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• Around the world, a muted launch for Apple's iPhone 8

  22-09-2017 23:57
  SAN FRANCISCO/SYDNEY/TOKYO (Reuters) - Apple Inc'slaunch of the iPhone 8 kicked off with less fanfare on Friday than new models in previous years in the United States, Asia, Australia and Britain, as fans held out for the premium iPhone X, due out in early November.
  
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• UN officials hail establishment of Technology Bank for world's poorest nations - UN News Centre

  22-09-2017 23:55 via un.org
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  UN officials hail establishment of Technology Bank for world's poorest nations
  UN News Centre
  A man in Rwanda using a drone to deliver blood to a remote clinic. Photo: Sarah Farhat / World Bank. Tweet. Print. 22 September 2017 – United Nations officials today hailed the establishment of the Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries ...and more »
  
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• Uber fails to get licence to operate in London renewed

  22-09-2017 17:30 via computerweekly.com
  Transport for London has rejected Uber's application for its licence renewal, citing a lack of corporate responsibility as the reason
  
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• Billionaire investor Jim Breyer on why big technology growth stocks will keep surging - CNBC

  22-09-2017 17:15 via cnbc.com
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  Billionaire investor Jim Breyer on why big technology growth stocks will keep surging
  CNBC
  "Five years ago, at Delivering Alpha, I mentioned that Facebook, Apple, Netflix, Google, and the Chinese internet companies were exceptional five-year investments. I still believe that," Jim Breyer said. Breyer has been an investor in more than 40 ...and more »
  
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• CIO interview: Russell Harte, group technology director, DFS

  22-09-2017 17:00 via computerweekly.com
  The furniture store’s group head of IT speaks to Computer Weekly about how customer experience can be used internally
  
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• First Evidence That Offshore Wind Farms Are Changing the Oceans - MIT Technology Review

  22-09-2017 16:50 via technologyreview.com
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  First Evidence That Offshore Wind Farms Are Changing the Oceans
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  Wind turbines can support vast colonies of marine species in areas where they were previously rare. by Emerging Technology from the arXiv; September 22, 2017. Offshore wind farms are becoming increasingly common in our oceans. In Europe, the goal is ...
  
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• FAQ: What is NB-IoT?

  22-09-2017 16:39
  A quick look at NB-IoT, the carriers' version of a low-power IoT communications standard.
  
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• Technology advances push climate debate in new directions - The Australian

  22-09-2017 16:03 via theaustralian.com.au
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  Technology advances push climate debate in new directions
  The Australian
  Confidence is rising in two key aspects of healthy climate scepticism. First, climate models have run “hot” and been wrong in predicting the speed and extent of warming. Second, the extended slowdown in the rate of warming since the turn of the century ...
  Climate change not as threatening to planet as previously thought, new research suggestsTelegraph.co.uk
  Guest post: Why the 1.5C warming limit
  
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• New reading technology making all the difference for Greenfields resident - Mandurah Mail

  22-09-2017 15:22 via mandurahmail.com.au
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  New reading technology making all the difference for Greenfields resident
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  Greenfields resident Sybil Smith says the device has made a huge difference to her life. Photo: Supplied. See your ad here. View More Local Business. Need an accountant? BMC Accounting are the experts. Find out More. Want your car lowered?
  
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• What’s new in Apple’s Swift 4.0 language

  22-09-2017 12:00
  The programming language for MacOS and iOS apps offers an improved package manager, new source-code compatibility option, and many language improvements
  
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• South Australia to roll out digital driver’s licences next month

  22-09-2017 08:52
  Digital licences for South Australian drivers will go live next month, the government has announced.
  
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• Government promises $50 million boost to security research

  22-09-2017 06:30
  The government will invest $50 million over seven years to help establish an industry-led Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre (CRC).
  
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• Five Ways to Get CRISPR into the Body - MIT Technology Review

  22-09-2017 06:02 via technologyreview.com
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  Five Ways to Get CRISPR into the Body
  MIT Technology Review
  Scientists are investigating a range of different delivery mechanisms for the gene-editing tool, from topical gels to skin grafts. by Emily Mullin; September 22, 2017. 1. The gene-editing technology CRISPR has the potential to treat—and possibly cure ...
  
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• Buzzword bingo! Making Sense of SDN, SD-WAN, NFV and VNF

  22-09-2017 05:32
  Everyone in the SD-WAN solutions business frequently faces buzzword confusion when interacting with customers and partners learning about these newer concepts and technologies. It’s helpful first to define the four terms, before proceeding to a discussion of how they are related to one another, and what they all mean to your network.
  
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• Eight reasons why you should conduct a DNS audit

  22-09-2017 05:24
  As the Mirai botnet attack on 21 October 2016 proved, the DNS (Domain Name System) is not immune to cyber-attacks. If there is one key lesson to take from it, it’s that organisations relying on online assets for their day-to-day activities simply cannot afford to lose a service like DNS.
  
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• SA government IT exec sacked, charged

  22-09-2017 02:58
  South Australia’s Department of Premier and Cabinet has confirmed that it has ended the contract of chief information officer Veronica Theriault.
  
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• Scientists give biometric security systems the (fake) finger

  22-09-2017 02:55
  Researchers have fabricated a wearable fake fingertip that is able to fool biometric security systems.
  
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• Venture fundraising in yuan soars as investors target Chinese tech firms

  22-09-2017 01:19
  HONG KONG (Reuters) - China-focused venture capital funds are increasing their bets on local technology companies and a further opening of Chinese domestic capital markets, raising money in the yuan at the fastest pace in five years.
  
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• HPE plans 5,000 job cuts: Bloomberg

  22-09-2017 00:57
  (Reuters) - Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co is planning to cut at least 5,000 workers as part of a broader effort to reduce costs amid mounting competition, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
  
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• Exclusive: U.S. Homeland Security found SEC had 'critical' cyber weaknesses in January

  22-09-2017 00:52
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security detected five "critical" cyber security weaknesses on the Securities and Exchange Commission's computers as of January 23, 2017, according to a confidential weekly report reviewed by Reuters.
  
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• Weebit Nano bags $2.5M, aims to commercialise storage technology - Proactive Investors Australia

  22-09-2017 00:49 via proactiveinvestors.com.au
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  Weebit Nano bags $2.5M, aims to commercialise storage technology
  Proactive Investors Australia
  Weebit Nano Ltd (ASX:WBT) has successfully raised $2.5 million at $0.015 per share via an oversubscribed share placement to professional and sophisticated investors. The Israel based company's data storage technology works at lower operating voltages, ...and more »
  
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• Equifax under pressure from banks to shape up

  22-09-2017 00:30
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumer credit reporting bureau Equifax Incrisks losing support from banks unless it can show its database on millions of borrowers is secure from another cyber-attack.
  
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• Hack of Wall Street regulator rattles investors, lawmakers

  22-09-2017 00:17
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wall Street's top regulator came under fire on Thursday over its cyber security and disclosure practices after admitting hackers had breached its database of corporate announcements in 2016 and may have used it for insider trading.
  
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• U.S. consumer finance agency expected to punish Equifax: lawyers

  22-09-2017 00:00
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. consumer finance watchdog agency is expected to punish Equifaxfor its cyber breach with the wide-ranging powers it has used with Wall Street, former agency officials and lawyers said this week.
  
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