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• Trump administration asks Supreme Court to vacate Obama-era internet rules

  03-08-2018 23:54
  The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to vacate a 2016 appeals court ruling that had upheld Obama era "net neutrality" rules that barred internet service providers from blocking, throttling or prioritizing content.
  
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• Google in talks with Tencent, others for cloud services in China - BBG

  03-08-2018 22:28
  Alphabet Inc's Google is in talks with Tencent Holdings Ltd, Inspur Group and other Chinese companies to offer its cloud services in the mainland, Bloomberg reported https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-03/google-is-said-to-be-in-china-cloud-talks-with-tencent-others on Friday, citing people familiar with the discussions.
  
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• Wall Street eyes more gains from Apple, its $1 trillion stock

  03-08-2018 21:42
  Shares in Apple Incedged higher on Friday but stayed close to the $1 trillion valuation milestone the iPhone maker reached a day earlier, even as Wall Street predicted more gains.
  
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• Coastal group trials tracking technology - Farm Weekly

  03-08-2018 21:41
  Farm Weekly
  Coastal group trials tracking technology
  Farm Weekly
  THE Stirlings to Coast Farmers (SCF) group will partner with Melbourne-based agtech start-up company Iotag Pty Ltd to investigate the potential of using innovative GPS tracking technology. Locata collars will be used to assess the potential benefits of ...
  
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• NYSE-owner ICE to form new company for digital assets

  03-08-2018 17:52
  Intercontinental Exchange Inc , the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, said on Friday it plans to form a company and trading platform for digital assets, such as bitcoin, as well as a physically delivered bitcoin futures contract.
  
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• Open Fiber granted 3.5 billion euro project financing for Italian fiber optic network

  03-08-2018 17:51
  Italy's Open Fiber said on Friday banks, state lender CDP and the European Investment Bank had signed off on a 3.5 billion euro project finance package to help fund the ultrafast broadband network it is rolling out across the country.
  
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• GoDaddy reports web hosting sales below estimates

  03-08-2018 17:06
  (This version of the August 2nd story corrects paragraph 4 to remove reference to revenue growth in hosting business in previous quarters)
  
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• Impossible goal? Startup to stream soccer to Net-wary Italians

  03-08-2018 15:48
  Sports-streaming start-up DAZN has an ambitious business goal in Italy: sign up 3-5 million customers, as many as the country's largest pay-TV group, in a market with one of the worst broadband take-up rates in Europe.
  
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• Amazon reports 1.7 million pound UK tax bill due to share deductions

  03-08-2018 13:58
  The main UK subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc had a tax bill of 1.7 million pounds ($2.21 million) on profits of 72.4 million pounds in 2017 thanks to deductions related to share-based awards to staff, accounts published this week show.
  
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• Fusion.js JavaScript framework is geared to lightweight apps

  03-08-2018 12:00
  Uber’s Fusion.js offers code reuse on both the server and browser and works with libraries such as React and Redux
  
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• Artificial Technology Could Help Detect Melanoma - Ten Eyewitness News

  03-08-2018 11:18
  Ten Eyewitness News
  Artificial Technology Could Help Detect Melanoma
  Ten Eyewitness News
  The trained eyes of skin specialists could soon be replaced by technology to diagnose potentially deadly melanoma. Episodes. 2018. 2018; 2017; 2016; 2015; 2014. Melbourne News - 03 Aug 2018. 44 mins. Melbourne News - 03 Aug 2018 Comprehensive ...
  
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• Amazon forays into Australia with small loss

  03-08-2018 11:08
  Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc, whose entry into Australia last year rattled established bricks-and-mortar retailers, posted a modest loss in its earliest days in the country, corporate filings show.
  
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• Huawei sees smartphone shipments topping 200 million, eyes world No. 1 rank

  03-08-2018 10:19
  China's Huawei raised its forecast for full-year smartphone shipments to more than 200 million and said it could become the world's top vendor of the devices in the final quarter of next year.
  
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• Technology explored - Daily Liberal

  03-08-2018 08:31
  Daily Liberal
  Technology explored
  Daily Liberal
  More than 150 people from a range of Dubbo businesses converged on the Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre on Wednesday to attend the inaugural diga.tech expo. Photos: Belinda Soole. facebookSHARE · twitterTWEET · email · whatsapp ...
  
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• China's market regulator says Pinduoduo to step up product vetting

  03-08-2018 06:56
  China's market regulator said on Friday that after a meeting with online discounter Pinduoduo Inc the company agreed to step up vetting of the products listed on its platform amid reports of counterfeiting.
  
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• ASD looks to bolster executive ranks as it begins new era

  03-08-2018 06:31
  The Australian Signals Directorate is seeking to fill a collection of executive positions in its newly created Corporate Division as it enjoys its increased independence following its transformation into a statutory authority.
  
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• People with disability both liberated and left behind by today's tech

  03-08-2018 05:10
  Some of the technology that has become available in the last few years, in the words of Blind Citizens Australia chief Emma Bennison “really does spell liberation”.
  
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• Don’t worry, world-leading AI expert doesn’t know what AI is either

  03-08-2018 04:45
  ​“On any shortlist I’m considered to be one of the world’s leading experts on applied artificial intelligence,” said JT Kostman at a NetApp breakfast in Sydney yesterday.
  
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• Apple breaches $1 trillion stock market valuation

  03-08-2018 03:52
  Apple Incon Thursday became the first $1 trillion publicly listed U.S. company, crowning a decade-long rise fueled by its ubiquitous iPhone that transformed it from a niche player in personal computers into a global powerhouse spanning entertainment and communications.
  
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• NSW and Defence announce grants to accelerate technology - Australian Defence Magazine

  03-08-2018 03:39
  Australian Defence Magazine
  NSW and Defence announce grants to accelerate technology
  Australian Defence Magazine
  The NSW Defence Innovation Network and Defence's Next Generation Technologies Fund have both announced grant funding to accelerate the rate of technological uptake. Grants of up to $50,000 are up for grabs to provide seed funding for NSW SMEs to ...
  
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• Apple CEO calls $1 trillion value a 'milestone' but not a focus

  03-08-2018 03:36
  Apple IncChief Executive Tim Cook said on Thursday that the iPhone maker's $1 trillion market capitalization was "not the most important measure" of the company's success but was instead a result of its focus on its products, customers and company values.
  
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• Australia backs FBI’s FIN7 takedown

  03-08-2018 01:43
  Australian government agencies participated in a US-led effort to arrest alleged members of the Eastern Europe-based Carbanak Group, according to law enforcement and cyber security minister Angus Taylor.
  
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• Symantec cuts eight per cent of workforce, 1000 jobs impacted

  03-08-2018 01:00
  Symantec will cut eight per cent of its global workforce to boost profit margins, the anti-virus software maker has revealed.
  
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• Apple breaches US$1 trillion stock market valuation

  03-08-2018 00:49
  Apple became the first US$1 trillion publicly listed U.S. company on Thursday, crowning a decade-long rise fuelled by its ubiquitous iPhone that transformed it from a niche player in personal computers into a global powerhouse spanning entertainment and communications.
  
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