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• Facebook OKs local firm's launch of Moments-like app in China: New York Times

  11-08-2017 22:27
  (Reuters) - Facebook Inc, whose social media platform is blocked in China, authorized a local company to launch a photo-sharing application in the country in May, the New York Times reported, citing a person with knowledge of the company's plans.
  
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• Cash-strapped SoundCloud gets new funds and top management

  11-08-2017 20:38
  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - SoundCloud, the world's most popular streaming music app, but one that has struggled to find a profitable business model, said it received new funding on Friday, insulating it from potentially running out of cash this year.
  
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• U.S. blockchain company in tie-up on medical artificial intelligence

  11-08-2017 18:09
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. technology company The Bitfury Group has formed a partnership with Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based medical artificial intelligence (AI) firm, to create new applications for the healthcare industry using blockchain, Bitfury's chief executive officer said on Friday.
  
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• Russia-linked hackers targeted hotel guests across Europe: security firm

  11-08-2017 16:20
  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A cyber-spying group with suspected links to Russian military intelligence was probably behind a campaign targeting hotel guests in eight mostly European countries last month, researchers at security firm FireEye said on Friday.
  
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• Snap shares hit record low as user growth miss unnerves investors

  11-08-2017 15:42
  (Reuters) - Snap Inc'sshares fell more than 14 percent to hit a record low on Friday morning after messaging app Snapchat's daily active user growth missed expectations for the second quarter in a row.
  
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• Amazon looks to new food technology - Sky News Australia

  11-08-2017 15:07 via skynews.com.au
  Sky News Australia
  Amazon looks to new food technology
  Sky News Australia
  Amazon is exploring a technology first developed for the US military to produce tasty prepared meals that do not need refrigeration, as it looks for new ways to muscle into the $US700 billion ($A886 billion) US grocery business. The world's biggest ...
  Amazon wants to send you pre-cooked meals thanks to military technologyBGR
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• Sensors, wearable tech and audio monitoring are pushing aged care into the future - NEWS.com.au

  11-08-2017 14:00 via news.com.au
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  Sensors, wearable tech and audio monitoring are pushing aged care into the future
  NEWS.com.au
  THE aged care sector often is characterised by its human touch — such as an empathetic ear, a social visit, or a physiotherapy session — but technology also has a key role to play. Wearable tech can track heart rates and sleeping patterns so nurses ...
  
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• BBVA tops Forrester mobile bank app chart

  11-08-2017 13:45 via computerweekly.com
  Spanish bank BBVA has the best mobile banking app in the world, according to Forrester Research
  
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• Microsoft details how to install Office with Intune

  11-08-2017 12:00
  IT can remotely, automatically deploy Office 365 ProPlus apps on systems running Windows 10 1703 with the company's cloud-based enterprise mobility management service.
  
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• China investigates top local social media sites in push to control content

  11-08-2017 10:40
  BEIJING (Reuters) - China is investigating its top social media sites, including WeChat and Weibo, for failing to comply with cyber laws, the latest step in the country's push to secure the internet and maintain strict Communist Party control over content.
  
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• Chinese startup Toutiao raising funds at over $20 billion valuation: sources

  11-08-2017 09:28
  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese news aggregator Toutiao, backed by Sequoia Capital and CCB International, is raising at least $2 billion at a valuation of over $20 billion in its latest funding round, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
  
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• 55 technicians out of work after Telstra NBN contractor folds, union says

  11-08-2017 09:12
  Some 55 telecommunications technicians employed by a Telstra contractor to perform NBN-related work have lost their jobs after the company folded, according to their union.
  
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• Chinese startup Toutiao raising at least $2 billion in funding round: sources

  11-08-2017 07:32
  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese news aggregator Toutiao, backed by Sequoia Capital and CCB International, is raising at least $2 billion at a valuation of over $20 billion in its latest funding round, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
  
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• How pre-launch, pre-revenue Sydney startup Symbiot Technology made it to the finals of a Silicon Valley pitch ... - SmartCompany.com.au

  11-08-2017 07:20 via smartcompany.com.au
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  How pre-launch, pre-revenue Sydney startup Symbiot Technology made it to the finals of a Silicon Valley pitch ...
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  Sydney-based renewable energy startup Symbiot Technology will be going head to head with top Silicon Valley talent as a finalist in the VERGE Accelerate 17 pitch contest, with co-founder Kyle Bolto saying it's “100 times easier” to pitch to investors ...
  
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• NBN to fix slow FTTN speeds after copper network switch-off

  11-08-2017 06:40
  NBN will take action to fix fibre to the node (FTTN) services not capable of achieving download speeds of 25 megabits per second after legacy services on the copper network are switched off.
  
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• China says investigating Baidu, Tencent, Weibo for breaching cyber laws

  11-08-2017 06:32
  BEIJING (Reuters) - China's cyber regulator on Friday said it was investigating the country's top social media sites over failing to comply with strict laws that ban content which is violent, obscene or deemed offensive to the Communist Party.
  
