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• Technology is making cities 'smart', but it's also costing the environment - The Conversation AU

  26-07-2018 22:05
  The Conversation AU
  Technology is making cities 'smart', but it's also costing the environment
  The Conversation AU
  The Australian government has allocated A$50 million for the Smarter Cities and Suburbs Program to encourage projects that “improve the livability, productivity and sustainability of cities and towns across Australia”. One project funded under the ...
  
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• Facebook buys Israeli messaging company Redkix

  26-07-2018 20:50
  Israel's Redkix, whose product combines email and team messaging, said on Thursday it has agreed to be acquired by Facebook, where it will join the Workplace team to help companies collaborate.
  
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• Facebook plunge puts Amazon investors on guard

  26-07-2018 19:34
  A plunge in Facebook Inc shares rattled the Amazon.com Inc options market on Thursday, with the social network's fellow FAANG company due to report quarterly results later in the day.
  
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• Zuckerberg loses $16 billion in record Facebook fall

  26-07-2018 19:13
  Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg's fortune took an almost $16 billion hit on Thursday, as the social media giant headed for the biggest one-day wipeout in U.S. stock market history, a day after executives forecast years of lower profit margins.
  
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• Qualcomm ends $44 billion NXP bid after failing to win China approval

  26-07-2018 18:23
  Qualcomm Incwalked away from a $44 billion deal to buy NXP Semiconductorsafter failing to secure Chinese regulatory approval, becoming a high profile victim of a bitter Sino-U.S. trade spat.
  
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• Hedge funds hit by Qualcomm-NXP deal collapse

  26-07-2018 18:22
  Hedge funds betting Qualcommwould succeed in a $44 billion bid for NXP Semiconductorsface steep losses after the deal fell through - taking the shine off a strong start to the year for many funds.
  
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• Stock market newbie Spotify hits targets, plays down challenges

  26-07-2018 18:02
  Market leading music streamer Spotify added 10 percent more paid subscribers in the second quarter and said it was on track to meet its full-year targets as it downplayed reports it was losing ground to rival Apple Music in the United Sates.
  
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• Test new TinyMCE version

  26-07-2018 17:30
  Cow brie cheese triangles. Mascarpone everyone loves boursin cauliflower cheese manchego red leicester cheesecake cheesecake. Who moved my cheese fondue fromage frais paneer mascarpone cottage cheese feta rubber cheese. Camembert de normandie rubber cheese cheese and wine swiss dolcelatte parmesan cheese and biscuits say cheese. Edam.
  
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• NXP launches $5 billion buyback after Qualcomm deal fails

  26-07-2018 17:13
  NXP Semiconductors followed Qualcomm Inc in announcing share buybacks worth billions of dollars on Thursday as the companies sought to compensate investors for the collapse of their $44 billion merger due to Chinese opposition.
  
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• Smart bots: China's sex doll makers jump on AI drive

  26-07-2018 16:32
  Amid Beijing's push to turn the country into an artificial intelligence (AI) powerhouse and embed the technology in all facets of life, some Chinese entrepreneurs are taking the expertise to a new frontier: sex dolls.
  
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• U.S. Treasury chief: 'Disappointed' Qualcomm deal not ok'd: CNBC

  26-07-2018 16:18
  U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday said he was very disappointed over Qualcomm Inc'sfailed bid to buy NXP Semiconductors NVafter China did not approve the deal, calling it "unfortunate."
  
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• Google launches free Wi-Fi hotspot network in Nigeria

  26-07-2018 15:52
  Google launched a network of free Wi-Fi hotspots in Nigeria on Thursday, part of its effort to increase its presence in Africa's most populous nation.
  
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• Nokia's IP routing business hit by component shortage: CEO

  26-07-2018 14:57
  Nokia'ssecond-quarter sales of IP routers were held back by component supply shortages, the network equipment maker's chief executive said on Thursday.
  
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• Facebook's grim forecast: privacy push will erode profits for years

  26-07-2018 14:49
  Facebook Inc's shares lost as much as a quarter of their value on Wednesday after executives said that profit margins would plummet for several years due to the costs of improving privacy safeguards and slowing usage in the biggest advertising markets.
  
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• Retailers set sights on Facebook, Google ad revenue

  26-07-2018 14:33
  People with hay fever hate dust. That was the premise of a marketing drive launched by British vacuum cleaner maker Dyson with U.S. retailer Target Corp.
  
