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• Using technology to tackle inequality - UChicago News

  31-07-2019 23:10 via news.uchicago.edu
  Using technology to tackle inequality  UChicago NewsUniversity of Chicago alum Devshi Mehrotra, whose compileHer team taught students how to code, sees computer science as a way to address issues from ...
  
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• Critics question 'Five Eyes' push to expand spies' telecoms access

  31-07-2019 22:54
  Former government officials and privacy campaigners are questioning demands by “Five Eyes” security ministers that high-tech communications systems should remain accessible to spies and official investigators.
  
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• Remote code execution is possible by exploiting flaws in Vxworks

  31-07-2019 17:40
  Critical vulnerabilities have been found in WindRiver’s VxWorks’ real-time operating system that powers an advertised 2B connected devices, including some networking gear.
  
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• Telcos slammed for sleazy NBN sales

  31-07-2019 16:01
  The use of high-pressure sales tactics by telcos trying to sell NBN services to households and small businesses has been condemned by groups representing consumers and the telecommunications industry.
  
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• From the iPhone to Huawei: The new geopolitics of technology - Brookings Institution

  31-07-2019 15:52 via brookings.edu
  From the iPhone to Huawei: The new geopolitics of technology  Brookings InstitutionIn meetings in various international capitals this summer—from a gathering of defense ministers in Singapore to a meeting of economic policy heavyweights and ...
  
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• Another step toward creating brain-reading technology - Medical Xpress

  31-07-2019 14:30 via medicalxpress.com
  Another step toward creating brain-reading technology  Medical XpressA team of researchers at the University of California's Department of Neurological Surgery and the Center for Integrative Neuroscience in San Francisco has ...
  
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• Avis enlists Israeli startup to turn rental car data into cash

  31-07-2019 14:11
  Avis Budget Group Inc has enlisted an Israeli startup to help turn data from its car rental fleet into cash, as more auto industry players look to tap a potential $750 billion market for vehicle information.
  
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• Apple woos investors with China gain, market value nears $1 trillion

  31-07-2019 14:09
  Shares of Apple Incrose 4.2% on Wednesday, after the company calmed Wall Street nerves with an improvement in sales in China and as several brokerages predicted a boost from its services business and the launch of new iPhones in the second half of 2019.
  
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• Amazon to buy Israeli startup E8 storage: media

  31-07-2019 14:07
  E-commerce giant Amazonhas agreed to buy Israeli storage technology startup E8 Storage, Israeli financial media reported on Wednesday.
  
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• Spotify revenue beats but adds fewer-than-expected paid subscribers

  31-07-2019 13:53
  Spotify Technology SAreported better-than-expected second-quarter revenue on Wednesday, but added fewer paid subscribers than estimated, sending its shares down 2.2% in trading before the bell.
  
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• Panasonic first-quarter profit nearly halves on China, Tesla woes

  31-07-2019 13:49
  Panasonic Corp reported its first-quarter operating profit nearly halved, as Sino-U.S. trade tensions dampened demand for its components business in China and the battery business with Tesla Inc remained in the red.
  
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• Israeli software firm Lightricks raises $135 million at $1 billion valuation

  31-07-2019 13:27
  Israeli software company Lightricks, the creator of several photo and video editing apps, said on Wednesday it has raised $135 million in financing at a $1 billion valuation.
  
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• Getting under the hood of Amazon’s auto ambitions

  31-07-2019 13:21
  Amazon.com Inc is expanding its transportation prowess to do virtually everything short of building a car.
  
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• Tencent-backed China firm, Russia's Mail.ru to tie up for gaming growth: sources

  31-07-2019 12:58
  Tencent-backed Chinese video game publisher iDreamSky Technology Holdings and Russian tech firm Mail.ru Group are forming an alliance, in a move that will help Mail.ru expand its gaming footprint in China, two sources said.
  
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• Samsung says Japanese curbs cloud outlook as profit halves, shares fall

  31-07-2019 12:44
  Samsung Electronicswarned on Wednesday that Japanese curbs on the export of chip-making materials was blurring its outlook and said it would delay a plan to return money to shareholders due to "significant new challenges."
  
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• ICC to use DRS technology at Women’s World Cup - Daily Telegraph

  31-07-2019 12:32 via dailytelegraph.com.au
  ICC to use DRS technology at Women’s World Cup  Daily TelegraphAfter a controversial women's Ashes series that didn't use DRS technology, the ICC confirmed on Tuesday video reviews would be used in the women's T20 ...
  
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• Bread, coffee to be delivered by drone in Logan - 9News

  31-07-2019 12:26 via 9news.com.au
  Bread, coffee to be delivered by drone in Logan  9NewsForget Uber Eats. Unmanned drones may soon be dropping food, coffee and even medicine from local shops into...
  
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• UK markets watchdog: cryptoassets have 'no intrinsic value'

  31-07-2019 11:47
  People should be cautious about putting money into unregulated cryptoassets like bitcoin that have "no intrinsic value" and few protections, Britain's Financial Conduct Authority said on Wednesday.
  
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• How technology is fuelling the rise of flexible office space - JLL Australia

  31-07-2019 11:46 via jll.com.au
  How technology is fuelling the rise of flexible office space  JLL AustraliaAs new digital tools and platforms transform traditional ways of working, they're changing how companies think about - and use - their office space.
  
