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• FedEx exposes customer records

  15-02-2018 23:18
  Global package delivery company FedEx says it has secured some of the customer identification records that were left on an unsecured AWS S3 bucket, and so far has found no evidence that private data was "misappropriated."
  
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• White House blames Russia for 'NotPetya' cyber attack

  15-02-2018 23:10
  The White House has blamed Russia for the devastating 'NotPetya' cyber attack last year, joining the British government in condemning Moscow for unleashing a virus that crippled parts of Ukraine's infrastructure and damaged computers in countries across the globe.
  
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• Australia, US blame Russia for 'NotPetya' cyber attack

  15-02-2018 23:10
  Canberra has joined the US and British governments in blaming Russia for the NotPetya ransomware wave.
  
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• How technology is helping me learn piano - TNW

  15-02-2018 23:04 via thenextweb.com
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  How technology is helping me learn piano
  TNW
  I've spent the past few months trying to teach myself the piano, pretty much from scratch. It's been tough, and sometimes disheartening, but also hugely rewarding. You might be wondering by now what an article about learning to play piano is doing on a ...
  
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• A More Secure Way To Home Share? Blockchain Technology - Forbes

  15-02-2018 21:56 via forbes.com
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  A More Secure Way To Home Share? Blockchain Technology
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  Lori Hil , Contributor I write about personal and business growth as a Millennial Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Tweet This. The Bee Token is using blockchain technology to give the power back to both hosts and guests with ...
  
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• Udash framework brings Scala to web development

  15-02-2018 20:10
  Udash compiles code to JavaScript and can work with JavaScript libraries such as Bootstrap and jQuery
  
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• CRISPR-based Technology Can Detect Viral DNA - Howard Hughes Medical Institute

  15-02-2018 20:06 via hhmi.org
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  CRISPR-based Technology Can Detect Viral DNA
  Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  Technology that's been used to edit genomes can also spot snippets of DNA. Such detective work may enable rapid, reliable ways to identify infections and cancer. HHMI Investigator Jennifer Doudna and colleagues have created DETECTR, a DNA-detection ...and more »
  
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• Holly Rollo, CMO, RSA Security

  15-02-2018 20:00
  Holly Rollo, CMO of RSA Security, shares how security is everyone’s responsibility, especially marketers, in the latest IDG CMO Perspectives video. During this conversation with Josh London, CMO of IDG Communications, she also shares insight into the impact data breaches have on a brand’s reputation and tips for a successful GDPR strategy.
  
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• What next for blockchain technology? - IG

  15-02-2018 19:05 via ig.com
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  What next for blockchain technology?
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  Join us at 6.30pm (UK time) on 22 February for the next IG Crypto Chat, with two new guests discussing what to expect from blockchain technology in 2018 – as well as answering your cryptocurrency questions. Send in your questions on Twitter using ...and more »
  
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• Charging ahead: how Australia is innovating in battery technology - The Conversation AU

  15-02-2018 19:04 via theconversation.com
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  Charging ahead: how Australia is innovating in battery technology
  The Conversation AU
  Since sodium is abundant, battery technology that uses it side-steps many of the issues associated with lithium batteries. Paul Jones/UOW, Author provided. Charging ahead: how Australia is innovating in battery technology. February 15, 2018 12.56pm EST ...
  
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• Bill Gates Warns Sillicon Valley of Technology's Dangerous Potential - Futurism

  15-02-2018 16:10 via futurism.com
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  Bill Gates Warns Sillicon Valley of Technology's Dangerous Potential
  Futurism
  Ahead of the release of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's annual letter, Microsoft founder Bill Gates issued a somber warning to tech giants.
  Bill Gates: It's 'scary to me' that technology can empower small groups to do great harmCNBC
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• Telstra targets technology as NBN eats into earnings - The Australian

  15-02-2018 14:01 via theaustralian.com.au
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  Telstra targets technology as NBN eats into earnings
  The Australian
  Telstra collected $1.2 billion in taxpayer payments as NBN compensation in the last half, but the focus is meant to be elsewhere — not on the $10bn in subsidies it will collect over the next few years but the long-term $3bn-a-year earnings hole from ...and more »
  
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• What is IPv6, and why aren’t we there yet?

  15-02-2018 13:07
  For the most part the dire warnings about running out of internet addresses have ceased because, slowly but surely, migration from the world of Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) to IPv6 has begun, and software is in place to prevent the address apocalypse that many were predicting.
  
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• Microsoft’s Blazor project runs .Net in the browser

  15-02-2018 12:00
  The WebAssembly format is key to the experimental framework’s ability to deliver .Net apps
  
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• An Adelaide doctor's simple cure for your fear of flying: Virtual reality technology - The Advertiser

  15-02-2018 05:49 via adelaidenow.com.au
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  An Adelaide doctor's simple cure for your fear of flying: Virtual reality technology
  The Advertiser
  AN Adelaide psychologist is hoping to help anxious South Australian flyers overcome their fear of taking to the sky — by going flying with them. Well, in the virtual reality world, at least. Cumberland Park-based clinical psychologist Emma Johnston ...
  
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• The ATO now holds the voiceprints of one in seven Australians

  15-02-2018 05:22
  The Australian Taxation Office holds the voiceprint of one in seven Australians, according to figures released to Computerworld.
  
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• How is technology supporting healthcare consumer behaviour? - Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)

  15-02-2018 05:14 via ajp.com.au
  Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)
  How is technology supporting healthcare consumer behaviour?
  Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)
  From passive recipients to active participants, our role in healthcare as patients and consumers has changed. Consumer expectations have changed, so how can we engage with increasingly savvy shoppers in this dynamic healthcare landscape? Obviously ...
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• A cheap quadcopter, computer vision techniques and thousands of plastic ducks prove drones’ value in ecology

  15-02-2018 01:45
  ​Drones have proved hugely beneficial to ecologists in improving our understanding of animals in the wild.
  
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• AC3 set to acquire Bulletproof

  15-02-2018 01:44
  AC3 is set to acquire 100 per cent of cloud services provider Bulletproof after the company’s $0.152 per share offer received the blessing of Bulletproof’s independent board committee.
  
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• AC3 set acquire Bulletproof

  15-02-2018 01:44
  AC3 is set to acquire 100 per cent of cloud services provider Bulletproof after the company’s $0.152 per share offer received the blessing of Bulletproof’s independent board committee.
  
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• Telstra rolls out faster NBN speeds to customers

  15-02-2018 01:18
  Telstra’s CEO, Andrew Penn, says the company is in the process of moving most of its NBN fixed-line customers to the 50/20Mbps speed tier.
  
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• Building technology's edge - The Strategist (blog)

  15-02-2018 01:00 via aspistrategist.org.au
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  Building technology's edge
  The Strategist (blog)
  When I joined the Australian Army in the early 1990s, we used the latest binocular technology—electric binoculars that also provided GPS coordinates. These allowed us to see for kilometres, obtain coordinates and plan approaches. Today, tactical UAVs ...
  
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• ASX to spend $50m on CHESS replacement and major data centre upgrade this year

  15-02-2018 00:34
  ASX Group, operator of the Australian Securities Exchange, has outlined plans to spend $50 million on technology this year, including the blockchain-inspired replacement for CHESS and a major upgrade of one of its data centres.
  
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