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• Few U.S. lawmakers hit 'like' button after Facebook CEO visits Capitol Hill

  20-09-2019 23:21
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrapped up three days of discussions with Washington movers and shakers on Friday, with few if any indications he had won new "friends" to help the top social media company deal with multiple probes by Congress, state attorneys general and federal regulators.
  
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• Cloud Adoption Is Slowed by People as Much as Technology - Wall Street Journal

  20-09-2019 23:20 via wsj.com
  Cloud Adoption Is Slowed by People as Much as Technology  Wall Street JournalPeople issues can hinder a company's move to the cloud just as much as technological hurdles, three finance and asset-management technologists said at an ...
  
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• Exclusive: Fitbit considers whether it should explore a sale - sources

  20-09-2019 23:11
  Wearable device maker Fitbit Inchas been in talks with an investment bank about the possibility of exploring a sale amid challenges in successfully pivoting from fitness trackers to smartwatches, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.
  
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• Chinese scientists recognised for water-saving irrigation technology - South China Morning Post

  20-09-2019 23:00 via scmp.com
  Chinese scientists recognised for water-saving irrigation technology  South China Morning PostIt allows farmers in arid areas to cut water use by 25 per cent and boost output for crops like cotton by nearly 20 per cent compared to other systems.
  
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• Grocery stores are introducing new technology that could change the way you shop - Yahoo Finance

  20-09-2019 22:50 via finance.yahoo.com
  Grocery stores are introducing new technology that could change the way you shop  Yahoo FinanceGrocery stores are introducing automation that could radically change the shopping landscape for consumers. Max Pedro, Co-Founder of Takeoff Technologies, ...
  
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• Uber sues New York City over cruising and licensing caps

  20-09-2019 22:48
  Uber Technologies Inc sued New York City on Friday, seeking to void a new rule limiting how much time its drivers can spend cruising streets in busy areas of Manhattan without passengers, saying it threatens to undermine the company's ride-sharing model.
  
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• Facebook suspends tens of thousands of apps amid privacy investigation - The Guardian

  20-09-2019 22:18 via theguardian.com
  Facebook suspends tens of thousands of apps amid privacy investigation  The GuardianRemovals are part of inquiry into how developers use data, which the company started after the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Kari Paul in San Francisco.
  
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• Eyes in the sky: technology at the front line - The Advocate

  20-09-2019 21:00 via theadvocate.com.au
  Eyes in the sky: technology at the front line  The Advocate6G Technology is coming! And it's going to be better, faster and more powerful than ever before! The world's about to change with the introduction of 5G ...
  
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• Speech to text: dictation technology improves - Bundaberg Now

  20-09-2019 20:50 via bundabergnow.com
  Speech to text: dictation technology improves  Bundaberg NowDictation technology such as “speech to text” is becoming more advanced and more useful. Bundaberg Now technology guru Geoff Augutis from Queensland ...
  
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• Giving Employees Same Technology as Customers is Key to Success - Small Business Trends

  20-09-2019 20:45 via smallbiztrends.com
  Giving Employees Same Technology as Customers is Key to Success  Small Business TrendsHilton was recently named the best place to work in the country and one key to that success was a focus on the employee experience at Hilton.
  
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• National Gallery paints vision of technology in art - Financial Times

  20-09-2019 20:21 via ft.com
  National Gallery paints vision of technology in art  Financial TimesLondon's National Gallery is throwing down the gauntlet to artists, scientists and curators to show how cutting-edge technology will transform the experience of ...
  
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• Amazon vows to be carbon neutral by 2040, buying 100,000 electric vans

  20-09-2019 20:14
  Amazon.com IncChief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos on Thursday pledged to make the largest U.S. e-commerce company net carbon neutral by 2040 and to buy 100,000 electric delivery vans from a start-up, as employees and consumers around the world plan protests to address climate change.
  
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• Technology and the Work of the Future - Forbes

  20-09-2019 19:47 via forbes.com
  Technology and the Work of the Future  ForbesA new report by MIT's Task Force on the Work of the Future shows that technologies evolve within social and economic contexts, and we have great influenc e ...
  
