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• How Technology Paves the Way for Better Fleet Management - Diesel News (satire)

  15-11-2017 23:58 via dieselnews.com.au
  Diesel News (satire)
  How Technology Paves the Way for Better Fleet Management
  Diesel News (satire)
  Managing a fleet is complex. It's not just keeping track of drivers on the road but also monitoring vehicle maintenance, fuel use, service delivery and compliance. This is never going to be simple! In a recent survey of transport professionals ...and more »
  
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• Google's Pixel Buds Translate a Great Idea into Horrible Design - MIT Technology Review

  15-11-2017 22:03 via technologyreview.com
  MIT Technology Review
  Google's Pixel Buds Translate a Great Idea into Horrible Design
  MIT Technology Review
  The earbuds are a swift translator when paired with a Pixel smartphone, but they're uncomfortable and chunky. by Rachel Metz; November 15, 2017. When I was learning Spanish in high school in the late '90s, I had a then-high-tech tool: a pocket-sized ...and more »
  
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• IBM Watson Video Series - Watson Data Platform - MIT Technology Review

  15-11-2017 21:49 via technologyreview.com
  MIT Technology Review
  IBM Watson Video Series - Watson Data Platform
  MIT Technology Review
  Built on more than 100 years of excellence in technology journalism, MIT Technology Review Custom is the arm of global media company MIT Technology Review that's responsible for creating and distributing custom content. Our expert staff develops…
  
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• Assistive Technology Helpful in the Classroom for Visually Impaired - R & D Magazine

  15-11-2017 21:36 via rdmag.com
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  Assistive Technology Helpful in the Classroom for Visually Impaired
  R & D Magazine
  Caption: School districts have plenty of assistive technology options to help the learning experience of students with disabilities. Students with vision problems now have a number of tools at their disposal to help keep up in the classroom, they just ...
  
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• More English, Spanish texts, digital technology hamper committee's work - Crux: Covering all things Catholic

  15-11-2017 20:42 via cruxnow.com
  Crux: Covering all things Catholic
  More English, Spanish texts, digital technology hamper committee's work
  Crux: Covering all things Catholic
  Bishop Frank J. Caggiano of Bridgeport, Conn., speaks Nov. 14 during the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. (Credit: Bob Roller/CNS.) An increased number of materials in Spanish have been submitted by ...and more »
  
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• IBM rebuilds technical support around Salesforce Service Cloud

  15-11-2017 20:29
  IBM is embarking on a massive transformation of how it delivers technical support to customers, all hinging on one of the biggest deployments of Salesforce's SaaS Service Cloud product.
  
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• Microsoft brings Apache Spark, Cassandra, MariaDB to its Azure cloud

  15-11-2017 20:15
  Beta tools extend Azure to popular analytics and NoSQL platforms, as well as add devops pipeline support in Git
  
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• Microsoft debuts beta Visual Studio Tools for AI

  15-11-2017 20:00
  Microsoft also has new tools for machine learning applications in IoT devices, Apple's Core ML, and Azure SQL
  
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• Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 44 With Bug Fixes and Feature Improvements - Mac Rumors

  15-11-2017 19:17 via macrumors.com
  Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 44 With Bug Fixes and Feature Improvements
  Mac Rumors
  safaripreviewicon Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser Apple first introduced more than a year ago in March of 2016. Apple designed the Safari Technology Preview to test features that may be ...
  
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• Blockchain-as-a-service allows enterprises test distributed ledger technology - Computerworld Australia

  15-11-2017 17:57 via computerworld.com.au
  Computerworld Australia
  Blockchain-as-a-service allows enterprises test distributed ledger technology
  Computerworld Australia
  Blockchain deployment is still gathering steam, but cloud providers are already moving to offer it as an enterprise service. That could help companies who don't want to take on the expense of a new architecture or find developers to deploy and maintain it.and more »
  
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• Toronto firm X-Matik aims to bring self-driving technology to older cars - The Globe and Mail

  15-11-2017 17:50 via theglobeandmail.com
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  Toronto firm X-Matik aims to bring self-driving technology to older cars
  The Globe and Mail
  X-Matik Inc. is developing technology designed to turn a car into a self-driving one for less than $3,000. The beta kit takes about and hour to install and will include an LCD interface, a camera and actuators on the floor pedals. X-Matik. Peter Nowak ...
  
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• China's Beihang Unmanned Aircraft System Technology unveils TYW-1 strike-capable UAV - IHS Jane's 360

  15-11-2017 17:01 via janes.com
  IHS Jane's 360
  China's Beihang Unmanned Aircraft System Technology unveils TYW-1 strike-capable UAV
  IHS Jane's 360
  China's Beihang Unmanned Aircraft System Technology unveiled its TYW-1 strike-capable reconnaissance UAV (seen here) on 13 November. Source: Via YOUUAV.com. China's Beihang Unmanned Aircraft System Technology unveiled on 13 November its ...and more »
  
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• Pact Group eyes AI for workplace safety boost

  15-11-2017 16:00
  ASX-listed packaging manufacturer Pact Group is examining the potential of cloud-based AI services to boost workplace safety.
  
