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• Weak Amazon, Alphabet results ignite growth worries

  26-10-2018 23:08
  Shares of Amazon.com Incdropped by the most in four years on Friday after its outlook for holiday season sales missed targets, fanning concerns that Wall Street's tech darlings are finally starting to face stronger competition.
  
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• 'Fortnite' creator Epic Games raises $1.25 bln from KKR, others

  26-10-2018 22:35
  Epic Games, the creator of video game sensation "Fortnite", said on Friday it received $1.25 billion in funding from investors, including KKR & Co Inc , Iconiq Capital and Smash Ventures.
  
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• California will not enforce state net neutrality law pending appeal

  26-10-2018 22:33
  The state of California on Friday agreed not to enforce its own state net neutrality law until a final court decision on the Trump administration's decision to overturn the 2015 Obama-era open internet rules.
  
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• Blockchain startup hires away Google's messaging tech leader

  26-10-2018 22:08
  Blockchain technology startup Ripple Labs Inc confirmed to Reuters on Friday that it hired Amir Sarhangi, who had been leading Google's rollout of a new wireless messaging system, as vice president of products.
  
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• "Evil Womxn": The Silencing Of Biological Reality And The Technology Of Obfuscation - Forbes

  26-10-2018 21:58
  Forbes
  "Evil Womxn": The Silencing Of Biological Reality And The Technology Of Obfuscation
  Forbes
  Dedicated to Electric Light Orchestra. In the UK, the recent Reform of the Gender Recognition Act consultation ended on Monday which temporarily marked a pause to one of the most heated issues in the country. For the past five years, I have been ...and more »
  
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• GM wants Trump administration to back national electric vehicle program

  26-10-2018 21:55
  General Motors Co said on Friday it wants the Trump administration to back a nationwide program to boost sales of zero emission vehicles like electric cars, even as the government has proposed ending California's ability to require more clean vehicles.
  
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• Facebook removes fake accounts tied to Iran that lured over 1 million followers

  26-10-2018 21:28
  Facebook Incsaid on Friday it had deleted accounts originating in Iran that attracted more than 1 million U.S. and British followers, its latest effort to combat disinformation activity on its platform.
  
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• Microsoft overtakes Amazon as second most valuable U.S. company

  26-10-2018 21:08
  Microsoft Corpregained its spot as the second most valuable U.S. company on Friday after a disappointing quarterly report from Amazon.comwiped $65 billion off the online retailer's market capitalization.
  
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• Oracle’s Wookiee brings microservices to Scala developers

  26-10-2018 20:40
  The open source framework is tailored to building concurrent, message-driven applications
  
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• Amazon opens up Alexa for Business to third-party devices

  26-10-2018 18:42
  The move allows the voice-activated digital assistant to push further into the enterprise by expanding the variety of devices in which it's embedded.
  
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• Apple and Samsung fined for planned obsolescence

  26-10-2018 18:11
  Rivals Apple and Samsung are united at least one point: Both have implemented unfair business practices, violating the Italian Consumer Code.
  
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• #MeToo has arrived in India, and it's changing how technology is used to fight injustice - The Conversation UK

  26-10-2018 17:28
  The Conversation UK
  #MeToo has arrived in India, and it's changing how technology is used to fight injustice
  The Conversation UK
  Spin the globe to India and you'll see it's lit up like Diwali: the #MeToo movement is rising, and – like its US predecessor – is largely being played out on social media, with very real consequences for well-known public figures. The campaign is not ...and more »
  
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• Snap shares sink as two million users move on

  26-10-2018 14:14
  Snap Incshares plunged 14 percent on Friday after the Snapchat-owner posted its second straight quarter of user losses and forecast further declines, a boost for Facebook Inc'sInstagram ahead of its results next week.
  
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• Charter signs up more internet subscribers than expected

  26-10-2018 13:58
  Charter Communications Inc said on Friday it added more internet subscribers than Wall Street analysts had projected for the third quarter, making up for a drop in video subscribers that was less severe than expected.
  
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• What’s the IoT doing to your data center?

