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• The Trade War Spurs China’s Technology Innovators Into Overdrive - Bloomberg

  11-09-2019 23:00 via bloomberg.com
  The Trade War Spurs China’s Technology Innovators Into Overdrive  BloombergSign up for Next China, a weekly email on where the nation stands now and where it's going next. In Shenzhen's glitzy financial district, a five-year-old outfit ...
  
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• Cisco adds speed, smarts to MDS storage networking family

  11-09-2019 22:53
  Looking to support ever-increasing workloads, Cisco has pumped up the speed and intelligence of its storage area networking family.
  
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• Oracle CEO to take leave of absence

  11-09-2019 22:51
  Oracle has announced that CEO Mark V. Hurd will take a leave of absence due to health related reasons.
  
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• How To Keep New Technology From Crippling The U.S. Navy - Forbes

  11-09-2019 16:29 via forbes.com
  How To Keep New Technology From Crippling The U.S. Navy  ForbesThe Navy has an enormous appetite for new technology. But again and again, with the Littoral Combat Ship, the Zumwalt class destroyer, and the Ford class ...
  
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• Voice Technology And CRM: A New Partnership? - Forbes

  11-09-2019 15:09 via forbes.com
  Voice Technology And CRM: A New Partnership?  ForbesVoice technology is about to become a big component to powering CRM with companies like Salesforce and Microsoft betting on the impact of voice technology, ...
  
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• History shows it will take more than technology and money to beat malaria - The Guardian

  11-09-2019 14:56 via theguardian.com
  History shows it will take more than technology and money to beat malaria  The GuardianHopes of eradicating the disease by 2050 will fail unless we tackle the poverty and weak governance that allow it to thrive.
  
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• Apple's new, lower priced iPhone draws tepid response in Asia

  11-09-2019 11:32
  Apple Inc'snew, lower priced iPhone that comes with a faster processor but lacks 5G technology disappointed Asia, where cheaper and feature-packed handsets from rivals are already available.
  
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• WeWork presses on with IPO, pushing SoftBank into a corner

  11-09-2019 11:25
  Office-sharing startup WeWork is pressing ahead with plans to go public despite lukewarm interest in its shares, three sources said, leaving its largest investor, SoftBank Group , with a stark choice: take a haircut or pony up even more cash.
  
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• Naspers spin-off Prosus surges 25% on market debut in Amsterdam

  11-09-2019 10:17
  Shares in the spin-off of South African e-commerce group Naspers surged more than 25% in the first minutes of their market debut in Amsterdam on Wednesday.
  
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• Intel to use Tokyo Olympics to show off 3D tracking, other new tech

  11-09-2019 09:59
  Tech giant Intel Corp said on Wednesday it will use the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to show off a portfolio of new technology including artificial intelligence driven 3D tracking of athletes to augment broadcasts of events during the Games.
  
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• Facebook's Libra seeks Swiss payment system license

  11-09-2019 08:58
  Facebook'sLibra cryptocurrency project is seeking a Swiss payment system license, financial watchdog FINMA said on Wednesday, noting the breadth of the planned services would require broad oversight.
  
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• China's JD.com reloads deal-making with investment head appointment

  11-09-2019 08:38
  China's second-largest e-commerce firm JD.com Inc has appointed Jason Hu, a former managing director at Chinese private equity firm CDH Investments, as head of strategic investment to oversee deals both at home and overseas.
  
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• Data retention should stretch to seven years, Queensland Police says

  11-09-2019 08:08
  The Queensland Police Service says that there is a case for extending from 24 months to seven years the length that telcos need to retain ‘metadata’ to comply with Australia’s data retention regime.
  
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• Smeaton Grange business Omni Tanker builds world-first technology - Wollondilly Advertiser

  11-09-2019 07:53 via wollondillyadvertiser.com.au
  Smeaton Grange business Omni Tanker builds world-first technology  Wollondilly Advertiser"Omni Tanker is...showing the world how it should be done."
  
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• Exclusive: Grab in talks to merge Indonesian payment firms to overtake Gojek - sources

  11-09-2019 07:27
  SoftBank-backed ride hailer Grab is in talks to merge OVO, an Indonesian digital payments firm in which it owns shares, with an Ant Financial-backed local peer to build heft and power ahead of archrival Gojek, people familiar with the matter said.
  
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• Swiss-based Libra will have to meet tough U.S. standards: U.S. Treasury

  11-09-2019 07:22
  The Facebook-ledLibra cryptocurrency project must meet the highest standards for combating money laundering and terrorism financing if it is to get off the ground, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Tuesday.
  
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• 5 of the coolest technology products for kids in 2019 - Now To Love

  11-09-2019 05:53 via nowtolove.com.au
  5 of the coolest technology products for kids in 2019  Now To LoveWhen it comes to tech, kids these days are ahead of the game. We share the coolest technology products available for kids in 2019.
  
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• La Trobe and Cisco to collaborate on IoT innovation

  11-09-2019 04:17
  A new agreement between La Trobe University and Cisco will see the launch of a Cisco Co-Innovation Centre in Melbourne.
  
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• Apple reveals triple-camera iPhone; $5 monthly streaming TV undercuts Disney

  11-09-2019 03:50
  Apple Inccaught up with hardware rivals on Tuesday by revealing a triple-camera iPhone, and it rolled out a streaming TV service priced at $5 a month, undercutting Disney and Netflix.
  
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• Technology makes inroads for older Australians - The West Australian

  11-09-2019 03:23 via thewest.com.au
  Technology makes inroads for older Australians  The West AustralianTechnological innovations have increasingly made life easier for people of all walks of life, including older Australians who wish to continue living at home.
  
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• Optus CEO details ‘NBN champion’ program to combat migration woes

  11-09-2019 03:10
  Optus says it is working to improve the experience of migrating to the NBN, with the telco’s CEO, Allen Lew, today revealing details of an initiative to smooth the transition to the new network.
  
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• Tearful Ma bids Alibaba farewell with rock star show

  11-09-2019 02:32
  A tearful Jack Ma formally left Alibabaon Tuesday, donning a guitar and a rock star wig at an event for thousands of employees of the e-commerce giant he founded 20 years ago in a small shared apartment in Hangzhou city in eastern China.
  
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• Apple reveals triple-camera iPhone

  11-09-2019 01:13
  Apple caught up with hardware rivals on Tuesday by revealing a triple-camera iPhone, and it rolled out a streaming TV service priced at US$5 a month, undercutting Disney and Netflix.
  
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