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• IBM 'cloudifies' mainframe software pricing, adds hybrid, private cloud services

  15-05-2019 23:48
  IBM brings mainframe to cloud consumption model; adds Docker container extensions
  
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• Wavy metal elements front Silicon Valley technology campus by Form4 Architecture - Dezeen

  15-05-2019 23:00
  Wavy metal elements front Silicon Valley technology campus by Form4 Architecture  DezeenForm4 Architecture designed a Palo Alto office complex to represent the "highs and lows of exploratory research and development".
  
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• Extreme Networks grows networked IoT security protection

  15-05-2019 19:42
  ExtremeAI security app features machine learning technology that can understand typical behaviour of IoT devices.
  
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• Robo umps? Not so fast. Here's what MLB's technology upgrade means - ESPN

  15-05-2019 17:59
  Robo umps? Not so fast. Here's what MLB's technology upgrade means  ESPNMajor League Baseball hopes to refresh its ball- and player-tracking technology with a new optical-based system that could add even more statistical bells and ...
  
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• Mirvac rebirths a technology precinct - https://www.innovationaus.com/

  15-05-2019 12:28
  Mirvac rebirths a technology precinct  https://www.innovationaus.com/Mirvac and its consortium partners, AMP Capital, Sunsuper and Centuria Property Funds have opened the doors to the first two buildings of its revamped tech ...
  
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• Financial firms bank on A.I. as pilot projects head to production

  15-05-2019 12:00
  While AI is a buzzword in financial services, companies must be sure of a business use case even before putting together an AI dev team.
  
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• San Francisco Is First U.S. City To Ban Facial Recognition Technology - NPR

  15-05-2019 11:02
  San Francisco Is First U.S. City To Ban Facial Recognition Technology  NPRPolice in San Francisco will be banned from using facial recognition, part of sweeping restrictions put on surveillance technology used by the city's agencies.
  
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• San Francisco votes to ban city use of facial recognition technology - SBS

  15-05-2019 10:03
  San Francisco votes to ban city use of facial recognition technology  SBSSan Francisco moves toward ban on use of facial recognition technology  NBC NewsSan Francisco Is Preparing to Ban Facial Recognition Technology  Popular MechanicsSan Francisco Bans Facial Recognition Technology  ForbesSan Francisco bans police use of face recognition technology  CNBCView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Top tips to make technology more user-friendly for seniors - Fraser Coast Chronicle

  15-05-2019 09:27
  Top tips to make technology more user-friendly for seniors  Fraser Coast ChronicleiPads and iPhones are among the favoured devices for seniors, and the Apple corporation has developed a range of features to help this community.
  
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• Apple supplier Japan Display posts 9th straight quarterly net loss

  15-05-2019 08:23
  Cash-strapped screen maker Japan Display Inc on Wednesday posted a ninth consecutive quarterly net loss, hit by weaker-than-expected demand from Apple Inc, its biggest client.
  
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• San Francisco votes to ban city use of facial recognition technology

  15-05-2019 08:17
  San Francisco officials on Tuesday voted 8 to 1 to ban the purchase and use of facial recognition technology by city personnel, in a move to regulate tools that local Silicon Valley companies helped develop.
  
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• WhatsApp informs Irish regulator of 'serious security vulnerability'

  15-05-2019 08:13
  Facebook's WhatsApp has informed its lead regulator in the European Union, Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), of a serious security vulnerability on its platform, the DPC said on Tuesday.
  
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• Rise of smaller rivals throws up fresh challenge to bitcoin

  15-05-2019 08:11
  Bitcoin's weathered hacks, heists, booms and busts to reign as the king of cryptocurrencies through its first decade. But now there's a fresh challenge to its dominance of the fledgling market: some 2,000 smaller digital coins.
  
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• Explainer: 'Privacy coin' Monero offers near total anonymity

  15-05-2019 08:11
  Bitcoin's share of the cryptocurrency market is sliding, with a host of alternative digital coins gaining ground as developers race to create digital cash that can gain a footing in mainstream commerce and finance.
  
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• Europeans wary of new technology in banking, despite a high demand - ING Think

  15-05-2019 08:02
  Europeans wary of new technology in banking, despite a high demand  ING ThinkMost of us want the latest banking tech at our fingertips even if we aren't going to use it immediately, according to our latest.
  
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• Volvo signs EV battery supply deals with LG Chem, CATL

  15-05-2019 07:12
  Swedish carmaker Volvo said on Wednesday it had signed long-term battery supply deals with two Asian battery makers, LG Chem and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL), as it pushes its electrification strategy.
  
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• Teachers’ union slams NAPLAN after ‘connectivity’ issues disrupt testing

  15-05-2019 07:08
  Education Services Australia is investigating the cause of “connectivity issues” that the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) said yesterday disrupted access to NAPLAN Online at some schools.
  
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• Law Society encourages firms to adopt new technology - The Straits Times

  15-05-2019 06:59
  Law Society encourages firms to adopt new technology  The Straits TimesSINGAPORE - The Law Society of Singapore launched a new push to encourage local legal firms to adopt new technology on Wednesday (May 15).
  
