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• The Importance of Collaboration Technology to Workplace Culture - Propmodo

  04-07-2019 22:47 via propmodo.com
  The Importance of Collaboration Technology to Workplace Culture  PropmodoThe phrase 'two heads are better than one' was coined in the 16 century. However, it has never rung truer than today. It's especially true when it comes to ...
  
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• UK PM candidate Johnson urges tax on global tech giants

  04-07-2019 21:14
  Boris Johnson, the leading candidate to replace Theresa May as British Prime Minister, said on Thursday the government had to find a way to tax global technology giants on their income.
  
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• Smartphone displays could become more efficient with a new OLED technology - TechRadar

  04-07-2019 21:01 via techradar.com
  Smartphone displays could become more efficient with a new OLED technology  TechRadarA new type of polarized OLED could save energy and increase brightness of displays on phones and more devices.
  
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• Qualcomm triumphs in EU fight over connected car technology rules - Los Angeles Times

  04-07-2019 19:50 via latimes.com
  Qualcomm triumphs in EU fight over connected car technology rules  Los Angeles TimesQualcomm Inc. clinched a victory Thursday when the European Union scrapped rules mandating Wi-Fi technology as the basis for how connected cars ...
  
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• BMW and Daimler team up on automated driving

  04-07-2019 19:38
  Some 1,200 developers at BMW and Daimler will team up to develop automated driving technology, the companies said on Thursday, the latest carmakers forced to pool their development resources at a time of shrinking margins.
  
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• Samsung in hot water over splashy Australian phone ads

  04-07-2019 19:37
  Australia's consumer watchdog has sued Samsung Electronics Co Ltd'sAustralian unit for allegedly misleading consumers by promoting water-resistant Galaxy smartphones as suitable to use in swimming pools and the surf.
  
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• Vivendi's pay-TV Canal Plus to cut 500 jobs in France: Les Jours

  04-07-2019 18:14
  Vivendi's pay-TV Canal Plus plans to cut 500 jobs in France, or nearly 18 percent of its staff in the country, through voluntary departures, French news website Les Jours reported on Thursday.
  
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• U.S. judge blocks Qualcomm effort to put antitrust ruling on hold

  04-07-2019 16:29
  A U.S. judge on Wednesday ruled against Qualcomm Inc's effort to block the implementation of a sweeping antitrust ruling against it as the mobile chip supplier pursues an appeal that could take more than a year to wind through the courts.
  
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• Reddit's r/technology goes offline for July 4 social media strike - CNET

  04-07-2019 16:23 via cnet.com
  Reddit's r/technology goes offline for July 4 social media strike  CNETIf you were hoping to spend the day on the tech subreddit, you're out of luck.
  
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• Engineer Kimberley Clayfield is taking Australian technology to the stars - create digital

  04-07-2019 15:56 via createdigital.org.au
  Engineer Kimberley Clayfield is taking Australian technology to the stars  create digitalThe CSIRO's Dr Kimberley Clayfield is at the forefront of an exciting new era in space for Australia.
  
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• Cambridge scientists create chip that can make technology 1,000 times faster - Telegraph.co.uk

  04-07-2019 15:23 via telegraph.co.uk
  Cambridge scientists create chip that can make technology 1,000 times faster  Telegraph.co.ukAdvances in drug discovery, DNA research and the future management of smart cities could be fast-tracked thanks to a new chip that can make technology up to ...
  
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• Naspers-backed Dott to launch e-bikes after new fundraising

  04-07-2019 14:46
  European startup Dott has secured 30 million euros ($34 million) in a fundraising led by existing investors EQT and South Africa's Naspers to launch an electric bike hiring business and roll out new generations of its electric scooters.
  
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• NCR acquires D3 Technology - Fintech Futures

  04-07-2019 14:00 via bankingtech.com
  NCR acquires D3 Technology  Fintech FuturesNCR Corporation (NCR), a technology provider for the financial industry, has acquired D3 Technology, a provider of online and mobile banking for the Large ...
  
