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• 2018: The year of the robot

  11-01-2018 23:50
  We are being routinely bombarded with news that robots will take over the world. Consumers fear they will take away jobs, and businesses face the unprecedented task of strategising how to compete in a new world order, where artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are changing whole industries.
  
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• Dropbox files confidentially for US IPO, source says

  11-01-2018 23:35
  Cloud storage provider Dropbox has filed confidentially for a U.S. initial public offering, a source close to the matter said on Thursday.
  
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• Google says no cloud performance hit from its Spectre, Meltdown patches

  11-01-2018 23:30
  Alphabet's Google said on Thursday it had already deployed software patches against the Spectre and Meltdown chipset security flaws last year, without slowing down its cloud services.
  
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• Microsoft stamps October's Windows 10 feature upgrade as enterprise-worthy

  11-01-2018 23:13
  The company said Fall Creators Update has been tested enough that companies can deploy it when they're ready.
  
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• CropLogic betting on agri-technology - NEWS.com.au

  11-01-2018 22:58 via news.com.au
  CropLogic betting on agri-technology
  NEWS.com.au
  ASX-listed CropLogic is working to deliver its shareholders a rich harvest as the launch of its new crop data app nears. Christian Edwards. Australian Associated PressJanuary 12, 20188:15am. Agricultural technology firm CropLogic is banking on the ...and more »
  
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• Goal-line technology suspended in Ligue 1 after malfunction controversy - SBS - The World Game

  11-01-2018 22:04 via theworldgame.sbs.com.au
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  Goal-line technology suspended in Ligue 1 after malfunction controversy
  SBS - The World Game
  The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) have dropped the use of goal-line technology in Ligue 1, the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue until further notice. Source: Omnisport. 12 Jan 2018 - 7:53 AM UPDATED 12 Jan 2018 - 7:54 AM. During this ...
  French league suspends goal-line technology after errorsSBS
  French glitches put technology under reviewPhys.Org
  French league susp
  
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• Technology key to squash's Olympic dream - SBS

  11-01-2018 19:34 via sbs.com.au
  Technology key to squash's Olympic dream
  SBS
  Squash's ruling body will pioneer new technology in the form of a statistical tracking system at the Swedish Open as it bids to be included in the Olympics. Updated Updated 12 hours ago. Squash chiefs have long held a desire for the sport to be a part ...and more »
  
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• MoneyGram shares jump on partnership with bitcoin rival Ripple

  11-01-2018 19:08
  (Reuters) - Shares of MoneyGram International Incjumped 10.5 percent on Thursday, after the money-transfer company said it partnered with blockchain firm and bitcoin-rival Ripple.
  
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• A brief history (and a look into the future) of fitness technology - The Conversation UK

  11-01-2018 15:42 via theconversation.com
  The Conversation UK
  A brief history (and a look into the future) of fitness technology
  The Conversation UK
  Have you recently taken ownership of a shiny new activity tracking device? For many people, the essential fitness kit now includes gadgets designed not for sitting and staring at a screen, but for encouraging users to get up and move. And they even ...and more »
  
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• Retail In 2018 Will Be About Technology For Technology's Sake - Forbes

  11-01-2018 15:17 via forbes.com
  Retail In 2018 Will Be About Technology For Technology's Sake
  Forbes
  Nikki Baird , Contributor I focus on the digital consumer's impact on retail. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. No one that I've encountered over the last two years has been prepared (or willing) to argue that retail is not being ...and more »
  
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• Olympics - United States embraces technology to bridge funding gap - SBS

  11-01-2018 15:05 via sbs.com.au
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  Olympics - United States embraces technology to bridge funding gap
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  LONDON (Reuters) - The United States may have claimed at least nine gold medals in each of the last four Winter Olympics, yet remarkably, all of this success has been achieved without government funding. Updated Updated 12 hours ago. Unlike many ...and more »
  
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• CES 2018: Hyundai and Cisco bring SDN to the automobile

  11-01-2018 14:00 via computerweekly.com
  Hyundai will debut a new generation of hyperconnected software-defined car in 2019, incorporating a Cisco-designed network platform
  
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• Health sector digitisation vital to combat mental health crisis

  11-01-2018 13:47 via computerweekly.com
  Collaboration and digitisation within the health industry is critical to deal with the growing mental health crisis, but more support is needed from policymakers
  
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• Cops solve 1994 Prospect Park rape case with new DNA testing technology - NEWS.com.au

  11-01-2018 12:29 via news.com.au
  NEWS.com.au
  Cops solve 1994 Prospect Park rape case with new DNA testing technology
  NEWS.com.au
  MORE than 20 years after the 1994 Prospect Park rape case, which was initially condemned as a hoax, cops name the man responsible. Kirstan Conley, Larry Celona and Shawn Cohen. NY PostJanuary 11, 201810:27pm. Video; Image. New Traceable Liquid Will ...and more »
  
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• Vexata all-flash systems aim to reduce storage latency

  11-01-2018 11:36
  Startup Vexata tackles how to eliminate input-output bottlenecks in storage fabrics without requiring customers to retool their IT infrastructure or rewrite applications.
  
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• Technology offers alternatives for homeless, buskers, beggars in cashless society - The Advertiser

  11-01-2018 09:20 via adelaidenow.com.au
  The Advertiser
  Technology offers alternatives for homeless, buskers, beggars in cashless society
  The Advertiser
  TIP-and-go payments could help homeless people, buskers and beggars “devastated” by the switch to a cashless society. South Australia's welfare agencies warn that the homeless are losing out as fewer people carry loose change – but they also say ...and more »
  
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• ASIC licenses crowd-sourced equity funding platforms

  11-01-2018 06:18
  The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued licences to seven companies as part of the new crowd-sourced equity funding regime.
  
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• Intel fabricates 49-qubit test chip for partner QuTech

  11-01-2018 05:17
  The new chip, Krzanich said, is “a major breakthrough for quantum computing” and comes just two months after Intel announced it had fabricated a 17-qubit test-chip.
  
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• Privacy Commissioner completes Amazing Rentals data breach investigation

  11-01-2018 05:11
  The Australian Privacy Commissioner has completed an investigation into a data breach affecting customers of Amazing Rentals.
  
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• ACMA releases class licence for intelligent transport systems

  11-01-2018 04:08
  The Australian Communications and Media Authority has issued regulations to support the rollout of intelligent transport systems (ITS).
  
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• Govt digital transformation should focus on better services, not cost cutting: Union

  11-01-2018 02:53
  The federal government should stop focusing on “digital transformation” primarily as a means of generating savings as opposed to delivering better services, according to the Community and Public Sector Union.
  
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• How blockchain - the technology behind Bitcoin - could change your life - The Sydney Morning Herald

  11-01-2018 02:05 via smh.com.au
  The Sydney Morning Herald
  How blockchain - the technology behind Bitcoin - could change your life
  The Sydney Morning Herald
  Las Vegas: One of the many buzzwords at this week's CES technology show is "blockchain" - the technology underpinning the Bitcoin craze. While Bitcoin is the flash of the moment, there's growing excitement about how this concept can move beyond digital ...and more »
  
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• Part of brain that triggers 'uncanny valley' unease pinpointed

  11-01-2018 01:37
  When robots are made to look more human-like, we become more empathetic towards them. Make them too realistic, however, and those positive feelings quickly turn to revulsion and spark similar reactions to those we would have to seeing a corpse.
  
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• Vodafone IT system flaw leads to breach of mobile ID rules

  11-01-2018 00:20
  Changes to a Vodafone IT system led to the telco failing to verify the identity of more than 1000 customers when activating their prepaid mobile services.
  
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