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• Exclusive: Google offers to treat rivals equally via auction - sources

  18-09-2017 23:23
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Googlehas offered to display rival comparison shopping sites via an auction, as it aims to stave off further EU antitrust fines, four people familiar with the matter said.
  
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• Hackers compromised free CCleaner software, Avast's Piriform says

  18-09-2017 23:15
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hackers broke into British company Piriform Ltd's free software that optimizes computer performance last month, potentially allowing them to control the devices of millions of users, the company and independent researchers said on Monday.
  
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• Here's how to fix the future of the internet, suggests ISOC

  18-09-2017 23:13
  From smart but sulky light bulbs to the Chisnovian data blockade, ISOC has imagined how the future of the internet might take a wrong turn, and makes recommendations for how we can set things right.
  
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• Sounds of Silence: What's coming to Google Chrome in 2018

  18-09-2017 21:55
  When Chrome 64 is released in late January 2018, it will largely mark the end of auto-playing audio on websites.
  
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• BT to create 172 jobs with Sydney cyber R&D hub

  18-09-2017 21:55
  ​BT is opening a global cyber security research and development centre in North Sydney, creating 172 skilled jobs over the next five years.
  
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• JPMorgan handles bitcoin-related trades for clients despite CEO warning

  18-09-2017 21:17
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Cohas been routing customer orders for bitcoin-related instruments, a spokesman said on Monday, despite the bank's chief executive's calling the crypto currency "a fraud."
  
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• Chambers stepping down from Cisco’s board

  18-09-2017 20:57
  John Chambers, who served two decades as CEO of Cisco and for the last two years has been executive chairman, announced today that he will be leaving Cisco’s board of directors this year. Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins will become chairman of the board.
  
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• Sprint follows AT&T with free iPhone 8 offer for trade-in

  18-09-2017 19:58
  (Reuters) - Sprint Corp said on Monday it will offer Apple Inc's new iPhone 8 for free with a qualifying phone trade-in, following AT&T Inc's buy one, get one free promotion on Friday for DirecTV and U-verse TV customers.
  
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• Credit reporting companies should register with New York: governor

  18-09-2017 18:42
  WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's governor announced plans on Monday to require all credit reporting agencies to register with the state, while federal authorities reportedly opened a criminal probe into Equifax Incexecutives' stock sales before the company disclosed a massive data breach.
  
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• Cisco's Executive Chairman Chambers not to seek re-election

  18-09-2017 18:21
  (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Incsaid on Monday that Executive Chairman John Chambers would not seek re-election after his term expires in December.
  
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• From grudge to nudge: tech firms help insurers shift gear

  18-09-2017 18:19
  LONDON (Reuters) - Insurers are counting on real-time technology to help them cut back payouts, from a system warning ships of nearby pirates to an app offering to buy sleepy drivers a coffee on the motorway.
  
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• Intel collaborates with Waymo on self-driving compute design

  18-09-2017 18:08
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corpon Monday announced a collaboration with Alphabet'sWaymo self-driving unit, saying it had worked with the company during the design of its compute platform to allow autonomous cars to process information in real time.
  
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• Nvidia hits another record high as AI takes centerstage

  18-09-2017 17:36
  (Reuters) - Shares of Nvidia Corp touched a record high for the second straight day on Monday following yet another steep increase in the chipmaker's price target by a Wall Street analyst.
  
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• Hackers infected official CCleaner downloads with malware for a month

  18-09-2017 16:33
  Avast Piriform says that hackers infiltrated its update servers to inject malware into a recent CCleaner release, but the issue has been resolved before any known attacks.
  
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• Uber faces big jump in fees if London license is renewed

  18-09-2017 14:36
  LONDON (Reuters) - Uber will face a big jump in the fee it pays to operate in London to 2.9 million pounds if the ride hailing company is granted a new license by the city's transport authority.
  
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• Medical technology company Restoration Robotics to sell 3.125 million shares in IPO - MarketWatch

  18-09-2017 13:41 via marketwatch.com
  Medical technology company Restoration Robotics to sell 3.125 million shares in IPO
  MarketWatch
  Restoration Robotics HAIR, +0.00% has set the terms of its planned initial public offering and will sell 3.125 million share priced at $7 to $9 a pop. The company is planning to list on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol " HAIR". The company is a ...and more »
  
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• Dishonored: Death of the Outsider review – short, but strong on atmosphere - The Guardian

  18-09-2017 12:05 via theguardian.com
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  Dishonored: Death of the Outsider review – short, but strong on atmosphere
  The Guardian
  Throughout the five year history of this steampunk stealth adventure series, this eponymous deity, the Outsider, has been at the centre of everything – dealing in regicide, revenge and all the juicy stuff in between. He's an omnipotent force who ...and more »
  
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• Angular 5 JavaScript framework delayed

  18-09-2017 12:00
  October 23 is the new target release date for Google’s JavaScript framework, which focuses on building progressive web apps
  
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• Digital payment bound to pick up with new technology: FM Arun Jaitley - Economic Times

  18-09-2017 11:47 via economictimes.indiatimes.com
  Economic Times
  Digital payment bound to pick up with new technology: FM Arun Jaitley
  Economic Times
  NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today expressed hope that digital payment is going to pick up momentum with more advanced technology coming into the market. A lot of people went in for digitisation in terms of mode of payment more out of ...
  Digital payment bound to pick up with new technology: FMThe Tribuneall 8 news articles »
  
