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• Sharks: Can technology replace the need for nets and drumlines? - ABC Online

  15-12-2017 23:56 via abc.net.au
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  Sharks: Can technology replace the need for nets and drumlines?
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  If there was a shark in the water at your local beach, would you want to know about it before you dived in? Would you change your mind about swimming if it was a one-metre hammerhead? What about a five-metre great white? It looks like you may be having ...and more »
  
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• Facebook defends itself against critics of social media

  15-12-2017 23:34
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Friday struck back against scientific researchers and tech industry insiders who have criticized the world's biggest social media network and its competitors for transforming how people behave and express emotion.
  
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• What Is The Future Of Information Technology? - Forbes

  15-12-2017 22:45 via forbes.com
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  What Is The Future Of Information Technology?
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  The biggest challenge to IT in the future is security. Security could negatively impact connectivity to public networks. If these problems cannot be successfully addressed, I envision a time of closed, private networks and less information sharing. The ...
  
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• Bitcoin hits new record high as warnings grow louder

  15-12-2017 22:41
  LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin blasted to another all-time high of almost $18,000 on the Bitstamp exchange on Friday, up 9 percent on the day, as warnings grew over the risks of investing in the highly volatile and speculative instrument.
  
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• False paradise? EU is no haven of Net neutrality, say critics

  15-12-2017 22:23
  LISBON/MILAN (Reuters) - America's decision to scrap rules designed to ensure a free and open internet leaves the European Union as the biggest market where Net neutrality still prevails -- but critics say the EU is not a level playing field.
  
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• Africa's leading innovation scholar, Calestous Juma, has died - Quartz

  15-12-2017 22:18 via qz.com
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  Africa's leading innovation scholar, Calestous Juma, has died
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  Calestous Juma, the luminary Kenyan scholar who championed the cause of innovation and technology in transforming African countries, and whose books and papers about the environment, biotechnology, education, artificial intelligence, and the politics ...and more »
  
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• Blockchain consortium Hyperledger loses members, funding: documents

  15-12-2017 21:00
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 15 members of blockchain consortium Hyperledger have either cut their financial support for the project or quit the group over the past few months, according to documents seen by Reuters.
  
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• Pondering Humanity, Technology, and Net Neutrality at the Berggruen Institute Gala - Vanity Fair

  15-12-2017 20:33 via vanityfair.com
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  Pondering Humanity, Technology, and Net Neutrality at the Berggruen Institute Gala
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  On Wednesday, hours after the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal net neutrality, a black-tie clad group of tech and culture luminaries gathered at the New York Public Library were still reeling from the news. “It's extremely unfortunate ...and more »
  
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• The BBC Is Using Facial Coding Technology to Monitor the Effectiveness of Branded Content - Adweek

  15-12-2017 20:09 via adweek.com
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  The BBC Is Using Facial Coding Technology to Monitor the Effectiveness of Branded Content
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  Facial coding has the benefit of providing insight into how people really feel, rather than how they say they feel. Getty Images. Share. By A.J. Katz. |. 16 hours ago. Share. It's not easy to prove the effectiveness of a branded content campaign, but ...
  
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• A festival that brings art and technology under one roof - The Hindu

  15-12-2017 20:08 via thehindu.com
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  A festival that brings art and technology under one roof
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  Art and technology share a symbiotic relationship. To bring out this aspect and to showcase how the two can collaborate for sustainable solutions to some of the world's problems, Bengaluru Fantastic 2017, an international tech-art festival, opened at ...and more »
  
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• How Technology Is Advancing Emergency Response And Survival During Natural Disasters - Forbes

  15-12-2017 19:32 via forbes.com
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  How Technology Is Advancing Emergency Response And Survival During Natural Disasters
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  A search and rescue team searches for bodies at a property where a person was reported missing in Santa Rosa, California on October 12, 2017. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images). This was the year of natural disasters, from deadly earthquakes to record ...
  
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• Microsoft readies dev kit, Q# language for quantum computing

  15-12-2017 19:15
  A quantum computer can solve complex problems in hours or days, not years
  
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• Meet the microgrid, the technology poised to transform electricity - Vox

  15-12-2017 15:40 via vox.com
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  Meet the microgrid, the technology poised to transform electricity
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  If we want a livable climate for future generations, we need to slow, stop, and reverse the rise in global temperatures. To do that, we need to stop burning fossil fuels for energy. To do that, we need to generate lots of carbon-free electricity and ...
  
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• Over one million homes and businesses still lack ‘decent’ broadband despite narrowing digital divide

  15-12-2017 13:34 via computerweekly.com
  More than a million homes and businesses still cannot access a broadband connection capable of delivering a service of 10Mbps or higher, says Ofcom
  
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• Million still lack ‘decent’ broadband despite narrowing digital divide

  15-12-2017 13:34 via computerweekly.com
  More than a million homes and businesses still cannot access a broadband connection capable of delivering a service of 10Mbps or higher, says Ofcom
  
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• State of JavaScript: TypeScript rises, Angular falls

  15-12-2017 12:00
  JavaScript developers prefer ES6, React, and Express, while TypeScript, Vue.js, and GraphQL draw strong interest
  
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• Multi-million dollar plan to modernise Canberra Technology Park up ... - The Canberra Times

  15-12-2017 08:24 via canberratimes.com.au
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  Multi-million dollar plan to modernise Canberra Technology Park up ...
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  A multi-million dollar proposal for the future of the Canberra Technology Park in Watson will be put up for community consultation next year. In 2014, the Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE) proposed to the government to transform Watson into a ...and more »
  
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• Multi-million dollar plan to modernise Canberra Technology Park up for consultation - The Canberra Times

  15-12-2017 08:24 via canberratimes.com.au
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  Multi-million dollar plan to modernise Canberra Technology Park up for consultation
  The Canberra Times
  A multi-million dollar proposal for the future of the Canberra Technology Park in Watson will be put up for community consultation next year. In 2014, the Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE) proposed to the government to transform Watson into a ...and more »
  
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• Technology is not just taking jobs – it's also creating new ones - PerthNow

  15-12-2017 06:30 via perthnow.com.au
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  Technology is not just taking jobs – it's also creating new ones
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  THROUGHOUT history, technology has simplified tasks and redirected workers away from certain roles and towards others, reconfiguring the workforce. While some industries shrink, others grow as the shake up creates new roles. Digital marketers, drone ...and more »
  
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• Indonesia's Go-Jek acquires three companies to boost payment services

  15-12-2017 04:03
  JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's Go-Jek has acquired three financial technology businesses, as it expands from ride-hailing and other mobile on-demand offerings into payments and other services.
  
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• Moves in South Korea to make cryptocurrency trading more transparent

  15-12-2017 03:08
  SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean blockchain association announced on Friday measures to boost transparency in trading of cryptocurrencies, agreed by 14 exchanges in the country including the world's busiest virtual currency exchange, Bitthumb.
  
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• Uber investor departs venture firm amid harassment claims

  15-12-2017 03:04
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Silicon Valley investor Shervin Pishevar, known for his early bet on Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL], said on Thursday that he would sever ties with his venture capital company, Sherpa Capital, after being accused of sexual misconduct.
  
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• U.S. regulators ditch net neutrality rules as legal battles loom

  15-12-2017 00:23
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines on Thursday to repeal landmark 2015 rules aimed at ensuring a free and open internet, setting up a court fight over a move that could recast the digital landscape.
  
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• US scraps net neutrality rules

  15-12-2017 00:12
  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines on Thursday to repeal landmark 2015 rules aimed at ensuring a free and open internet, setting up a court fight over a move that could recast the digital landscape.
  
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