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• Apple spruces up Macs, iPad Pros and raises prices

  30-10-2018 23:55
  Apple Increfreshed some of its lesser-known products at a New York event on Tuesday, adding iPhone features like facial recognition to the iPad Pro and faster processors and better displays to some Mac computers that had gone years without a major update.
  
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• T-Mobile exceeds expectations for phone subscribers, profit

  30-10-2018 23:38
  T-Mobile US Incon Tuesday exceeded Wall Street's quarterly estimates for net new phone subscribers and profit, driven by its competitive wireless plans and trade-in offers for iPhones aimed at fending off its bigger rivals.
  
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• EA holiday-quarter revenue forecast misses on 'Battlefield V' delay

  30-10-2018 23:37
  Electronic Arts Inc forecast third-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, as the video-game publisher's delayed launch of its popular "Battlefield V" game hurt the company in an already crowded holiday-season game slate.
  
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• ‘Bigtech’ not fintech the biggest threat to banks

  30-10-2018 23:33
  Fintech – startup companies offering innovative financial services — are often touted as a major threat to established banks, but, says Laura Crozier, global industry director, financial services at Software AG, it is the 'bigtech' companies — in particular Amazon, Apple and Google — they should fear most.
  
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• EV maker Faraday Future's co-founder Nick Sampson steps down

  30-10-2018 23:08
  Chinese electric vehicle developer Faraday Future said on Tuesday its co-founder Nick Sampson has resigned, a week after the cash-starved company planned pay cuts and layoffs to reduce operational costs.
  
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• Same-day delivery company Deliv raises $40 million in latest funding round

  30-10-2018 22:34
  Deliv Inc, an Uber-like startup that uses a fleet of contract drivers to pick up online orders from stores and malls for a fee, said it has raised $40 million in a new round of funding from investors, including Alphabet Inc's Google.
  
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• As Windows 10 delay continues, support shortfall grows

  30-10-2018 21:45
  Microsoft is running out of calendar runway for Windows 10 October 2018 Update, the one it withdrew from distribution earlier this month.
  
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• FireEye earnings boosted by lower costs, higher subscriptions

  30-10-2018 21:43
  FireEye Inc reported better-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue on Tuesday as the cybersecurity firm benefited from its shift to a subscription-based model and lower costs, sending its shares up 3 percent in extended trading.
  
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• Uber defends its business model over UK worker rights

  30-10-2018 18:17
  Uber defended its business model at the Court of Appeal on Tuesday in the latest stage of a long-running battle over the classification of its drivers as self-employed, a designation that entitles them to few workplace rights in Britain.
  
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• VW reviewing autonomous car alliances, Waymo seen as a leader: CFO

  30-10-2018 16:40
  Volkswagen Chief Financial Officer Frank Witter on Tuesday said the carmaker was open to deeper alliances with outside companies, particularly in the area of autonomous driving, where Google's Waymo is seen to be an industry leader.
  
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• Coinbase valued at $8 billion in latest fundraising round

  30-10-2018 16:08
  Coinbase, one of the top U.S. cryptocurrency exchanges, said on Tuesday it raised another $300 million in a funding round led by Tiger Global Management, valuing the firm at more than $8 billion.
  
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• Cognizant sees weak fourth quarter as financial services growth drags

  30-10-2018 16:07
  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp on Tuesday blamed weakness in its financial services sector for dismal revenue and profit forecasts for the fourth quarter that missed analysts' estimates.
  
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• Mastercard says storing India payments data locally in face of new rules

  30-10-2018 15:17
  Global card payments giant Mastercard is storing its new Indian transaction data locally, the company said on Tuesday, as it starts to comply with a regulatory directive which U.S. companies unsuccessfully lobbied hard to dilute.
  
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• Take-Two videogame 'Red Dead' makes record opening weekend sales

  30-10-2018 14:17
  "Red Dead Redemption 2," the highly awaited Western adventure videogame, made over $725 million in worldwide retail sales during its opening weekend, driving shares of game developer Take-Two 12 percent higher on Tuesday.
  
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• Village Roadshow turns to Braintree for payments

  30-10-2018 07:01
  Braintree Australia has been tasked with consolidating Village Roadshow’s payment infrastructure, the company announced today.
  
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• Don’t protect NBN from 5G competition: ACCC head

  30-10-2018 06:43
  The head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has warned the government against any move to protect NBN Co’s network from the competitive pressure of emerging mobile technologies.
  
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• Tas government mulls cyber security operations centre

  30-10-2018 04:56
  The Tasmanian government is examining the feasibility of launching a cyber security operations centre to boost cross-government infosec efforts.
  
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• In Pictures: Flash Forward: How to deliver real outcomes in the age of Storage Innovation - Sydney Breakfast

  30-10-2018 03:34
  Organisations continue to embark on the digital transformation journey, and many continue to grapple with legacy business processes, applications and infrastructure that require modernisation and automation. But at the same time, historic advancements in storage technology - particularly in all-flash and hybrid data storage - is helping IT leaders run smarter businesses and operate more efficiently. A group of technology chiefs gathered in Sydney for a Dell EMC/Computerworld Breakfast to hear ab
  
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• ASD chief defends Huawei 5G ban

  30-10-2018 01:01
  The head of the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) says a government decision to stop telcos from using “high-risk vendors” to source equipment for their 5G rollouts was “not taken lightly”.
  
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• Phishing a key source of Australian data breaches, report confirms

  30-10-2018 00:15
  User credentials compromised through phishing attacks was a key source of data breaches in the three months to September 30, according to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
  
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