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• Privacy beyond HIPAA in voice technology - MobiHealthNews

  16-08-2019 22:07 via mobihealthnews.com
  Privacy beyond HIPAA in voice technology  MobiHealthNewsIndustry players warn that while voice technology has the ability to reach a larger audience, it must be implemented with privacy as a top priority.
  
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• MIT-Delft University of Technology team places third in Formula Student Germany driverless competition - MIT News

  16-08-2019 19:40 via news.mit.edu
  MIT-Delft University of Technology team places third in Formula Student Germany driverless competition  MIT NewsStudents from MIT and the Delft University of Technology placed third in the Driverless category at the 2019 Formula Student Germany (FSG) competition in ...
  
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• Rental firm walks away from Tesla order after quality dispute

  16-08-2019 19:15
  Car rental company Nextmove has walked away from a 5 million euros ($5.55 million) order for 85 TeslaModel 3 electric vehicles following a dispute over how to fix quality issues, the German company said on Friday.
  
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• New York financial regulator approves Bakkt trust license

  16-08-2019 18:31
  Bakkt Trust Co LLC has been granted a license to operate as a limited liability trust company, the New York State Department of Financial Services said on Friday.
  
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• Zombie planes technology may resurrect old F-16s in future - Federal News Network

  16-08-2019 18:15 via federalnewsnetwork.com
  Zombie planes technology may resurrect old F-16s in future  Federal News NetworkThe Air Force may be able to take old planes and turn them into drones.
  
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• LSE's FTSE stock market suffers longest outage in years

  16-08-2019 16:57
  A technical glitch delayed the start of trading on Friday on the UK blue chip FTSE 100 and midcap stock indexes for almost two hours in what was the longest outage at one of the world's top bourses in eight years.
  
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• Hundreds of Google employees urge company to resist support for Ice - The Guardian

  16-08-2019 16:37 via theguardian.com
  Hundreds of Google employees urge company to resist support for Ice  The GuardianPetition demands that the company not provide any technical services to US immigration agencies, citing 'system of abuse'
  
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• Technology at the 16th FAI World Paragliding Championship - World Air Sports Federation

  16-08-2019 16:16 via fai.org
  Technology at the 16th FAI World Paragliding Championship  World Air Sports FederationIn modern paragliding competitions, such as the 16th FAI World Paragliding Championship in Krushevo, North Macedonia, there is a whole heap of technology.
  
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• 'This video may not be real': The battle to fight Deepfake technology - MSNBC

  16-08-2019 15:19 via msnbc.com
  'This video may not be real': The battle to fight Deepfake technology  MSNBCExecutive Chair of First Draft, Claire Wardle, joins us to talk about the dangers of 'Deepfake' technology and the future ramifications of using video manipulating ...
  
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• Opinion: How technology discriminates against half of our population - East Bay Times

  16-08-2019 15:10 via eastbaytimes.com
  Opinion: How technology discriminates against half of our population  East Bay TimesAs an engineer and Stanford PhD candidate in science education, I often travel to the Galapagos Islands to work with teachers. Leaving from the San Francisco ...
  
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• Technology Partnerships: Five Essential Strategies for Success - Forbes

  16-08-2019 14:00 via forbes.com
  Technology Partnerships: Five Essential Strategies for Success  ForbesDespite the pressure to “get technology right,” important projects are too often delayed or completely derailed -- not because of some insurmountable technical ...
  
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• Privacy campaigners warn of UK facial recognition 'epidemic' - The Guardian

  16-08-2019 13:49 via theguardian.com
  Privacy campaigners warn of UK facial recognition 'epidemic'  The GuardianPrivacy campaigners have warned of an “epidemic” of facial recognition use in shopping centres, museums, conference centres and other private spaces ...
  
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• STAR Market tech board offers hope to Chinese venture capitalists

  16-08-2019 09:51
  When Chinese venture capital firm New Vision Capital invested in two startups focusing on cloud computing and micro-optics, the plan was to eventually take them public on the Nasdaq exchange.
  
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• Open Source Technology: What's It All About? - International Business Times

  16-08-2019 09:51 via ibtimes.com
  Open Source Technology: What's It All About?  International Business TimesMany tech giants such as Google, Microsoft and Amazon are embracing open source technology today and seeing the rewards.
  
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• Irish regulator nears end of first privacy probe, ruling to take months

  16-08-2019 09:43
  Ireland's data privacy regulator is close to concluding its first probe into a multinational company under the EU's new privacy laws, likely to involve Facebook's WhatsApp subsidiary, although a formal decision could take months.
  
