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• Google to relaunch map service in China, report says

  15-01-2018 23:57
  Alphabet's Google will relaunch its map service in China after an eight-year absence, Nikkei reported on Monday.
  
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• BlackBerry wants to secure self-driving cars

  15-01-2018 23:55
  Canadian software vendor and former smartphone maker BlackBerry has launched security software that identifies vulnerabilities in programs used in self-driving cars.
  
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• Global carmakers to invest at least $90 billion in electric vehicles

  15-01-2018 22:59
  DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co's plan to double its electrified vehicle spending is part of an investment tsunami in batteries and electric cars by global automakers that now totals $90 billion and is still growing, a Reuters analysis shows.
  
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• BlackBerry launches cybersecurity software for self-driving cars

  15-01-2018 22:05
  (Reuters) - Canadian software maker BlackBerry Ltd on Monday launched a new cybersecurity software, which identifies vulnerabilities in programs used in self-driving cars.
  
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• Any rule on Bitcoin must be global, Germany's central bank says

  15-01-2018 16:41
  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Any attempt to regulate cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin must be on a global scale as national or regional rules would be hard to enforce on a virtual, borderless community, a director at Germany's central bank said on Monday.
  
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• IoT security needs a white knight

  15-01-2018 13:30
  It may be time for the U.S. government to step in to coordinate security standards across all the players that participate in creating the internet of things, Frost & Sullivan says
  
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• SoftBank considers IPO for Japan wireless unit, said to seek $18 billion

  15-01-2018 12:41
  TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corpsaid on Monday it was considering listing its Japanese wireless business - a move that could reportedly raise $18 billion and would accelerate the conglomerate's transformation into one of the world's biggest tech investors.
  
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• Safeguarding your biggest cybersecurity target: Executives

  15-01-2018 12:00
  Top execs make big targets, especially when traveling abroad. Here’s how to protect C-level officers from whaling, espionage, and themselves.
  
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• Spectre and Meltdown explained: What they are, how they work, what's at risk

  15-01-2018 11:58
  Spectre and Meltdown are the names given to a trio of variations on a vulnerability that affects nearly every computer chip manufactured in the last 20 years. The flaws are so fundamental and widespread that security researchers are calling them catastrophic.
  
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• Auto1 says no need for IPO after Softbank invests

  15-01-2018 11:14
  BERLIN (Reuters) - German used-car dealing platform Auto1 said a 460 million euro ($561 million) financial infusion from Japan's Softbank meant it was under no pressure to launch an initial public offering to fund its pan-European growth plans.
  
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• Is the chip boom over?

  15-01-2018 04:38
  After a blistering year-and-a-half long surge, a sudden drop in some memory prices, followed by Samsung's disappointing profit estimate, is causing jitters among investors who had bet the chip boom would last at least another year.
  
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• Tackling the security challenge of the ‘internet of cars’

  15-01-2018 03:01
  A new report (PDF) released by Transport Certification Australia (TCA) scrutinises the challenges of building a secure national ecosystem for the rollout of the so-called ‘internet of cars’: Cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS), which can include vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure and vehicle-to-person communications.
  
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• Why CIOs should spend a day on the helpdesk

  15-01-2018 01:25
  Ever had an experience that was less then you expected and then the customer contact team left you seething? Perhaps it is time for the CIO to return and spend a day on the helpdesk.
  
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• Vocus unveils new operating structure

  15-01-2018 00:29
  Vocus revealed today it has decided to split its Enterprise & Wholesale business into two operating segments.
  
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