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• Micron says China ban unfair but won't hurt revenue

  05-07-2018 20:22
  Micron Technology Inc on Thursday played down the likely impact on its business of a temporary Chinese ban on some chip sales but said it would appeal a decision that has added to U.S.-China trade tensions.
  
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• Venture firm Atomico signs up ex-Uber and Google managers

  05-07-2018 18:50
  Atomico, which runs Europe’s largest independent venture fund, has hired former managers from Google and Uber to help drive international expansion for its portfolio of more than 50 start-ups and growth stage firms, it said on Thursday.
  
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• EU lawmakers reject tough line on copyright reform

  05-07-2018 18:13
  EU lawmakers have opted not to take a tough line on an EU copyright overhaul aimed at making Google, Facebook and other tech giants share revenues with publishers, broadcasters and artists after lobbying by internet companies.
  
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• Altice, Huawei tie-up aims to make Portugal a European leader in 5G

  05-07-2018 18:09
  The Portuguese unit of telecoms firm Altice, the country's largest operator, is working with Chinese electronics giant Huawei to make Portugal a leader within Europe in the development and roll-out of next-generation 5G networks.
  
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• Reliance launches fiber broadband, after disrupting India's telecoms market

  05-07-2018 15:35
  Reliance Industries, which has upended India's telecoms sector with its cheap mobile data plans, launched its fiber broadband system on Thursday in a push to make deeper inroads into the country's wireless and fixed-line internet industry.
  
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• Singapore proposes fines on Grab, Uber, says merger harms competition

  05-07-2018 13:30
  Singapore's anti-trust body proposed fines on ride-hailing firms Grab and Uber, provisionally finding that their merger had reduced competition and suggesting remedies such as the sale of their car-leasing businesses.
  
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• Government consults on new data-sharing framework

  05-07-2018 08:31
  The federal government has released an issues paper as the first step towards developing a new framework for sharing and managing public sector data.
  
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• Guide Dogs Victoria to prototype AI assistant for blind people

  05-07-2018 06:49
  Guide Dogs Victoria (GDV) is planning to build a Siri-style platform designed specifically to cater to the needs of blind and low-vision people.
  
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• Meet the CIO charged with saving Australia’s most endangered species

  05-07-2018 03:55
  ​One of the more unusual senior technology vacancies in Australia has been filled.
  
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• Putting AI into your ERP strategy

  05-07-2018 03:03
  ERP lies at the heart of most organisations' business processes and is undergoing a radical transformation to meet the demands of digital business. The postmodern ERP era creates a stable, agile core that supports differentiated processes to deliver business outcomes.
  
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• Telco complaints are too damn high, government says

  05-07-2018 02:28
  The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) could be reshaped or replaced under government proposals to deal with soaring complaints about phone and Internet services.
  
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• Sydney Airport collaborates with Qantas for facial recognition trial

  05-07-2018 01:31
  The first stage of a pilot to test ‘couch to gate’ biometrics at Sydney Airport has gone live.
  
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• Government signs mammoth five-year IT deal with IBM

  05-07-2018 00:57
  The federal government has signed a whole-of-government purchasing agreement with IBM worth an estimated $1 billion over its five-year lifespan.
  
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