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• VanEck SolidX bitcoin trust to sell shares to institutional buyers

  03-09-2019 23:55
  Investment firm VanEck and financial technology company SolidX Management LLC will sell shares in their bitcoin trust to "qualified institutional buyers," the companies said on Tuesday, in a move aimed at further attracting institutional money into the cryptocurrency segment.
  
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• Congressional antitrust panel to discuss Big Tech competition

  03-09-2019 23:47
  The Senate's antitrust panel will meet later this month to discuss concerns that tech giants, such as Google or Amazon, seek to buy smaller rivals in order to head off competition.
  
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• Insecure virtual USB feature in Supermicro BMCs exposes servers to attack

  03-09-2019 23:12
  Security researchers have found a way to attach virtual USB devices remotely to Supermicro servers, including over the internet, by abusing a feature in their baseband management controller software.
  
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• Nextleaf"s post-extraction processing technology of THC and CBD wins US patent - Proactive Investors Australia

  03-09-2019 22:50 via proactiveinvestors.com.au
  Nextleaf"s post-extraction processing technology of THC and CBD wins US patent  Proactive Investors Australiait targets the removal of fats and waxes from crude cannabis oil extracts in far less time, resulting in a highly desirable, impurity-free, and refined distillate.
  
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• Telstra to roll out underground private 4G network for South32 mine

  03-09-2019 21:10
  Telstra has begun work on a network that it says will be one of the world’s largest underground LTE rollouts.
  
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• Microsoft's Edge embraces Chrome's kill-Flash timetable

  03-09-2019 19:41
  Microsoft won't stick to its own timetable for killing off Adobe Flash; instead, it will parallel Google Chrome's plan for eliminating the software.
  
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• Edge embraces Chrome's kill-Flash timetable

  03-09-2019 19:41
  The move means Microsoft won't stick to its own timetable for killing off Adobe Flash; instead, it will parallel Google Chrome's plan for eliminating the media player software.
  
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• A Century of “Shrill”: How Bias in Technology Has Hurt Women’s Voices - The New Yorker

  03-09-2019 18:12 via newyorker.com
  A Century of “Shrill”: How Bias in Technology Has Hurt Women’s Voices  The New YorkerTina Tallon writes about how gendered technological bias and failures in the design of audio technology have affected how women's voices are perceived in ...
  
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• HSBC processes first blockchain letter of credit using Chinese yuan

  03-09-2019 06:02
  HSBC completed the first yuan-denominated blockchain-based letter of credit transaction, the bank said on Tuesday.
  
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• Using predictive analytics to troubleshoot network issues: Fact or fiction?

  03-09-2019 06:00
  Predictive analytics can reveal lurking network problems before they impact reliability or performance. Once considered a futuristic technology, predictive analytics is poised to become a mainstream network diagnostic and management tool.
  
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• Telstra prepares to use low-band spectrum for 5G coverage boost

  03-09-2019 05:49
  Telstra chief executive Andy Penn has told a shareholder meeting that the telco plans to make use of some of its lower band spectrum holdings over the “next 12 months or so” to help boost its 5G services.
  
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• Breach notification rules for new government data scheme, but no consent for sharing

  03-09-2019 02:06
  New legislation that will enable data collected by public sector agencies to be more easily shared is expected to be accompanied by new rules for data breach notifications, a discussion paper released today by the government said.
  
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• Technology: Is it now a way of mining? - SafeToWork

  03-09-2019 01:20 via safetowork.com.au
  Technology: Is it now a way of mining?  SafeToWorkTechnology is embraced as a new way of mining as much as it is a new way of life. Vanessa Zhou speaks with mining experts in Australia and Sweden to get a ...
  
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• Europe should ignore 'treacherous promises' of Facebook's Libra currency: ECB's Mersch

  03-09-2019 00:50
  Facebook's proposed Libra currency could undermine the European Central Bank's ability to set monetary policy and Europe should ignore its siren call of "treacherous promises" ECB board member Yves Mersch said on Monday.
  
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• Why is Apple developing code for AR glasses?

  03-09-2019 00:40
  Code that suggests Apple is developing sophisticated support for Augmented Reality (AR) glasses has been found inside iOS 13, a report claims.
  
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