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• Technology investor on increasing calls to break up Facebook - MSNBC

  13-05-2019 23:20 via msnbc.com
  Technology investor on increasing calls to break up Facebook  MSNBCAli Velshi talks with Michael Fertik, founder and managing partner of the venture capital firm Heroic Ventures, about calls by Facebook founder Chris Hughes, ...
  
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• Financial Times turns to graph technology to connect its vast array of data

  13-05-2019 22:43
  In 2012, digital subscriptions at the Financial Times surpassed those of print for the first time. The transition to a digital-first approach that followed allowed the newspaper's IT team to provide readers with new videos, interactive graphics and podcasts, but their monolithic architecture was struggling to keep up.
  
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• Vodafone New Zealand sold to Brookfield, Infratil for US$2.36 billion

  13-05-2019 22:41
  The completion of the deal is still contingent on necessary regulatory approvals.
  
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• Should the UK follow San Francisco in banning facial recognition technology? - The Telegraph

  13-05-2019 21:55 via telegraph.co.uk
  Should the UK follow San Francisco in banning facial recognition technology?  The TelegraphOne Thursday in April, in the middle of final exam season, an American student named Amara Majeed woke up in her Brown University dorm room to find 35 ...
  
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• Uber workers told to ignore 'pessimistic voices' as shares slide - The Guardian

  13-05-2019 19:24 via theguardian.com
  Uber workers told to ignore 'pessimistic voices' as shares slide  The GuardianThe chief executive of Uber has urged employees to ignore “pessimistic voices” after shares in the company slumped again on their second day of trading since ...
  
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• New Breakthroughs In Fuel Cell Technology Announced - CleanTechnica

  13-05-2019 17:13 via cleantechnica.com
  New Breakthroughs In Fuel Cell Technology Announced  CleanTechnicaMay 13th, 2019 by Steve Hanley. The lads were lazing around the sushi bar at CleanTechnica's zero emissions world headquarters insulated with sustainably ...
  
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• Why brands need to unlock the technology-creative equation - AdAge.com

  13-05-2019 16:19 via adage.com
  Why brands need to unlock the technology-creative equation  AdAge.comIntegrating technology into the creative process quickly is essential. But moving fast is difficult when software requires long approval processes or ongoing IT ...
  
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• Government apps among the least-trusted when it comes to protecting privacy

  13-05-2019 16:01
  The 2019 Deloitte Australian Privacy Index reveals that consumers are far less inclined to trust apps produced by governments, financial institutions and the health sector compared to other sectors.
  
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• CBA exodus for 10000 technology and operations staff begins - iTnews

  13-05-2019 16:01 via itnews.com.au
  CBA exodus for 10000 technology and operations staff begins  iTnewsTechnology and operations staff at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia have started their mass exodus from three disparate locations across Sydney. They're ...
  
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• ‘Avengers: Endgame’: How ILM Used Cutting-Edge Technology to Reinvent Hulk - Variety

  13-05-2019 15:00 via variety.com
  ‘Avengers: Endgame’: How ILM Used Cutting-Edge Technology to Reinvent Hulk  VarietyThe latest Marvel movie required a more human Hulk -- so ILM rebuilt a key part of its performance capture technology.
  
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• Researchers outline the current state of potassium-ion battery technology - Phys.org

  13-05-2019 14:40 via phys.org
  Researchers outline the current state of potassium-ion battery technology  Phys.orgA trio of researchers with the University of Wollongong, in Australia, has published an outline of the current state of potassium-ion battery technology. In their ...
  
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• Mozilla apologizes for Firefox add-on breakdown

  13-05-2019 13:05
  The browser developer offered a detailed explanation for why Firefox add-ons stopped working earlier this month and a mea culpa to reassure users such problems would not happen again.
  
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• Mozilla apologises for Firefox add-on breakdown

  13-05-2019 13:05
  The browser developer offered a detailed explanation for why Firefox add-ons stopped working earlier this month and a mea culpa to reassure users such problems would not happen again.
  
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• Technology That Could End Humanity—and How to Stop It - WIRED

  13-05-2019 13:00 via wired.com
  Technology That Could End Humanity—and How to Stop It  WIREDOxford philosopher Nick Bostrom says technology often has unintended consequences, and that we may have to choose between totalitarianism and ...
  
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• Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs

  13-05-2019 12:15
  Amazon.com is rolling out machines to automate a job held by thousands of its workers: boxing up customer orders.
  
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• HPE’s CEO lays out his technology vision

  13-05-2019 12:00
  In an exclusive interview, HPE CEO Antonio Neri unpacks his portfolio of technology initiatives, from edge computing to tomorrow’s memory-driven architecture.
  
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• The Trade War Threatens Beijing's Ambitions in Technology - TIME

  13-05-2019 06:22 via time.com
  The Trade War Threatens Beijing's Ambitions in Technology  TIME(BEIJING) — China's intensified tariff war with the Trump administration is threatening Beijing's ambition to transform itself into the dominant player in global ...
  
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• Exciting New “Shark Skin” Technology To Cut Aircraft Fuel Usage - Simple Flying

  13-05-2019 05:36 via simpleflying.com
  Exciting New “Shark Skin” Technology To Cut Aircraft Fuel Usage  Simple FlyingShark skin proves inspiration for new type of laser paint. LEAF shark skin paint reduces drag and could save airlines millions in fuel costs.
  
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• SKA team completes design for world’s most powerful supercomputer

  13-05-2019 04:52
  Australia’s CSIRO, the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre and the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) are part of an internationalconsortium that has completed a five-year effort to design supercomputing infrastructure that will help process the masses of data generated by the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project.
  
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• Quantify Technology gains east coast distribution via Harvey Norman - Small Caps

  13-05-2019 04:05 via smallcaps.com.au
  Quantify Technology gains east coast distribution via Harvey Norman  Small CapsInternet of Things developer Quantify Technology Holdings (ASX: QFY) has made a splash in the consumer market by signing up Harvey Norman as its ...
  
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• ‘Cyber incidents’ leading cause of data breaches affecting Australians, OAIC says

  13-05-2019 02:48
  So-called ‘cyber incidents’ continue to be a leading source of data breaches that threaten Australians’ privacy, according to figures released by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).
  
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