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• Apple's services, wearables shore up results as iPhone drops below half of sales

  31-07-2019 10:42
  Apple InciPhone sales dropped to less than half of quarterly revenue for the first time in seven years, but CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday described the change as successfully diversifying away from a single product and forecast results above Wall Street targets.
  
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• Tweet, web, cloud: technology transforms meaning of nature words - The Guardian

  31-07-2019 10:25 via theguardian.com
  Tweet, web, cloud: technology transforms meaning of nature words  The GuardianTweet, web, stream and cloud may once have evoked the wild outdoors, but they are now predominantly used to describe technology, according to new ...
  
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• CBA technology to advise customers whether to spend - The Australian Financial Review

  31-07-2019 09:13 via afr.com
  CBA technology to advise customers whether to spend  The Australian Financial ReviewCommonwealth Bank will begin advising the 5.6 million users of its banking app what they should do with their money, as digital banking shifts from facilitating ...
  
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• Russian self-drive technology adapted for grain harvesters - Grain Central

  31-07-2019 09:00 via graincentral.com
  Russian self-drive technology adapted for grain harvesters  Grain CentralRUSSIA's largest agricultural holding, Rusagro, and one of the country's developers of AI-based autonomous driving software, Cognitive Technologies, will ...
  
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• Orica's Technology Advantage Key To Upside - FN Arena News

  31-07-2019 09:00 via fnarena.com
  Orica's Technology Advantage Key To Upside  FN Arena NewsAustralia | Jul 31 2019. Orica believes its technological breakthrough should offer a competitive advantage and contribute to earnings growth in FY21.
  
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• CBA app wants your location, biometrics in name of security

  31-07-2019 08:29
  ​Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s new app has a feature that will track your location so the bank can better figure out if a transaction is dodgy.
  
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• Path still open for InfraCo role in privatised NBN: Telstra CEO

  31-07-2019 07:02
  Telstra’s CEO Andy Penn has said there is still potential for the company's InfraCo business to take a stake in NBN Co if the government forges ahead with its privatisation.
  
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• CBA makes ‘big shift to smarter banking’ with fourth gen banking app

  31-07-2019 05:57
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia has officially launched its fourth generation banking app, which it says offers customers greater personalisation and a simplified experience.
  
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• Telstra’s former wholesale chief joins NBN Co

  31-07-2019 04:49
  Will Irving will join NBN Co as its chief strategy and transformation officer, the network wholesaler announced today.
  
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• In pictures: Roundtable - How to ‘thrive’ - and 'survive' - in world of IT disruption and unlock your data capital: Melbourne

  31-07-2019 04:06
  Organisations that are ‘thriving’ in today’s fast-paced ‘data-driven world’ are the ones that are turning the influx of data into competitive differentiation. There’s an explosion of data being generated that must be moved, stored, protected and analysed - and then leveraged and capitalised on. Tech leaders gathered for an exclusive Computerworld roundtable luncheon at Vue de Monde - sponsored by Dell EMC - to discuss how companies can thrive in the ‘age
  
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• U.S. could decide on licenses for companies to sell to Huawei by next week - Ross

  31-07-2019 03:52
  The Trump administration could respond by next week to companies that have requested special licenses to sell to Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Tuesday during a visit to Brazil.
  
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• Amazon, Walmart, Ikea targeted in University of California light bulb lawsuits

  31-07-2019 03:39
  Five major retailers, including Amazon.com Inc and Walmart Inc, were sued on Tuesday by the University of California over what it called the "existential threat" when foreign manufacturers infringe schools' patents.
  
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• NBN Co CEO rejects broadband pricing criticism

  31-07-2019 02:54
  Claims by telcos that NBN Co’s wholesale pricing is creating an “unsustainable industry” are unfounded, the network operator’s chief executive has argued.
  
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• U.S. Congress seeks to jump start stalled self-driving car bill

  31-07-2019 02:19
  Two key committees in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday said they will revive efforts to pass long-stalled legislation to speed the adoption of self-driving cars.
  
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• Facebook fact-checker says company must share more data to fight misinformation

  31-07-2019 02:13
  One of Facebook's third-party fact-checking partners on Tuesday said the company needed to share more data with fact-checkers to better curb misinformation.
  
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• Apple wants to make high-end computers in U.S., needs tariff relief - Cook

  31-07-2019 00:50
  Apple IncChief Executive Tim Cook on Tuesday said that the desire to keep Mac Pro computer production in United States was behind the company's recent request for tariff exclusions.
  
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• James Graham believes robot refs will counter future Cameron Smiths - Daily Telegraph

  31-07-2019 00:29 via dailytelegraph.com.au
  James Graham believes robot refs will counter future Cameron Smiths  Daily TelegraphSt George Illawarra veteran James Graham says the more technology the better, as contentious refereeing decisions continue to plague the NRL.
  
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• Technology to foil AFL ticket scalpers - 9News

  31-07-2019 00:08 via 9news.com.au
  Technology to foil AFL ticket scalpers  9NewsTechnology will be used to foil ticket scalpers at major sports and music events in Australia by next year,...
  
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