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• China's CATL signs multi-billion-dollar battery supply deal with Volvo

  15-05-2019 06:47
  China's top battery maker, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL), said it had signed a multi-billion dollar battery supply deal with Volvo Car Group.
  
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• Las Vegas targets transport, public safety with IoT deployments

  15-05-2019 06:00
  Improving traffic safety is first on the list, but Vegas’ director of IT is thinking bigger.
  
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• Facebook restricts Live feature, citing New Zealand shooting

  15-05-2019 05:48
  Facebook said it was tightening rules around its livestreaming feature ahead of a meeting of world leaders aimed at curbing online violence in the aftermath of the Christchurch massacre.
  
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• Huawei in bid to grow enterprise business amid scrutiny on key telecoms segment

  15-05-2019 05:12
  Huawei Technologies unveiled on Wednesday a new database management system, in a bid to expand its enterprise business and challenge Western rivals such as Oracle Corp in China, amid growing scrutiny over its main telecom business.
  
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• How schools can use technology to help students with disabilities - Study International News

  15-05-2019 05:05
  How schools can use technology to help students with disabilities  Study International NewsFiguring out how to make a school environment more conducive for students with special needs and disabilities is a continuous process. Attending school or ...
  
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• Exclusive: Trump expected to sign order paving way for U.S. telecoms ban on Huawei

  15-05-2019 04:25
  President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order this week barring U.S. companies from using telecommunications equipment made by firms posing a national security risk, paving the way for a ban on doing business with China's Huawei, three U.S. officials familiar with the plan told Reuters.
  
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• Carpenter Technology adds new additive manufacturing unit - Reading Eagle

  15-05-2019 03:40
  Carpenter Technology adds new additive manufacturing unit  Reading EagleCarpenter Additive is company's latest move to grab share of growing market.
  
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• Taiwan's Foxconn shares drop more than 2% after quarterly profit miss

  15-05-2019 03:16
  Shares of Foxconn, the world's largest contract manufacturer, dropped more than 2% on Wednesday after the company posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit.
  
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• WhatsApp security breach likely a government surveillance attack, company says - Technology - ABC News

  15-05-2019 02:36
  WhatsApp security breach likely a government surveillance attack, company says - Technology  ABC NewsWhatsApp says a security breach of its messaging app had the hallmarks of governments using surveillance technology developed by a private company — and ...
  
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• Optus cuts headcount by 14 per cent in a year

  15-05-2019 02:26
  Optus reduced its head count by 14.3 per cent in the 12 months to 31 March, reducing its workforce from around 8500 to just under 7300. The telco today revealed that as a result staff costs were down 15.2 per cent compared to the prior year.
  
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• Upcoming brunch highlights technology and fashion space - Bellevue Reporter

  15-05-2019 02:16
  Upcoming brunch highlights technology and fashion space  Bellevue ReporterThe convergence of fashion and technology isn't a collaboration that often comes to mind. “People think fashion is still a space where if someone tells you they ...
  
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• Technology aims to stop wrong way drivers - KOAT New Mexico

  15-05-2019 01:57
  Technology aims to stop wrong way drivers  KOAT New MexicoNew technology is coming to some New Mexico highways in an effort to stop wrong-way drivers. This past legislative session, Sens. Peter Wirth and Matthew ...
  
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• Uber drivers are contractors, not employees, U.S. labor agency says

  15-05-2019 01:31
  Drivers for ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc are independent contractors and not employees, the general counsel of a U.S. labor agency has concluded, in an advisory memo that is likely to carry significant weight in a pending case against the company and could prevent drivers from joining a union.
  
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• New Intel security flaws could slow some chips by nearly 20%

  15-05-2019 01:28
  Intel Corp and a group of security researchers on Tuesday said they had found a new set of security flaws in its processors that will be difficult to fix and are related to problems found last year.
  
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• San Francisco just banned facial-recognition technology - CNN

  15-05-2019 01:15
  San Francisco just banned facial-recognition technology  CNNSan Francisco, long one of the most tech-friendly and tech-savvy cities in the world, is now the first in the US to prohibit its government from using ...
  
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• Australia approves cutting-edge CRISPR gene editing technology - Small Caps

  15-05-2019 01:08
  Australia approves cutting-edge CRISPR gene editing technology  Small CapsAustralia has taken the bold step of approving gene editing technology CRISPR in the hopes of developing breakthrough cures for a host of ailments and ...
  
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• Samsung Electronics' Leadership in Advanced Foundry Technology Showcased with Latest Silicon Innovations and Ecosystem Platform - Associated Press

  15-05-2019 00:45
  Samsung Electronics' Leadership in Advanced Foundry Technology Showcased with Latest Silicon Innovations and Ecosystem Platform  Associated PressPress release *content* from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation.
  
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• U.S. to take 'fresh look' at opening automakers' key spectrum band

  15-05-2019 00:03
  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission plans to vote in June on launching a new review of a key spectrum band reserved for automakers that could boost Wi-Fi use, a person briefed on the matter said on Tuesday.
  
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