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• Mozilla to stop all support for Firefox on Windows XP and Vista

  05-10-2017 23:13
  The company moved XP and Vista users to Firefox's Extended Support Release (version 32) earlier this year, meaning they only get security fixes now.
  
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• Public input sought on use of health record data

  05-10-2017 22:00
  A public consultation has begun on potential uses of de-identified data drawn from Australia’s national e-health record system.
  
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• NextDC launches B2 data centre

  05-10-2017 22:00
  Data centre operator NextDC has begun welcoming customers into B2, the ASX-listed company’s second Brisbane data centre.
  
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• Azure Functions serverless computing to finally get Java

  05-10-2017 12:00
  Java joins Azure Functions’ existing support of JavaScript, C#, F#, Python, PHP, Bash, Batch, and PowerShell
  
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• Brandis named 'villain of the year' for encryption crackdown

  05-10-2017 07:48
  ​Attorney-General George Brandis has received a ‘Villain of Human Rights and Communications Surveillance’ award by digital rights advocacy group Access Now.
  
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• Facial recognition: Where is it being used, and how does the technology work? - ABC Online

  05-10-2017 07:03 via abc.net.au
  ABC Online
  Facial recognition: Where is it being used, and how does the technology work?
  ABC Online
  The Government will soon have access to a far wider database of our photographs for facial recognition. But you might be surprised how widely the technology is already being used around the world.and more »
  
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• Facial recognition: Where is it being used, and how does the ... - ABC - ABC Online

  05-10-2017 07:03 via abc.net.au
  ABC Online
  Facial recognition: Where is it being used, and how does the ... - ABC
  ABC Online
  The Government will soon have access to a wider database of our photographs for facial recognition, but the technology is already being used around the world ...and more »
  
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• States and territories agree on national biometric database

  05-10-2017 06:25
  ​State and territory leaders have agreed with federal government plans to establish a national facial biometric matching capability, which will bring together passport, visa, citizenship and driver licence images into a single database.
  
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• Google launches new phones, speakers in hardware push

  05-10-2017 05:10
  Google on Wednesday unveiled the second generation of its Pixel smartphone along with new voice-enabled home speakers, redoubling its commitment to the hardware business as it competes with a surge of devices from Apple and Amazon.
  
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• Google’s DeepMind launches ethics unit

  05-10-2017 04:17
  Google’s artificial intelligence research arm DeepMind has launched a unit focused on ethics and society.
  
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• Balloon, drone technology could prevent washouts at the cricket - Daily Telegraph

  05-10-2017 03:59 via dailytelegraph.com.au
  Daily Telegraph
  Balloon, drone technology could prevent washouts at the cricket
  Daily Telegraph
  THE SCG Trust is keeping a close eye on revolutionary technology being developed at Lord's which aims to end the scourge of rained out cricket forever. A futuristic proposal involving see-through mesh canopies, hot air balloons and drones aims to rid ...and more »
  
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• Chilled proteins and 3-D images: The cryo-electron microscopy technology that just won a Nobel Prize - The Conversation US

  05-10-2017 02:27 via theconversation.com
  The Conversation US
  Chilled proteins and 3-D images: The cryo-electron microscopy technology that just won a Nobel Prize
  The Conversation US
  Michael Cianfrocco has consulted on cryo-EM for pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms and is also a science advisor to Single Particle LLC. Melanie Ohi does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that ...
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• New Deakin cyber degree backed by Dimension Data, ANZ, NAB and Vic Govt

  05-10-2017 01:49
  ​Graduates of Deakin University’s new cyber security degree course will be offered placements at Dimension Data, ANZ and NAB, plus Victorian Government funding to gain industry certifications.
  
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• AltspaceVR brought back to life by Microsoft buy-out

  05-10-2017 00:23
  ​Social virtual reality platform AltspaceVR – which announced it was ​closing down in July​ – has been acquired by Microsoft.
  
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