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• Democrats have released thousands of Russian-linked Facebook ads - MIT Technology Review

  10-05-2018 22:27
  MIT Technology Review
  Democrats have released thousands of Russian-linked Facebook ads
  MIT Technology Review
  The stash shows how the ads' messaging evolved as the election neared. The news: Democratic members of the House Intelligence Committee published more than 3,500 Facebook advertisements (one pictured above) that were purchased by the Russian ...and more »
  
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• New technology could slash carbon emissions from aluminium production - The Guardian

  10-05-2018 21:04
  The Guardian
  New technology could slash carbon emissions from aluminium production
  The Guardian
  Technology has been unveiled that could drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions from aluminium production, in a development that could transform the way one of the world's most common materials is made. Aluminium is used to make cars, construction ...and more »
  
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• This Artist Managed to Bottle the Scent of a Person - National Geographic

  10-05-2018 20:40
  National Geographic
  This Artist Managed to Bottle the Scent of a Person
  National Geographic
  Imagine bottling the scent of someone you love, eternalizing them forever, allowing you to dive into a fond memory of that person with just one whiff. Ani Liu has figured out how to make this sci-fi sounding fantasy a reality. Liu is an artist who uses ...
  
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• New Technology Announcements Portend a Smarter IoT - Forbes

  10-05-2018 19:51
  Forbes
  New Technology Announcements Portend a Smarter IoT
  Forbes
  by Neil Strother. iStock. Photo Courtesy: iStock. The Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem is about to get smarter. Leading technology vendors have recently announced new products and integrations intended to push greater intelligence to the edge, derive ...and more »
  
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• Elderly patients would like technology to help with day-to-day medicine taking - News-Medical.net

  10-05-2018 19:04
  News-Medical.net
  Elderly patients would like technology to help with day-to-day medicine taking
  News-Medical.net
  Over 65s say they would find technology to help them take their medications helpful, but need the technology to be familiar, accessible and easy to use, according to research by Queen Mary University of London and University of Cambridge. People who do ...
  
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• Are Universities Or Tech Companies Leading The Charge On New Technology? - Forbes

  10-05-2018 18:30
  Forbes
  Are Universities Or Tech Companies Leading The Charge On New Technology?
  Forbes
  Is it worth doing research in a university rather than working for a company like Google or Facebook? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by ...
  
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• Engineering Your Future Programme Hosted at Cork Institute of Technology - Irish Tech News

  10-05-2018 18:01
  Irish Tech News
  Engineering Your Future Programme Hosted at Cork Institute of Technology
  Irish Tech News
  Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) is delighted to be hosting 80 Transition Year students next week on the Engineering Your Future (EYF) 2018 programme. It's a week-long hands-on programme designed to give students a meaningful, practical, insight into ...
  
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• For ScopeAR, the market is finally catching up with the technology - TechCrunch

  10-05-2018 15:05
  TechCrunch
  For ScopeAR, the market is finally catching up with the technology
  TechCrunch
  ScopeAR, a graduate of the Y Combinator Summer 2015 class, came to the augmented reality game very early, launching in 2011 when there was very little hardware and most people didn't understand the technology. But it has managed to hang around ...
  
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• Scottish hospital trials IoT technology to help monitor medical beds - Government Europa

  10-05-2018 12:10
  Government Europa
  Scottish hospital trials IoT technology to help monitor medical beds
  Government Europa
  A hospital in Scotland is trialling internet of things (IoT) technology to help monitor medical beds more efficiently as they move throughout the site. NHS Highland's Caithness General Hospital in Wick, Scotland, has installed a trial system to ...and more »
  
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• Global Leaders on Technology and Automation - The Advertiser

  10-05-2018 12:05
  The Advertiser
  Global Leaders on Technology and Automation
  The Advertiser
  A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. This is also known as Online ...
  
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• Japan's Panasonic sees 12 percent profit increase, driven by EV battery sales

  10-05-2018 11:39
  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese electronics conglomerate Panasonic Corpsaid on Thursday it expects operating profit to increase 11.7 percent in the year through March 2019 as sales of automotive batteries expand.
  
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• To advance in self-driving, China depends on US technology - Quartz

  10-05-2018 11:38
  Quartz
  To advance in self-driving, China depends on US technology
  Quartz
  China has moved in recent months to allow autonomous car tests on city roads, and has said it hopes that smart cars will make up half of new cars on the road by 2020. That's a goal that, for now, requires US and German technology. Laser-radar sensor ...
  
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• Apple scraps $1 billion Irish data center over planning delays

  10-05-2018 11:21
  DUBLIN (Reuters) - Apple ditched plans to build an 850 million euro ($1 billion) data center in Ireland because of delays in the approval process that have stalled the project for more than three years, the iPhone maker said on Thursday.
  
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• BT to cut 13,000 jobs in biggest cull in a decade

  10-05-2018 11:14
  LONDON (Reuters) - BTwill cut 13,000 managerial and back-office jobs and move to a smaller London base in the latest attempt by the boss of Britain's biggest telecoms group to rebuild from an accounting scandal and downturn in trading.
  
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• Balancing act: software giant SAP navigates Russian risks

  10-05-2018 11:13
  MOSCOW/WALLDORF, Germany (Reuters) - Most Western technology companies are losing ground in Russia under the weight of restrictive rules and mounting local competition. Germany's SAPis thriving.
  
