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• Hackers attacked 1m+ Asus users through malicious update

  25-03-2019 23:31
  Hackers were able to deliver malware to the more one million-plus Asus computer owners last year by hijacking the company's software update system, security researchers said on Monday.
  
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• Apple unveils streaming service, credit card

  25-03-2019 22:56
  Apple has attempted to reintroduce itself as an entertainment and financial services company that also makes iPhones as it launched a streaming television service, a credit card and an online gaming arcade.
  
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• TaylorMade's latest driver might be another "mini" with maxed out technology - Golf Digest

  25-03-2019 22:31
  TaylorMade's latest driver might be another "mini" with maxed out technology  Golf DigestTaylorMade created a niche product with a cult following when it introduced its first Mini driver five years ago, and a check of the USGA's conforming list Monday ...
  
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• AI researchers must confront “missed opportunities” to achieve social good - MIT Technology Review

  25-03-2019 21:27
  AI researchers must confront “missed opportunities” to achieve social good  MIT Technology ReviewDeeper collaboration with social sciences and underserved communities is required to make sure that AI tools don't cause more problems than they solve.
  
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• An Uber Case Study In Technology Facilitated Inequity - Millennial Politics

  25-03-2019 20:45
  An Uber Case Study In Technology Facilitated Inequity  Millennial PoliticsA case study and call to action highlighting the need for Uber and others to review the way their platforms promote inequity.
  
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• Apple unveils TV subscription service with help from Oprah Winfrey - The Guardian

  25-03-2019 20:35
  Apple unveils TV subscription service with help from Oprah Winfrey  The GuardianSteven Spielberg and Big Bird on hand as company reveals new services including credit card and gaming platform.
  
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• How malevolent machine learning could derail AI - MIT Technology Review

  25-03-2019 19:46
  How malevolent machine learning could derail AI  MIT Technology ReviewAI security expert Dawn Song warns that “adversarial machine learning” could be used to reverse-engineer systems—including those used in defense.
  
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• Microsoft unveils speedy type checker for Python

  25-03-2019 18:15
  Pyright aims to be a faster type checker for Python than existing projects, and doesn't need Python itself
  
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• A multimillion-dollar criminal crypto-mining ecosystem has been uncovered - MIT Technology Review

  25-03-2019 18:00
  A multimillion-dollar criminal crypto-mining ecosystem has been uncovered  MIT Technology ReviewUsing stolen processing power to mine cryptocurrencies is a profitable criminal enterprise. But nobody realized the scale of the activity until now.
  
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• Autonomous driving: Safety first - MIT Technology Review

  25-03-2019 17:00
  Autonomous driving: Safety first  MIT Technology ReviewSelf-driving vehicle technology has made significant advancements; now there needs to be an industry standard for self-driving safely.
  
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• Technology Is A Huge Driver Of The U.S. Oil And Gas Boom - Forbes

  25-03-2019 15:31
  Technology Is A Huge Driver Of The U.S. Oil And Gas Boom  ForbesHuman resources remain indispensable to the success of any company, but the deployment of a raft of advancing technologies is playing an ever-advancing ...
  
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• What we learned at Nvidia's GTC conference 2019

  25-03-2019 15:02
  As to be expected, Nvidia made a series product announcements at its annual GPU technology conference (GTC) in San Jose this week, with the focus continuing to be on giving customers and developers the hardware and services they need to leverage artificial intelligence.
  
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• First Gas Turbine Upgrade Blending GE and Alstom Technology Unveiled - POWER magazine

  25-03-2019 13:19
  First Gas Turbine Upgrade Blending GE and Alstom Technology Unveiled  POWER magazineGE introduced its GT26 HE (high efficiency) gas turbine upgrade on March 25 by announcing Uniper would be the first to install the new technology at the ...
  
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• Java and JVM to zero in on GPUs and containers

  25-03-2019 11:00
  Oracle says future Java developments will focus on improving language and runtime support for big data, machine learning, and cloud-native workloads
  
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• IT needs to make mobile unified communications a priority

  25-03-2019 11:00
  As more corporate workers rely on mobile devices, enterprises need to adopt mobile unified communications, which is easier to scale and manage than wired UC.
  
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• Government to boost fines for privacy breaches

  25-03-2019 10:40
  The government says it will legislate increase the penalties that can be levied under the Privacy Act to 10 per cent of a company’s turnover, $10 million or three times the value of a benefit obtained through the misuse of information, whichever is greater, up from a current cap of $2.1 million for serious or repeated breaches.
  
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• Cryptocurrency market update: Western Union partners with Thunes to leverage Stellar technology - no update on Ripple (XRP) trials - FXStreet

  25-03-2019 10:24
  Cryptocurrency market update: Western Union partners with Thunes to leverage Stellar technology - no update on Ripple (XRP) trials  FXStreetThe global payments behemoth, Western Union is reported to have signed a partnership agreement with a blockchain fintech startup referred to as Thunes.
  
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• Melbourne Uni fights spaghetti threat with iPaaS

  25-03-2019 05:55
  The University of Melbourne has increased its use of cloud services as part of a broader innovation agenda — but that emphasis has brought with it the dangers of reverting to a previous condition of “spaghetti architecture,” according to Tommy Hoeglund​.
  
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• Plastic pollution and the technology to beat it - News - The University of Sydney

  25-03-2019 01:10
  Plastic pollution and the technology to beat it  News - The University of SydneyAs an environmental emergency, the explosion of plastic waste is right up there. Professor Thomas Maschmeyer wanted to make plastic valuable enough for ...
  
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• Security researcher pleads guilty in GoGet case

  25-03-2019 00:09
  Illawarra-based security researcher Nikola Cubrilovic has pleaded guilty to charges related to unauthorised access to the GoGet service and will be sentenced in May.
  
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