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• How Starbucks is utilizing mobile technology and delivery - Yahoo Finance

  26-07-2019 23:55 via finance.yahoo.com
  How Starbucks is utilizing mobile technology and delivery  Yahoo FinanceStarbucks hitting an all-time high following a strong earnings report. In the earnings call, CEO Kevin Johnson highlighted delivery as an important driver of ...
  
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• Dish Network has tough road to become competitive mobile carrier

  26-07-2019 22:46
  Dish Network'sbid to become a fourth U.S. mobile carrier may cost billions more than it expected and pits it against corporate giants, but the satellite TV provider has an advantage in starting fresh with no legacy technology to maintain and deep-pocketed potential partners.
  
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• NPM: Free public JavaScript registry will continue

  26-07-2019 22:05
  Company says the free NPM package registry is here to stay, releases security upgrade for NPM Enterprise
  
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• Elon Musk's Boring Co raises about $117 million in latest funding round

  26-07-2019 22:02
  Elon Musk's Boring Co raised about $117 million in its latest round of funding from 20 unnamed investors after offering to sell about $120 million in equity, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing on Friday.
  
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• U.S. tax collectors urge owners of virtual currencies to pay back taxes, file amended returns

  26-07-2019 20:33
  The U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Friday said it was sending thousands of letters to taxpayers who failed to report virtual currency transactions, saying they may owe taxes.
  
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• PODCAST from GCAS: United Airlines' Jon Merritt on Flight Operations and Technology - Aviation Today

  26-07-2019 20:03 via aviationtoday.com
  PODCAST from GCAS: United Airlines' Jon Merritt on Flight Operations and Technology  Aviation TodayOn this episode, we highlight a presentation at GCAS 2019 by United Airlines' Jon Merritt on the use of in-flight internet by pilots.
  
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• Apple contractors 'regularly hear confidential details' on Siri recordings - The Guardian

  26-07-2019 18:34 via theguardian.com
  Apple contractors 'regularly hear confidential details' on Siri recordings  The GuardianApple contractors regularly hear confidential medical information, drug deals, and recordings of couples having sex, as part of their job providing quality control, ...
  
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• House Modernization Committee recommends bringing back Office of Technology Assessment - Federal News Network

  26-07-2019 18:26 via federalnewsnetwork.com
  House Modernization Committee recommends bringing back Office of Technology Assessment  Federal News NetworkEfforts to restore Congress' defunct technology watchdog office have gotten a bipartisan boost from the House Select Committee on the Modernization of ...
  
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• Trump warns Google after Treasury chief says no concerns on China

  26-07-2019 18:01
  U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday kept up his pressure on global tech giant Google days after his Treasury secretary ruled out any national security concerns over the company's work in China.
  
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• Cloud company Datadog hires banks for IPO: sources

  26-07-2019 17:43
  Datadog Inc, the cloud monitoring company whose investors include a wealth manager for Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, has hired investment banks for its initial public offering (IPO), according to people familiar with the matter.
  
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• New auto safety technology leaves insurers in the dark

  26-07-2019 17:38
  Automakers are accelerating the rollout of technology designed to avoid crashes, but insurance companies are waving a caution flag at consumers eyeing discounts for buying collision-avoiding brakes or automated cruise control.
  
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• TIM, Vodafone agree merger of mobile masts, 5G partnership in Italy

  26-07-2019 17:35
  Italy's biggest phone group Telecom Italia and rival Vodafone agreed on Friday to merge their mobile towerinfrastructure and to jointly roll out 5G in Italy.
  
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• SoftBank Group's $108 billion Vision Fund 2 draws in Microsoft, Apple

  26-07-2019 17:35
  SoftBank Group Corphas secured pledges from Microsoft Corpand other investors of around $108 billion for a second Vision Fund aimed at investing in technology firms.
  
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• Twitter shares jump 10% on solid user growth, revenue beat

  26-07-2019 17:30
  Twitter Incon Friday reported better-than-expected second-quarter revenue as design changes to its microblogging website attracted more users and advertisers, sending its shares up 10%.
  
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• Drones Will Fly For Days With This New Technology - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  26-07-2019 17:00 via newscenter.lbl.gov
  Drones Will Fly For Days With This New Technology  Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryResearchers with Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley have developed a superefficient thermophotovoltaic that could allow drones to fly for days.
  
