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• Brazil OKs amended bill on car-hailing apps after Uber lobbying

  31-10-2017 23:56
  BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Senate approved a weaker version of a hotly disputed bill to regulate car-hailing services like Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] on Tuesday after the U.S. company's chief executivewarned it could make its business unworkable in the country.
  
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• U.S. senators hammer Facebook for power over elections

  31-10-2017 23:30
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators on Tuesday pressed Facebook Inc's chief lawyer on why the company did not catch 2016 election ads bought using Russian rubles, why its investigation of them took so long and how much it knows about its 5 million advertisers.
  
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• Lecturer in Information Technology - The Conversation AU

  31-10-2017 23:24 via jobs.theconversation.com
  Lecturer in Information Technology
  The Conversation AU
  The School of Business and Tourism is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Information Technology at the Gold Coast Campus. The School of Business and Tourism offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs in information technology as well as business ...and more »
  
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• Apple may ditch Qualcomm components in next year's iPhones, iPads

  31-10-2017 23:07
  Apple has designed iPhones and iPads that would drop chips supplied by Qualcomm , according to two people familiar with the matter.
  
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• Australian Scientists Changed The Future Of Quantum Technology ... - Gizmodo Australia

  31-10-2017 22:48 via gizmodo.com.au
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  Australian Scientists Changed The Future Of Quantum Technology ...
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  Researchers at Macquarie University have, for the first time anywhere, ever, managed to make a nanodiamond, one thousand times smaller than a human hair,.and more »
  
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• Australian Scientists Changed The Future Of Quantum Technology By Making A Tiny Diamond Super Shiny - Gizmodo Australia

  31-10-2017 22:48 via gizmodo.com.au
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  Australian Scientists Changed The Future Of Quantum Technology By Making A Tiny Diamond Super Shiny
  Gizmodo Australia
  Researchers at Macquarie University have, for the first time anywhere, ever, managed to make a nanodiamond, one thousand times smaller than a human hair, shine at "superradiant" levels - and it could change the way we approach quantum technology.and more »
  
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• IAG saves millions with OpenStack

  31-10-2017 22:37
  Open source software and open source inspired approaches to development and innovation are set to play an increasingly large role in the future of ASX-listed insurance group IAG.
  
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• Game publisher EA's holiday-quarter sales forecast misses estimates

  31-10-2017 22:25
  (Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc'srevenue forecast for the holiday quarter narrowly missed estimates on Tuesday as the game developer gears to face tough competition from rivals such as Activision.
  
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• Wall Street ends October on a high, driven by technology giants' stocks - ABC Online

  31-10-2017 21:56 via abc.net.au
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  Wall Street ends October on a high, driven by technology giants' stocks
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  Wall Street finished its last October trading day on a high, and that investor optimism is likely to flow to the ASX on Wednesday morning. Market snapshot at 7:20am AEDT: ASX SPI 200 futures +0.4pc at 5,912, ASX 200 (Tuesday's close) -0.2pc at 5,909 ...and more »
  
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• Wall Street ends October on a high, driven by technology giants ... - ABC Online

  31-10-2017 21:56 via abc.net.au
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  Wall Street ends October on a high, driven by technology giants ...
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  Wall Street end October on a high note, with most of its gains coming from the tech giants — and the investor optimism is likely to flow to the Australian share ...and more »
  
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• Will technology take your job? New analysis says more of us are ... - The Conversation AU

  31-10-2017 20:16 via theconversation.com
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  Will technology take your job? New analysis says more of us are ...
  The Conversation AU
  The rise of robots and new technology threatens to take over many jobs, but just how many is still up for debate.and more »
  
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• Will technology take your job? New analysis says more of us are safer than we thought, but not all - The Conversation AU

  31-10-2017 20:16 via theconversation.com
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  Will technology take your job? New analysis says more of us are safer than we thought, but not all
  The Conversation AU
  David Fagan is the author of Wake Up - The nine h#shtags of digital disruption which is referenced in this piece. Partners. Queensland University of Technology provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. View all partners. Republish this article.and more »
  
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• Swedish prosecutors drop 2016 probe into Fingerprint Cards

  31-10-2017 19:07
  STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Swedish Economic Crime Authority said on Tuesday it had discontinued an investigation launched in December 2016 into market abuse involving Fingerprint Cards.
  
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• Imagination investors approve sale to China-backed fund

  31-10-2017 18:44
  LONDON (Reuters) - Imagination Technologies shareholders approved a 550 million pound ($730 million) cash takeover by China-backed Canyon Bridge on Tuesday, a day after the buyout firm's founder was charged by U.S. authorities with insider trading.
  
