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• The end of the desktop?

  02-04-2019 22:32
  Microsoft is introducing the Windows Virtual Desktop, and ushering in the end of the traditional PC desktop operating system.
  
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• Microsoft and BMW launch industrial IoT partnership

  02-04-2019 21:15
  Microsoft and BMW have launched an initiative to create an Open Manufacturing Platform to stimulate innovation and accelerate the development of 'smart' factories.
  
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• Boston Dynamics buys a better brain for its robots - MIT Technology Review

  02-04-2019 21:09 via technologyreview.com
  Boston Dynamics buys a better brain for its robots  MIT Technology ReviewThe world's most agile robots are about to get a lot smarter thanks to the purchase of a startup focused on computer vision and machine learning.
  
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• End of support looms for Windows 10 versions 1607 and 1703

  02-04-2019 19:25
  After next week, Microsoft will no longer issue updates for Windows 10 version 1607 Enterprise and Education editions or Windows 10 version 1703 Home and Pro editions.
  
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• Venture capitalists are still throwing hundreds of millions at blockchains - MIT Technology Review

  02-04-2019 19:10 via technologyreview.com
  Venture capitalists are still throwing hundreds of millions at blockchains  MIT Technology ReviewA look at the data shows that despite the crypto market's long downturn, VCs are still betting big.
  
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• Low-bandwidth radar technology provides improved detection of objects - Phys.org

  02-04-2019 18:34 via phys.org
  Low-bandwidth radar technology provides improved detection of objects  Phys.orgRadar technologies were originally designed to identify and track airborne military targets. Today they're more often used to detect motor vehicles, weather ...
  
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• Dutch security agency warns against Chinese, Russian technology - Reuters

  02-04-2019 18:31 via reuters.com
  Dutch security agency warns against Chinese, Russian technology  ReutersThe Dutch security *service* advised the government on Tuesday not to use technology from countries with active cyber-hacking campaigns against the ...
  
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• Microsoft, BMW launch industrial cloud technology partnership - Labs - Cloud - Hardware - Software - iTnews

  02-04-2019 15:23 via itnews.com.au
  Microsoft, BMW launch industrial cloud technology partnership - Labs - Cloud - Hardware - Software  iTnewsMicrosoft Corp and BMW Group on Tuesday launched an initiative to create an Open Manufacturing Platform that seeks to stimulate innovation and accelerate ...
  
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• Telstra boss Andy Penn says Queensland is at the epicentre of 5G mobile technology - Courier Mail

  02-04-2019 15:00 via couriermail.com.au
  Telstra boss Andy Penn says Queensland is at the epicentre of 5G mobile technology  Courier MailQueensland is already at the epicentre of the fifth generation 5G mobile technology revolution in Australia, according to Telstra boss Andy Penn.
  
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• Lisa Dorrian search: Police 'using new technology' - BBC News

  02-04-2019 13:54 via bbc.com
  Lisa Dorrian search: Police 'using new technology'  BBC NewsThe Dorrian family visit the police search at a caravan park in Ballyhalbert where Lisa was last seen alive in 2005.
  
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• It's time to get rid of technology's baked-in bias toward English - Quartz

  02-04-2019 13:30 via qz.com
  It's time to get rid of technology's baked-in bias toward English  QuartzThe many benefits of multilingualism are being ruined by technology.
  
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• Radar research could offer breakthrough for autonomous vehicle technology - The Jerusalem Post

  02-04-2019 13:26 via jpost.com
  Radar research could offer breakthrough for autonomous vehicle technology  The Jerusalem PostThe research shows low bandwith radars can achieve similar performance to high bandwith radars, but at a lower cost and without broadband signals, which ...
  
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• Budget 2019-20: Government revises regional NBN subsidy

  02-04-2019 13:16
  Budget documents reveal the government will revise the cap on its yet-to-be-legislated Regional Broadband Scheme subsidy for the NBN.
  
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• Budget 2019-20: ATO to migrate data centres, boost analytics capabilities

  02-04-2019 12:38
  The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is gearing up to migrate to a new data centre, with the federal budgeting earmarking $70 million over two years from 2018-19 for preparatory work.
  
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• Budget 2019-20: Government seeks to avoid ‘censusfail’ redux

  02-04-2019 12:03
  The government says it will fund efforts by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to avoid a repetition of the 2016 Census debacle, which involved a high-profile failure of its online component.
  
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• Budget 2019-20: Government to create cyber ‘sprint teams’

  02-04-2019 11:24
  The federal government has revealed it intends to create cyber ‘sprint teams’ within the Australian Cyber Security Centre as part of efforts to prevent and mitigate attacks on government networks.
  
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• Vivid Technology takes smart LED lighting to emerging agritech sector - The Fifth Estate

  02-04-2019 10:15 via thefifthestate.com.au
  Vivid Technology takes smart LED lighting to emerging agritech sector  The Fifth EstateMelbourne-based tech company Vivid Technology is spreading its wings into the growing horticulture lighting industry now that it's proved itself as a provider of ...
  
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• Review: The Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus is the best smartphone of 2019 - Nine

  02-04-2019 07:10 via finance.nine.com.au
  Review: The Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus is the best smartphone of 2019  NineWhat if I told you the best smartphone of 2019 had just been released? Admittedly it's too early to speculate what Apple's flagship announcement in September ...
  
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• Telcos one step closer to mmWave 5G services

  02-04-2019 07:08
  Australia’s telcos are one step closer to being able to use millimetre wave (mmWave) spectrum to deliver 5G services, with the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) proposing to allow wireless broadband services to operate in the 26GHz (24.25–27.5 GHz) band under a hybrid-use licensing model.
  
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• Telstra unveils revamped loyalty program as next stage of T22

  02-04-2019 03:37
  Telstra will next month launch a new loyalty scheme as a key customer-facing component of its T22 strategy.
  
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• Liquid crystal technology could prevent idiots from distracting pilots with laser pointers - BGR

  02-04-2019 03:09 via bgr.com
  Liquid crystal technology could prevent idiots from distracting pilots with laser pointers  BGROn the long list of things you should never, ever do, shining a laser pointer at an airplane is definitely very close to the top. They might seem harmless when ...
  
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• Boeing to submit 737 MAX software upgrade 'in the coming weeks'

  02-04-2019 02:50
  Boeing Co says it plans to submit a proposed software enhancement package for the grounded 737 MAX in "the coming weeks" after the company had previously said it planned to deliver the fix for government approval by last week.
  
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• Social media companies decry threat to jail execs over terror streaming

  02-04-2019 02:38
  A group representing major social media companies has urged the government not to rush legislation intended to respond to the live-streaming of the Christchurch terror attack.
  
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• The future of work is a race between education and technology, and one's not keeping up - SmartCompany.com.au

  02-04-2019 02:10 via smartcompany.com.au
  The future of work is a race between education and technology, and one's not keeping up  SmartCompany.com.auIn the context of the future of work, the question 'will robots take our jobs?' has become so ubiquitous it has spawned its own website — entertaining and ...
  
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• WA pledges funds for digital government

  02-04-2019 01:53
  The Western Australian government has pledged that the state’s digital transformation efforts will receive ongoing funding, with $34.7 million to be invested in the Office of Digital Government (ODG).
  
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• Online lender CommonBond expands to target medical and dental students

  02-04-2019 00:32
  Online student lender CommonBond on Monday started offering loans designed explicitly for medical and dental students, as the startup expands its suite of discipline-specific loans.
  
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