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• Amazon's face ID tool mismatched 28 members of Congress to mugshots: ACLU

  26-07-2018 14:05
  A facial recognition tool that Amazon.com Incsells to web developers wrongly identified 28 members of Congress as police suspects, in a test conducted by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the organization said on Thursday.
  
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• NXP to repurchase $5 billion shares after Qualcomm deal falls through

  26-07-2018 13:02
  NXP Semiconductors NV , whose buyout deal with U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Incfell through due to lack of approval from China, said on Thursday it would buy back $5 billion worth of shares.
  
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• China's Huawei to raise annual R&D budget to at least $15 billion

  26-07-2018 11:32
  China's Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] said on Thursday it will increase its annual spending on research and development (R&D) to between $15 billion and $20 billion, as it races to be a global leader in 5G technology.
  
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• China commerce ministry declines to comment on whether Qualcomm deal approved

  26-07-2018 09:36
  China's commerce ministry declined on Thursday to comment on whether or not Qualcomm Inc'sdeal to buy NXP Semiconductorshad been approved, after a deadline forapproving the deal passed without an announcement, and with Qualcomm having said it would drop its bid for the Dutch firm.
  
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• Parliamentary Library pulls article on police access to My Health Record data

  26-07-2018 07:33
  The Parliamentary Library has temporarily taken down an article that argued provisions in the legislation that governs law enforcement access to the My Health Record system represent “a significant reduction in the legal threshold for the release of private medical information to law enforcement”.
  
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• Plenty of life yet in 4G, telcos say

  26-07-2018 07:05
  Although Australia’s mobile network operators are gearing up for the launch of services based on the next-generation 5G standard, they are continuing to push the boundaries of what is possible with 4G.
  
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• Chipmaker SK Hynix positive on DRAM sales as second quarter profit soars

  26-07-2018 06:03
  South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Incsaid global demand for cloud computing should underpin DRAM chip sales for the rest of the year, as it posted record second-quarter profit on Thursday despite worries over the weak flash memory market.
  
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• China's Pinduoduo prices U.S. IPO at top of range, raises $1.6 billion: sources

  26-07-2018 05:18
  HONG KONG (Reuters/IFR) - Chinese online group discounter Pinduoduo Incpriced its U.S. initial public offering (IPO) at $19 per American depositary share (ADS), raising $1.63 billion in the second-biggest U.S. float by a Chinese firm this year, according to three people familiar with the situation.
  
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• NSW Roads and Maritime Services IT chief quits

  26-07-2018 05:02
  Rob Putter has resigned as Roads and Maritime Services’ chief information officer after a little over a year in the role.
  
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• AIIA's CEO resigns

  26-07-2018 04:54
  ​The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) – a peak body for the ICT industry – has announced the departure of its CEO.
  
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• China pulls approval for Facebook's planned venture, report says

  26-07-2018 03:35
  China has withdrawn its approval for Facebook's plan to open a new venture in the eastern province of Zhejiang, the New York Times has reported , citing a person familiar with the matter.
  
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• ‘Biometric Mirror’ reflects AI’s worrying potential

  26-07-2018 02:39
  ​Researchers at the University of Melbourne have designed a mirror which uses AI to detect an individual’s character traits based solely on their face. And it’s powerful enough to detect their levels of happiness, introversion and aggressiveness.
  
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• China pulls approval for Facebook's planned venture: NYT

  26-07-2018 02:29
  China has withdrawn its approval for Facebook Inc's plan to open a new venture in the eastern province of Zhejiang, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
  
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• Facebook stock falls 24 percent on forecast for slowing growth, rising expenses

  26-07-2018 01:20
  Facebook Inc's stock fell as much as 24 percent after hours on Wednesday over concerns about the impact of privacy issues on the social media company's business, with executives warning that revenue growth would slow and expenses would rise.
  
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• Blockchain, chatbots, and AI could reinvent corporate finance

  26-07-2018 01:18
  Traditionally siloed and manual corporate finance operations are beginning to test – and in some cases adopt – three still evolving technologies that can offer a single view of corporate data in near real time while also automating arduous business processes.
  
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• Google adds AI features to G Suite, including ‘Smart Reply’ for Hangouts Chat

  26-07-2018 01:10
  Google is adding new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to G Suite as it aims to attract more users to its cloud-based productivity apps.
  
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