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• Technology Billionaires Lose $16 Billion After Today's Selloff - Bloomberg

  25-09-2017 23:52 via bloomberg.com
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  Technology Billionaires Lose $16 Billion After Today's Selloff
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  Technology tycoons lost $15.5 billion from their fortunes on Monday as a sell-off of the sector's most valuable companies intensified. Facebook Inc.'s Mark Zuckerberg saw the biggest drop in net worth of $3.2 billion, followed by a $1.3 billion decline ...and more »
  
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• Macquarie Government’s cloud certified for use with classified data

  25-09-2017 23:00
  Macquarie Government — the government-focused business of the ASX-listed Macquarie Telecom Group — has joined the ranks of cloud providers whose services are certified for use with classified government information.
  
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• Mind-reading technology should not be used to solve crime - The Conversation AU

  25-09-2017 22:28 via theconversation.com
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  Mind-reading technology should not be used to solve crime
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  Paul McGorrery does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond the academic appointment above.and more »
  
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• 5 Best Technology Articles You Should Read Today (9/25) - Forbes

  25-09-2017 21:19 via forbes.com
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  5 Best Technology Articles You Should Read Today (9/25)
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  Sebastian Thrun, often considered the brainchild of autonomous driving, is ready to take to the air and flying cars. According to Thrun: I can't envision a future of highways [and being] stuck in cars. I envision a [future] where you hop in a thing, go ...
  
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• SAP wants to embrace all your data stores with Data Hub

  25-09-2017 21:11
  If data warehouses are for tidiness freaks -- information packaged into neat inferences, sorted and stacked, the rest discarded -- and data lakes are for hoarders -- tip everything in, you never know what might be useful -- then SAP's new Data Hub may be for the rest of us.
  
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• London Uber ban: regulators are finally catching up with technology - The Conversation UK

  25-09-2017 17:05 via theconversation.com
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  London Uber ban: regulators are finally catching up with technology
  The Conversation UK
  Simon Deakin receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Christopher Markou receives funding from The Social Sciences and Humanities Resesarch Council of Canada ...
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  Uber boss Dara Khosrowshahi says sorry and promises to
  
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• SAP buys Gigya to boost customer identity access management offering

  25-09-2017 15:05
  SAP is giving its business software users a new way to track their customers, with the acquisition of customer identity management specialist Gigya.
  
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• Two-thirds of UK businesses have adopted fintech

  25-09-2017 14:45 via computerweekly.com
  Most UK businesses are using financial technology products and services in some way, with cost savings being the main attraction
  
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• Connected bees create a buzz at Manchester startup hub

  25-09-2017 14:00 via computerweekly.com
  Cisco and Manchester Science Partnerships have opened a new startup incubator in the city to foster innovation in the Northern Powerhouse, and the humble honeybee is taking centre stage
  
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• The science and technology committee shouldn't be filled with scientists, female or not - The Guardian

  25-09-2017 13:29 via theguardian.com
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  The science and technology committee shouldn't be filled with scientists, female or not
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  On Saturday, hundreds of Labour women - politicians, stakeholders and activists - from across the country met in Brighton, in advance of Labour party conference, for the annual Labour party women's conference. This year was special, because for the ...
  
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• Three adds in-store sign language service for deaf customers

  25-09-2017 13:00 via computerweekly.com
  Mobile operator pilots in-store sign language service to support the needs of its deaf customers
  
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• Will North Korea sell its nuclear technology? - The Conversation US

  25-09-2017 12:20 via theconversation.com
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  Will North Korea sell its nuclear technology?
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  Kim Jong Un guides the test-fire of Pukguksong-2 in an undated photo released on Feb. 13, 2017. Reuters/KCNA. Will North Korea sell its nuclear technology? September 25, 2017 6.20am EDT. Daniel Salisbury. Author. Daniel Salisbury. Stanton Nuclear ...and more »
  
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• Facebook buckles under pressure over hated React license

  25-09-2017 12:00
  The popular JavaScript UI library’s BSD + Patent license will be replaced with the friendlier MIT license—but only if developers update their React code
  
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• Stanford scholars discuss the benefits and risks of using talking software to address mental health - Stanford University News

  25-09-2017 09:47 via news.stanford.edu
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  Stanford scholars discuss the benefits and risks of using talking software to address mental health
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  Conversational software programs might provide patients a less risky environment for discussing mental health, but they come with some risks to privacy or accuracy. Stanford scholars discuss the pros and cons of this trend. Facebook; Twitter; Email.
  
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• The importance of mentors in the IT industry

  25-09-2017 06:50
  Most people in the IT industry are aware of the perennial skills shortage and the need to find ways to address it effectively. One of the options that organisations could consider is implementing a mentoring program.
  
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• ASIC’s Harper confirmed as IT chief

  25-09-2017 04:57
  The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has confirmed Joanne Harper in the chief information officer role at the agency.
  
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• Shark Mitigation Systems to roll out its technology in Southern California beaches - Proactive Investors Australia

  25-09-2017 04:55 via proactiveinvestors.com.au
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  Shark Mitigation Systems to roll out its technology in Southern California beaches
  Proactive Investors Australia
  Shark Mitigation Systems Ltd (ASX:SM8) has received support from U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher for the installation of its Clever Buoy shark detection system in Orange County, California. Clever Buoy is a marine monitoring platform that ...and more »
  
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• Accenture names new leaders for 1800-strong Australian technology practice - CRN Australia

  25-09-2017 04:39 via crn.com.au
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  Accenture names new leaders for 1800-strong Australian technology practice
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  Accenture is seeking to expand its technology practice and upend the traditional consulting formulas of integration giants, led by two new leaders for Australia and New Zealand. Peter Vakkas was appointed from within in July to become managing director ...
  
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• Immigration prepares for massive overhaul of visa processing

  25-09-2017 03:03
  The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) has formally launched the expressions of interest (EOI) process for the first stage of its “once in a generation” overhaul of visa processing.
  
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• Is the Commonwealth getting $10b worth of value from its IT procurement spend?

  25-09-2017 02:13
  Effective investment by the Commonwealth in IT infrastructure, solutions and people is more important now than ever before. Unfortunately, the government’s track-record on IT spending is not good and, in our opinion, should come under greater scrutiny as this budget line item continues to grow.
  
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• Australia to get its own space agency

  25-09-2017 01:33
  The federal government will establish a national space agency as part of a push to boost Australia’s domestic space industry.
  
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• Govt backs robotics research to find resistant bacteria in pig faeces

  25-09-2017 00:30
  ​The government is backing research into the use of robots to identify bacteria in pig and chicken faeces on a massive scale.
  
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