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• Project to scrutinise intersection of technology and human rights

  24-07-2018 22:30
  The Australian Human Rights Commission has unveiled a three-year project that will examine the social impact of new and emerging technologies.
  
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• Australian government ‘drunk on surveillance’

  24-07-2018 22:30
  Bipartisan attacks on privacy in the name of law enforcement and national security are an indication that Australia is abdicating its commitment to human rights, according to Brett Solomon.
  
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• Slaves to the God of technology - The Sydney Morning Herald

  24-07-2018 16:05
  The Sydney Morning Herald
  Slaves to the God of technology
  The Sydney Morning Herald
  I'm thinking of starting a new social movement. Still working on the details, but I've already decided we'll have lapel buttons, bumper stickers and, of course, a hashtag, all that say #letscalmdown. I know I'm supposed to be banging on about the ...
  
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• Multi-cloud monitoring keeps Q2 integrated operations center humming

  24-07-2018 12:00
  Q2 used to be a .Net shop with a traditional three-tier architecture and SQL backend. Now it’s made the transition to an open-source microservices architecture enabled by container technologies. To upgrade its dated network operations center (NOC), Q2 built a new integrated operations center (IOC) that elevates incident management to a more vital and higher profile discipline at the Austin, Texas, company.
  
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• GitLab 11.1 devops tool improves security controls

  24-07-2018 12:00
  Code searching and the user interface also see improvements
  
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• Google to offer blockchain as part of cloud service

  24-07-2018 05:07
  Google has announced the second of two partnerships that will allow it to offer the financial services industry and others a cloud-based platform on which they can develop and run blockchain-based applications.
  
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• Telstra has a second crack at unlimited data

  24-07-2018 04:36
  Telstra has unveiled a suite of new consumer mobile phone plans as the telco moves to simplify its product lineup.
  
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• Labor’s Rowland assails government over lack of digital economy strategy

  24-07-2018 03:25
  Shadow communications minister Michelle Rowland has taken aim at the government over what she argues is a piecemeal and lacklustre approach to developing a digital economy strategy.
  
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• Alphabet trounces profit estimates as costs come into check

  24-07-2018 01:00
  Alphabet has reported expenses from its Google search business were growing more slowly and that revenue from advertising and cloud computing rose faster than analysts anticipated, boosting its earnings beyond Wall Street targets and pushing shares up 3.6 percent after hours.
  
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