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• Cyber security firm Avast falls in LSE's biggest debut of the year

  10-05-2018 10:55
  LONDON (Reuters) - Cyber security firm Avastshares were down 2.6 percent in early trade on Thursday in the London Stock Exchange's biggest debut in almost a year.
  
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• South Korea regulators step up pressure on Samsung over complex ownership structure

  10-05-2018 10:36
  SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean regulators turned up the heat on Samsung Group [SAGR.UL] over its complex ownership structure, with the country's antitrust chief saying on Thursday the arrangement for control at the nation's top conglomerate was "not sustainable".
  
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• Health technology upgraded - The Border Watch

  10-05-2018 09:08
  The Border Watch
  Health technology upgraded
  The Border Watch
  NEW TECHNOLOGY: Millicent Hospital registered nurses Tania Cecotti and Ashley Judd test out the facility's new real-time video technology equipment. Two cameras and a high resolution screen have been installed to connect Adelaide-based GPs with low ...
  
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• Uber expands into Spanish tourist hotspot

  10-05-2018 09:07
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Uber is expanding further into Spain by launching a multi-city ride-hailing service across the Costa del Sol beach resort hotspot before the busy summer season.
  
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• 9 technology strategies to help you at work - INTHEBLACK

  10-05-2018 08:58
  INTHEBLACK
  9 technology strategies to help you at work
  INTHEBLACK
  There are new ways to improve wireless connectivity in your workplace or home, tools that enable colleagues to collaborate better and apps to collate all the information you gather at work. You can bring order to your online bookmarks, forget ...
  
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• BT to cut 13,000 jobs and leave London HQ

  10-05-2018 08:53
  LONDON (Reuters) - BT is cutting 13,000 managerial and back-office jobs and leaving its London headquarters in the latest attempt by Britain's biggest telecoms group to rebuild after an accounting scandal and downturn in trading.
  
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• Technology in driving brand loyalty and advocacy - Marketing Interactive

  10-05-2018 08:34
  Marketing Interactive
  Technology in driving brand loyalty and advocacy
  Marketing Interactive
  This post is brought to you by AIMIA. Like many other facets of marketing, the customer loyalty space is constantly evolving with the emergence of new technologies. Just in February this year, Singapore Airlines launched a blockchain-based airline ...
  
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• Samsung faces new pressure on group structure after criticism by antitrust head

  10-05-2018 07:48
  SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's biggest conglomerate, Samsung Group [SAGR.UL], came for fresh criticism about its ownership structure on Thursday, with the country's antitrust chief saying it was unsustainable.
  
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• Xerox board seeks better terms from Fujifilm, will resume talks

  10-05-2018 07:33
  (Reuters) - Xerox Corp's board said on Wednesday it intended to resume merger discussions with Fujifilm Holdings, seeking a superior deal to terms announced at the end of January that have spurred a proxy fight over the company.
  
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• To win over customers, embrace technology that puts them at the heart of your business - DynamicBusiness

  10-05-2018 07:25
  DynamicBusiness
  To win over customers, embrace technology that puts them at the heart of your business
  DynamicBusiness
  The world is in midst of the 'Fourth Industrial Revolution', an era characterised by an avalanche of digital innovations changing what customers expect from businesses. In the realm of small business, operators are having to embrace technologies like ...
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• There are now 143 Gigabit services on the NBN

  10-05-2018 06:11
  A new report based on data from NBN includes details on the takeup of super-fast broadband services with speeds far in excess of the usual National Broadband Network downstream limit of 100 megabits per second.
  
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• U.S. drone program taps Apple, passes over Amazon, China's DJI

  10-05-2018 04:31
  WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc soon will be capturing images of North Carolina by drone; a 1,500-pound, unmanned aircraft will look for mosquitoes in Florida; and startup Flirtey will fly medical equipment on drones to heart-attack victims in Nevada.
  
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• Telstra halts sales of ZTE-made handsets

  10-05-2018 03:57
  Telstra has announced it has ceased selling mobile phones and mobile broadband devices manufactured by Chinese company ZTE.
  
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• Govt gives Open Banking regime the go ahead

  10-05-2018 03:45
  ​Consumers will be granted new rights over their banking data from July next year, with the government this week announcing it would implement the recommendations of the Review into Open Banking.
  
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• NBN’s fixed wireless a victim of its own success, Morrow says

  10-05-2018 03:30
  The popularity of NBN’s fixed wireless network has meant that the network wholesaler has had to engage in a redesign and upgrade process to deal with capacity issues.
  
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• Microsoft: 200 million now use Windows 10 in the enterprise

  10-05-2018 01:50
  icrosoft on Tuesday said that some 200 million enterprise workers now run Windows 10, a sign that corporations and other businesses are close to schedule to scrub Windows 7 from their machines before that older OS retires in about 20 months, an analyst argued.
  
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• Sears shares soar on Amazon tie-up; CEO says still not over 'hump'

  10-05-2018 00:37
  HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (Reuters) - Sears Holdings Corp shares jumped 16 percent on Wednesday after the company announced a tire service partnership with Amazon.com, part of Chief Executive Officer Edward Lampert's strategy to make the troubled retailer profitable again.
  
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