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• Exclusive: Twitter deletes over 10,000 accounts that sought to discourage U.S. voting

  02-11-2018 22:17
  Twitter Incdeleted more than 10,000 automated accounts posting messages that discouraged people from voting in Tuesday's U.S. election and wrongly appeared to be from Democrats, after the party flagged the misleading tweets to the social media company.
  
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• Uber seeks OK to resume self-driving tests in Pennsylvania

  02-11-2018 21:35
  Uber Technologies Inc has asked Pennsylvania for permission to resume self-driving car testing on public roads and has improved the autonomous vehicle software, the company said on Friday, more than seven months after it suspended testing following a deadly crash in Arizona.
  
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• Tesla discloses more regulatory credits helped profit in third quarter

  02-11-2018 19:32
  Tesla booked $189.5 million in automotive regulatory credits in its third quarter which helped contribute to profitability, the company said in a quarterly filing on Friday.
  
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• Apple loses $1 trillion status after soft holiday forecast

  02-11-2018 17:37
  Shares in Apple Incfell 6 percent on Friday, cutting its market value back to less than $1 trillion after it forecast softer-than-expected sales for the holiday quarter and fueled nerves over iPhone sales by saying it would no longer release the figures.
  
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• Vietnam releases cybersecurity draft decree

  02-11-2018 17:06
  Vietnam on Friday released a long-waited draft decree on guidelines to implement a cybersecurity law that global technology companies and rights groups have said could undermine development and stifle innovation.
  
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• Broadcom makes $1 billion patent claim against Volkswagen: Der Spiegel

  02-11-2018 16:08
  U.S. semiconductor supplier Broadcomhas made a patent claim for more than $1 billion against Volkswagenand is threatening to seek a judicial ban on the production of several car models, German magazine Der Spiegel said on Friday.
  
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• Chinese chipmaker's ambitions come unstuck with U.S. indictment

  02-11-2018 15:38
  Chinese state-backed semiconductor maker Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co Ltd billed itself as a national leader in the tech industry. It planned to drive a shift toward locally made chips and end a heavy reliance on imports, especially from the United States.
  
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• Alibaba cuts sales forecast on economic uncertainty, trade fears

  02-11-2018 14:59
  China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltdlowered its full-year sales forecast on Friday due to concerns about the economic impact of a U.S.-China trade spat, which the company expects will dent revenue ahead of its top sale season.
  
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• VW taps Baidu's Apollo platform to develop self-driving cars in China

  02-11-2018 14:38
  Volkswagenon Friday said it would join China's Apollo autonomous driving consortium, which was founded by Baidu, as it seeks to develop self-driving cars for the world's largest market.
  
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• Tesla develops plan to make 3,000 Model 3s per week in Shanghai to cut tariff impact

  02-11-2018 14:10
  Tesla Incsaid on Friday that it is developing plans to start producing about 3,000 Model 3 vehicles per week in Shanghai in the initial phase of its Gigafactory 3 to reduce the impact of tariffs.
  
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• Germany needs to commit billions to artificial intelligence: SPD

  02-11-2018 13:56
  Germany must commit billions of euros to back a planned strategy to develop artificial intelligence or risk falling further behind the United States and China, a senior government lawmaker said on Friday.
  
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• SoftBank's mobile unit set to win listing approval on November 12: DealWatch

  02-11-2018 12:48
  Japan's SoftBank Group Corpis expected to win listing approval for its mobile unit from the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Nov. 12 and the listing date is likely to be Dec. 19, DealWatch reported on Friday citing unnamed sources.
  
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• At Telematics crossroads, TomTom CEO plots next move

  02-11-2018 12:47
  Digital mapmaking company TomTomwill consider whether to go it alone or pursue partnerships if it sells a fleet management business which may account for more than half itscurrent value, its chief executive told Reuters.
  
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• Investors bristle as Apple's iPhone data goes the way of its headphone jacks

  02-11-2018 12:15
  First Apple Inctook away the headphone jack on its iPhones. Then it took away the home button.
  
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• Apple warns on holiday sales, sending value below $1 trillion

  02-11-2018 11:30
  Apple Inc on Thursday warned that sales for the crucial holiday quarter would likely miss Wall Street expectations, which Chief Executive Tim Cook blamed on weakness in emerging markets and foreign exchange costs.
  
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• What is WPA3? Wi-Fi security protocol strengthens connections

  02-11-2018 11:00
  The Wi-Fi Alliance has introduced the first major security improvement to Wi-Fi in about 14 years: WPA3. The most significant additions to the new Wi-Fi security protocol are greater protection for simple passwords, individualized encryption for Personal and Open networks, and more secure encryption for Enterprise networks.
  
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• Employee engagement: 10 best practices for improving your culture

  02-11-2018 11:00
  A culture of engagement can improve business productivity and employee retention. CIOs and experts share tips on keeping your staff engaged.
  
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• AT&T's WarnerMedia accuses DOJ with 'collaborating' with Dish in HBO dispute

  02-11-2018 10:07
  AT&T Inc's WarnerMedia has accused the U.S. Department of Justice of "collaborating" with Dish Network Corp in a high profile dispute over carrying HBO and Cinemax.
  
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• Telstra M2M problem affects ATMs, EFTPOS terminals

  02-11-2018 05:06
  Telstra has confirmed a problem is affecting its machine to machine (M2M) data services.
  
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• ACCC wary of NBN price shock for telcos, consumers

  02-11-2018 04:29
  NBN Co has gone back to the drawing board in an effort to come up with changes to a key agreement governing its wholesale operations that will offer it flexibility but be acceptable to Australia’s competition and consumer watchdog.
  
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• Google Australia workers join global walkout

  02-11-2018 03:06
  ​Staff at Google Australia’s headquarters in Pyrmont, Sydney today staged a walkout in protest of the company’s “workplace that doesn’t work for everyone,” in particular women and minority groups.
  
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• MuleSoft eyes multibillion dollar API opportunity

  02-11-2018 01:26
  When Salesforce announced in March its plan to acquire API platform developer MuleSoft for US$6.5 billion it said there was potential to turn MuleSoft (estimated FY18 sales $415 million) into a $10 billion business.
  
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• 'Haven for photons' discovery holds promise for robust qubits

  02-11-2018 00:08
  “We can now propose a pathway to build robust entangled states for logic gates using protected pairs of photons,” says Dr Andrea Blanco-Redondo from Sydney Nano Institute.
  
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