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• Facial recognition technology used in world first to diagnose intellectual disabilities - ABC Online

  04-04-2018 23:21 via abc.net.au
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  Facial recognition technology used in world first to diagnose intellectual disabilities
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  Since the day Charleigh Hayes was born, her life has been filled with doctors and medical appointments. "She was a very floppy baby, a very sleepy baby, so initially when we were in hospital the doctors were aware something was up, but we didn't know ...
  
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• Facebook says data leak hits 87 million users, widening privacy scandal

  04-04-2018 21:48
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Incsaid on Wednesday that the personal information of up to 87 million users may have been improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, up from a previous news media estimate of more than 50 million.
  
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• Apple hires former Google executive as AI chief

  04-04-2018 20:53
  (Reuters) - Apple Inc has hired a prominent artificial intelligence executive who recently left Google in a bid to boost its Siri voice assistant and other offerings powered by the technology.
  
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• Canada's HyperBlock to buy crypto-currency mining firm for C$106 million

  04-04-2018 20:43
  (Reuters) - Canadian technology company HyperBlock Technologies Corp said it reached an agreement to acquire crypto-currency mining firm CryptoGlobal Corp in an all-stock deal valued at C$106 million.
  
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• Aruba CTO says IoT is great fun to work on

  04-04-2018 17:59
  Not everybody in business IT seems like they’re having a great time at their job, but Aruba CTO Partha Narasimhan is an exception. He sat down with Network World at the company’s 2018 Atmosphere conference in Las Vegas to talk IoT, onboarding and more.
  
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• Malicious IoT hackers have a new enemy

  04-04-2018 17:46
  A robot called HoneyBot, designed by researchers at Georgia Tech’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, can fool bad actors into believing they have compromised an IoT device and send alerts of the attack to hasten defensive response.
  
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• Deutsche Post to move electric van StreetScooter into new unit

  04-04-2018 16:57
  BERLIN (Reuters) - Deutsche Post DHL Group is moving its StreetScooter project into a new unit, seeking opportunities to further commercialize the family of electric delivery vans, it said on Wednesday.
  
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• Apple working on iPhones with touchless control, curved screen: Bloomberg

  04-04-2018 16:48
  (Reuters) - Apple Inc is working on touchless gesture control and curved screens for future iPhones, Bloomberg reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter.
  
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• Facebook's Zuckerberg to testify before U.S. House panel April 11

  04-04-2018 16:10
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg will testify next week before a congressional committee over a political consulting firm's misuse of customer data to interfere in the U.S. presidential election, U.S. lawmakers said on Wednesday.Zuckerberg will appear before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on April 11, the panel said on Wednesday.
  
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• Consumer tech gets reprieve as U.S., China spar over tariffs

  04-04-2018 15:59
  BEIJING (Reuters) - Information technology products, from cellphones to personal computers, have largely escaped the latest salvo of U.S.-China trade measures despite accounting for a significant portion of bilateral trade.
  
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• Intel finishes Spectre patching, some older CPUs won't receive planned updates

  04-04-2018 15:43
  Intel’s marathon of Spectre CPU microcode patches is ending, but some older chips that were promised updates won’t be receiving them.
  
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• Resisting technology, Appalachian style - The Conversation US

  04-04-2018 12:43 via theconversation.com
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  Resisting technology, Appalachian style
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  Each has its own merits, even in a technology-centric world. The Conversation from Shutterstock images by heinsbergsphotos, jannoon028, Troy Kellogg, CC BY-SA. Resisting technology, Appalachian style. April 4, 2018 6.43am EDT. Sherry Hamby. Author ...and more »
  
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• Woman wounds three at YouTube headquarters in California, then kills herself

  04-04-2018 11:07
  SAN BRUNO, Calif. (Reuters) - A woman who had voiced complaints online about YouTube opened fire with a handgun at the tech company's headquarters near San Francisco on Tuesday, wounding three people before shooting herself dead, authorities and media said.
  
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• Amazon may offer to buy India's Flipkart: report

  04-04-2018 09:40
  (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc may make a rival offer to buy Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart, which is in tie-up talks with Walmart Inc, local media reported, as the two U.S. retail giants jostle for dominance in India's booming online industry.
  
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• Spotify shares jump in record-setting direct listing

  04-04-2018 08:29
  NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares of Spotify Technology SA ended up 12.9 percent on their first day of trade on the New York Stock Exchange, a smooth debut that could pave the way for other companies looking to go public without the aid of Wall Street underwriters.
  
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• DXC Technology buys Sable37 in Dynamics 365 push - ARNnet

  04-04-2018 07:16 via arnnet.com.au
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  DXC Technology buys Sable37 in Dynamics 365 push
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  DXC Technology has struck a deal to acquire Melbourne-headquartered Microsoft partner, Sable37, in a move that will bolster the integrator's position as one of Microsoft's leading global partners for Dynamics 365. At the same time, DXC Technology has ...
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• Mozilla touts Firefox Reality, browser built for AR/VR

  04-04-2018 05:27
  The browser is available now in developer builds.
  
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• ASG scores $84 million cloud contract with Airservices Australia

  04-04-2018 03:55
  ASG will provide Airservices Australia with a secure cloud platform and desktop as a service as part of an $84 million contract.
  
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• Microsoft adds depth to cloud security with ‘confidential computing’

  04-04-2018 03:14
  The growth of “confidential computing” approaches will help clear away any “last mile barriers” for enterprises that are concerned about processing highly sensitive data in the cloud, Microsoft Azure chief technology officer Mark Russinovich believes.
  
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• CBA hit by tech problems

  04-04-2018 02:45
  Commonwealth Bank customers are unable to retrieve details of their credit card accounts through its online Netbank service.
  
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• NBN CEO Bill Morrow quits

  04-04-2018 01:48
  NBN’s chief executive, Bill Morrow, will depart the organisation by the end of 2018.
  
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• AustCyber gets new CEO

  04-04-2018 00:47
  AustCyber chief executive Craig Davies has left the organisation — which launched as the Australian Cyber Security Growth Network — effective today, with chief operating officer Michelle Price taking on the CEO role.
  
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• Nginx debuts app server for microservices

  04-04-2018 00:12
  It has also upgraded its Nginx Plus application server and announced a new control plane
  
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• Microsoft calls for US Supreme Court privacy fight to be dismissed

  04-04-2018 00:06
  Microsoft has backed the Justice Department's request that the U.S. Supreme Court dismiss a case pitting the two against each other over whether prosecutors can force technology companies to hand over data stored overseas after Congress passed a law that resolved the dispute.
  
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