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• Exclusive: Tesla flies in new battery production line for Gigafactory

  25-05-2018 23:18
  FRANKFURT/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tesla Inc has flown six planes full of robots and equipment from Europe to California in an unusual, high-stakes effort to speed up battery production for its Model 3 electric sedan, people familiar with the matter told Reuters this week.
  
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• Tesla agrees to settle class action over Autopilot billed as 'safer'

  25-05-2018 23:02
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tesla Inc on Thursday reached an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit with buyers of its Model S and Model X cars who alleged that the company's assisted-driving Autopilot system was "essentially unusable and demonstrably dangerous."
  
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• Apple sees steep increase in U.S. national security requests

  25-05-2018 22:58
  (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Friday issued its twice yearly transparency report on government data requests, showing another sharp increase in U.S. national security-related requests.
  
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• T-Mobile says ex-Trump campaign manager advising on Sprint merger

  25-05-2018 22:16
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - T-Mobile USsaid it is getting advice on its proposed $26 billion merger with Sprint Corpfrom a lobbying firm whose staff includes several members of President Donald Trump's election team such as former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.
  
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• EU privacy law enters into force, activist takes aim

  25-05-2018 21:16
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - New European privacy regulations went into effect on Friday that will force companies to be more attentive to how they handle customer data.
  
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• Did you know BT is using technology to help the world's poorest children improve their literacy? - BT.com

  25-05-2018 12:54
  BT.com
  Did you know BT is using technology to help the world's poorest children improve their literacy?
  BT.com
  In a society that's so connected by tablets and smartphones, it's hard to imagine that people in other parts of the world struggle to even get access to a computer. In India, 300 million children are of school age, but half of them can't read, so BT is ...
  
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• Smart technology the way to future university studies - The West Australian

  25-05-2018 10:08
  The West Australian
  Smart technology the way to future university studies
  The West Australian
  There is a revolution sweeping Australia's university sector that is impossible to ignore, and which will deliver an interesting case study in managing a change in consumer habits. In this case the consumer is the student, who increasingly wants a new ...
  
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• MCG app adopts queue-busting technology to help footy fans find shorter lines - Herald Sun

  25-05-2018 09:54
  Herald Sun
  MCG app adopts queue-busting technology to help footy fans find shorter lines
  Herald Sun
  GETTING stuck in a queue at the footy and missing the action could be a thing of the past for fans at the MCG. The stadium will become the first venue in the southern hemisphere to implement “WaitTime” technology to tell fans how long the lines are at ...
  
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• Technology behind wrist-worn tracking device for Aussie kids - 3AW

  25-05-2018 09:11
  3AW
  Technology behind wrist-worn tracking device for Aussie kids
  3AW
  A new wrist-worn device has been developed to help parents keep track of their kids. It's a smart watch, phone and GPS tracker that has been in the pipeline for four years. Mark Fortunatow, CEO of MGM Wireless and founder of Spacetalk, told Tom Elliott ...
  
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• ASC taps Accenture for digital transformation program

  25-05-2018 08:26
  Australian defence contractor ASC has signed Accenture to help implement a digital transformation program that it says will “affect all areas of its submarine and shipbuilding businesses, across Collins Class sustainment and warship construction and maintenance.”
  
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• Tencent's WeChat drops 'sugar daddy' dating website

  25-05-2018 08:10
  BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top social media app WeChat has removed "sugar daddy" dating website SeekingArrangement from its platform, after a recent surge in the popularity of the U.S.-founded service attracted scrutiny from state media.
  
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• NBN CEO rejects suggestion he advocated dumping HFC, FTTN

  25-05-2018 07:06
  NBN CEO Bill Morrow has denied suggestions that he proposed that the company dump its use of fibre to the node (FTTN) and hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) in favour of fibre to the curb (FTTC).
  
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• Facebook ‘revenge porn’ pilot proceeds despite concerns

  25-05-2018 06:10
  Facebook says it is proceeding with its controversial ‘revenge porn’ prevention pilot, despite the slew of concerns from security experts and victim advocates.
  
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• FirstWave Cloud Technology raises $5.8 million in highly bid for placement - Proactive Investors Australia

  25-05-2018 05:55
  Proactive Investors Australia
  FirstWave Cloud Technology raises $5.8 million in highly bid for placement
  Proactive Investors Australia
  FirstWave Cloud Technology Ltd (ASX:FCT) has raised $5.78 million in a share placement to sophisticated and institutional investors priced at 23 cents. The funds from the placement will be primarily used to: • Execute the expand phase of FirstWave's ...and more »
  
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• History and technology intertwine | Domain - Bendigo Advertiser

  25-05-2018 03:41
  Bendigo Advertiser
  History and technology intertwine | Domain
  Bendigo Advertiser
  Bendigo's Barnard Street is known for its impressive display of historic architecture, showcasing a period when houses made a bold statement thanks to their ornate grandeur. Case in point is Newington, built sometime during the late 1860s by James ...
  
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• How Kinect tech and two watermelons could make Australia’s trains run on time

  25-05-2018 01:49
  ​In Japan they called them shiri oshi or ‘tushy pushers’, the white gloved railway platform attendants that with some strategic jostling and a well-timed shove, packed commuters onto crowded trains at speed.
  
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• TBSx3 joins GS1 Alliance Partner Program with blockchain technology - Manufacturers' Monthly

  25-05-2018 01:37
  Manufacturers' Monthly
  TBSx3 joins GS1 Alliance Partner Program with blockchain technology
  Manufacturers' Monthly
  TBSx3, an Australian start-up committed to restoring trust to international trade using blockchain technology combined with the latest anti-counterfeit technologies, has announced they have joined GS1 Australia's Alliance Partner Program. GS1 is a ...
  
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• US bill would force tech companies to disclose foreign source code scrutiny

  25-05-2018 01:17
  US tech companies would be forced to disclose if they allowed American adversaries, like Russia and China, to examine the inner workings of software sold to the U.S. military under proposed legislation, according to Senate staff
  
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• ClearVue debuts on ASX with clear glass solar technology - Small Caps

  25-05-2018 01:14
  Small Caps
  ClearVue debuts on ASX with clear glass solar technology
  Small Caps
  Perth-based innovative building material developer ClearVue (ASX: CPV) will make its debut today on the Australian Securities Exchange after successfully closing its A$5 million initial public offering. The A$5m was raised through the issue of 25 ...and more »
  
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• Jury awards Apple US$539 million in Samsung patent retrial

  25-05-2018 01:10
  After nearly five days of deliberations, a US jury has said Samsung should pay $539 million (A$711 million) to Apple for copying patented smartphone features, according to court documents, bringing a years-long feud between the technology companies into its final stages.
  
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• Apple wins $539m from Samsung over smartphone technology - Irish Times

  25-05-2018 00:56
  Irish Times
  Apple wins $539m from Samsung over smartphone technology
  Irish Times
  Apple has won $539 million, or about €460 million, from Samsung in the final throes of the companies' US court struggle over smartphone technology, seven years after the start of a global patent battle. Apple sought about $1 billion, or about €850 ...and more »
  
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