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• Exclusive: Tesla targets November 2019 for start of Model Y production - sources

  11-04-2018 23:59
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tesla Incis targeting November 2019 as the start of production for its Model Y sport utility vehicle, with production in China to begin two years later, two sources told Reuters this week, shedding some light on the electric vehicle maker's next project that could tax its resources and capacity.
  
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• Zuckerberg tangles with Congress on control of Facebook data

  11-04-2018 23:15
  WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday sparred with lawmakers over how much control users of the world's largest social media network have over their data in a sometimes fractious five-hour hearing.
  
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• SoftBank CEO running out of time to clinch Sprint-T-Mobile merger

  11-04-2018 23:00
  (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp CEO Masayoshi Son faces a closing window of opportunity to merge the Japanese company's debt-laden U.S. wireless subsidiary Sprint Corp with Deutsche Telekom's U.S. wireless unit, T-Mobile U.S. Inc.
  
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• Instagram to allow users to download their data

  11-04-2018 22:42
  (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's Instagram will soon allow its users to download a copy of all the content they have uploaded on the photo-sharing platform, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
  
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• How To Ride The Technology Wave (And Not Get Swept Away) - Forbes

  11-04-2018 22:40 via forbes.com
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  How To Ride The Technology Wave (And Not Get Swept Away)
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  By Oliwia Berdak, Principal Analyst. AI, blockchain, chatbot, digital identity, etc. — there's enough emerging technology in financial services to fill a whole alphabet book. And it's difficult not to get swept off your feet by visions of bionic men ...and more »
  
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• NBN launches ICT channel program

  11-04-2018 22:30
  NBN will launch a new program providing support for ICT consultants and vendors whose customers are seeking to leverage the National Broadband Network.
  
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• Uber wants to do it all: ride-share, car-share, train tickets

  11-04-2018 21:35
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] is looking to be virtually a one-stop transportation shopping app, saying on Wednesday it will add new services, including car-sharing and train tickets.
  
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• Apple Music appoints new head, hits 48 million subscribers

  11-04-2018 19:55
  (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Wednesday appointed a new executive to oversee its Apple Music streaming business and hit 48 million subscribers, the company said.
  
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• Uber still believes autonomous vehicles have a future, says CEO

  11-04-2018 19:19
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Uber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi said on Wednesday that the ride-sharing company still believes in the prospects for autonomous transport after one of its self-driving vehicles was involved in a fatal crash in Arizona last month.
  
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• Intel FPGAs step toward mainstream in Dell, Fujitsu enterprise servers

  11-04-2018 16:00
  With Dell and Fujitsu putting Intel Arria 10 GX programmable acceleration cards into off-the-shelf servers for the data center, enterprises should find it easier to tap the benefits of FPGAs.
  
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• Rural review: New technology ewe need - Barossa & Light Herald

  11-04-2018 14:51 via barossaherald.com.au
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  Rural review: New technology ewe need
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  E-technology for natural resource management (NRM) within the livestock industry was the key focus of the forum of The Angaston Annual Hogget Competition which was held on March 23. Virtual fencing is currently a topic of great interest in the industry ...and more »
  
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• XPO software offers shippers real-time cargo tracking

  11-04-2018 14:50
  SEATTLE (Reuters) - XPO Logistics Inc unveiled software on Wednesday that allows merchants to track truck and rail cargo in real-time nationwide, technology the third-largest publicly traded U.S. logistics firm hopes will help reduce bottlenecks at its warehouses.
  
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• China's Ant ups fundraising target, valuation could hit $150 billion: sources

  11-04-2018 08:39
  HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China's Ant Financial Services Group is in talks with investors to boost its fundraising target to at least $8 billion, which could see its valuation jumping to about $150 billion, people with knowledge of the plan said.
  
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• Canberra companies take world-leading local technology global - The Canberra Times

  11-04-2018 07:54 via canberratimes.com.au
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  Canberra companies take world-leading local technology global
  The Canberra Times
  Two Canberra cyber security companies are teaming up to take world-leading, locally created technology to the world's biggest cyber security conference in San Francisco. Deception.ai has partnered with QuintessenceLabs to add new quantum technology to ...and more »
  
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• QBE appoints new global CIO

  11-04-2018 06:25
  Barclays’ head of information security Matt Mansour will join QBE as the insurance group’s global chief information officer.
  
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• NAB builds cloud-based data lake on AWS

  11-04-2018 04:56
  NAB has begun what the bank’s chief technology and operations officer, Patrick Wright, describes as its first foray into using cloud services to host and crunch data.
  
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• Location and voice technology are the future of retail - The Conversation AU

  11-04-2018 04:45 via theconversation.com
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  Location and voice technology are the future of retail
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  The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Partners. Queensland University ...and more »
  
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• Splunk debuts IIoT product for in-depth analytics

  11-04-2018 04:10
  Regular Network World readers will likely know Splunk primarily as a provider of log analysis and infrastructure management tools centered primarily around an expertise with big data analytics. Today’s announcement, however, marks a branching-out moment for the company as it attempts to stake a claim in the fast-growing IIoT sector.
  
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• Labor's Plan To Fix The NBN Multi Technology Mix Mess - Gizmodo Australia

  11-04-2018 03:24 via gizmodo.com.au
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  Labor's Plan To Fix The NBN Multi Technology Mix Mess
  Gizmodo Australia
  Shadow Minister For Communications Michelle Rowland gave a speech today at the Commsday Summit which covered Labor's position on the digital divide, 5G, and digital inclusion. Rowland called out Australia's "great complacency" – the "she'll be right ...
  
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• Health sector dominates in first report on data breach notification scheme

  11-04-2018 02:04
  Health service providers accounted for almost a quarter of the breaches reported in the first six weeks of operation of the government’s Notifiable Data Breach (NDB).
  
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• NAB to offer cloud training to 2000 employees

  11-04-2018 00:26
  More than 2000 NAB employees will have the opportunity to participate in a cloud skills training program, the bank announced today.
  
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