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• Google Continues Investments in Military and Police AI Technology - The Intercept

  23-07-2019 22:09 via theintercept.com
  Google Continues Investments in Military and Police AI Technology  The InterceptGoogle promises interested firms access to its own AI training data and sometimes places Google engineers within the companies as a resource.
  
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• Japan's Marubeni backs blockchain crowd-sourcing platform for solar, wind farms

  23-07-2019 19:32
  Japan's Marubeni Corp has agreed to back a blockchain power purchasing platform, WePower, that is looking to establish itself in Australia to tap rapid growth in solar and wind power, the two firms said on Tuesday.
  
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• Technology stocks rise to their highest levels ever despite the trade war - CNBC

  23-07-2019 19:29 via cnbc.com
  Technology stocks rise to their highest levels ever despite the trade war  CNBCBig cap technology stocks hit a new all-time high Tuesday, aided by a rebounding semiconductor sector.
  
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• Quark taps JavaScript to build ‘native’ desktop apps

  23-07-2019 18:56
  Tool combines the Electron framework and a shared JavaScript runtime to create lightweight “sketches” with native app capabilities
  
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• 'Anonymised' data can never be totally anonymous, says study - The Guardian

  23-07-2019 17:40 via theguardian.com
  'Anonymised' data can never be totally anonymous, says study  The Guardian“Anonymised” data lies at the core of everything from modern medical research to personalised recommendations and modern AI techniques. Unfortunately ...
  
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• NeoData Australia partners join Deloitte technology practice - iTWire

  23-07-2019 15:17 via itwire.com
  NeoData Australia partners join Deloitte technology practice  iTWireProfessional services firm Deloitte has announced that the founders and staff of Melbourne-headquartered information and data management consulting bu...
  
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• Data retention: Law enforcement accessed ‘metadata’ more than 296k times in FY18

  23-07-2019 07:22
  A government report reveals that law enforcement agencies sought access to information covered by Australia’s data retention regime on more than 296,000 occasions in FY18.
  
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• Telstra takes step towards 5G core network

  23-07-2019 05:39
  Telstra has made an end-to-end 5G Standalone call, the telco has revealed.
  
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• How digital bank Up built for speed and scale

  23-07-2019 04:19
  A legacy-free, mobile-first platform, building for scale, and a focus on openness helped digital bank Up reach its first hundred thousand customers eight months after its launch, according to co-founder Dominic Pym.
  
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• SA wine and tourism start up businesses to get boost with new technology program, Premier Steven Marshall says - The Advertiser

  23-07-2019 03:46 via adelaidenow.com.au
  SA wine and tourism start up businesses to get boost with new technology program, Premier Steven Marshall says  The AdvertiserWINE and tourism businesses will soon have better access to cutting edge technology that will further drive the states already booming exports, Premier Steven ...
  
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• New era in pump technology - Lakes Mail

  23-07-2019 03:46 via lakesmail.com.au
  New era in pump technology  Lakes MailPumps 2000 has led the transition away from cast iron industrial equipment to produce a light weight pump that outlasts and outperforms in the harshest of ...
  
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• Microsoft reveals US$1B investment in OpenAI

  23-07-2019 02:50
  ​Microsoft is investing US$1 billion in San Francisco-based OpenAI and that the two had formed a multi-year partnership to develop artificial intelligence super-computing technologies on Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing service.​
  
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• Equifax's $700 million data breach settlement spurs criticism, calls for new rules

  23-07-2019 01:12
  Credit-reporting company Equifax will pay up to US$700 million to settle claims it broke the law during a massive 2017 data breach and to repay harmed consumers, in a landmark settlement that was nonetheless criticized by consumer advocates and some lawmakers who called for stricter regulation.
  
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• Apple in advanced talks to buy Intel's smartphone-modem chip business: Report

  23-07-2019 01:06
  Apple is in advanced talks to buy chipmaker Intel's smartphone-modem chip business, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
  
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• IBM wins $95.5m Defence ERP contract

  23-07-2019 01:01
  IBM has won a $95.5 million contract to deliver the initial design for the Department of Defence’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) program.
  
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