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• Vodafone to set up 18 bln euro European mobile mast company with IPO potential

  26-07-2019 16:51
  Britain's Vodafone will separate its mobile masts in Europe into a new company worth upwards of 18 billion euros ($20 billion) with a view to listing a minority stake.
  
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• IT program teaching kids innovation through technology - WLWT Cincinnati

  26-07-2019 16:49 via wlwt.com
  IT program teaching kids innovation through technology  WLWT CincinnatiStudents get to experience real-world problems and answer them through the use of IT.
  
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• U.S.-China tensions weigh on Huawei's ties with partners FedEx, Flex

  26-07-2019 16:29
  U.S. FedEx Corpon Friday again apologized and blamed Washington's ban on Huawei for being "unclear" as Beijing deepened an investigation into why the delivery firm was holding up packages meant for the telecoms equipment maker.
  
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• Alphabet shares jump 9% on ad rebound, cloud promise

  26-07-2019 15:21
  Shares of Alphabet Incrose nearly 9% in premarket trading on Friday, after the company handily beat Wall Street targets on higher ad sales and touted growth at its cloud unit, a high-margin business it is leaning more on to drive growth.
  
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• Growth in number of users boosts Twitter revenue by a fifth - The Guardian

  26-07-2019 15:05 via theguardian.com
  Growth in number of users boosts Twitter revenue by a fifth  The GuardianTwitter's revenue rose by almost a fifth year on year, the company reported on Friday, leading to “better-than-expected profitability” of $76m (£61m) in the second ...
  
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• WSU Office of Commercialization targets health sciences' potential for technology transfer - WSU News

  26-07-2019 15:00 via news.wsu.edu
  WSU Office of Commercialization targets health sciences' potential for technology transfer  WSU NewsBy Addy Hatch, WSU News. From the start, part of WSU Health Sciences' promise has been research – how the work of its scientists might spin off into new ...
  
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• Technology getting boarding schools' leave system in order - The Australian Financial Review

  26-07-2019 15:00 via afr.com
  Technology getting boarding schools' leave system in order  The Australian Financial ReviewAustralian boarding schools are embracing technology as a way to improve administration, lower costs and better communicate with the stakeholders.
  
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• How data and technology help brands excel at customer experience - Marketing Week

  26-07-2019 14:57 via marketingweek.com
  How data and technology help brands excel at customer experience  Marketing WeekExcelling at customer experience means using the right technology and linking up data effectively across your brand channels.
  
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• We Are Technology's Weakest Link - InformationWeek

  26-07-2019 13:02 via informationweek.com
  We Are Technology's Weakest Link  InformationWeekTechnology's shortcomings have less to do with technology and everything to do with us.
  
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• Does Technology Spell Doom for Close Relationships? - Scientific American

  26-07-2019 13:00 via blogs.scientificamerican.com
  Does Technology Spell Doom for Close Relationships?  Scientific AmericanThe honeymoon, that age-old symbol of newlywed bliss, is getting some competition from a new alternative trend: the “solomoon.” And while that may be good ...
  
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• Real-world benefits of car safety technology - Reuters India

  26-07-2019 12:27 via graphics.reuters.com
  Real-world benefits of car safety technology  Reuters IndiaAutomakers are accelerating the rollout of technology designed to avoid crashes and improve road safety. Here's a look at selected crash avoidance features, ...
  
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• New auto safety technology leaves insurers in the dark - Reuters

  26-07-2019 12:05 via reuters.com
  New auto safety technology leaves insurers in the dark  ReutersAutomakers are accelerating the rollout of technology designed to avoid crashes, but insurance companies are waving a caution flag at consumers eyeing ...
  
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• Mozilla blames 'interlocking complex systems' and confusion for Firefox's May add-on outage

  26-07-2019 12:00
  The Firefox browser maker said it's figured out what caused problems with its browser add-ons and offered solutions to keep the issue from happening again.
  
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• How baseless fears over 5G rollout created a health scare - The Guardian

  26-07-2019 10:28 via theguardian.com
  How baseless fears over 5G rollout created a health scare  The GuardianMisconceptions about the technology and lack of consultation with local communities may have boosted conspiracy theories.
  
