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• China's Baidu teams up with Shouqi on driverless cars: Xinhua

  28-10-2017 16:39
  BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese search engine giant Baidu and Shouqi Limousine & Chauffeur, a car-hailing operator, are joining up to develop driverless vehicles, the official Xinhua media service reported on Saturday.
  
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• Travellers call for technology to make life simpler - Herald Sun

  28-10-2017 14:04 via heraldsun.com.au
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  Travellers call for technology to make life simpler
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  AIRLINE passengers want the ability to use facial or fingerprint technology to ease the process from booking flights to passing border control. AIRPORT CHIEFS FEAR QUEUES OUTSIDE TERMINALS RIPE FOR TERROR ATTACK · MAN TASERED ON ...and more »
  
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• U.S. wants to remove 'unnecessary' barriers to self-driving vehicles

  28-10-2017 13:07
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Highway Traffic-Safety Administration said Friday it is looking for input on how it can remove regulatory roadblocks to self-driving cars.
  
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• Big Four banks introducing wearable payment technology - 9news.com.au

  28-10-2017 11:25 via 9news.com.au
  Big Four banks introducing wearable payment technology
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  It is a perennial problem of the summer; you head to the beach, towel under the arm. You debate with yourself if you should take your wallet. You decide to do so, because that café near the beach can knock up a delicious latte. And of course, you ...
  
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• New York City College of Technology students build haunted house - WABC-TV

  28-10-2017 04:06 via abc7ny.com
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  New York City College of Technology students build haunted house
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  But it was built on top of a cemetery, and the only thing thriving in here today are ghosts. From talking portraits to upside down rooms, to a screaming corpse, the elaborate high-tech production is an annual project by students at the New York City ...
  
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• Apple says iPhone X pre-orders are 'off the charts'

  28-10-2017 03:29
  (Reuters) - Apple Inc quashed concerns of muted demand for its iPhone X on Friday, saying pre-orders for the 10th anniversary phone were "off the charts".
  
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• Facebook, in reversal, to publish cache of political ads

  28-10-2017 01:51
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Incannounced a plan to increase transparency about its role in political advertising on Friday, ahead of congressional hearings next week on social media companies and Russia's meddling in last year's U.S. presidential election.
  
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• Uber hires Pepsi's Tony West as new chief legal officer

  28-10-2017 00:39
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] said on Friday it hired a new chief legal officer to guide the company through its many legal quandaries, filling one of the crucial vacancies in its leadership.
  
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