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• How quantum materials may soon make Star Trek technology reality - The Conversation CA

  26-10-2017 23:44 via theconversation.com
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  How quantum materials may soon make Star Trek technology reality
  The Conversation CA
  Strange new materials that propel the fictional Star Trek universe are being developed by scientists in reality today. Above, the USS Discovery accelerates to ...and more »
  
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• Facebook, Slack and Google all roll out new collaboration features

  26-10-2017 19:16
  Facebook launches a Workplace Chat desktop app, and says the number of paid users has doubled in six months; Slack adds interactive screen sharing; and Google looks to bolster Gmail with add-ons.
  
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• What’s new in Google’s Android Studio 3.0

  26-10-2017 18:19
  Google's development suite for mobile apps adds Kotlin, improves Java 8 and other build and debug tools, and supports Instant Apps
  
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• What is virtualization?

  26-10-2017 12:00
  No advance in information technology in the past six decades has offered a greater range of quantifiable benefits than has virtualization. Many IT professionals think of virtualization in terms of virtual machines (VM) and their associated hypervisors and operating-system implementations, but that only skims the surface. An increasingly broad set of virtualization technologies, capabilities, strategies and possibilities are redefining major elements of IT in organizations everywhere.
  
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• Chipmaker Nvidia's CEO sees fully autonomous cars within 4 years

  26-10-2017 12:00
  TAIPEI (Reuters) - Nvidia Corp chief executive Jensen Huang said on Thursday artificial intelligence would enable fully automated cars within 4 years, but sought to tamp down expectations for a surge in demand for its chips from cryptocurrency miners.
  
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• SAP overhauls sales practices as it faces U.S. probe on South Africa

  26-10-2017 11:56
  LONDON (Reuters) - Global business planning software giant SAPis making sweeping changes to its sales practices in countries around the world, the German company said, as it revealed it is the subject of a U.S. corruption probe tied to its South Africa business.
  
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• GE's CEO sees more partnerships ahead for digital business

  26-10-2017 10:15
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - General Electric Cowill use more alliances to build its digital-industrial business in coming years, Chief Executive Officer John Flannery said on Wednesday, suggesting the industrial conglomerate will curb spending in that area.
  
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• Telstra details SD-WAN offering

  26-10-2017 08:58
  SD-WAN will be offered as a service on the Telstra Programmable Network thanks to a partnership with VeloCloud.
  
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• Hydrogen fuel-cell car push 'dumb'? Toyota makes a case for the Mirai

  26-10-2017 08:12
  TOKYO (Reuters) - Having invested heavily in hydrogen, a technology derided by Tesla chief Elon Musk as "incredibly dumb", Toyota Motor Corp is making a renewed push for fuel cell cars to fill a role in a future dominated by electric battery vehicles.
  
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• Tesla's seat strategy goes against the grain...for now

  26-10-2017 07:15
  The seats on Tesla Inc'snew Model X SUV were a mess. An outside contractor was having trouble executing the complicated design, spurring frustration and finger-pointing between Tesla and its supplier.
  
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• How the Lions Eye Institute moved beyond break/fix

  26-10-2017 06:10
  Investing in a flexible infrastructure monitoring platform has helped the IT team at the Lions Eye Institute slashed service desk calls and free up resources to take a more proactive approach to technology, according to the organisation’s chief information officer, Rod Bacon.
  
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• Technology supporting funds to navigate a new code of practice - Super Review

  26-10-2017 05:28 via superreview.com.au
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  Technology supporting funds to navigate a new code of practice
  Super Review
  The new technology platform for group insurance will help trustees improve their insurance offer for members and make it easier to comply with a future code of practice. The release of the Insurance in Superannuation Working Group's (ISWG) draft code ...
  
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• Simon Hill: Why VAR technology is not needed and a look at football's culture is bigger problem - Fox Sports

  26-10-2017 05:18 via foxsports.com.au
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  Simon Hill: Why VAR technology is not needed and a look at football's culture is bigger problem
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  Tuesday's FFA Cup Semi-Final drew the ire of the masses, thanks to two challenges in particular from Western Sydney Wanderers players. Most of it had referee, Peter Green, as the target. Even the players & coaches have joined in. Adelaide United's ...and more »
  
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• Three women sue Uber in San Francisco claiming unequal pay, benefits

  26-10-2017 05:17
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Three women engineers have sued Uber Technologies Inc for discrimination based of their gender and race, the latest blow to the ride-services company that is straining to overcome a year of controversies over its workplace culture.
  
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• UNSW Law students use technology to provide greater access to justice - UNSW Newsroom

  26-10-2017 03:45 via newsroom.unsw.edu.au
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  UNSW Law students use technology to provide greater access to justice
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  An app providing information about fines has been named the winner of a showcase featuring students of UNSW Law's new course using state-of-the-art legal technology. 26_law_app.jpg. Students Jessica Liang, Clare Cullen, Leon Louie and Jelena Ardelic ...
  
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• IBM appoints new ANZ managing director

  26-10-2017 03:23
  ​IBM has appointed David La Rose as managing director of its Australia and New Zealand operation, replacing Kerry Purcell.
  
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• ACMA begins reallocating spectrum for 5G

  26-10-2017 02:33
  The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has begun the process of reallocating spectrum in the 3.6GHz band for use in 5G services.
  
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• Xero and Cogent to help young women break into tech with Code Like A Girl

  26-10-2017 01:47
  ​Cloud accounting software firm Xero and software company Cogent will be giving paid internships to young women wanting to break into the technology sector as part of a Code Like A Girl initiative.
  
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• Exclusive: U.S. widens surveillance to include 'homegrown violent extremists' - documents

  26-10-2017 01:00
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has broadened an interpretation of which citizens can be subject to physical or digital surveillance to include "homegrown violent extremists," according to official documents seen by Reuters.
  
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• 8 technology trends identified by Australian CIOs - Business Insider Australia

  26-10-2017 00:23 via businessinsider.com.au
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  8 technology trends identified by Australian CIOs
  Business Insider Australia
  Corporate Australia is increasingly taking the viewpoint of the startup as technology becomes part of every business and every commercial relationship, according to Deloitte's eighth annual Technology Trends report. And CIOs who harness the ...
  
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• ‘Amazon Key’: Amazon smart locks to let retailer leave packages inside homes

  26-10-2017 00:09
  Amazon.com Inc has plans to drop off packages directly into shoppers' homes.
  
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• Kaspersky obtained suspected NSA hacking code in 2014

  26-10-2017 00:05
  Moscow-based antivirus software maker Kaspersky Lab said on Wednesday that its security software had taken source code for a secret American hacking tool from a personal computer in the United States.
  
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