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• Southport-based BPS Technology on defensive after share price plunge - Gold Coast Bulletin

  15-11-2017 15:09 via goldcoastbulletin.com.au
  Gold Coast Bulletin
  Southport-based BPS Technology on defensive after share price plunge
  Gold Coast Bulletin
  BPS Technology - the operator of the Bartercard payment network - has moved to reassure the market that the business remains on track to deliver its forecast profit in FY18 following a sharp dive in its share price this month. Fund managers Alceon and ...
  
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• Tomorrow's technology: from asteroid mining to programmable matter – Science Weekly podcast - The Guardian

  15-11-2017 13:52 via theguardian.com
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  Tomorrow's technology: from asteroid mining to programmable matter – Science Weekly podcast
  The Guardian
  Ian Sample looks to the future and asks what might the technologies of tomorrow look like? And how might they change our world? Mining colony on an asteroid.<br>BFPXKJ Mining colony on an asteroid. Photograph: Stocktrek Images, Inc. / Alamy/Alamy.
  
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• IIT Researchers Claim Breakthrough in Memory Device Technology - NDTV

  15-11-2017 13:45 via gadgets.ndtv.com
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  IIT Researchers Claim Breakthrough in Memory Device Technology
  NDTV
  Researchers at IIT Roorkee Tuesday claimed to have made a breakthrough in memory device technology which, they said, usher in a new technological revolution. A team of researchers from the Department of Physics and Centre for Nanotechnology has ...and more »
  
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• Technology is dramatically invading nearly all US jobs, even lower-skilled occupations - CNBC

  15-11-2017 12:46 via cnbc.com
  CNBC
  Technology is dramatically invading nearly all US jobs, even lower-skilled occupations
  CNBC
  The use of digital tools has increased in 517 of 545 occupations since 2002, with a striking uptick in many lower-skilled occupations, according to a study. The study, by Washington, D.C., think tank Brookings Institution, found that jobs with greater ...and more »
  
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• RISE OF THE ROBOTS: Bill Gates defends AI technology after Hawking issues dire warning - Express.co.uk

  15-11-2017 12:33 via express.co.uk
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  RISE OF THE ROBOTS: Bill Gates defends AI technology after Hawking issues dire warning
  Express.co.uk
  THE RICHEST man in the world as hailed the rise of robots and new technologies and believes the benefits will far outweigh any negatives in years to come. By Will Kirby. PUBLISHED: 19:04, Tue, Nov 14, 2017 | UPDATED: 19:48, Tue, Nov 14, 2017 ...
  Bill Gates says technology could 'accentuate' the gap between the rich and poorCNBCall 66 news articles »
  
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• EE conducts UK’s first 5G mobile network test

  15-11-2017 12:29 via computerweekly.com
  Mobile operator has successfully conducted the first test of an end-to-end 5G network architecture in the UK
  
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• What’s new in TensorFlow machine learning

  15-11-2017 12:00
  Google's TensorFlow 1.4 machine learning library adds the contributed Dataset API for working with data sources, but watch out for breakage caused by the update
  
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• Should We Teach Facial Recognition Technology About Race? - WIRED

  15-11-2017 12:00 via wired.com
  WIRED
  Should We Teach Facial Recognition Technology About Race?
  WIRED
  Tech companies are eyeing the next frontier: the human face. Should you desire, you can now superimpose any variety of animal snouts onto a video of yourself in real time. If you choose to hemorrhage money on the new iPhone X, you can unlock your ...and more »
  
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• iseek, Optus and Schneider Electric to build Townsville data centre

  15-11-2017 07:10
  A consortium bringing together iseek Communications, Optus and Schneider Electric will build the North Queensland Regional Data Centre (NQRDC).
  
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• IGEL Technology and Dicker Data strike A/NZ distribution deal - ARN - ARNnet

  15-11-2017 05:24 via arnnet.com.au
  ARNnet
  IGEL Technology and Dicker Data strike A/NZ distribution deal - ARN
  ARNnet
  IGEL Technology has partnered up with Dicker Data in a bid to help the German endpoint management software vendor tap into to the channel across Australia ...and more »
  
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• US administration expected to reveal guidelines for disclosing vulnerabilities

  15-11-2017 05:04
  The Trump administration is expected to shortly release its rules for deciding whether to disclose cyber security flaws or keep them secret.
  
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• Firefox sets Google as default search in US

  15-11-2017 05:00
  Alphabet's Google has reclaimed its spot as the default search engine on Mozilla's Firefox Internet browser in the US
  
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• 100 days until mandatory data breach notification becomes law

  15-11-2017 03:03
  In just 100 days, on February 23, 2018, the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2017 goes into effect, requiring all businesses in Australia to notify the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner and any impacted clients about significant data breaches.
  
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