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• ADP, ISS reject Ackman's claims they exchanged non-public data

  31-10-2017 18:30
  (Reuters) - Automatic Data Processing Inc rejected as "false and misleading" on Tuesday the accusation by billionaire investor William Ackman that the company gave proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services non-publicly disclosed information.
  
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• iPhone X is best yet and FaceID works, mostly: reviewers

  31-10-2017 17:48
  (Reuters) - The first reviews of Apple Inc's eagerly awaited iPhone X unanimously judged it the best iPhone yet, although some reviewers pointed out potential glitches in FaceID, the company's new face recognition system.
  
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• Exclusive - Orange is the new bank? Telecoms giant ventures into lending

  31-10-2017 17:26
  PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Telecoms giant Orangelaunches its own bank on Thursday, aiming to win 25 percent of France's online banking market by capitalizing on the rising use of smartphones to steal share from established lenders with inferior technology.
  
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• Senators to introduce bill to boost cyber defenses of voting systems

  31-10-2017 16:56
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators plans to introduce legislation on Tuesday seeking to boost the cyber defenses of state election systems, after warnings from senior U.S. officials that future elections may be vulnerable to foreign interference.
  
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• Mobile software is replacing bank branches and cash as youngsters prefer apps

  31-10-2017 15:45 via computerweekly.com
  The need for bank branches and cash is reducing as younger generations turn to apps to manage finances and make payments
  
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• Ahead of iPhone X launch, China vendors cut prices of iPhone 8 models

  31-10-2017 11:36
  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese vendors have slashed the price of Apple's iPhone 8 by up to a fifth in a bid to lure customers amid sluggish demand ahead of the launch of the tech giant's much-anticipated iPhone X on Friday.
  
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• Image recognition system clears cheques in one day

  31-10-2017 11:15 via computerweekly.com
  All cheques paid in the UK will be cleared on the next working day once an image-based clearing system is fully rolled out
  
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• WATCH: New technology helps firies access critical data - Northern Star

  31-10-2017 06:02 via northernstar.com.au
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  WATCH: New technology helps firies access critical data
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  ONE STOP SHOP: Lismore's Fire & Rescue crews including Station Officer David Mooney, Senior Firefighter Tommy Day, Leading Firefighter Adam Cormick and Senior Firefighter Scott Peterson, are using new technology with a mobile data terminal giving ...
  
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• What to do when hacked: The secret to managing a cyber crisis

  31-10-2017 04:38
  Just as things started to cool off around the WannaCry attack and businesses started to operate normally again, IT professionals were thrown back into disarray with the NotPetya malware attack
  
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• Vic govt backs Optus regional mobile boost

  31-10-2017 04:17
  Optus and the Victorian government have announced a $16 million co-investment agreement.
  
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• Nespresso Vertuo review: is smart brewing technology the key to ... - The Sydney Morning Herald

  31-10-2017 03:57 via smh.com.au
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  Nespresso Vertuo review: is smart brewing technology the key to ...
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  Nespresso's new line of pods and machines extends the barcode and brewing technologies just a bit to allow a much larger diversity of drink sizes and styles, ...and more »
  
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• What quantum computing could do for a marketer's data and information management

  31-10-2017 03:50
  The digital era has been hard enough to come to grips with. But at its heart the term ‘digital’ is rooted in a very simple binary code of ones and zeros.
  
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• Tas Police roll out new dispatch system

  31-10-2017 02:40
  Fujitsu has completed rolling out the first phase of a new dispatch service for Tasmania’s emergency services, with the new system being employed by the state’s police force.
  
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• Major banks band together for mobile payments

  31-10-2017 02:19
  Three of Australia’s big four banks are backing a joint venture that will build cross-platform mobile payment services.
  
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• Telstra charts agile future for itself and its customers

  31-10-2017 01:23
  An agile approach and an increasingly reliance on cloud has helped Telstra slash software development cycles, in some cases from six to eight months to 10-12 weeks.
  
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• BrainChip just raised $21.5 million to develop AI technology to forecast the stock market - Business Insider Australia

  31-10-2017 00:18 via businessinsider.com.au
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  BrainChip just raised $21.5 million to develop AI technology to forecast the stock market
  Business Insider Australia
  BrainChip, which uses artificial intelligence to detect dealer errors in casinos, is developing technology capable of stock market forecasting, speech and image recognition and running autonomous vehicles. The ASX-listed-company came out of a trading ...
  BrainChip Holdings attracts $21.5M for artificial intelligence technologyProactive Investors Austral
  
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• BrainChip just raised $21.5 million to develop AI technology to ... - Business Insider Australia

  31-10-2017 00:18 via businessinsider.com.au
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  BrainChip just raised $21.5 million to develop AI technology to ...
  Business Insider Australia
  BrainChip, which uses artificial intelligence to detect dealer errors in casinos, is developing technology capable of stock market forecasting, speech and image ...and more »
  
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