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• Lawmaker Cites Vacant Pentagon Jobs As Obstacle to Technology Development - USNI News

  27-06-2019 23:56 via news.usni.org
  Lawmaker Cites Vacant Pentagon Jobs As Obstacle to Technology Development  USNI NewsThe U.S. is developing technology to counter space-based hypersonic and laser threats, but lacksp eople in key Pentagon positions to guide these programs.
  
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• Apple Music hits more than 60 million subscribers, trailing Spotify

  27-06-2019 23:37
  Apple Inc on Thursday confirmed than the company's streaming music service has more than 60 million subscribers, trailing rival Spotify Technology SA's 100 million premium subscribers.
  
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• FDA warns of cybersecurity risk to certain Medtronic insulin pumps

  27-06-2019 22:23
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday that certain insulin pumps of Medtronic Plc were being recalled due to a potential risk of them being hacked.
  
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• Iran seizes 1,000 bitcoin mining machines using subsidized power

  27-06-2019 20:51
  Iranian authorities have seized about 1,000 bitcoin mining machines in two abandoned factories, state television reported, after warnings that the activity had led to a spike in consumption of government-subsidized electricity.
  
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• Bitcoin sell-off accelerates, breaking below $11,000

  27-06-2019 20:01
  A pullback in prices of bitcoin deepened on Thursday, falling over 16% to below $11,000 after jumping to 18-month high of nearly $14,000 earlier this week amid optimism about the widening usage of digital currencies.
  
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• Facial recognition technology: The criminal among us - Al Jazeera English

  27-06-2019 19:21 via aljazeera.com
  Facial recognition technology: The criminal among us  Al Jazeera EnglishThe use of facial recognition in law enforcement takes us one step closer to our dystopian future.
  
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• Sucrase rivals Babel JavaScript compiler for development use

  27-06-2019 18:56
  Not recommended for production, Sucrase trades the scope and flexibility of Babel for faster builds during development
  
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• Shocking: New York building a wave tank using non-Surf Ranch technology! - BeachGrit

  27-06-2019 17:33 via beachgrit.com
  Shocking: New York building a wave tank using non-Surf Ranch technology!  BeachGrit"The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost." If Kelly Slater's Surf Ranch ...
  
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• Integrated Technology - Wavestore

  27-06-2019 17:17 via wavestore.com
  Integrated Technology  WavestoreIntegrated TechnologyWavestore's Video Management Software (VMS), is a truly independent and open-platform, allowing you to create best-in-breed solutions ...
  
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• Oracle Java updates have become easier to ignore

  27-06-2019 12:00
  If the five new features in the new JDK don’t excite you, just remember the next JDK is only six months away
  
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• Chatswood High School students ‘run around Australia’ through innovative classes combining technology, maths and PE - Daily Telegraph

  27-06-2019 11:50 via dailytelegraph.com.au
  Chatswood High School students ‘run around Australia’ through innovative classes combining technology, maths and PE  Daily TelegraphStriking the balance between traditional teaching methods and the rapidly changing world of technology is paying off for students and teachers at Chatswood ...
  
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• Optus back in court over NBN migration claims

  27-06-2019 09:40
  Optus faces new Federal Court proceedings brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) over a misleading communication with its customers.
  
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• Cocaine Is Back. Blame Technology for It. - Bloomberg

  27-06-2019 08:16 via bloomberg.com
  Cocaine Is Back. Blame Technology for It.  BloombergSupply is plentiful again, report the UN and EU, and tech-savvy young people are the principal buyers.
  
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• Snake oil or panacea: can technology improve student mental health? - The Guardian

  27-06-2019 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Snake oil or panacea: can technology improve student mental health?  The GuardianUniversities are hoping that new technologies will ease rapidly growing demand for student mental health services, but the evidence they work isn't always ...
  
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• Nearmap aerial imagery AI to pick out pools, panels, potentially anything

  27-06-2019 06:34
  ​The swimming pool capital of Australia is the Perth suburb of City Beach. Just under 60 per cent of properties have their own pool, a remarkable statistic considering most dwelling are minutes from the ocean.
  
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• Green technology will not save us - Financial Times

  27-06-2019 06:00 via ft.com
  Green technology will not save us  Financial TimesDr. Ashley Nunes is an academic at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. Previously he lead research projects sponsored by the ...
  
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• What to expect when you’re expecting digital twins

  27-06-2019 04:20
  Digital twins are the "killer app" for the Internet of Things (IoT) and, more profoundly, the new IT centre of gravity for event-driven, asset-centric business processes across all industries.
  
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• Huawei loses trade secrets case against US chip designer CNEX

  27-06-2019 04:12
  A US jury on Wednesday cleared California semiconductor designer CNEX Labs Inc of stealing trade secrets from Chinese electronics giant Huawei while awarding CNEX no damages on its own trade theft claims.
  
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• How to make cybersecurity resonate with employees

  27-06-2019 04:00
  Organisations are facing increased threats from cyber attacks, and employees are often the weakest link in their defence posture.
  
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• ANZ HR gets agile, risk and finance could be next

  27-06-2019 03:37
  The 600 employees in ANZ’s Talent & Culture division are moving to adopt agile ways of organising themselves as part of the bank’s ‘New Ways of Working’ (NWOW) transformation program.
  
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• Singapore's early-stage fund highlights four of tech's most promising avenues - CNBC

  27-06-2019 03:21 via cnbc.com
  Singapore's early-stage fund highlights four of tech's most promising avenues  CNBCSGInnovate, Singapore's early-stage fund, prefers to invest into so-called deep technologies like artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, medical tech and ...
  
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• Improve privacy practices or else, OAIC warns CBA

  27-06-2019 03:01
  The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) will be required to review its privacy and data retention policies under threat of court action from the Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner.
  
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• Tableau CEO eyes 'time machine leap forward' after Salesforce acquisition

  27-06-2019 02:47
  Salesforce acquired Tableau in a $15.7 billion all-stock deal last month, making it the CRM giant's biggest acquisition by some distance.
  
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• Why we need a more human-centric approach to IoT application design

  27-06-2019 02:00
  The expectations around the value that IoT promises to deliver are high with worldwide IoT spending expected to hit a trillion dollars by 2022.
  
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• Data breach exposed apprentices’ passport details, employment agreements

  27-06-2019 01:50
  An open Amazon Web Services S3 bucket exposed sensitive data about apprentices, including passport scans, visa details, employment agreements and performance warnings.
  
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• Commonwealth seeks savings with whole-of-government AWS deal

  27-06-2019 01:24
  The government has signed a new volume sourcing agreement with Amazon Web Services that it says will help slash the public sector’s cloud bill.
  
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• ANZ takes leaf out of Google’s book to help steer agile teams

  27-06-2019 00:30
  ANZ is beginning to employ a management framework developed by Andrew Groves at Intel and famously employed at Google, as well as at other tech heavyweights including LinkedIn and Twitter, to help promote alignment across its business as it continues its move towards an agile operating model based on semi-autonomous teams.
  
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