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• Harness technology to drive innovation, forum hears - Australian Ageing Agenda

  13-11-2018 23:19 via australianageingagenda.com.au
  Australian Ageing Agenda
  Harness technology to drive innovation, forum hears
  Australian Ageing Agenda
  Implementing effective technology, communication and design strategies will drive the future of aged care, a panel of industry experts told a forum in Sydney earlier week. With the rapidly changing landscape, technology must be aligned to suit the ...
  
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• Brazil's Movile says it has raised $500 million for its iFood delivery app

  13-11-2018 22:50
  Brazilian technology firm Movile on Tuesday said it had raised $500 million of fresh funds for its iFood app, aimed at making it one of the world's biggest players in the meals delivery market.
  
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• NSW bans drones from being flown above prisons

  13-11-2018 22:16
  The New South Wales parliament has passed new laws banning drones from being flown above the state’s prisons.
  
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• German officials sound China alarm as 5G auctions loom

  13-11-2018 22:06
  Senior German officials are planning a last-ditch drive to convince the government to consider excluding Chinese firms such as Huawei from building the country's 5G infrastructure amid concerns this could compromise national security.
  
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• NATO looks to startups, disruptive tech to conquer emerging threats

  13-11-2018 22:04
  NATO is developing new hi-tech tools, such as the ability to 3D-print parts for weapons and deliver them by drone, as it scrambles to retain a competitive edge over Russia, China and other would-be battlefield adversaries.
  
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• CEO of Walmart's India venture resigns after sexual assault accusation: source

  13-11-2018 21:44
  The chief executive of Flipkart Group, Walmart Inc'sIndian e-commerce business, resigned following an internal probe into accusations of "serious personal misconduct," Walmart said Tuesday.
  
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• Microsoft takes second swing at Windows 10 1809, re-issues troubled upgrade

  13-11-2018 21:38
  The 'October' update rollout was put on hold for 38 days after a file-deletion bug caused problems.
  
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• Nigerian firm takes blame for routing Google traffic through China

  13-11-2018 21:37
  Nigeria's Main One Cable Co took responsibility on Tuesday for a glitch that temporarily caused some Google global traffic to be misrouted through China, saying it accidentally caused the problem during a network upgrade.
  
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• Cisco marries wireless, wired worlds with new Catalyst 9000 switches

  13-11-2018 21:15
  Cisco is making it possible to run, manage, automate and secure wired and wireless networks all on top of a single operating system.
  
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• Spotify launches in the Middle East and North Africa

  13-11-2018 20:41
  Spotify, the world's most popular paid music streaming service, officially launched in the Middle East and North Africa on Tuesday.
  
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• Factbox: Amazon to get billions in breaks for HQ2 development

  13-11-2018 20:39
  Amazon.com Incsaid on Tuesday it had split its $5 billion second headquarters into two projects that would be located in the Long Island City neighborhood of New York City's Queens borough and a Northern Virginia suburb of Washington, DC.
  
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• Kaspersky Lab invests millions, officially launches transparency initiative

  13-11-2018 20:05
  Kaspersky Lab has started to officially process data in Switzerland alongside opening its first Transparency Centre in Zurich.
  
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• Germany plans 3 billion in AI investment: government paper

  13-11-2018 19:09
  The German government has set aside around 3 billion euros for research and development of artificial intelligence, as Europe's economic powerhouse seeks to close a gap in software-led innovation between it and America and Asia.
  
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• Cylance researchers discover powerful new nation-state threat

  13-11-2018 18:45
  A new APT, dubbed White Company, is flexing its muscle on the world stage, and it has security researchers worried.
  
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• Exclusive: Dell taps banks to raise more cash for tracking stock offer - sources

  13-11-2018 18:28
  Dell Technologies Incis working with investment banks to add more cash to a $21.7 billion offer to buy back a "tracking stock" tied to its software company VMware Incas it nears a deal with investors, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
  
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• WeWork gets $3 billion in new funding from SoftBank

  13-11-2018 17:16
  U.S. shared office space provider WeWork Cos has secured an additional $3 billion in funding from Japan's SoftBank Group Corp, according to an investor presentation seen by Reuters.
  
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• Qorvo joins other Apple suppliers in cutting forecast

  13-11-2018 16:38
  Apple supplier Qorvo Inccut its third-quarter forecast for profit and revenue on Tuesday, joining a handful of suppliers to the iPhone maker that have warned of an earningshit due to lower demand from a major customer.
  
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• China says U.S. controls on semiconductor firm break WTO rules

  13-11-2018 16:02
  The U.S. decision to cut off a Chinese state-backed chipmaker from U.S. suppliers amid allegations the firm stole intellectual property breaks World Trade Organization rules and aims to protect a U.S. monopoly, China told a WTO meeting on Tuesday.
  
