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• US technology firm to implant 50 employees with identification microchips - Telegraph.co.uk

  24-07-2017 22:15 via telegraph.co.uk
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  US technology firm to implant 50 employees with identification microchips
  Telegraph.co.uk
  A US firm has begun implanting microchips the size of a grain of rice in its employees. Three Square Market, a technology firm in Wisconsin, said 50 of its employees had voluntarily signed up to have the Radio-Frequency Identification technology fitted ...
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• Smart fridges and TVs should carry security rating, police chief says - The Guardian

  24-07-2017 16:53 via theguardian.com
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  Smart fridges and TVs should carry security rating, police chief says
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  Smart appliances such as Samsung's Family Hub Refrigerator should require a security rating, says Barton. Photograph: John Locher/AP. Internet of things. Smart fridges and TVs should carry security rating, police chief says. At-a-glance security ...and more »
  
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• Why We Need the Liberal Arts in Technology's Age of Distraction - TIME

  24-07-2017 16:39 via time.com
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  Why We Need the Liberal Arts in Technology's Age of Distraction
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  If you talk to the engineers and dreamers in Silicon Valley, especially anyone over 35, they'll probably admit to being into science fiction. This genre of movies, comic books and novels was huge in the first half of the last century and remained ...
  
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• TSMC Entering CoWoS Technology Market Powering AI and Autonomous Vehicles for Nvidia, Google and Likely Apple - Patently Apple

  24-07-2017 16:08 via patentlyapple.com
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  TSMC Entering CoWoS Technology Market Powering AI and Autonomous Vehicles for Nvidia, Google and Likely Apple
  Patently Apple
  Back in June Apple's CEO Tim Cook confirmed that Project Titan was the "Mother of all AI Projects." It's probably one of the most difficult A.I. projects actually to work on." Now it appears that there may be some help around the corner from Apple ...and more »
  
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• How Creatives Can Keep Up With Changing Technology (And Not Be Replaced By It) - Forbes

  24-07-2017 15:01 via forbes.com
  How Creatives Can Keep Up With Changing Technology (And Not Be Replaced By It)
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  Today you can build a website in minutes without being a designer or touching a line of code. In addition, there are countless artificial intelligence-based platforms popping up that are commoditizing creative services. This has many designers ...
  
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• New battery technology could cut energy bills by up to £40bn by 2050, says Ofgem - Sky News

  24-07-2017 14:49 via news.sky.com
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  New battery technology could cut energy bills by up to £40bn by 2050, says Ofgem
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  The new rules will help households generate and store electricity and sell it back to the National Grid. 14:49, UK, Monday 24 July 2017. A Parliamentary report has found that electricity prices have soared because of constant intervention in the. Image ...and more »
  
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• One Proven Way to Control Technology Overload - Patheos (blog)

  24-07-2017 14:41 via patheos.com
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  One Proven Way to Control Technology Overload
  Patheos (blog)
  Scripture admonishes us to “think on these things,” to “meditate day and night” on truth, and to “study to show ourselves approved unto God.” And yet, the very technology that made it easier than ever to do so, can also make it harder than ever to do ...
  
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• Engineers achieve significant breakthrough in spin wave based information processing technology - Phys.Org

  24-07-2017 14:30 via phys.org
  Engineers achieve significant breakthrough in spin wave based information processing technology
  Phys.Org
  Conventional electronic devices make use of semiconductor circuits and they transmit information by electric charges. However, such devices are being pushed to their physical limit and the technology is facing immense challenges to meet the increasing ...and more »
  
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• Daimler and Bosch show off autonomous valet parking

  24-07-2017 14:00 via computerweekly.com
  A test of an app-based autonomous valet service is to take place at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart over the next few months
  
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• Virtual line technology at Volcano Bay causing long waits - Fox 35 Orlando

  24-07-2017 13:57 via fox35orlando.com
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  Virtual line technology at Volcano Bay causing long waits
  Fox 35 Orlando
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Customers are keeping Universal Orlando's new Volcano Bay waterpark filled to capacity most days, but not all visitors are pleased with the experience. Much of the frustration stems from the new virtual lines technology that is ...
  
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• A DNA App Store Is Here, but Proceed with Caution - MIT Technology Review

  24-07-2017 13:31 via technologyreview.com
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  A DNA App Store Is Here, but Proceed with Caution
  MIT Technology Review
  Helix will sequence your genes for $80 and lure app developers to sell you access to different parts of it. by Emily Mullin; July 24, 2017. A Silicon Valley startup called Helix is betting on the notion that not only do people want to learn more about ...and more »
  
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• Microsoft is planning to kill off Paint after 32 years - The Guardian

  24-07-2017 11:29 via theguardian.com
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  Microsoft is planning to kill off Paint after 32 years
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  Microsoft's next Windows 10 update, called the Autumn (or Fall in the US) Creators Update, will bring a variety of new features. But one long-standing stalwart of the Windows experience has been put on the chopping block: Microsoft Paint. First ...and more »
  
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• Technology Could Make or Break the Food Workforce of the Future - Civil Eats

  24-07-2017 11:05 via civileats.com
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  Technology Could Make or Break the Food Workforce of the Future
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  Five ways the food industry should protect the people behind our food as technology evolves. By Craig Willingham | Commentary, Food and Farm Labor, Food Policy, Technology 07.24.17. The way we engage with food is changing fast. Apps like UberEats ...
  