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• Our Ethics Must Catch Up with Our Increasingly Powerful Technology - Scientific American

  16-08-2019 09:00 via blogs.scientificamerican.com
  Our Ethics Must Catch Up with Our Increasingly Powerful Technology  Scientific AmericanScience and engineering have given us physical powers that were historically thought of as belonging only to the gods. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, only ...
  
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• Facebook failed to warn users of known risks before 2018 breach: court filing

  16-08-2019 08:18
  Facebookusers suing the world's largest social media network over a 2018 data breach say it failed to warn them about risks tied to its single sign-on tool, even though it protected its employees, a court filing on Thursday showed.
  
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• Citizen science and captivating technology at Bega River BioBlitz - Bega District News

  16-08-2019 06:10 via begadistrictnews.com.au
  Citizen science and captivating technology at Bega River BioBlitz  Bega District NewsExplore the wonderful flora and fauna residing on our Bega River this weekend as part of a citizen science "BioBlitz".
  
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• Cyber security companies race to combat ‘deepfake’ technology - Financial Times

  16-08-2019 06:00 via ft.com
  Cyber security companies race to combat ‘deepfake’ technology  Financial TimesConcern grows that criminals could use false video and audio to target businesses.
  
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• Technology cuts tears during vaccinations - The West Australian

  16-08-2019 05:30 via thewest.com.au
  Technology cuts tears during vaccinations  The West AustralianSouth West parents will no longer need despair at the idea of taking their children for needles.
  
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• Uganda's cash-strapped cops spend $126 million on CCTV from Huawei

  16-08-2019 05:22
  A forest of slender white poles topped with dark, unblinking eyes is quietly sprouting on the rubbish-strewn, potholed street corners of the Ugandan capital.
  
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• Samsung Display considers suspending output at South Korean LCD plant

  16-08-2019 05:02
  South Korean panel maker Samsung Display said on Friday it is considering suspending one of its liquid crystal display (LCD) production lines at home due to a supply glut.
  
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• Democrat wants FCC to open T-Mobile, Sprint settlement for comment

  16-08-2019 03:33
  U.S. Representative David Cicilline urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Thursday to give the public the chance to comment on a draft order that would grant agency approval to the $26 billion merger of T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp.
  
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• Telstra to raise $700m by selling, leasing back 37 exchanges

  16-08-2019 02:45
  Telstra has established a property trust to own 37 of its exchanges, with the telco selling a 49 per cent stake in the trust to a Charter Hall-led consortium.
  
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• Technology Brought Us All Together. That's Part of What's Holding Us Back. - Bloomberg

  16-08-2019 02:00 via bloomberg.com
  Technology Brought Us All Together. That's Part of What's Holding Us Back.  BloombergThe modern connected world leads to groupthink among researchers and less originality.
  
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• Nvidia revenue tops expectations on strength in video gaming, auto units

  16-08-2019 01:46
  Nvidia Corp on Thursday said new high-end graphics chips for video gamers was bringing its core business back to "normalized" levels and raising profitability, as the company posted quarterly results ahead of Wall Street targets, sending shares up 5% in extended trading.
  
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• Apple says it supports 2.4 million U.S. jobs

  16-08-2019 01:12
  Apple Inc said on Wednesday it was either directly or indirectly responsible for 2.4 million U.S. jobs, up 20% from the 2 million the technology company estimated in 2017.
  
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• Technology start-ups that fail fast succeed faster - The Conversation - Canada

  16-08-2019 01:06 via theconversation.com
  Technology start-ups that fail fast succeed faster  The Conversation - CanadaFailure rates of new technology-based companies are shockingly high. It is estimated that 75 per cent of technology start-ups do not generate profits. Other data ...
  
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• Instagram adds tool for users to flag false information

  16-08-2019 01:05
  Instagram is adding an option for users to report posts they think are false, the company announced on Thursday, as the Facebook-owned photo-sharing site tries to stem misinformation and other abuses on its platform.
  
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• Applied Materials does not expect memory chip recovery before 2020

  16-08-2019 00:35
  Applied Materials Incbeat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Thursday but the chip gear maker cautioned that recovery in the memory chip market is unlikely before 2020.
  
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• Coates Hire eyes opportunities in ML, IoT after cloud move

  16-08-2019 00:30
  Coates Hire’s chief information officer, Ben Waterhouse, says the company’s Azure migration has not only cut costs but allowed the company to explore new opportunities involving IoT and machine learning services.
  
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• TCL To Take On Samsung With New QLED TV Technology - ChannelNews

  16-08-2019 00:28 via channelnews.com.au
  TCL To Take On Samsung With New QLED TV Technology  ChannelNewsTCL who recently cut a deal with JB Hi Fi to manufacture the new FFalcon TV range has moved to differentiate their TCL branded TV's from archrival Hisense ...
  
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