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• Changing Technology Landscape Biggest Challenge for DOD's CIO - Department of Defense

  03-06-2019 22:06 via defense.gov
  Changing Technology Landscape Biggest Challenge for DOD's CIO  Department of DefenseEnsuring that warfighters have the latest technology is the top priority and biggest challenge, the Defense Department's chief information officer says.,
  
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• Early cancer detection technology receives record venture investment - The Hub at Johns Hopkins

  03-06-2019 21:30 via hub.jhu.edu
  Early cancer detection technology receives record venture investment  The Hub at Johns HopkinsA pioneering blood test developed by Johns Hopkins researchers that makes cancer detection a part of routine medical care has received the largest investment ...
  
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• Pompeo raises pressure over Huawei before May meets Trump - The Guardian

  03-06-2019 21:02 via theguardian.com
  Pompeo raises pressure over Huawei before May meets Trump  The GuardianMike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, has ramped up the pressure over the use of Huawei technology in 5G networks hours before Donald Trump was expected to demand that the UK rethinks its plan to do business with the Chinese company. The US president is due to meet Theresa May in Downing Street on Tuesday. There is growing speculation that her successor as prime minister could overturn her decision on Huawei. Aske
  
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• Apple announces new Mac Pro at WWDC – live updates - The Guardian

  03-06-2019 18:47 via theguardian.com
  Apple announces new Mac Pro at WWDC – live updates  The Guardian8.46pm BST That’s all from us here; if you want this liveblog in a more easily digestible format, my colleague Samuel Gibbs has wrapped the morning’s event up in one lovely piece. 8.38pm BST Apple may have had a good morning inside its conference centre, but outside the room, things went less well: the company’s stock is sliding on reports that the US department of justice is considering an investig
  
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• Phishing attacks that bypass 2-factor authentication are now easier to execute

  03-06-2019 18:00
  Researchers released two tools--Muraen and NecroBrowser--that automate phishing attacks that can bypass 2FA. Most defenses won't stop them.
  
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• AMD will share its graphics technology with Samsung - Engadget

  03-06-2019 17:53 via engadget.com
  AMD will share its graphics technology with Samsung  EngadgetAMD stole the spotlight at Computex 2019, where it shared details on its third generation Ryzen CPUs and first Navi GPUs. But that's not the only big news AMD has in store. Today, the company announced a multi-year partnership with Samsung, in which AMD will license its Radeon graphics IP for use in Samsung smartphones and other mobile applications. As Forbes points out, AMD's technology will likely be used in Samsung's Exyno
  
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• Chinese tech titan Huawei buys Russian facial recognition technology - RT

  03-06-2019 13:36 via rt.com
  Chinese tech titan Huawei buys Russian facial recognition technology  RTChinese telecom giant Huawei has purchased the intellectual property rights to facial recognition systems designed by a Russian developer and manufacturer of high-tech security technology. Some employees of Moscow-based Vokord will also be transferred to Huawei as part of the $50-million agreement, according to sources close to the deal, as quoted by Vedomosti. Read more Tit-for-tat: Beijing to draft ‘blackli
  
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• How to make sense of Windows updates and upgrades with Microsoft's new release dashboard

  03-06-2019 12:00
  Microsoft's new Windows release health dashboard is a one-stop shop for Windows 10 users seeking information on the status of upgrades and ongoing problems.
  
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• How prehistoric people faced climate change revealed by video game technology - The Conversation - UK

  03-06-2019 12:00 via theconversation.com
  How prehistoric people faced climate change revealed by video game technology  The Conversation - UKEsteban De Armas/Shutterstock How will climate change remake our world in the 21st century? Will we be able to adapt and survive? As with many things, the past is a good guide for the future. Humans have experienced climate changes in the past that have transformed their environment – studying their response could tell us something about our own fate. Human populations and cultures
  
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• Britain listens to the United States on Huawei, foreign minister says

  03-06-2019 09:32
  Britain takes careful notice of what the United States says on the risks of using Huawei in 5G networks and does not want to be overly dependent on a third country for certain technologies, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Monday.
  
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• Infineon to buy Cypress Semiconductors in 9 billion euro deal

  03-06-2019 09:07
  Infineon has agreed to buy Cypress Semiconductors in a deal valuing the U.S. maker of microchips used in cars and electronic devices at 9 billion euros ($10.1 billion), including debt, the German company said on Monday.
  
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• Infineon expects to keep investment grade rating after Cypress deal

  03-06-2019 09:06
  Infineon Technologies expects to keep its investment grade credit rating after its 9 billion euro ($10 billion) agreed acquisition of U.S. Cypress Semiconductor, Chief Financial Officer Sven Schneider said on Monday.
  
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• Eurofins Scientific detects ransomware in some of its IT systems

  03-06-2019 08:57
  Food and biopharma product testing company Eurofins Scientific said on Monday that some of its IT systems were affected by a form of ransomware during the weekend.
  
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• SoftBank to launch service to help power self-driving buses, farm machinery

  03-06-2019 08:46
  Japan's SoftBank Corp said on Monday it will launch a service that uses satellite navigation data and its network of mobile base stations to help power self-driving buses, drones and farm machinery.
  