  26-10-2018 12:00
  The internet of things devices gather massive amounts of data in corporate settings, and that puts a range of demands on networks and data centers.
  
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• EMS gains two Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering - University News: The University of Western Australia

  26-10-2018 09:51
  EMS gains two Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering
  University News: The University of Western Australia
  Three researchers from The University of Western Australia are among 25 new Fellows with impressive track records in leadership and creating impact to be elected to the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. They include two researchers ...and more »
  
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• Wary of crypto, UK government blocks Royal Mint's digital gold

  26-10-2018 09:07
  (This October 25 story corrects paragraph 23 to say staff were let go, not fired.)
  
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• French regulator faces thorny dilemma in 5G spectrum auction

  26-10-2018 07:58
  French telecom operators are set to pay a hefty price to buy 5G radio frequencies in 2019, but authorities are seeking to avoid bleeding them dry, the head of the country's telecoms regulator told Reuters.
  
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• Cloudera co-founder Mike Olson talks Hortonworks merger, future of big data

  26-10-2018 07:00
  According to Mike Olson, the merger will not "fundamentally" change how he thinks about the industry and where it is headed.
  
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• ELLE's Guide To Geek Speak: The AZ Of Technology Terms - ELLE Australia

  26-10-2018 06:07
  ELLE's Guide To Geek Speak: The AZ Of Technology Terms
  ELLE Australia
  It's 2018—and while computers, iPhones, Androids and wearable tech might be all around us, there's definitely things we can all improve on. If you're finding yourself lacking in 'geek speak', or understanding modern-day technology terms, now is ...
  
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• ‘Winter is coming’: Dell EMC expert outlines IT infrastructure vision

  26-10-2018 05:34
  Dell EMC modern datacentre specialist, Perry Delaney, saidit’s both “exciting times” and “challenging times” for the ICT industry given the new and ever-present digital reality.
  
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• ShareRoot to integrate secure login technology with its MediaConsent platform - Proactive Investors Australia

  26-10-2018 05:34
  Proactive Investors Australia
  ShareRoot to integrate secure login technology with its MediaConsent platform
  Proactive Investors Australia
  SAAVHA is a software-as-a-service platform that strengthens security with less than 100 lines of HTML code. ShareRoot Ltd (ASX:SRO) has entered into an agreement to integrate secure login expert SAAVHA's voice-based one-button biometric login with ...and more »
  
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• Intel bucks chip industry woes; powered by PCs, iPhones

  26-10-2018 02:43
  Intel Corp beat analysts' estimates for quarterly profit and revenue on Thursday, driven by its high-margin data center business and strong demand for its PC chips, sending its shares up as much as 6.0 percent in extended trading, though those gains later evaporated on concerns about U.S. trade tensions with China.
  
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• Mellanox working with adviser on potential sale: CNBC

  26-10-2018 01:54
  Chipmaker Mellanox Technologies Ltd has hired a financial adviser to explore a sale after receiving takeover interest from at least two companies, CNBC reported citing people familiar with the matter.
  
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• Amazon's holiday season sales outlook misses views; shares sink

  26-10-2018 01:46
  Amazon.com Incforecast holiday season sales and profit that missed Wall Street targets on Thursday, projecting revenue growth that would be the slowest in years, sending shares of the world's largest online retailer down 8 percent in after-hours trade.
  
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• Alphabet misses Wall Street revenue estimates; shares fall

  26-10-2018 01:46
  Google parent Alphabet Incon Thursday missed analysts' quarterly revenue estimates for the first time in at least two years and reported continuing erosion of its operating margin, sending shares down almost 7 percent after hours.
  
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• Top one per cent NBN users consumes one terabyte per month

  26-10-2018 01:43
  The top one per cent of Australian end-user premises on the NBN each consumes around one terabyte per month.
  
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• Snap expects to lose more users, shares plunge

  26-10-2018 00:37
  Snap Inc lost more users than Wall Street expected in the third quarter as it continued to grapple with an unpopular redesign of its Snapchat photo-messaging app and fierce competition from Facebook Inc's Instagram.
  
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