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• Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphones vulnerable to hacking: researchers

  08-08-2018 19:15
  Samsung's Galaxy S7 smartphones contain a microchip securityflaw, uncovered earlier this year, that has put tens of millions of devices at risk to hackers looking to spy on their users, researchers told Reuters.
  
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• Tesla board evaluating CEO Musk's idea to take company private

  08-08-2018 19:06
  Tesla Inc'sboard said it was evaluating taking the company private, a day after Chief Executive Elon Musk surprised shareholders with the idea of launching the biggest leveraged buyout of all time.
  
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• A look at Tesla's nine-member board

  08-08-2018 19:06
  Tesla Inc'sboard has said it is evaluating taking the electric car maker private, a day after Chief Executive Elon Musk surprised shareholders with the idea of launching the biggest leveraged buyout of all time.
  
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• ML.Net aims to provide machine learning for .Net developers

  08-08-2018 18:30
  Microsoft's new machine learning framework promises high-level APIs to make model training and predictions easy, along with strong integration of .Net language features
  
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• Tanzania plans to suspend Naspers' Multichoice telecoms license

  08-08-2018 18:25
  Tanzania's telecommunications regulator intends to suspend the license of Multichoice, owned by South Africa's Naspers, for continuing to carry free-to-air channels.
  
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• Naspers creates new video on demand unit as Netflix rivalry heats up

  08-08-2018 18:25
  Naspers' video entertainment division has created a new over-the-top (OTT) video unit to be headed by Niclas Ekdahl in a bid to counter stiff competition for video on demand from global players such as Netflix.
  
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• The best and most accessible technology podcasts - The Sydney Morning Herald

  08-08-2018 16:00
  The Sydney Morning Herald
  The best and most accessible technology podcasts
  The Sydney Morning Herald
  For many years, technology shows dominated the podcast charts, as early adopters to the medium skewed heavily toward geeks. Today, there are fantastic shows exploring technology that go far beyond the "two white guys talking over Skype" format of those ...and more »
  
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• Wall Street sees funding hurdle to Musk's plan to take Tesla private

  08-08-2018 15:04
  Tesla IncChief Executive Officer Elon Musk's plan to take the electric car maker private raised doubts among Wall Street analysts about the billionaire' s ability to gather enough financial backing to complete the deal.
  
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• Elon Musk's Tesla buyout would reengineer take-private deals

  08-08-2018 14:28
  Billionaire investor Elon Musk has always done things his own way, from designing space rockets to manufacturing electric cars. Now the Tesla IncCEO is looking to reengineer how a company can be taken private.
  
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• Inside Tesla's troubled New York solar factory

  08-08-2018 14:26
  Tesla Inc’sproduction of solar roof tiles has been delayed by assembly-line problems at its new publicly subsidized factory and difficulties producing a product that satisfies the aesthetic demands of CEO Elon Musk, eight former and current employees of both companies told Reuters.
  
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• New genre of artificial intelligence programs take computer hacking to another level

  08-08-2018 13:25
  The nightmare scenario for computer security - artificial intelligence programs that can learn how to evade even the best defenses - may already have arrived.
  
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• Mozilla tests Firefox add-on that steers users toward serendipity

  08-08-2018 12:37
  The new 'Advance' add-on takes into account a user's browsing history to recommend other sites to explore.
  
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• China's Bytedance seeks to raise $3 billion at up to $75 billion valuation: sources

  08-08-2018 12:14
  Beijing Bytedance Technology Co, owner of China's leading news aggregator Jinri Toutiao, aims to raise about $3 billion in its latest funding round that would see its valuation soar to as high as $75 billion, people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
  
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• Seeking new growth drivers, Samsung plans $22 billion spending on new tech

  08-08-2018 10:55
  Samsung Group will invest 25 trillion won ($22 billion) in artificial intelligence, 5G mobile technology, electronic components for autos, and the biopharmaceutical business in pursuit of new growth areas, Samsung Electronicssaid on Wednesday.
  
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• German start-up trials solar car that can charge as you drive

  08-08-2018 09:47
  (The Aug. 7 story corrects to show Sion cannot be charged from other electric cars, removes reference to production taking place at German plants and corrects number of orders to over 6,500)
  
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• Japan Display's first-quarter loss narrows on cost cuts, but sales dive

  08-08-2018 09:42
  Japan Display Inc posted on Wednesday a narrower loss for April-June, helped by cost cuts and a rise in the value of its affiliate, but sales plunged as some Chinese smartphone makers shifted away from its liquid crystal display screens.
  