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• Oppo shows off working prototype of under-display camera technology - gizmochina

  03-06-2019 08:39 via gizmochina.com
  Oppo shows off working prototype of under-display camera technology  gizmochinaSmartphone technology keeps growing at a rapid pace and with each new iteration, new technology is making its way. Nowadays, most smartphone ...
  
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• The highs and lows of technology - The West Australian

  03-06-2019 08:02 via thewest.com.au
  The highs and lows of technology  The West AustralianThe features which are worth getting - and those which are a waste of money.
  
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• China ministry will issue 5G licenses for commercial use in near future: Xinhua

  03-06-2019 07:40
  China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)will roll out commercial 5G licenses "in the near future", Xinhua said.
  
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• China's Huawei to sell undersea cable business, buyer's exchange filing shows

  03-06-2019 07:30
  Huawei Technologies Co Ltd plans to sell its undersea telecom cable business, showed a buyer's filing on Monday, in its first major asset sale since the United States ratcheted up accusations of the Chinese firm being a vehicle for espionage.
  
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• Huawei trade secrets lawsuit opens in Texas amid spying allegations

  03-06-2019 07:28
  Huawei Technologies, the Chinese telecommunications equipment supplier fighting a U.S. sales ban, kicks off a trade secrets lawsuit in the United States on Monday against a former employee who has sought to turn the case into a referendum on Huawei's corporate behavior.
  
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• Google says issues affecting YouTube, Gmail, Google Cloud in U.S. resolved

  03-06-2019 07:08
  Alphabet Inc's Google said on Sunday it had resolved the network congestion in the eastern United States that affected services in Google Cloud, G Suite and YouTube.
  
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• Radar finds new place in self-driving technology - Automotive News

  03-06-2019 06:00 via autonews.com
  Radar finds new place in self-driving technology  Automotive NewsOn a mid-March afternoon, 3 inches of *fresh* snow blanketed M-14, a state highway in southeast Michigan. Lane markings were covered in a sheet of white.
  
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• Telstra revamps payphone prices, enables inbound calls

  03-06-2019 05:44
  Telstra has unveiled new prices for payphone calls, offering a flat rate for calls to landlines and cutting the cost of calling Australian mobile phone numbers.
  
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• Germany's Infineon close to acquiring Cypress Semiconductor: Bloomberg

  03-06-2019 05:39
  German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG is nearing a deal to buy Cypress Semiconductor Corp, valuing the U.S. chipmaker at almost $10 billion, Bloomberg reported on Sunday.
  
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• Time to regulate facial recognition technology - The Australian Financial Review

  03-06-2019 05:06 via afr.com
  Time to regulate facial recognition technology  The Australian Financial ReviewEven if resistance ultimately proves futile, it is well worth fighting against the indiscriminate deployment of automatic facial recognition systems.
  
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• Telstra Ventures takes stake in CyberGRX

  03-06-2019 04:21
  Telstra Ventures has invested in risk assessment service CyberGRX, the VC fund revealed today.
  
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• U.S.-based engineers' body lifts curbs on Huawei employees

  03-06-2019 04:16
  The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) said on Monday curbs on employees of Huawei Technologies and its subsidiaries have been lifted, and they would be allowed to participate in a peer review process for its research papers.
  
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• Generation Z want automated processes, 'strong technology' in workplace: report - iTWire

  03-06-2019 03:59 via itwire.com
  Generation Z want automated processes, 'strong technology' in workplace: report  iTWireAustralia's Gen Zers — or those born between 1996 and 2012 — want to be part of an organisation that has automated processes and strong technology in...
  
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• LandMark White faces fallout over second data breach

  03-06-2019 03:11
  LandMark White says a “small number” of its clients have suspended their use of its property valuation services in the wake of a data breach.
  
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• AustCyber opens expressions of interest for cyber project funding

  03-06-2019 02:51
  AustCyber has formally launched expressions of interest for the second round of its Projects Fund.
  
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• Improving our payphone pricing and technology - Telstra Exchange

  03-06-2019 01:58 via exchange.telstra.com.au
  Improving our payphone pricing and technology  Telstra ExchangeFrom 1 June we are significantly improving the value of payphone calls. We have replaced distance-based pricing for national calls with a simple flat call rate of ...
  
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• Amazon brings online sellers to UK high street in pop-up stores

  03-06-2019 01:11
  Online retail giant Amazon said it would open pop-up shops in Britain to give more than 100 small online businesses an opportunity to sell on the high street for the first time.
  
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• Facebook in talks with U.S. derivatives regulator over digital currency plans: FT

  03-06-2019 00:32
  Facebook Inc is in talks with the U.S. derivatives regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), over the social media company's plans for a digital currency, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
  
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• Google faces outage affecting YouTube, Google Cloud and G Suite

  03-06-2019 00:19
  ​Google is experiencing high levels of congestion in the eastern United States, affecting multiple services in Google Cloud, G Suite and YouTube, the company ​says.
  
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