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• Audit finds new evidence of cyber security failings within government

  28-06-2018 22:30
  Scrutiny by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has revealed that the National Archives and Geoscience Australia are yet to implement key cyber security mitigation strategies mandated by government policy.
  
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• Slack outage causes disruption, but highlights importance of team chat

  28-06-2018 20:45
  As cloud services become ubiquitous in the workplace, expectations for uptime rise.
  
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• Amazon to acquire online pharmacy PillPack

  28-06-2018 14:51
  (Reuters) - Amazon.com Incsaid on Thursday that it would buy online pharmacy PillPack for an undisclosed amount, sending shares of drug distributors and drug retailers down.
  
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• Feeling poorly? The app will see you now

  28-06-2018 14:13
  LONDON (Reuters) - London-based Babylon Health says its artificial intelligence technology, in tests, has outperformed most physicians in assessing disease symptoms, throwing down a challenge to doctors, some of whom doubt its true abilities.
  
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• Accenture quarterly revenue, profit beat estimates

  28-06-2018 13:14
  (Reuters) - Accenture Plc's third-quarter revenue and profit came in above Wall Street estimates on Thursday as the consulting and outsourcing services provider benefited from its plan to boost investments in digital and cloud services.
  
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• Chipmaker aims to help free Amazon's Alexa from the power cord

  28-06-2018 13:03
  (Reuters) - Amazon Inc's Alexa voice assistant started out in Amazon's own Echo speakers but is spreading fast, embedded directly inside products from other companies such as light fixtures, thermostats and dashboard cameras for cars.
  
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• Huawei chairman hits out at U.S. politicians over university funding

  28-06-2018 12:56
  HONG KONG (Reuters) - The chairman of China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] has hit back at several U.S. lawmakers who claimed the firm's research funding to over 50 American universities posed a "significant threat" to national security.
  
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• BoE tells banks and insurers to be wary of crypto assets

  28-06-2018 12:47
  LONDON (Reuters) - Banks and insurers should be wary of crypto assets, because they can be highly volatile and vulnerable to fraud, the Bank of England said on Thursday.
  
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• BP bets on electric car switch with Britain's Chargemaster

  28-06-2018 12:13
  LONDON (Reuters) - BP is buying Britain's top electric vehicle charging firm Chargemaster and will initially roll out its ultra-fast chargers across its filling station network in the UK before turning its attention to China's rapidly growing market.
  
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• Novogratz's Galaxy invests $20 million in virtual reality platform

  28-06-2018 11:08
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund manager Mike Novogratz's investment fund has invested $20 million in a blockchain-based virtual reality platform called High Fidelity, the project's chief executive officer and co-founder Philip Rosedale announced on Thursday.
  
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• Panasonic flags battery cell shortages as Tesla Model 3 output picks up

  28-06-2018 10:45
  TOKYO (Reuters) - A pickup in production of Tesla Inc'sModel 3 cars, after earlier delays, has resulted in occasional battery cell shortages, a Panasonic Corpofficial said on Thursday in a sign Tesla is in overdrive to meet its end-June forecast.
  
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• Amazon wants to foster small independent delivery fleets

  28-06-2018 10:33
  SEATTLE (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday said it would offer incentives to entice entrepreneurs to set up their own small package-deliverybusinesses as part of Amazon's latest effort to solve the challenge of getting goods the last mile to customer doorsteps.
  
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• Walmart rolls out 3D virtual online shopping

  28-06-2018 08:34
  (Reuters) - Walmart Inc said late Wednesday it is introducing a 3D virtual shopping tour on its website that would help customers browse and choose items for their homes.
  
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• Waymo needs 'large number' of cars for European robo-taxis: CEO

  28-06-2018 08:17
  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's self-driving unit Waymo will need "a large number" of cars to expand its robo-taxi service to Europe, its chief executive told a newspaper, declining to say who could supply the vehicles.
  
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• PepsiCo CIO Ursula Phillips departs

  28-06-2018 07:42
  ​PepsiCo Australia and New Zealand chief information officer Ursula Phillips is departing the company next month.
  
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• PEXA accelerates plan to roll out multi-factor authentication

  28-06-2018 04:08
  PEXA says it has accelerated plans to roll out multi-factor authentication to protect access to its platform.
  
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• Quantum open source fund launched

  28-06-2018 03:47
  A ‘no-strings’ grant program targeting developers of quantum computing software has been launched with the aim of filling the gaps in the nascent field.
  
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• Ticketmaster warns Australian customers of possible data breach

  28-06-2018 02:49
  Australian customers may be affected by a Ticketmaster data breach, the company has revealed.
  
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• Stop the bots: Senate to probe fake news' role in 2016 election

  28-06-2018 02:13
  A Senate inquiry is extending its probe into the 2016 Federal Election to consider whether bots targeted Australian voters online in the build-up, and if so where the “social media manipulation” may have come from.
  
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• Macquarie Telecom strikes deal to deliver business services over NBN

  28-06-2018 01:34
  Macquarie Telecom will use the National Broadband Network to deliver business-grade services under a six-year, $100 million deal with NBN.
  
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