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• Tesla shares fall 5 percent on Wall Street skepticism, SEC probe reports

  09-08-2018 22:54
  Tesla Inc'sshares slipped nearly 5 percent on Thursday, wiping out the gains fueled by Chief Executive Elon Musk's announcement of a plan to take the company private, after reports of concern by regulators and on doubt the deal could be done.
  
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• Facebook says removing content on 3D printing of guns

  09-08-2018 21:30
  Facebook Incis removing content related to instructions on 3D printing of firearms, a company spokesperson said on Thursday, as debate around access to gun in the United States intensifies.
  
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• Antidepressants are changing animals' behaviour – and we're using technology to find out how - The Conversation UK

  09-08-2018 13:08
  The Conversation UK
  Antidepressants are changing animals' behaviour – and we're using technology to find out how
  The Conversation UK
  Antidepressants don't just affect human libidos. New research shows that female starlings fed food spiked with the antidepressant fluxoxetine (Prozac), were less “attractive” to males and so less likely to mate. This is the latest evidence highlighting ...and more »
  
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• Android SDK cozies up to Kotlin

  09-08-2018 12:00
  Nullability annotations accompany the Android 9 Pie debut
  
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• Anti GM activist recants as next generation farmers call for gene technology access and regulator considers relaxing ... - ABC Local

  09-08-2018 08:00
  Anti GM activist recants as next generation farmers call for gene technology access and regulator considers relaxing ...
  ABC Local
  Mark Lynus has apologised to farmers. In the late 1990's the former Greenpeace activist was leading the charge against genetically modified (GM) food. He raided UK trial sites in the dead of night, cutting down the crops to slow down research. He ...
  
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• Solar powered data centre proposed for Collie, WA

  09-08-2018 07:38
  Data centre firm DC Two has announced it is planning to build “the first behind the grid data centre in Australia powered primarily from renewable energy sources”.
  
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• Government prepares to unveil legislation to tackle police access to encrypted comms

  09-08-2018 04:45
  The government is planning to introduce in parliament’s spring sittings legislation to tackle law enforcement access to encrypted communications services.
  
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• Kaggle comp finds seizure prediction possible in more patients

  09-08-2018 04:28
  A competition run on data science crowd-sourcing platform Kaggle has found the prediction of epileptic seizures is possible in far more people living with the condition than previously thought.
  
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• Suncorp says its digital investment is paying off

  09-08-2018 03:45
  Suncorp said that it has started reaping the benefits of its Business Improvement Program (BIP) and increased investment in digital technologies.
  
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• WA Police to get body-camera technology - NEWS.com.au

  09-08-2018 02:12
  WA Police to get body-camera technology
  NEWS.com.au
  The WA police commissioner has committed to providing officers with body camera technology without specific state government funding. Australian Associated PressAugust 9, 20181:41pm. Partial filming of emergency events by the public has led Western ...and more »
  
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• Government appoints interim commissioner for open data push

  09-08-2018 01:23
  IP Australia’s deputy director general for policy and corporate, Deborah Anton, has been appointed interim National Data Commissioner, the government has announced.
  
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