Financial Times
  Technology companies suffered further losses on Thursday, weighing on the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite and extending the index's recent underperformance as investors have begun shifting away from what remains this year's best-performing sector.and more »
  
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• Call to use technology to restrict drones - The Australian

  29-06-2017 16:09 via theaustralian.com.au
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  Call to use technology to restrict drones
  The Australian
  The government is being urged by unions to follow the lead of Europe and the US in considering emerging technologies to keep drones away from piloted aircraft. Amid continued reports globally of devices coming near passenger jets, the Australian ...and more »
  
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• App-based banking continues its ascent in the UK

  29-06-2017 14:35 via computerweekly.com
  The number of people banking from their mobile phones is increasing as more services are made available through the channel
  
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• Roundtable: The iPhone’s tenth anniversary

  29-06-2017 14:04
  Macworld staffers talk about the first iPhone and our impressions then and now. We’ll also talk about the effect the iPhone has had on technology and how we do things.
  
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• Ten years of the iPhone

  29-06-2017 14:00
  A fast-paced look back at ten years of iPhone unveilings, launches and news.
  
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• Organoids Proposed to Screen Patients for High-Priced Drugs - MIT Technology Review

  29-06-2017 13:00 via technologyreview.com
  
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  Organoids Proposed to Screen Patients for High-Priced Drugs
  MIT Technology Review
  Dutch scientists want to create mini-organs for all 1,500 cystic fibrosis patients in the Netherlands. by Antonio Regalado; June 29, 2017. Medical scientist Hans Clevers thinks tests in lab-grown mini-organs could help make expensive drugs more cost ...
  
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• Technological development will cause tension - and it's a good thing, say 'Summer Davos' execs - CNBC

  29-06-2017 12:36 via cnbc.com
  
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  Technological development will cause tension - and it's a good thing, say 'Summer Davos' execs
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  Debate between business and the public sector is good for ironing out the challenges caused by technology. Leaders should focus on educating and training workers whose jobs are threatened, says panelist. Karen Gilchrist | @_karengilchrist. 2 Hours Ago ...
  
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• IoT Tech Day showcases Benelux innovation

  29-06-2017 12:35 via computerweekly.com
  At the latest annual internet of things event in the Netherlands, the IoT moves from the geek's shed to the industrial plant, with some fantasy thrown in
  
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• How the iPhone begat shadow IT and enterprise mobility

  29-06-2017 12:22
  
  Not long after its arrival 10 years ago, the iPhone began to dominate the workplace -- first as a shadow IT device smuggled in by employees for daily chores, later as the preferred smartphone for execs. But Apple's enterprise success may not hold.
  
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• Eclipse gets ready for Java 9 with Oxygen release train

  29-06-2017 12:00
  
  The annual coordinated release covers 83 projects, including Linux Tools, PDT, Sirius, and EGit
  
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• Chinese paper accuses Australia of spying, stealing technology - The Japan Times

  29-06-2017 07:55 via japantimes.co.jp
  
  Chinese paper accuses Australia of spying, stealing technology
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  BEIJING – A Chinese state-run newspaper accused Australia of spying on China and stealing its technology on Thursday, weeks after Beijing rejected allegations of interference in Australian politics. An employee of China's national security department ...and more »
  
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• iPhone at 10: how it changed everything - The Guardian

  29-06-2017 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
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  iPhone at 10: how it changed everything
  The Guardian
  Alex Hern bought the first iPhone a decade ago. As it celebrates its 10th anniversary, he looks back on how it changed the world – and his life. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone in San Francisco in 2007. Photograph: John G ...and more »
  
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• Encryption cracking campaign receives lacklustre support from Five Eyes

  29-06-2017 05:48
  
  Five Eyes nations' ​ministers and attorney-generals have “committed to develop our engagement with communications and technology companies to explore shared solutions” around the encrypted content of communications sent by criminals.
  
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• Voice Technology Usage in the US Tops Worldwide Average - eMarketer

  29-06-2017 05:38 via emarketer.com
  
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  Voice Technology Usage in the US Tops Worldwide Average
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  US smartphone users are more likely to use voice-enabled technology than those in the rest of the world. A June 2017 study of smartphone owners worldwide from J. Walter Thompson (JWT), The Innovation Group (JWT's in-house think tank) and Mindshare ...
  
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• Interview with Craig Power: Using cloud technology for automating isolations - Australian Mining

  29-06-2017 04:00 via australianmining.com.au
  
  Australian Mining
  Interview with Craig Power: Using cloud technology for automating isolations
  Australian Mining
  Isolations are a hot topic in the mining space. Not only do they contribute to the cost of major downtime, but they're the first line of safety for people working on hazardous plant. Get them wrong, and people can die. We interviewed Craig Power, the ...
  
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• It’s probably a pretty bad idea for WA Police to transfer sensitive information in clear text, report suggests

  29-06-2017 03:56
  
  As part of what has become an annual tradition in Western Australia, the state auditor general has slammed the security of a number of WA government IT systems.
  
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• Petya 'ransomware' ruse for something more sinister, say researchers

  29-06-2017 03:51
  
  As a money-making exercise – the sole motivation behind most ransomware – Petya was a flop.
  
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• Is technology dehumanising the workplace? - Raconteur

  29-06-2017 03:05 via raconteur.net
  
  Raconteur
  Is technology dehumanising the workplace?
  Raconteur
  On a global scale, employees seem pretty fed up. Regular surveys by Gallup show that fewer than one in seven employees around the world feels engaged with their work. Faced with what Gallup calls an employee engagement crisis, many organisations ...
  
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• U.S. senators seek military ban on Kaspersky Lab products amid FBI probe

  29-06-2017 02:20
  
  WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. senators sought on Wednesday to ban Moscow-based cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab's products from use by the military because of fears the company is vulnerable to "Russian government influence," a day after the FBI interviewed several of its U.S. employees as part of a probe into its operations.
  
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• Foxtel seeks to block changing pirate sites

  29-06-2017 01:54
  
  Foxtel is the first copyright-holder to seek changes to an anti-piracy website-blocking injunction, this morning being granted court orders to cover new mirror sites.
  
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• UK entry fee could be used to improve border technology - Belfast Telegraph

  29-06-2017 01:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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  UK entry fee could be used to improve border technology
  Belfast Telegraph
  Visitors should be charged £10 to enter Britain to pay for new technology to avoid the need for a hard Irish border and increase the ease of doing business after Brexit, a think-tank has said. The Reform think-tank said the fee would be in line with ...and more »
  
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• New computer virus spreads from Ukraine to disrupt world business

  29-06-2017 00:34
  
  FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A computer virus wreaked havoc on firms around the globe on Wednesday as it spread to more than 60 countries, disrupting ports from Mumbai to Los Angeles and halting work at a chocolate factory in Australia.
  
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• Uber says never told self-driving car executive to take Waymo files

  29-06-2017 00:27
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber Technologies [UBER.UL] said it never told a self-driving car executive to download files from his former employer, Alphabet Inc'sWaymo unit, according to a court filing in a contentious trade secret lawsuit.
  
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• Apple's iPhone turns 10, bumpy start forgotten

  29-06-2017 00:14
  
  (Reuters) - Apple Inc'siPhone turns 10 this week, evoking memories of a rocky start for the device that ended up doing most to start the smartphone revolution and stirring interest in whereit will go from here.
  
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