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• ScotRail to test ‘world’s fastest’ in-train Wi-Fi service

  18-09-2017 11:45 via computerweekly.com
  The train operator has teamed up with Cisco, Network Rail Telecoms and others to collaborate on an Innovate UK funded proof of concept for ultrafast Wi-Fi on board
  
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• Seagate Technology, Baidu Sign Strategic Cooperation Deal - Nasdaq

  18-09-2017 11:05 via nasdaq.com
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  Seagate Technology, Baidu Sign Strategic Cooperation Deal
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  (RTTNews.com) - Seagate Technology plc (STX), a storage solutions company, announced Monday the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement with Chinese language internet search provider Baidu ( BIDU ). The deal covers the fields of information ...and more »
  
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• Tech disruption in Middle East a key focus at GITEX 2017

  18-09-2017 09:17 via computerweekly.com
  Not surprisingly, Middle East digital disruption will take centre stage at this year’s GITEX event in Dubai
  
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• David Strassman chucks about the perils of technology in iTED E - Community Newspaper Group

  18-09-2017 08:03 via communitynews.com.au
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  David Strassman chucks about the perils of technology in iTED E
  Community Newspaper Group
  COMEDIAN David Strassman has a valuable snippet of advice for novice ventriloquists: go to university and become a doctor. The LA funnyman best known for his puppetry act starring Chuck Wood and Ted E. Bear launched his career in New York at the ...
  
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• Optus eSIM technology taps into Aussie wearables market - ARNnet

  18-09-2017 07:22 via arnnet.com.au
  ARNnet
  Optus eSIM technology taps into Aussie wearables market
  ARNnet
  Optus has launched its eSIM technology, Optus Number Share, enabling its customers to use the same number between their eSIM enabled wearable device and their smartphone. Specifically, Optus Number Share will allow customers to make and receive ...and more »
  
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• Autonomous technology can improve safety: Navistar - Australasian Transport News

  18-09-2017 07:15 via fullyloaded.com.au
  Australasian Transport News
  Autonomous technology can improve safety: Navistar
  Australasian Transport News
  Navistar International chairman and CEO Troy Clarke made a case of autonomous vehicle (AV) regulation at a US Senate Committee hearing recently. The hearing, Transportation Innovation: Automated Trucks and our Nation's Highways, focused on the ...and more »
  
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• New technology could reinvent air conditioning - Deccan Chronicle

  18-09-2017 06:55 via deccanchronicle.com
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  New technology could reinvent air conditioning
  Deccan Chronicle
  Eli Goldstein, cofounder of SkyCool Systems, showed off his new invention at his workspace in Burlingame, California. The new device looked weird, but was claiming to do something more wonderful that how it looks. A set of square silver panels placed ...and more »
  
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• CBA to launch Android Pay by end of year

  18-09-2017 06:14
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia currently only offers tap and pay Android phone payments through its own digital wallet app.
  
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• Blind Patients to Test Bionic Eye Brain Implants - MIT Technology Review

  18-09-2017 06:00 via technologyreview.com
  MIT Technology Review
  Blind Patients to Test Bionic Eye Brain Implants
  MIT Technology Review
  The prosthesis could help more people who have lost their vision than a device already on the market. by Emily Mullin; September 18, 2017. The maker of the world's first commercial artificial retina, which provides partial sight to people with a ...
  
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• CNBC Transcript: Ian Rhodes, CEO, McLaren Applied Technology - CNBC

  18-09-2017 05:59 via cnbc.com
  CNBC Transcript: Ian Rhodes, CEO, McLaren Applied Technology
  CNBC
  Following is the full transcript of CNBC's interview with Ian Rhodes, CEO of McLaren Applied Technology at the 2017 Singapore Summit. This interview broadcasted in Asia on Monday, 18 September. All references must be sourced to a "CNBC Interview".
  
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• Glencore grinding technology to be installed at Heron's Woodlawn project - Australian Mining

  18-09-2017 03:50 via australianmining.com.au
  Australian Mining
  Glencore grinding technology to be installed at Heron's Woodlawn project
  Australian Mining
  Heron Resources will use Glencore's IsaMill technology at its Woodlawn zinc-copper project in New South Wales. IsaMill – an energy efficient, high intensity, large scale grinding machine – will be installed for the 50th time at the Woodlawn project.
  
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• Macquarie to launch API-driven open banking platform

  18-09-2017 03:46
  ​Macquarie will launch its open banking platform – which makes it easier for consumers to share their financial data with third parties – in coming months, the company announced today.
  
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• The secret to making Britain great again: Businesses MUST invest in industry and technology, says IAIN DUNCAN SMITH - Daily Mail

  18-09-2017 01:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  Daily Mail
  The secret to making Britain great again: Businesses MUST invest in industry and technology, says IAIN DUNCAN SMITH
  Daily Mail
  This week we were all reminded of a government success – that employment in Britain is at a record high, with 3million jobs created since 2010 and most of them full-time. This achievement has been the result of policies enacted over the past seven ...and more »
  
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• A robotics roadmap for Australia

  18-09-2017 01:17
  Led by the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision – with additional backing from Queensland University of Technology and Advance Queensland – the roadmap’s organisers aim to emulate the success as similar initiatives in the US and Europe.
  
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