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• Israel renews licensing agreement with Microsoft

  13-11-2018 16:01
  Israel's government signed a new software supply deal with Microsoft on Tuesday, three months after saying it would not renew its contract with the firm due to a change in license terms that would have doubled its price.
  
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• Merkel: EU digital tax should only come if broader global efforts fail

  13-11-2018 15:41
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday told the European Parliament that a European digital tax should only be introduced if broader global efforts fail.
  
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• Germany needs crisis mentality to close digital gap: Merkel ally

  13-11-2018 15:41
  Germany's thriving economy has lulled the country into a false sense of security that is hindering government efforts to close a digital technology gap with other leading economies, Chancellor Angela Merkel's digital czar said on Tuesday.
  
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• Amazon to announce investments in NY, Virginia, Nashville: source

  13-11-2018 15:32
  Amazon.com Inc is announcing on Tuesday a major investment in Nashville, Tennessee along with confirming it is adding two new headquarters in New York and northern Virginia, a person briefed on the matter said.
  
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• How to successfully embark on a DevOps journey

  13-11-2018 15:00
  Many Australian and New Zealand companies have a keen interest in DevOps - some have very advanced DevOps cultures, while others are just beginning to see how it can be beneficial to their work.
  
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• Flipkart CEO Bansal resigned after sexual misconduct claim: source

  13-11-2018 14:41
  The investigation into Flipkart Group chief Binny Bansal that led to his resignation on Tuesday stemmed from an allegation of sexual assault that dates back a few years, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.
  
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• Telecom Italia ousts CEO in boardroom tussle

  13-11-2018 14:33
  Italian phone group Telecom Italia (TIM) sacked Chief Executive Amos Genish while he was away on business in Asia on Tuesday, ousting a man viewed by some directors as an obstacle to their campaign for a more aggressive shake-up at the company.
  
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• Is your network ready to take advantage of 5G?

  13-11-2018 14:00
  Remember the launch of 3G and the ‘mobile internet’ hype? 5G is being loaded with similarly grandiose expectations. The Financial Times, not known for getting easily excited, has predicted it will be a “game changer for humanity”.
  
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• Data retention: Telco group says councils, Australia Post among organisations accessing ‘metadata’

  13-11-2018 05:41
  Telecommunications industry group Communications Alliance has revealed details of dozens of state and federal departments and agencies that it claims are accessing so-called communications ‘metadata’.
  
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• Data retention: Telco group says Centrelink, councils, Australia Post among organisations accessing ‘metadata’

  13-11-2018 05:41
  Telecommunications industry group Communications Alliance has revealed details of dozens of state and federal departments and agencies that it claims are accessing so-called communications ‘metadata’.
  
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• Data retention: Centrelink, councils, Australia Post among organisations accessing ‘metadata’

  13-11-2018 05:41
  Telecommunications industry group Communications Alliance has revealed details of dozens of state and federal departments and agencies that are accessing so-called communications ‘metadata’.
  
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• NextDC strikes INDIGO cable deal with Superloop

  13-11-2018 02:42
  Connection to the INDIGO subsea cable system will be offered from NextDC’s P1 and P2 data centres in Perth as well as its Sydney S1 and S2 facilities.
  
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• ACCC figures reveal telcos buying more NBN capacity

  13-11-2018 02:03
  Figures released today by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission reveal that the average NBN bandwidth per household increased in the three months to 30 September — from 1.66 megabits per second at the end of June, to 1.71Mbps.
  
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• From pyramids to diamonds: how technology is transforming finance - The Sydney Morning Herald

  13-11-2018 01:24 via smh.com.au
  The Sydney Morning Herald
  From pyramids to diamonds: how technology is transforming finance
  The Sydney Morning Herald
  Robotics and artificial intelligence are sweeping through workplaces across the globe, and nowhere more than in the accountancy profession and company finance departments. Many of the repetitive and rule-based roles will be replaced by robots, raising ...
  
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• Fear and hacking on the bug bounty trail

  13-11-2018 00:57
  It could be a scene from almost any city start-up office on a Friday afternoon, except the workers here have been flown in from five continents, and will eat tonight at Sydney’s most expensive restaurants before wandering back to their beds at the five star Westin hotel over the road.
  
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• Trialled technology really helps 'Care Konnect' - Talking Aged Care

  13-11-2018 00:14 via agedcareguide.com.au
  Talking Aged Care
  Trialled technology really helps 'Care Konnect'
  Talking Aged Care
  Care Konnect, developed by Chief Executive Officer Sean Grealy, is an app that incorporates a real-time feed to allow loved ones and aged care providers to all stay informed, involved and connected like never before. The up-to-date technology replaces ...
  
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