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• HackerRank launches tool to help hire developers

  14-09-2018 22:04
  The service for employers promises to assess their hiring practices and assessment tests
  
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• Cryptocurrency project Tezos to launch main network next week

  14-09-2018 20:45
  The Tezos cryptocurrency project is preparing to launch the long-awaited main version of its network that underpins a new virtual token on Monday, a Swiss foundation that promotes the initiative said on Twitter on Friday.
  
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• U.S. union urges states to look into T-Mobile purchase of Sprint

  14-09-2018 19:32
  The Communication Workers of America labor union, which opposes T-Mobile's proposed purchase of rival Sprint, has written to all 50 state attorneys general to highlight potential job losses from the proposed deal as well as antitrust concerns.
  
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• Georgia Tech research: smart-building andIoT technology are highly fragmented

  14-09-2018 18:52
  Data gathered by traditional building systems goes overlooked because it is formats aren’t compatible with data formats used by newer IoT devices, slowing the advance of smart cities.
  
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• New York sues U.S. to stop fintech bank charters

  14-09-2018 18:28
  New York state's top banking regulator on Friday sued the federal government to void its decision to award national bank charters to online lenders and payment companies, saying it was unconstitutional and put vulnerable consumers at risk.
  
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• Amazon's Bezos says Trump should be 'glad' of media scrutiny

  14-09-2018 16:43
  Amazon.com IncChief Executive Jeff Bezos said on Thursday the company would announce a decision on where it will build a second headquarters before the end of the year, and also said that President Donald Trump is wrong to "attack the media."
  
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• VW in talks on self-driving car standards: report

  14-09-2018 14:26
  Germany's Volkswagen is in talks with other carmakers to set common standards for self-driving vehicle technology, Automotive News reported on Friday.
  
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• ECB has no plan to issue digital currency: Draghi

  14-09-2018 13:37
  The European Central bank has no plan to issue a digital currency because the underlying technology is still fragile and the use of physical cash still high in the euro zone, the ECB president said on Friday.
  
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• Four industries Apple is set to disrupt

  14-09-2018 13:18
  Though Apple tends to focus on the consumer aspects of its devices and software, the new iPhones and Apple Watch unveiled this week could shake up everything from healthcare to retail and even media.
  
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• China's Didi imposes strict driver requirements for late-night rides

  14-09-2018 13:11
  Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing Technology Co Ltd said on Friday that it had implemented stricter requirements for drivers who want to pick up passengers late at night and tripled the number of customer service staff responsible for safety.
  
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• Santander UK to build $200 million tech hub in Milton Keynes, England

  14-09-2018 13:07
  Santander UK said on Friday it would build a new technology hub in the English town of Milton Keynes, representing an investment of 150 million pounds ($196.82 million).
  
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• LG Display picked as second OLED supplier for iPhones: Electronic Times

  14-09-2018 12:48
  South Korea's LG Display has been chosen as a second supplier for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screens for Apple's iPhones, the Electronic Times reported on Friday.
  
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• Vietnam urges Facebook to open office ahead of controversial cyber law

  14-09-2018 12:33
  Vietnam has asked Facebookto open a local office as the Communist-ruled country increases pressure on global technology firms to abide by a controversial cyber security law.
  
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• U.S. sanctions Russian, Chinese tech firms over funds for North Korea

  14-09-2018 09:47
  The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on a China-based tech firm, its North Korean CEO and a Russian subsidiary, accusing them of moving illicit funding to North Korea in violation of U.S. sanctions.
  
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• ChargePoint to grow global EV charging network to 2.5 million

  14-09-2018 08:24
  ChargePoint, operator of one of the world's largest charging station networks for electric vehicles (EV), is targeting a near fifty-fold increase in its global network of loading spots by the middle of next decade, it said on Friday.
  
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• Xiaomi creates new management jobs aimed at CEO succession planning

  14-09-2018 08:05
  Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Incsaid on Friday it will rejig its businesses and create new leadership positions aimed at building a second tier to CEO Lei Jun, amid increased scrutiny of governance and successions at Chinese tech firms.
  
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• Collie solar data centre proposal gets govt backing

  14-09-2018 07:41
  A proposal to build a “behind the grid” data centre – which it is claimed will be the first in Australia to be “powered primarily from renewable energy sources” – has received the backing of the Western Australian government.
  
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• Aussie investment firm Palisade buys into Hawaiki

  14-09-2018 06:54
  Australian infrastructure investment firm, Palisade Investment Partners, will take a "significant" ownership interest in the Hawaiki cable.
  
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• The impact of AI on your data management and storage strategy

  14-09-2018 06:45
  Interest in AI applications is on the rise, but infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders are often unprepared to address storage requirements for growing and diverse datasets of large-scale machine learning (ML).
  
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• Time to think outside the router

  14-09-2018 06:22
  I finally delivered four large boxes with nearly 1,000 CDs inside to my local library, some as old as 33 years. Back then, I did a similar decluttering with my cassettes and vinyl, except for a few select albums like an original release of Dark Side of the Moon.
  
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• NSW’s Spatial Services embraces serverless, agile

  14-09-2018 04:58
  A cadastre — an authoritative record of land boundaries — is not a new concept, but a recent New South Wales project has given it a distinctly modern twist, with the state government’s Spatial Services agency rolling out a cloud-based ‘cadastre as a service’ offering.
  
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• Microsoft's blind navigation app Soundscape launches

  14-09-2018 04:54
  Microsoft has launched a 3D audio wayfinding app for people who are blind or have low-vision in Australia.
  
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• Google's China plan spurs inquiry from U.S. lawmakers, staff departures

  14-09-2018 02:14
  A bipartisan group of 16 U.S. lawmakers asked Alphabet Inc's Googleon Thursday if it would comply with China's internet censorship and surveillance policies should it re-enter the Chinese search engine market.
  
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• AWS’s bid to ‘strangle the monoliths’ with serverless

  14-09-2018 02:12
  CSIRO’s head oftransformational bioinformatics Denis Bauer took to the stage at an Amazon Web Services event on Wednesday to proclaim: “Once you go serverless you never go back”.
  
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• Why is Apple's Airpower still a no-show?

  14-09-2018 02:08
  It's now been a full year since Apple announced it would release its first wireless charger to go along with the first iPhones that could be wirelessly charged.
  
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• Alleged fraudsters reaped $3m business email compromise windfall, police say

  14-09-2018 01:54
  Police allege that a 43-year-old Nigerian man coordinated a fraud ring from inside Villawood immigration detention centre that netted more than $3 million through business email compromise.
  
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• Walmart's purchase of Mexico food delivery app set to spur e-commerce

  14-09-2018 00:56
  Walmart Inc will acquire Latin American food delivery service Cornershop for $225 million, it said on Thursday, in a move to ramp up its online grocery business in Mexico and Chile.
  
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