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• Eye-tracking technology trial offers hope for earlier, cheaper diagnosis of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder - ABC News

  08-08-2018 08:25
  ABC News
  Eye-tracking technology trial offers hope for earlier, cheaper diagnosis of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder
  ABC News
  Diagnosing brain impairments caused by alcohol consumption during pregnancy remains a huge challenge in Australia, but new eye-tracking technology could help change that and bring relief to those looking for answers. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, ...
  
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• Optus feels fallout from NBN’s HFC pause

  08-08-2018 07:55
  Optus has attributed a 1 per cent first quarter drop in its mass market fixed line operating revenue to the NBN Co-imposed temporary halt of hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) sales.
  
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• Australian Bauxite Limited says it has global licence rights for refining technology - The Advocate

  08-08-2018 07:20
  The Advocate
  Australian Bauxite Limited says it has global licence rights for refining technology
  The Advocate
  Australian Bauxite Limited told the ASX wholly owned subsidiary ALCORE Limited would have the world rights for refining with its ALCORE technology. It said the technology aimed to refine raw bauxite to produce aluminium fluoride and other valuable ...and more »
  
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• Intel seeks to stave off data centre competition from AMD

  08-08-2018 06:31
  Intel plans to upgrade its existing chips and combine them with a new memory technology to help stave off competition from AMD and others, according to its data centre chief .
  
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• Soon you may be able to pry my Twitter account from my cold, dead hands

  08-08-2018 06:26
  The New South Wales government has commissioned a review of laws that govern what happens to an individual’s digital assets — such as their social media accounts, cryptocurrency or similar ‘virtual’ possessions — after they die or become incapacitated.
  
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• Amazon launches curbside pickup at Whole Foods stores

  08-08-2018 06:07
  Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday said it was launching curbside pickup at Whole Foods stores, in its latest tactic to win over U.S. grocery shoppers.
  
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• ACMA prepares to test performance of NBN modems

  08-08-2018 06:01
  The Australian Communications and Media Authority is preparing to launch a new program that will test the performance of VDSL2 modems and modem/routers intended for use with NBN fibre to the node (FTTN) and fibre to the basement (FTTB) services.
  
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• Toshiba posts record quarterly profit on chip sale, outlook unclear

  08-08-2018 05:58
  Japan's Toshiba Corpreported a record quarterly net profit on Wednesday, thanks to the $18 billion sale of its flash memory chip business earlier this year to a consortium led by U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital.
  
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• Commonwealth Bank boosts spending on IT

  08-08-2018 05:01
  In FY18 the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s IT services spend grew 13 per cent compared to the prior year, with CBA revealing today that it spent $1.79 billion in the 12 months to 30 June.
  
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• Electric car's game-changing technology for Australia - Big Rigs

  08-08-2018 05:00
  Big Rigs
  Electric car's game-changing technology for Australia
  Big Rigs
  Built by German-based start-up Sono Motors, the Sion EV has solar panels integrated into its body. The roof, bonnet, side panels and rear are festooned with 330 lightweight solar cells. Solar panels on cars are not a new concept, but previously they ...and more »
  
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• Apple tells lawmakers iPhones are not listening in on consumers

  08-08-2018 03:38
  Apple Inc told U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday that its iPhones do not listen to users without their consent and do not allow third-party apps to do so either, after lawmakers asked the company if its devices were invading users' privacy.
  
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• Oracle Corp files protest over Pentagon cloud computing contract

  08-08-2018 03:30
  Oracle Corpfiled a protest on Monday with the U.S. Department of Defense over its plans to award a cloud computing contract that could be worth up to $10 billion to a single company instead of allowing for multiple winners.
  
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• Salesforce appoints Keith Block as co-CEO

  08-08-2018 03:22
  U.S. sales and marketing software company Salesforce.com Incon Tuesday said its board appointed Chief Operating Officer Keith Block as its co-chief executive officer.
  
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• Elon Musk says taking Tesla private is 'best path,' shares jump

  08-08-2018 02:35
  Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday he is considering taking Tesla Inc private in what would be the largest deal of its type, moving the electric car maker out of the glare of Wall Street as it goes through a period of rapid growth under tight financial constraints.
  
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• Snap's strategy shifts win over advertisers more than users

  08-08-2018 02:34
  Snap Inc on Tuesday received a vote of confidence from a billionaire investor and reported record revenue from outside North America, factors that helped soften the blow of its first-ever drop in daily users.
  
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• DXC Technology and AWS join forces for new integration practice - ARNnet

  08-08-2018 01:31
  ARNnet
  DXC Technology and AWS join forces for new integration practice
  ARNnet
  DXC Technology and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are joining forces to build a new integrated practice focused on delivering IT migration, application transformation and industry-specific cloud services. The multibillion-dollar DXC - AWS Integrated ...and more »
  
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