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• Today's Customer Experience Technology Stack For The Modern Customer - Forbes

  24-07-2017 09:08 via forbes.com
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  Today's Customer Experience Technology Stack For The Modern Customer
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  Listen to CTO of IAC Publishing Labs David Rowley The Modern Customer Podcast. It used to be that customer experience took place in person or when a customer called a support line; however, the interactions of today's modern customer are much more ...
  
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• Bridging the digital divide: how to stop technology leaving young people behind - The Guardian

  24-07-2017 08:19 via theguardian.com
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  Bridging the digital divide: how to stop technology leaving young people behind
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  MediaCity in Salford Quays, Manchester, where almost a quarter of children live in poverty. Photograph: Ian Dagnall/Alamy. Voluntary Sector Network. Bridging the digital divide: how to stop technology leaving young people behind. Technology feeds ...
  
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• Smart home technology that's worth the hype - 9Honey

  24-07-2017 08:05 via homes.nine.com.au
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  Smart home technology that's worth the hype
  9Honey
  We've seen everything from a robot that weeds your garden (to be fair, no one wants to spend their Sundays doing that), to a laundry assistant that helps fold the washing. It seems like there's a machine to do pretty much everything for you now. But ...
  
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• Trends and challenges for technology in mineral processing - Australian Mining

  24-07-2017 07:56 via australianmining.com.au
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  Trends and challenges for technology in mineral processing
  Australian Mining
  The mining industry is facing the need for unprecedented change in addressing the complexity of social, environmental, and technological demands. Latest News. Newcrest hits gold guidance despite fall in Cadia output · OZ Minerals CFO heads to Genesee ...
  
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• IAG appoints chief digital officer

  24-07-2017 05:01
  News Corp Australia’s chief product officer, digital, Mark Drasutis will join IAG as its chief digital officer, the insurer has announced.
  
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• Data#3 buys up stake boost in Discovery Technology - ARNnet

  24-07-2017 03:25 via arnnet.com.au
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  Data#3 buys up stake boost in Discovery Technology
  ARNnet
  Cloud solutions and ICT service provider, Data#3 (ASX:DTL), has announced the acquisition of an extra 15.8 per cent stake in Wi-Fi analytics provider Discovery Technology. The $700,000 investment will be funded from cash flow and will take Data#3's ...and more »
  
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• Data#3 buys up stake boost in Discovery Technology - ARN - ARNnet

  24-07-2017 02:37 via arnnet.com.au
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  Data#3 buys up stake boost in Discovery Technology - ARN
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  Cloud solutions and ICT service provider, Data#3 (ASX:DTL), has announced the acquisition of an extra 15.8 per cent stake in Wi-Fi analytics provider Discovery ...and more »
  
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• The Gordon: Information technology industry offers vast opportunities - The Weekly Times

  24-07-2017 02:13 via weeklytimesnow.com.au
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  The Gordon: Information technology industry offers vast opportunities
  The Weekly Times
  THE GORDON IT teacher Kevin Leach believes the rapidly changing IT industry offers students vast opportunities. “There's always something new to investigate and learn about,” Mr Leach said. “I constantly inform my students that once graduating, they ...
  
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• Yahoo7 finds speed, scale with Docker and Node.js

  24-07-2017 02:10
  Yahoo7 has begun the process of relaunching its key consumer sites on a new technology stack, switching out a custom PHP-based framework for Node.js and running on containers instead of VMs.
  
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• IAM platform delivers efficiencies for TAL

  24-07-2017 02:00
  Having streamlined the on-boarding and off-boarding of its internal workforce, life insurer TAL is now preparing to use its identity access management platform to help proactively address compliance requirements across the organisation.
  
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• TechnologyOne threatens $50m damages claim against Brisbane council

  24-07-2017 01:54
  Brisbane City Council will be lumped with a $50+ million damages claim if it attempts to wriggle out of its contract with TechnologyOne, the software company has said.
  
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• The Week In Technology July 24-28, 2017 - Aviation Week

  24-07-2017 01:02 via aviationweek.com
  Aviation Week
  The Week In Technology July 24-28, 2017
  Aviation Week
  Airbus Flies Sagitta Diamond-Wing UAV Airbus Defense and Space has flown a stealthy unmanned aircraft at a test range in South Africa. The Sagitta subscale demonstrator was developed with German universities and institutes under a national research ...
  
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• Business secretary to announce investment in battery technology - The Guardian

  24-07-2017 01:01 via theguardian.com
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  Business secretary to announce investment in battery technology
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  Greg Clark, the secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy. Photograph: Richard Gardner/Rex/Shutterstock. Manufacturing sector. Business secretary to announce investment in battery technology. Greg Clark to flesh out industrial ...
  £246 million battery technology investment to be launched by Business Secretary in BirminghamBirmingham Post
  UK to become world leader in battery tech
  
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