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• BMW, Daimler team up to develop self-driving technology - Automotive News Europe

  04-07-2019 11:31 via europe.autonews.com
  BMW, Daimler team up to develop self-driving technology  Automotive News EuropeBMW and Daimler said they had finalized an agreement to jointly develop self-driving systems and they expected the Level 4 technology to be deployed in ...
  
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• Reddit’s r/technology goes dark as part of #SocialMediaStrike - The Next Web

  04-07-2019 10:23 via thenextweb.com
  Reddit’s r/technology goes dark as part of #SocialMediaStrike  The Next WebIf you were planning to spend the US Independence Day browsing Reddit's r/technology, you're out of luck. For the social news aggregation *service's* popular ...
  
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• Auditor pushes Australia Post to improve security

  04-07-2019 09:09
  Over the last two years Australia Post has not undertaken detailed security risk assessments for two of its critical systems — its corporate data warehouse and eParcel applications — according to the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO).
  
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• VR, 5G and more: a news museum in Seoul explores technology futures - Domus

  04-07-2019 09:00 via domusweb.it
  VR, 5G and more: a news museum in Seoul explores technology futures  DomusA multidisciplinary team of designers, neurologists and futurologists conceived a series of immersive experiences using the most advanced technologies: ...
  
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• Adelaide to host ‘Living Lab’

  04-07-2019 08:26
  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will work with BankSA and Optus to launch a ‘Living Lab’ in Adelaide, with the South Australian capital set to join New York, Beijing and Istanbul in playing host to the data analytics initiative.
  
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• Water producer splashes out on new bottling technology - Foodprocessing

  04-07-2019 08:17 via foodprocessing.com.au
  Water producer splashes out on new bottling technology  FoodprocessingArmenian mineral water producer Jermuk Group has invested in a series of technologies from KHS to expand its PET and glass water bottling capacity.
  
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• Could ‘fake text’ be the next global political threat? - The Guardian

  04-07-2019 07:01 via theguardian.com
  Could ‘fake text’ be the next global political threat?  The GuardianAn AI fake text generator that can write paragraphs in a style based on just a sentence has raised concerns about its potential to spread false information.
  
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• My Health Record operator funds software maker integrations

  04-07-2019 06:23
  ​The Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) – the system operator of the My Health Record – is providing nine clinical software vendors with $40,000 each to integrate their systems with the record and build new features.
  
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• Samsung sued over ‘misleading’ phone ads

  04-07-2019 03:36
  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched Federal Court action against Samsung, claiming that a series of advertisements by the phone-maker were deceptive.
  
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• Blocking TPG-Vodafone merger will lead to lower mobile prices, ACCC argues

  04-07-2019 03:05
  If a Vodafone-TPG merger does not go ahead, it is likely to lead to lower mobile prices for Australian consumers, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) believes.
  
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• ANZ, CBA, Westpac, Scentre, IBM form bank guarantee blockchain company

  04-07-2019 02:49
  ​Three of Australia’s biggest banks ANZ, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and Westpac have formed a company with Westfield shopping centre operator Scentre and IBM, to build a blockchain-based platform for bank guarantees.
  
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• UK regulator investigates role of Facebook, Google in ad market

  04-07-2019 01:26
  Britain's competition regulator has launched an investigation into the power wielded by Facebook and Googlein digital advertising markets, including the ownership of data.
  
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• Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram glitches affect some users globally

  04-07-2019 01:23
  Facebook said on Wednesday some of its users globally were facing issues while sending media files over its social media platforms including WhatsApp and Instagram, and the social media company said it was working to fix the problem.
  
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• How serverless computing saves time and money

  04-07-2019 01:18
  Developers spend countless hours solving business problems with code. Then it’s the ops team’s turn to spend countless hours, first figuring out how to get the code that developers write up and running on whatever computers are available, and second making sure those computers operate smoothly. The second part truly is a never-ending task. Why not leave that part to someone else?
  
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• Vulnerability allowed attackers to edit patient gene sequence records

  04-07-2019 00:00
  A vulnerability in a widely used, open source genomic analysis software allowed attackers to edit records of patient genetic sequences, leaving them at risk of being prescribed ineffective or toxic drugs.
  
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