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• Biodegradable technology brings 'higher cotton yield at less cost to the environment' - ABC News

  07-09-2018 22:24 via abc.net.au
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  Biodegradable technology brings 'higher cotton yield at less cost to the environment'
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  An innovative technology in the Australian cotton industry is gaining a foothold overseas. Some years ago, scientists in Queensland began trialling the use of an unlikely piece of material — biodegradable film — to boost yield and maximise water usage.
  
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• Biodegradable technology brings 'higher cotton yield at less cost to the environment' - ABC Local

  07-09-2018 22:24 via abc.net.au
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  Biodegradable technology brings 'higher cotton yield at less cost to the environment'
  ABC Local
  An innovative technology in the Australian cotton industry is gaining a foothold overseas. Some years ago, scientists in Queensland began trialling the use of an unlikely piece of material — biodegradable film — to boost yield and maximise water usage.
  
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• Russian extradited to U.S. to face charges over JPMorgan hack

  07-09-2018 22:23
  A Russian man has been extradited to the United States from Georgia on charges that he took part in a massive computer hack, which targeted JPMorgan Chase & Co and other U.S. companies, U.S. prosecutors announced on Friday.
  
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• Factbox: Tesla executive departures since 2016

  07-09-2018 20:30
  Electric carmaker Tesla Inc has seen a flurry of senior executive exits in recent months.
  
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• Breakthrough: Python reaches Tiobe index Top 3

  07-09-2018 18:35
  Python displaces C++ in the popularity ranking, and places high in the PyPL and RedMonk rankings too
  
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• British Airways apologizes after 380,000 customers hit in cyber attack

  07-09-2018 12:28
  British Airways was forced to apologize on Friday after the credit card details of hundreds of thousands of its customers were stolen over a two-week period in the worst ever attack on its website and app.
  
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• UK authorities working to better understand BA cyber attack: PM's spokeswoman

  07-09-2018 12:26
  The government is aware of a cyber attack affecting British Airways customers and authorities are working to better understand the incident, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokeswoman said on Friday.
  
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• Swedish doctor-patient video app Kry to expand into France

  07-09-2018 10:10
  Kry, the best-funded digital health care start-up in Europe, said on Friday it would expand into France later this month with its smartphone-based app that connects patients to doctors for advice, prescriptions and medical referrals.
  
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• BA says notified customers as soon as possible after data breach

  07-09-2018 09:59
  British Airways contacted affected customers as soon as it found out data from its website and mobile app had been breached, its boss said on Friday.
  
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• Smart technology has given us facts on tap, but are we sacrificing our wits and autonomy? - ABC News

  07-09-2018 09:10 via abc.net.au
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  Smart technology has given us facts on tap, but are we sacrificing our wits and autonomy?
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  The internet has made our interaction with the world infinitely faster and more efficient; information is instantly at our fingertips and facts are on tap — but could our reliance on smart technology be irreversibly altering our minds?
  
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• India to launch policy to promote electric vehicles: Modi

  07-09-2018 09:05
  India will soon launch a new policy to boost the production and use of electric and alternate fuels-driven vehicles, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, as the world's third biggest oil consumer tries to cut its import bill.
  
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• Suzuki to start testing EV prototype in India from October: chairman

  07-09-2018 08:59
  Japans's Suzuki Motor Corp will start testing prototypes of electric vehicles in India by October, its chairman said on Friday.
  
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• Beta release nears for BeOS-inspired open source OS Haiku

  07-09-2018 08:38
  Just over 17 years since the project launched, and more than 18 years since the last release of the operating system that inspired it, the open source Haiku OS is nearing a beta release.
  
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• Aussie Broadband nixes ‘congestion-free’ claim

  07-09-2018 06:08
  NBN retail service provider Aussie Broadband has removed claims from marketing material that it offers a “congestion-free” service.
  
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• A ‘Google Maps’ for Geoscience’s Digital Earth data

  07-09-2018 06:00
  ​Earth observation satellites generate a lot of data, and the volume is growing at an exponential rate.
  
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• Infosys to expand in SE Asia with Temasek joint venture

  07-09-2018 05:54
  India's second-largest software services exporter Infosys Ltd said on Friday it formed a joint venture with Singapore state investor Temasek as it expands its presence in Southeast Asia.
  
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• DB Schenker ANZ CIO shipped to China

  07-09-2018 05:27
  ​The Australia and New Zealand arm of logistics giant DB Schenker is seeking a new chief information officer.
  
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• Japan's Nidec sees electric vehicles driving profits as it plans for future

  07-09-2018 05:16
  Since starting Nidec in 1973 in a tiny Kyoto shed with just three workers, Shigenobu Nagamori has built it into the world's top maker of precision motors and became one of Japan's most venerated business leaders.
  