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• Driverless vehicles technology to roll out on the Tulla under trial - The Age

  11-08-2017 05:50 via theage.com.au
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  Driverless vehicles technology to roll out on the Tulla under trial
  The Age
  Driverless cars will be whizzing alongside commuters on the Tullamarine Freeway from this weekend, under a landmark trial of the new technology on Victoria's ...and more »
  
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• China cyber authority says Baidu, Tencent, Weibo platforms under investigation

  11-08-2017 05:13
  BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top cyber authority said on Friday it is investigating several of China's most popular internet platforms over breaches of cyber laws.
  
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• Google cancels staff meeting over fears of online harassment

  11-08-2017 05:01
  (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google canceled on Thursday a company-wide meeting scheduled to discuss the controversy over a memo opposing diversity policies, the company said, citing concerns about personal attacks on employees from far-right commentators.
  
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• NE: Assistant Technology Manager – Sydney - Radio Today (Aust & NZ)

  11-08-2017 04:45 via radiotoday.com.au
  NE: Assistant Technology Manager – Sydney
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  At NOVA Entertainment we create content that is loved and shared by audiences wherever they are across our radio and digital brands including Novafm, smoothfm, FIVEaa, Star 104.5, novafm.com.au & smooth.com.au. Together these brands reach 9 million ...and more »
  
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• Microsoft reveals new blockchain efficiency technology - CRN Australia

  11-08-2017 04:20 via crn.com.au
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  Microsoft reveals new blockchain efficiency technology
  CRN Australia
  Microsoft is working on technology it believes can make blockchain-based systems faster and more private, as it looks to speed up use of the distributed database software by enterprises. The company said it had developed a system called Coco Framework, ...
  Microsoft is making it easier for enterprise to integrate block chain ...Notebookcheck.net (press release)
  Announcing the Coco Framework for enterprise bl
  
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• Uber investor sues to force former CEO Kalanick off board

  11-08-2017 03:56
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Venture capital firm Benchmark Capital is suing former Uber Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick to force him off the board of the ride-services company and rescind his ability to fill three board seats, according to the lawsuit.
  
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• Nvidia shares fall on data center revenue but chips ride cryptocurrency boom

  11-08-2017 03:55
  (Reuters) - Nvidia Corp's quarterly revenue in its widely watched data center and automotive businesses missed estimates, dragging down the chipmaker's shares that have nearly tripled in value over the past 12 months.
  
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• Domain businesses in ACCC’s sights

  11-08-2017 03:10
  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has launched Federal Court action Domain Name Corp Pty Ltd and Domain Name Agency Pty Ltd, with the ACCC alleging that the businesses “engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct and made false or misleading representations to Australian businesses about the domain name services they offered”.
  
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• Snap co-founders will not sell shares as stock slumps on earnings miss

  11-08-2017 02:59
  (Reuters) - Snap Inc Chief Executive Officer Evan Spiegel said on Thursday neither he nor co-founder Bobby Murphy would sell shares of the Snapchat parent this year, but that failed to soothe investors after quarterly results fell short of analyst expectations.
  
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• Defense Secretary Mattis sees growth for Silicon Valley defense unit

  11-08-2017 02:37
  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Thursday an Obama-era experimental defense outpost in Silicon Valley would grow in importance under the Trump administration and that the nation's technology entrepreneurs were vital to national defense.
  
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• Phone technology breakthrough allows calls, texts with zero battery - The Sydney Morning Herald

  11-08-2017 02:33 via smh.com.au
  The Sydney Morning Herald
  Phone technology breakthrough allows calls, texts with zero battery
  The Sydney Morning Herald
  Researchers in the United States have unveiled a prototype of a battery-free mobile phone, using technology they hope will eventually come to be integrated ...and more »
  
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• Optus registers growth in NBN revenue

  11-08-2017 02:18
  Optus now has 279,000 customers on the National Broadband Network. The telco revealed today that in its first quarter its consumer fixed-line revenue grew 13.2 per cent, which it says was mainly attributable to NBN migration fees and a growth in its NBN customer base.
  
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• Microsoft unveils open-source blockchain framework

  11-08-2017 01:51
  Microsoft has unveiled details of the Coco Framework, which it says will help boost enterprise efforts to develop blockchain-based services.
  
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• Exclusive: Amazon in talks to offer event ticketing in U.S. - sources

  11-08-2017 01:40
  NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Incis seeking to partner with U.S. venue owners to sell event tickets, four sources have told Reuters, a move that could loosen Ticketmaster's powerful grip on the lucrative ticketing business.
  
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• Snap, Blue Apron fuel worries about overheated IPOs

  11-08-2017 01:12
  NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Snap Inc and Blue Apron Holdings Inc's dismal quarterly reports on Thursday, which sent their shares slumping, join a growing list of technology startups failing to live up to sky-high expectations set ahead of their initial public offerings.
  
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