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• Renault-Nissan adopts Android in coup for Google

  19-09-2018 23:50
  The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi carmaking alliance says it will adopt Alphabet's Google Android operating system, handing a victory to the U.S. tech giant as it pushes for a bigger share of the infotainment market.
  
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• LLVM 7 improves performance analysis, linking

  19-09-2018 23:08
  The compiler framework that powers Rust, Swift, and Clang offers new and revised tools for optimization, linking, and debugging
  
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• Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase hires chief legal officer from Fannie Mae

  19-09-2018 22:49
  Coinbase has hired finance executive Brian Brooks as chief legal officer, it said on Wednesday, as the cryptocurrency exchange grows its compliance and government affairs capabilities amid intensifying regulatory scrutiny of the nascent market.
  
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• Amazon considering opening up to 3,000 cashierless stores by 2021: Bbg

  19-09-2018 21:58
  Amazon.com Incis considering a plan to open as many as 3,000 new Amazon Go cashierless stores in the next few years, Bloomberg reported https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-19/amazon-is-said-to-plan-up-to-3-000-cashierless-stores-by-2021 on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
  
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• Facebook yet to comply with EU consumer rules, Airbnb in line: EU sources

  19-09-2018 20:50
  Facebookmay face sanctions because it has yet to comply with EU consumer rules while Airbnb has made the necessary changes in response to regulatory demands, EU sources said on Wednesday.
  
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• Amazon's use of merchant data under EU microscope

  19-09-2018 18:47
  European Union regulators are checking whether U.S. online retailer Amazonis using merchants' data in a way that stifles competition, Europe's antitrust chief said on Wednesday.
  
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• Coding platform GitLab enters unicorn club after raising $100 million

  19-09-2018 18:25
  U.S. coding platform GitLab raised $100 million in its latest round of funding, catapulting the company into the unicorn club with a valuation of more than $1 billion.
  
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• Germany to reach target of 1 million electric cars later than planned

  19-09-2018 18:23
  Germany will likely have to delay its target of having 1 million electric vehicles on the road by two years to 2022, according to a government-sponsored report.
  
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• Startup Picnic runs grocery delivery bus in Dutch online shopping boom

  19-09-2018 18:20
  Coming to a stop outside yet another front door on Utrecht's narrow streets, 25-year-old Susann Huber gets out of her electric minivan, pulls out a crate of groceries and hands them over to a waiting customer.
  
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• Beijing allocates more roads for self-driving vehicle tests

  19-09-2018 16:45
  China's capital city has designated 11 more roads for self-driving vehicle testing, state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday, to try to speed up the technology's development.
  
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• Strap on the Fitbit: John Hancock to sell only interactive life insurance

  19-09-2018 16:11
  John Hancock, one of the oldest and largest North American life insurers, will stop underwriting traditional life insurance and instead sell only interactive policies that track fitness and health data through wearable devices and smartphones, the company said on Wednesday.
  
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• Hyundai signs deal to sell 1,000 hydrogen-powered trucks in Switzerland

  19-09-2018 16:08
  Hyundai Motor said on Wednesday it will sell 1,000 hydrogen-powered trucks in Switzerland over the next five years through a new tie-up, betting the vehicles could beat battery-powered models sold by the likes of Tesla Inc.
  
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• Telstra eyes 5G ‘smart cities’ play

  19-09-2018 15:54
  Telstra’s network engineering chief says that the company is preparing to test the potential of 5G to enable smart cities, as the telco continues its program of rolling out support for the new standard across its existing mobile base stations.
  
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• Telstra expects accelerated adoption of 5G

  19-09-2018 09:00
  The initial set of 5G standards have only just been finalised, but Telstra CEO Andy Penn said he expects adoption of the next-generation wireless technology to be even swifter than its predecessor.
  
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• Telstra’s IoT network helps stop drips, drops and leaks

  19-09-2018 05:33
  ​A new service from Telstra has been helping utilities reduce water wastage, the telco said today.
  
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• 2Gpbs mobile speeds draw closer after Telstra live network test

  19-09-2018 05:04
  Telstra has partnered with Qualcomm and Ericsson for a test on the telco’s mobile network of technology capable of delivering 2 gigabits per second downloads to end users.
  
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• Data61 partners with German vendor to protect global defence systems

  19-09-2018 03:27
  CSIRO's Data61 has partnered with Hensoldt Cyber to develop a hardware-software stack to protect against cyber attacks on defence systems, smart factories, autonomous vehicles and critical infrastructure.
  
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• Microsoft introduces HoloLens to businesses via Dynamics 365

  19-09-2018 03:10
  ​Microsoft has announced new AI and mixed-reality applications for its Dynamics 365 online business software.
  
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• Microsoft introduces HoloLens to businesses

  19-09-2018 03:10
  ​Microsoft announced new AI and mixed-reality applications for its Dynamics 365 online business software, putting to use its augmented-reality goggles HoloLens for businesses.
  
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