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• Kogan takes down contentious ‘catch’ site

  30-05-2018 22:30
  Catch Group says that Kogan.com has agreed to not use a number of domain names, including catchmobile.com.au, catchloans.com.au, and catchinsurance.com.au, until legal action relating to a number of ‘Catch’ trademarks is resolved.
  
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• FX settlement provider CLS invests in blockchain consortium R3

  30-05-2018 21:34
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Foreign exchange settlement provider CLS has invested $5 million in R3, the New York-based blockchain startup, CLS and R3 told Reuters on Wednesday.
  
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• Mexico cenbank says banks may still be vulnerable to cyber attacks

  30-05-2018 21:20
  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Bank of Mexico Governor Alejandro Diaz de Leon on Wednesday said no further cyber attacks on banks had been seen since May 8, but that investigators would need to finish their probe to assure banks' vulnerabilities have been addressed.
  
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• Consumer Reports recommends Tesla's Model 3 after braking fix

  30-05-2018 21:00
  (Reuters) - Influential U.S. magazine Consumer Reports said on Wednesday that it now recommended Tesla Inc's Model 3 sedan after its latest tests showed that a firmware update improved the car's braking distance by nearly 20 feet.
  
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• Mapbox partners with Microsoft, Intel to provide self-driving car maps

  30-05-2018 20:04
  (Reuters) - Mapping startup Mapbox Inc said on Wednesday it is teaming up with Microsoft Corp, Intel Corp and Softbank Group Corp's ARM Holdings chip unit to deepen its push into providing maps for self-driving cars.
  
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• Uber seeks to cut pricing on $1.13 billion term loan

  30-05-2018 19:17
  NEW YORK (LPC) - Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc is asking lenders to lower pricing on its $1.13 billion term loan due in 2023, sources said.
  
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• Tesla hits parked California police vehicle; driver blames 'Autopilot'

  30-05-2018 15:51
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The driver of a Tesla IncModel S crashed into an unoccupied, parked police vehicle in Laguna Beach, California, on Tuesday and the driver told investigators the Tesla was in "Autopilot" mode at the time, police said.
  
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• At Beijing security fair, an arms race for surveillance tech

  30-05-2018 15:05
  BEIJING (Reuters) - It can crack your smartphone password in seconds, rip personal data from call and messaging apps, and peruse your contact book.
  
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• Belgium's Bpost eyes cross-border deliveries boost with DHL partnership

  30-05-2018 12:48
  (Reuters) - Belgian postal operator Bpost said on Wednesday it was teaming up with DHL for e-commerce deliveries in the Benelux region, in a move to boost its position in cross-border deliveries of online purchases.
  
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• Don’t believe the hype: We’re a long way from 5G

  30-05-2018 12:00
  There’s a host of reasons why we won’t see 5G roll out in production anytime soon.
  
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• Panasonic plans to develop cobalt-free car batteries

  30-05-2018 11:58
  TOKYO (Reuters) - Tesla Inc's battery cell supplier Panasonic Corp said on Wednesday it is aiming to develop automotive batteries without using cobalt in the near future amid soaring prices of the key battery ingredient.
  
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• Optus to close Virgin Mobile stores by end of June

  30-05-2018 08:10
  Virgin Mobile will stop signing up new customers and upgrading plans on 15 June, Optus revealed today. The telco said it would begin the process of closing down Virgin Mobile retail stores “shortly” — with all locations to be shut down by the end of June.
  
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• Sydney Airport to pilot app-based enrolment for facial recognition system

  30-05-2018 05:38
  Sydney Airport is working with Vision-Box to develop a mobile app that will allow travellers to capture an image of their face and their passport and use that data to enrol in a planned biometric-based authentication system.
  
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• New ASIC guidelines for web blocking awaiting legal sign-off

  30-05-2018 03:45
  Guidance for Australian Securities and Investments Commission staff on the use of Section 313 (3) of the Telecommunications Act to block Australians' access to particular websites or online services are currently in draft form and awaiting sign-off from ASIC’s legal office, some 10 months after the government issued whole-of-government guidelines.
  
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• NZ government to expand cyber defence service

  30-05-2018 02:10
  The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) will extend its Malware-Free Networks cyber defence initiative, minister Andrew Little has announced.
  
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• Canadian given five years' prison for aiding 2014 Yahoo hack

  30-05-2018 01:52
  A Canadian accused of helping Russian intelligence agents break into email accounts as part of a massive 2014 data breach at Yahoo was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday and ordered to pay a US$250,000 fine.
  
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• Windows 10 Pro is a dead end for the enterprise, Gartner says

  30-05-2018 01:02
  ​Windows 10 Pro is a dead end for enterprises, a prominent Gartner analyst has argued.
  
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