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• SoftBank launches new $108bn Vision Fund to back technology companies - The Telegraph

  26-07-2019 08:56 via telegraph.co.uk
  SoftBank launches new $108bn Vision Fund to back technology companies  The TelegraphSoftBank has announced its second Vision Fund which it said will have a record $108bn (£86bn) to invest in start-ups around the world.
  
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• ACT police breached metadata laws thousands of times

  26-07-2019 08:14
  ACT Policing has revealed that in the 2015-16 financial year ​it accessed so-called telecommunications metadata on 3365 occasions without the lawful authority required.
  
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• IBM veteran takes on A/NZ MD role

  26-07-2019 07:26
  Katrina Troughton has been appointed managing director of IBM Australia and New Zealand.
  
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• Bilberry camera technology goes commercial with Agrifac - Queensland Country Life

  26-07-2019 07:00 via queenslandcountrylife.com.au
  Bilberry camera technology goes commercial with Agrifac  Queensland Country LifeBilberry optical sprayer technology has gone commercial through Agrifac.
  
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• Is this James Dyson's second luxury property in Singapore? - The Guardian

  26-07-2019 06:48 via theguardian.com
  Is this James Dyson's second luxury property in Singapore?  The GuardianWeeks after paying £43m for city state's dearest penthouse, inventor has reportedly bought £26.5m bungalow.
  
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• Google needs to offer browser, search options on Android: ACCC

  26-07-2019 05:39
  If Google refuses to allow Australian Android users to choose their default browser and search services from a number of options, the government should step in and force the company to, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has said.
  
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• ACCC calls for privacy law reforms, end to ‘take-it-or-leave-it terms’

  26-07-2019 05:14
  ​The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is calling for a crackdown on the “long, complex, vague and difficult to navigate” privacy terms provided by the likes of Facebook and Google, and decried the lack of “meaningful control” users have over their data.
  
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• ACCC wants 'specialist digital platforms branch' with additional powers

  26-07-2019 03:37
  ​The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has recommended the government establish a ‘specialist digital platforms branch’ to closely monitor the conduct of major online platforms likes Facebook and Google.
  
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• ACS launches Melbourne hub

  26-07-2019 03:12
  ​The Australian Computer Society has opened a ‘technology and innovation hub’ in Melbourne’s Docklands.
  
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• State of the art ACS technology and innovation hub opens in Melbourne's Docklands - Media Releases - CSO Australia

  26-07-2019 02:35 via cso.com.au
  State of the art ACS technology and innovation hub opens in Melbourne's Docklands - Media Releases  CSO AustraliaThe Australian Computer Society (ACS) launches a new hub in Melbourne.
  
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• Sponsored Developers, This Technology Will Fast Track Your DA Partner Content 4 Min - The Urban Developer

  26-07-2019 02:12 via theurbandeveloper.com
  Sponsored Developers, This Technology Will Fast Track Your DA Partner Content 4 Min  The Urban DeveloperProperty start-up Archistar has unveiled the latest feature for its ground-breaking development platform. ArchiComply offers a digitised and streamlined pre-DA ...
  
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• Developers, This Technology Will Fast Track Your DA - The Urban Developer

  26-07-2019 02:12 via theurbandeveloper.com
  Developers, This Technology Will Fast Track Your DA  The Urban DeveloperProperty start-up Archistar has unveiled the latest feature for its ground-breaking development platform. ArchiComply offers a digitised and streamlined pre-DA ...
  
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• Apple buys Intel unit for US$1B in push for chip independence

  26-07-2019 01:00
  Apple took a major step toward supplying its own smartphone chips by purchasing the majority of Intel modem business in a deal valued at US$1 billion.
  
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• Teaching technology to seniors helps ease social isolation - mySanAntonio.com

  26-07-2019 00:29 via mysanantonio.com
  Teaching technology to seniors helps ease social isolation  mySanAntonio.comAll sorts of things can affect our health, but not all of them require treatment by someone wearing a stethoscope. Adequate food, relationships, transportation and ...
  
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• NetBeans 11.1 adds Java EE 8 support

  26-07-2019 00:01
  Quarterly NetBeans release brings Java EE 8 support for Maven and Gradle apps, updates integration with Payara and GlassFish
  
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