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• Trump to use U.S. security review panel to curb China tech investments

  27-06-2018 23:55
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will use a strengthened national security review process to thwart Chinese acquisitions of sensitive American technologies, a softer approach than imposing China-specific investment restrictions.
  
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• Apple, Samsung settle U.S. patent dispute

  27-06-2018 23:31
  (Reuters) - Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Wednesday settled a seven-year patent dispute over Apple's allegations that Samsung violated its patents by "slavishly" copying the design of the iPhone.
  
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• Sprint, T-Mobile defend proposed tie-up before U.S. Senate panel

  27-06-2018 23:06
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - T-Mobile's planned $26 billion acquisition of rival mobile phone carrier Sprint Corp would add jobs and would not hike prices, top executives of the two companies testified before a U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday.
  
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• Government slammed over ICT failures

  27-06-2018 22:30
  The government’s record when it comes to major ICT projects has been slammed by a Senate inquiry into the digital delivery of services.
  
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• Microsoft makes Azure IoT Edge available on GitHub with new updates

  27-06-2018 21:00
  Microsoft has announced a string of updates to Azure IoT Edge, as the tech giant opens up global availability for enterprise deployments on GitHub​.
  
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• Want a more digital workplace? You’ll have to overcome resistance to tech

  27-06-2018 18:50
  Younger and older employees tend to be more receptive to new ways of working than those in the middle, according to Gartner.
  
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• Eclipse IDE Photon release train arrives with Rust but no Jakarta EE

  27-06-2018 17:40
  The 2018 release offers native Eclipse IDE capabilities for the Rust and C# languages, as well as new Java support
  
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• Australia’s safe harbour regime expands

  27-06-2018 07:59
  Legislation expanding Australia’s copyright safe harbour system has been passed by parliament, affording additional protection from copyright infringement lawsuits to a range of organisations in the educational, disability and cultural sectors.
  
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• Kaspersky talks up transparency initiative

  27-06-2018 07:29
  Russian anti-virus vendor Kaspersky Lab’s campaign to counter the damage to its reputation and its revenues inflicted by the US and other governments in recent months rolled into Sydney this week, with the company holding a press lunch to flesh out details of its recently announced plans to open a ‘transparency centre’ in Switzerland.
  
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• Huawei pushes back against possible Australian 5G ban

  27-06-2018 06:57
  Australia will be left behind if the government bans the nation’s telcos from using 5G equipment supplied by Huawei, the chairperson of the Chinese company’s local subsidiary has warned.
  
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• Ukraine says Russian hackers preparing massive malware strike

  27-06-2018 02:33
  Hackers from Russia are infecting Ukrainian companies with malicious software to create "back doors" for a large, coordinated attack, according to Ukraine's cyber police chief.
  
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• New Vodafone service lets customers ditch landline but keep number

  27-06-2018 02:12
  Vodafone has unveiled a new offering for its NBN customers that allows them to dump their home phone service but keep the number.
  
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