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• Ford, Volkswagen promise details on electric, autonomous vehicle alliance

  11-07-2019 23:54
  Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AGsaid on Thursday they are expanding their global alliance announced in January with deals expected to involve collaboration on electric and autonomous vehicles.
  
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• A Ford-Volkswagen alliance with Argo could redraw self-driving sector

  11-07-2019 23:54
  An expanded alliance between Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AGthat includes a partnership in Ford self-driving unit Argo AI could redraw the balance of power in autonomous vehicles.
  
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• Heavy vehicles safety to benefit from new monitoring technology - www.miningmonthly.com

  11-07-2019 23:19 via miningmonthly.com
  Heavy vehicles safety to benefit from new monitoring technology  www.miningmonthly.comFATIGUE monitoring technology has the potential to boost heavy vehicle safety, according to the latest report released by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator.
  
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• South Korea steps up effort to get U.S. help in export row with Japan

  11-07-2019 23:09
  South Korea has warned the United States of the potential damage from "undesirable" Japanese restrictions on exports of high-tech material to South Korea, as a trade row between the East Asian U.S. allies intensifies.
  
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• Twitter back up partially after worldwide outage

  11-07-2019 22:50
  Twitter Incsaid on Thursday its microblogging platform was back up partially after suffering a worldwide outage for more than an hour.
  
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• Flight simulator technology represents new age for RAAF - Defence Connect

  11-07-2019 22:43 via defenceconnect.com.au
  Flight simulator technology represents new age for RAAF  Defence ConnectThe installation of eye and head tracking sensor technologies have been successfully demonstrated in the Hawk-127 lead-in-fighter flight simulators as part of ...
  
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• Twitter outage affects users across the US - The Guardian

  11-07-2019 21:59 via theguardian.com
  Twitter outage affects users across the US  The GuardianTwitter experiencing outages for several hours, with users across the US and elsewhere reporting not being able to access the platform throughout the day.
  
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• Orion Buys Planning Technology Firm Advizr - Barron's

  11-07-2019 21:20 via barrons.com
  Orion Buys Planning Technology Firm Advizr  Barron'sOrion Advisor Services has purchased Advizr, which provides financial planning and client experience technology.
  
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• Microsoft says 13 million people are using Teams every day

  11-07-2019 21:00
  Microsoft Teams now has more than 13 million daily users.
  
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• Zoom fixes webcam flaw for Macs, but security concerns linger

  11-07-2019 20:51
  The desktop chat app firm this week came under fire for moving slowly to close a potential security flaw affecting macOS users.
  
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• We Have the Technology: Jamie Metzl and Building Better Humans - Harvard Business Review

  11-07-2019 20:19 via hbr.org
  We Have the Technology: Jamie Metzl and Building Better Humans  Harvard Business ReviewFuturist and author Jamie Metzl explains why complete human genetic engineering is inevitable and will happen soon, and why it demands a crucial global ...
  
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• Five tips to stem cyberattacks in Australia’s healthcare industry

  11-07-2019 20:00
  Healthcare organisations across the globe and in Australia are fighting a losing battle, as insider threats and cyber criminals intent on gaining unauthorised access to patient medical records continue to threaten an industry that is struggling to protect critical patient data.
  
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• Survey: The in-store technology consumers want most is… - Chain Store Age

  11-07-2019 19:53 via chainstoreage.com
  Survey: The in-store technology consumers want most is…  Chain Store AgeTime is of the essence when it comes to providing brick-and-mortar shoppers with technology. According to A.T. Kearney's 2019 Consumer Retail Technology ...
  
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• Apple's India-made top-end iPhones to hit stores next month: source

  11-07-2019 19:08
  Apple Inc's top-end iPhones, assembled in India by Foxconn's local unit, are likely to hit Indian stores next month, a source said, potentially helping the tech giant drop prices in the world's second-biggest smartphone market.
  
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• Exclusive: Verizon sought buyers for Yahoo Finance - sources

  11-07-2019 19:05
  Verizon Communications Inc earlier this year looked for buyers for Yahoo Finance, one of the most popular internet destinations for financial news and portfolio management tools, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters this week.
  
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• The 40 most powerful people on the NZ technology scene - New Zealand Herald

  11-07-2019 19:01 via nzherald.co.nz
  The 40 most powerful people on the NZ technology scene  New Zealand HeraldWho has the most sway over the New Zealand technology scene? This list is based on those with the policy clout, financial wherewithal or power to directly ...
  
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• Samsung Technology Provides Foundation for Sprint Mobile 5G Network in Chicago - Samsung Newsroom US

  11-07-2019 19:00 via news.samsung.com
  Samsung Technology Provides Foundation for Sprint Mobile 5G Network in Chicago  Samsung Newsroom USAs Sprint launches True Mobile 5G across the heart of Chicago today, Samsung Electronics America and Samsung Networks are providing the foundation of the ...
  
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• Amazon to retrain 100,000 workers by 2025 as technology threatens to upend their roles - The Telegraph

  11-07-2019 17:45 via telegraph.co.uk
  Amazon to retrain 100,000 workers by 2025 as technology threatens to upend their roles  The TelegraphAmazon will spend over $700m (£558m) to retrain a third of its US workforce by 2025 as it pushes hard to automate swathes of its manual labour jobs.
  
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• 5 Questions All CIOs Must Ask When Picking the Right Technology - CIO

  11-07-2019 17:42 via cio.com
  5 Questions All CIOs Must Ask When Picking the Right Technology  CIOCIOs are increasingly on the hook for assessing and also implementing the right customer experience management (CXM) solutions.
  
