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• What’s next for Microsoft’s .Net CLR

  17-11-2017 23:49
  The common language runtime of the .Net development platform is slated for speed and scalability improvements
  
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• Technology helped fake news. Now technology needs to stop it - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

  17-11-2017 23:35 via thebulletin.org
  Technology helped fake news. Now technology needs to stop it
  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
  John Cook is a research assistant professor at the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University. In 2007, he founded Skeptical Science, a... More · Subscribe · Follow. Heavily criticized for their role in spreading lies that ...
  
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• Tesla's unfettered ambition will drain finances: analysts

  17-11-2017 23:18
  (Reuters) - Tesla Incmay have to ask creditors and shareholders for more capital to fund development of an electric semi truck, a new roadster and accelerated production of a high-volume electric sedan, analysts said on Friday.
  
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• Alavi, Bonnett Named 2017 Women of the Year by Women in Technology - Georgia Tech News Center

  17-11-2017 23:18 via news.gatech.edu
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  Alavi, Bonnett Named 2017 Women of the Year by Women in Technology
  Georgia Tech News Center
  Winners of the 2017 Women of the Year Awards from Women in Technology are, from left, Maryam Alavi, dean of Georgia Tech's Scheller College of Business; Connie Taylor, vice president of global research and development at Manhattan Associates; Girl of ...
  
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• With New Concept Wow Bao, Eatsa Shifts Focus From Quinoa To Technology - Forbes

  17-11-2017 22:16 via forbes.com
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  With New Concept Wow Bao, Eatsa Shifts Focus From Quinoa To Technology
  Forbes
  A few weeks back, I wrote about a significant retrenching of the Eatsa business, which involved the closing of its New York restaurants and retrenching back to its San Francisco units. At the same time, the company announced that technology would begin ...
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• Apple pushes launch of HomePod smart speaker to early 2018

  17-11-2017 20:59
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has pushed the launch of its HomePod smart speaker to early next year from December, the company said on Friday, missing the holiday shopping season as the market for such devices becomes increasingly competitive.
  
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• How Hyundai Found Its Footing on Social Using This AI Influencer Technology - Adweek

  17-11-2017 20:42 via adweek.com
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  How Hyundai Found Its Footing on Social Using This AI Influencer Technology
  Adweek
  Over the summer, Hyundai was looking for the most effective way to promote the new 2018 Hyundai Sonata on social media. The brand quickly found a partner in influencer platform Influential, to help build a campaign that was not only powered by IBM ...
  
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• Fork talk lifts bitcoin to all-time high near $8,000

  17-11-2017 20:32
  LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin hit an all-time high just below $8,000 on Friday, on talk that a software upgrade whose suspension sent the cryptocurrency into a tailspin at the end of last week was, after all, going ahead within hours.
  
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• Dividend-seeking investors should check out technology: Epoch - Reuters

  17-11-2017 20:05 via reuters.com
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  Dividend-seeking investors should check out technology: Epoch
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  (Reuters) - Investors seeking steady income flows may have ignored the technology sector and the unexpected impact technology is having on companies in other industries, Kera Van Valen, a portfolio manager at Epoch Investment Partners, said on Friday.and more »
  
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• Volkswagen accelerates push into electric cars with $40 billion spending plan

  17-11-2017 19:57
  WOLFSBURG/HAMBURG (Reuters) - Volkswagenapproved a 34 billion euro ($40 bln) spending plan on Friday that accelerates its efforts to become a global leader in electric cars.
  
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• Exclusive: Toshiba set to OK $5 billion injection Monday to stay listed-sources

  17-11-2017 16:49
  TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corpwill decide on Monday to raise some $5 billion from overseas investors, allowing the troubled conglomerate to remain a publicly traded company even if the sale of a key business is delayed, two people with direct knowledge of the process said.
  
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• Ashes cricket Test to light up thanks to Adelaide sports technology company Zing International - The Advertiser

  17-11-2017 14:31 via adelaidenow.com.au
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  Ashes cricket Test to light up thanks to Adelaide sports technology company Zing International
  The Advertiser
  THE flashing wickets invented by Adelaide designer Bronte Eckermann have added theatre to cricket competitions across the world. But this Thursday will mark a new high for the 50-year-old and his Zing International sports technology company when the ...
  
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• Docs should help design medical IoT

  17-11-2017 13:04
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• New $200,000 Tesla Roadster speeds in front of electric big-rig truck

  17-11-2017 07:24
  HAWTHORNE, Calif. (Reuters) - Tesla Incupstaged its own debut of an electric heavy duty truck when a red Roadster pulled out of the big rig's trailer and Chief Executive Elon Musk said the new $200,000 sports car would be the fastest production car ever.
  
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• Toshiba says not in talks to with any company over PC unit sale

  17-11-2017 03:39
  TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp said on Friday it had not entered into talks with any company to sell its personal computer business, denying media reports that it was in negotiations to sell the unit to Taiwan's Asustek Computer Inc.
  
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• NSW Labor to push for state privacy breach notification regime

  17-11-2017 01:55
  Labor will push for New South Wales to adopt new laws requiring state government agencies to notify individuals if their data is involved in a serious privacy breach
  
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• Little change to proportion of women in tech and telco workforce, WGEA data reveals

  17-11-2017 01:34
  ​There has been little change to the proportion of female employees at Australia’s technology and telecommunications companies, although the gender pay gap is trending down, according to new data release today by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
  
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• FCC approves TV technology that gives better pictures but less privacy

  17-11-2017 01:18
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Thursday approved the use of new technology that will improve picture quality on mobile phones, tablets and television, but also raises significant privacy concerns by giving advertisers dramatically more data about viewing habits.
  
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• Uni dropout wins patent for Renoun technology that 'makes skiing easier' - The Australian Financial Review

  17-11-2017 01:07 via afr.com
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  Uni dropout wins patent for Renoun technology that 'makes skiing easier'
  The Australian Financial Review
  Vermont-based ski company Renoun has just won a patent for its vibration dampening design system. Share on twitter. by Pip Coates. Skis that adapt to changing snow conditions? That give you stability and control? Stay tuned. Five-year-old Vermont ski ...
  
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• Information security skills shortage continues to bite

  17-11-2017 01:06
  Job search site Indeed says that it has seen a surge in the number of postings seeking to fill information security roles.
  
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• Chip gear maker Applied Materials posts strong results, forecast

  17-11-2017 00:15
  (Reuters) - Applied Materials Inc reported better-than-expected quarterly results and gave a strong current-quarter forecast as the world's largest supplier of tools to make semiconductors enjoys strong demand in its chip and display businesses.
  
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