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• Up for it? Fraser Coast Technology Challenge is on - Fraser Coast Chronicle

  07-09-2018 04:56 via frasercoastchronicle.com.au
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  Up for it? Fraser Coast Technology Challenge is on
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  ALMOST 2000 students will power up their human energies for next weekend's Fraser Coast Technology Challenge. Maryborough Chamber of Commerce event co-ordinator Mark Williams said this year the event had attracted 1863 participants in the six ...
  
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• Technology Metals Australia drilling supports proposed mine plan at Gabanintha - Proactive Investors Australia

  07-09-2018 04:08 via proactiveinvestors.com.au
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  Technology Metals Australia drilling supports proposed mine plan at Gabanintha
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  Technology Metals Australia Ltd (ASX:TMT) has completed stage I drilling, further progressing its definitive feasibility study (DFS) at its Gabanintha Vanadium Project in Western Australia. Resource extension stage I drilling in the North Pit area ...
  
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• US charges man over WannaCry ransomware

  07-09-2018 02:57
  The U.S. government has charged and sanctioned a North Korean man over the 2017 global WannaCry ransomware cyberattack and the 2014 cyberassault on Sony, U.S. officials said.
  
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• Machine learning cuts surgical infections by 74 percent

  07-09-2018 02:50
  By applying predictive analytics and machine learning techniques to patient data and real-time data from operating theatres the University of Iowa Hospital in the US managed to reduce the incidence of wound infections acquired during surgery by 74 percent.
  
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• Subsea cable to land at Sunshine Coast

  07-09-2018 02:14
  The Sunshine Coast will be home to a landing station for the under-construction Japan-Guam-Australia South (JGA-S) subsea cable, the Queensland region’s council announced today.
  
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• Chip gear makers slide as KLA-Tencor CFO warns of slowing memory chip growth

  07-09-2018 01:40
  Shares in chip equipment maker KLA-Tencor Corp fell 9 percent, dragging along rivals, after the company's chief financial officer said September is still a "drought" in terms of memory-chip shipments and that a recovery might not be as strong as expected.
  
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• ANZ brings Atlassian technology on board to help turn company culture around - SmartCompany.com.au

  07-09-2018 01:40 via smartcompany.com.au
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  ANZ brings Atlassian technology on board to help turn company culture around
  SmartCompany.com.au
  Australian big-four bank ANZ has enlisted startup giant Atlassian to give its company culture a 21st-century boost. The bank has signed an enterprise licence agreement to use Atlassian's collaboration tools Jira and Confluence, and development tools ...
  
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• Broadcom sees fourth-quarter boost from data center demand, iPhone launch

  07-09-2018 01:23
  Broadcom Incon Thursday forecast current-quarter revenue largely above estimates on higher demand for components that power data centers, while the launch of Apple Inc's new iPhones is expected to bolster its wireless business.
  
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• British Airways website suffers data breach; 380,000 payments affected

  07-09-2018 01:12
  Financial data has been stolen from potentially hundreds of thousands of British Airways customers who made online bookings in recent weeks, extending a run of embarrassing technological mishaps suffered by the UK flag carrier.
  
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• In latest change, Uber brings new driver app to the UK

  07-09-2018 01:06
  Uber launched a new app for its drivers in Britain on Friday with features to help them track their earnings, calculate driving time and avoid speeding, in the latest change to the way it operates.
  
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• Apple to provide online tool for police to request data: letter

  07-09-2018 01:01
  Apple Incplans to create an online tool for police to formally request data about its users and to assemble a team to train police about what data can and cannot be obtained from the iPhone maker, according to a company letter seen by Reuters.
  
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• Tesla, Musk sought to 'burn' Citron, other short-sellers: lawsuit

  07-09-2018 00:51
  The prominent short-seller Andrew Left has sued Tesla Incand its Chief Executive Elon Musk, saying Musk fraudulently engineered his since-abandoned plan to take Tesla private to "burn" investors hoping the electric car company's stock price would fall.
  
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• U.S. charges North Korean hacker in Sony, WannaCry cyberattacks

  07-09-2018 00:49
  The U.S. government on Thursday charged and sanctioned a North Korean man in the 2017 global WannaCry ransomware cyberattack and the 2014 cyberassault on Sony Corp, U.S. officials said.
  
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• New blockchain ledger will let US residents sell personal healthcare data

  07-09-2018 00:41
  Most people don't know it but there is a multi-billion dollar industry that collectshealthcare information, strips it of basic personal identifiers such as name, address and Social Security Number, and then sells it off to researchers, drug developers, marketers and others.
  
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• Inside Investa's new Sydney HQ, designed around 'open, transparent and collaborative' culture

  07-09-2018 00:08
  “A key pillar of our strategy is the engagement of our people, enabling a high-performance culture and developing the capability of our teams. Our new workplace at 420 George Street supports this strategy..." says Investa CEO.
  
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