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• Despite hacking charges, U.S. tech industry fought to keep ties to Russia spy service

  30-06-2017 22:49
  
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• Germany gears up to defend against possible G20 cyber attacks

  30-06-2017 22:05
  
  BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is girding itself for possible cyber attacks on next week's G20 summit in Hamburg, by hacker groups or cells linked to foreign governments, its top cyber official told Reuters.
  
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• Facebook changes algorithm to curb 'tiny group' of spammers

  30-06-2017 21:52
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Friday it was changing the computer algorithm behind its News Feed to limit the reach of people known to frequently blast out links to clickbait stories, sensationalist websites and misinformation.
  
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• Nike-Amazon deal may hurt sporting goods retailers: analysts

  30-06-2017 20:13
  
  (Reuters) - Nike's pilot program to sell certain products on Amazon and Instagram is a precursor to it forging a deeper relationship with online retailers, and could hit sales at sporting goods retailers such as Foot Locker Inc .
  
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• Exclusive: India presses Microsoft for Windows discount in wake of cyber attacks

  30-06-2017 16:22
  
  MUMBAI (Reuters) - India is pressing Microsoft Corpto offer a sharply discounted one-time deal to the more than 50 million Windows users in the country so that they can upgrade to the latest Windows 10 operating system in the wake of ransomware attacks.
  
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• Let's export education and technology, not coal - The Australian

  30-06-2017 16:16 via theaustralian.com.au
  Let's export education and technology, not coal
  The Australian
  It's a measure of how stuck in the past Australia's politicians are that the Queensland and federal governments are supporting a high-profile $20 billion coalmine in Queensland that will generate 1464 jobs, when a $30bn education and technology export ...
  
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• Tesla may have Model 3-related news on Sunday: Musk

  30-06-2017 16:09
  
  (Reuters) - Electric car maker Tesla Inc may have an announcement related to the release date of its first mass-market Model 3 sedan on Sunday.
  
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• Top EU court to rule on Intel antitrust case on Sept 6

  30-06-2017 16:05
  
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's top court will rule on Sept. 6 whether to uphold Intel's appeal against a 1.06-billion-euro ($1.2 billion) EU antitrust fine, a case with ramifications for Google's challenge against a record sanction handed out this week.
  
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• Floating Wind Plan Could Finally Crack California's Offshore Market - MIT Technology Review

  30-06-2017 13:01 via technologyreview.com
  
  MIT Technology Review
  Floating Wind Plan Could Finally Crack California's Offshore Market
  MIT Technology Review
  Three tapered smokestacks tower above Morro Bay's otherwise idyllic harbor, offering what some residents see as a “three-fingered salute” to this pretty seaside town along California's Central Coast. The six-decade-old Dynegy natural-gas plant, which ...and more »
  
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• Bipartisan support for controversial telco security law

  30-06-2017 06:57
  
  Proposed legislation to implement the government’s Telecommunications Sector Security Reforms (TSSR) has received bipartisan support.
  
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• WA updates whole-of-government security policy

  30-06-2017 06:01
  
  The WA government has issued updated information security guidelines, with the public release of the new Digital Security Policy (PDF) occurring in the same week as the release of a less-than-flattering report from the WA Office of the Auditor General.
  
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• Harnessing technology for efficiency - Money Management

  30-06-2017 05:37 via moneymanagement.com.au
  
  Money Management
  Harnessing technology for efficiency
  Money Management
  Technology may be vital for increasing efficiency and decreasing costs but the key to achieving this lies in how financial advice practices implement and utilise it, Jassmyn Goh writes. A quick assessment of financial advice practices would suggest ...and more »
  
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• Maximise the performance of your flash storage ‘race car’

  30-06-2017 05:31
  
  Imagine having a Formula One race car at your disposal, but no race track. Just rocky, rutted dirt roads that slash the performance potential of your car to that of an average sedan.
  
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• Defence launches 'Information Warfare Division'

  30-06-2017 04:13
  
  ​The Australian Defence Force is launching a new ‘Information Warfare Division’ responsible for ‘electronic warfare’, the government announced today.
  
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• ASD cleared for cyber attacks on offshore criminal networks

  30-06-2017 03:59
  
  ​The Australian Signals Directorate has been cleared to use its offensive cyber capabilities to target “organised offshore cyber criminal networks”, the government announced today.
  
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• Vic government signs off on cyber security strategy

  30-06-2017 03:55
  
  The Victorian government has signed off on a cyber security strategy for the state and created a new whole of government chief information security officer (CISO) role to oversee its execution.
  
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• NGage Technology brings $15 million in new deals to Cirrus - CRN Australia

  30-06-2017 03:32 via crn.com.au
  
  CRN Australia
  NGage Technology brings $15 million in new deals to Cirrus
  CRN Australia
  Just two months after it was acquired, NGage Technology Group has brought in $15 million in new orders, according to new parent company Cirrus Networks. The former CRN Fast50 No.1 was acquired by Cirrus for $2.5 million in April, helping the ...and more »
  
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