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• French Senate approves tax as U.S. opens digital levy probe

  11-07-2019 17:21
  France's Senate gave final approval to a tax on big technology companies on Thursday, potentially opening up a new front in a trade row between Washington and the European Union.
  
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• Quantum computing firm Rigetti acquires QxBranch

  11-07-2019 17:00
  ​Quantum computing hardware and cloud company Rigetti has acquired QxBranch, an Adeleide-born quantum software startup.
  
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• Bitcoin extends losses after Fed chief urges halt to Facebook's crypto project

  11-07-2019 16:28
  Bitcoin dipped almost 8% on Thursday, extending losses the day after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell called for a halt to Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency project until concerns ranging from privacy to money-laundering were addressed.
  
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• Let's not resolve digital tax dispute through threats, France tells Trump

  11-07-2019 16:20
  The United States and France should find means other than threats to solve the problem of how to tax big tech firms, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday after Washington launched a probe into France's planned digital tax
  
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• Game on! Fiverr offers coaches for Fortnite, PUBG players

  11-07-2019 15:29
  Fiverr International Ltd is tapping into the phenomenal success of "Fortnite" and "PUBG" by hooking up players with online gaming experts, who will help them up their game while helping the company make some money in the process.
  
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• Go-Jek to expand financial services, food delivery in Thailand

  11-07-2019 14:38
  Indonesian ride-hailing app Go-Jek will offer more financial services and expand its Thai food delivery business following an investment from Thailand's top lender, an executive said on Thursday.
  
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• German digital banking startup N26 makes U.S. foray

  11-07-2019 14:03
  German digital bank N26 is launching in the United States through a phased rollout of its app-based checking account and debit card, it said on Thursday.
  
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• Our brain-computer interfacing technology uses music to make people happy - The Conversation UK

  11-07-2019 12:32 via theconversation.com
  Our brain-computer interfacing technology uses music to make people happy  The Conversation UKWhat happens in our brains and bodies when we emotionally react to music? Can neural technology provide new ways to interact with music?
  
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• Telstra blamed for EFTPOS terminal, ATM outages

  11-07-2019 08:16
  A major service interruption has stopped EFTPOS terminal transactions and affected the ATMs of at least some banks.
  
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• China's ZTE follows Huawei with Brussels cybersecurity lab

  11-07-2019 06:43
  China's ZTE opened a cybersecurity lab in Brussels on Wednesday, aiming to boost transparency four months after bigger telecoms equipment rival Huawei did the same to allay concerns about spying.
  
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• Vocus touts 60Tbps capacity on Australia Singapore Cable

  11-07-2019 06:38
  Vocus says that end to end capacity on the Australian Singapore Cable (ASC) is now 60 terabits per second (Tbps), up from its September 2018 debut of 40Tbps.
  
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• Anti-5G campaigners raise funds for 'mother of all David and Goliath battles'

  11-07-2019 06:34
  ​On a chill Sunday evening late last month, 70 concerned citizens packed into Addison Road Community Centre in Sydney for a 5G information evening.
  
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• How network pros acquire skills for SDN, programmable networks

  11-07-2019 06:00
  Changing networks require changing skills. Learn how some IT pros are developing network programming skills to navigate the shift to software-defined networking (SDN) and respond to the increasing complexity of IT infrastructure management.
  
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• Nintendo shares jump on imminent launch of Switch Lite

  11-07-2019 03:39
  Shares in Japan's Nintendo Corose more than 4% on Thursday after the company said it would soon launch Nintendo Switch Lite, a cheaper, handheld version of its hugely popular Switch games.
  
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• DemystData takes up Kyckr's API technology under two-year agreement - Small Caps

  11-07-2019 03:20 via smallcaps.com.au
  DemystData takes up Kyckr's API technology under two-year agreement  Small CapsUnder another contract win for Kyckr (ASX: KYK), DemystData has agreed to implement Kyckr's application program interface (API) for existing and new clients ...
  
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• Apple starts China app development program in services business push

  11-07-2019 03:18
  Apple has started a program in Shanghai to help Chinese developers create apps as part of the iPhone maker's efforts to build out its services business in one of its most critical overseas markets.
  
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• Australian IT spending hits $93.8 billion

  11-07-2019 03:17
  Spending on technology products and services in Australia is expected to reach almost $93.8 billion in 2019.
  
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• US to probe French plan to tax tech companies

  11-07-2019 03:15
  U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered an investigation into France's planned tax on technology companies, a probe that could lead to the United States imposing new tariffs or other trade restrictions.
  
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• Industry 4.0 and scaled food technology and manufacturing - Manufacturers' Monthly

  11-07-2019 03:01 via manmonthly.com.au
  Industry 4.0 and scaled food technology and manufacturing  Manufacturers' MonthlyProgress doesn't discriminate and the shift towards Industry 4.0 in the manufacturing sector is no different. Organisations of all sizes are at a critical juncture in ...
  
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• Judge rejects Foxtel push to avoid hearing for proxy blocking case

  11-07-2019 01:59
  A suggestion by Foxtel that its latest application for an anti-piracy injunction be heard ‘on the papers’ has been rejected by a Federal Court judge. Instead a hearing of the application, which if granted will block access to a number of web proxy services, has been scheduled for late August.
  
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• Post-Brexit tech brain drain worries half of businesses: survey

  11-07-2019 01:24
  Just over half of Britain's businesses believe the country is at risk of a brain drain after Brexit, with many worried in particular about a shortage of tech skills, according to research by cloud-based software company Salesforce.com.
  
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• NSW transport minister floats facial recognition as Opal alternative

  11-07-2019 01:20
  ​New South Wale transport minister Andrew Constance has revealed plans to roll out facial recognition technology across the transport network as an alternative to Opal cards.
  
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