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• CME to start offering options on bitcoin futures early next year

  20-09-2019 19:32
  CME Group, the world's largest futures exchange operator, said on Friday it plans to launch options on its bitcoin futures contracts in the first quarter of 2020, giving traders another way to hedge their risk in the cryptocurrency.
  
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• Netflix chief says 'The Crown' will look a bargain after streaming explosion

  20-09-2019 19:24
  Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings said on Friday the entrance of Apple, Disney and NBC to the global streaming market will push content costs to levels that make its epic drama about the British Royal family "look like a bargain".
  
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• U.S. dollar to be main currency underpinning Facebook's Libra: Spiegel

  20-09-2019 19:12
  The U.S. dollar will make up 50% of the basket of currencies backing Facebook's planned digital coin Libra, with the euro, yen, sterling and Singapore dollar comprising the rest, Der Spiegel reported, referring to a letter from Facebook.
  
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• No crowds as Apple's iPhone 11 hits stores in China

  20-09-2019 18:05
  Apple's latest iPhone 11 range hit stores in China on Friday, with short queues of die-hard fans contrasting with the hundreds who camped out ahead of some previous launches.
  
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• Germany to raise incentives for buying electric cars: climate policy document

  20-09-2019 17:58
  The German government will raise incentives for buying electric cars under its new climate plan, as well as raising road tolls for trucks from 2023 and pumping money into rail operator Deutsche Bahn, a climate policy document seen by Reuters showed.
  
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• Uber awaits renewal decision on vital London license, just five days before expiry

  20-09-2019 17:54
  Uberis still waiting to see whether its license in London, which expires on Wednesday, will be renewed as the regulator, which previously stripped the taxi app of its right to operate in the city, remains tight-lipped about the decision.
  
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• Undeterred, Facebook to press on with Libra launch next year: executive

  20-09-2019 16:54
  Facebook still aims to launch its Libra digital currency next year, its executive overseeing the project told Swiss newspaper NZZ, as the company presses ahead despite authorities around the world pouring cold water on the plans.
  
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• Google signs up to $2bn wind and solar investment - The Guardian

  20-09-2019 16:54 via theguardian.com
  Google signs up to $2bn wind and solar investment  The GuardianTech giant's push for greener energy prompts biggest renewable energy deal in corporate history.
  
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• US Department of Energy Invests $56 Million in Coal Technology Projects | Department - Energy.gov

  20-09-2019 16:45 via energy.gov
  US Department of Energy Invests $56 Million in Coal Technology Projects | Department  Energy.govWASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced 32 winners for $56.5 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and ...
  
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• Clarkson Professor Jeanna Matthews Named to Newly Formed Global Technology Policy Council - Clarkson University News

  20-09-2019 16:42 via clarkson.edu
  Clarkson Professor Jeanna Matthews Named to Newly Formed Global Technology Policy Council  Clarkson University NewsReprinted with permission from acm.org. WORLD'S LARGEST COMPUTING SOCIETY EXPANDS COMMITMENT TO EVIDENCE-BASED PUBLIC POLICY, ...
  
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• Once hacked, twice shy: How auto supplier Harman learned to fight cyber carjackers

  20-09-2019 16:03
  When researchers remotely hacked a Jeep Cherokee in 2015, slowing it to a crawl in the middle of a U.S. highway, the portal the hackers used was an infotainment system made by supplier Harman International.
  
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• Europe's China telecoms gear ban would cost industry $3.5 billion: report

  20-09-2019 15:27
  Replacing Chinese telecoms equipment would cost European telecom operators about $3.5 billion, a report by industry research firm Strand Consult predicted on Friday, far lower than the figure a lobby group came up with.
  
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• Ramp walks, dancing: Indian watchdog clamps down on flight crew TikTok videos

  20-09-2019 15:03
  India's aviation regulator has told airlines to crack down on the behavior of flight crew after several videos on popular Chinese video app TikTok showed crew members singing and dancing while on duty, a senior official told Reuters.
  
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• US Senator seeks "grand alliance" to protect against surveillance threat from China’s tech dominance

  20-09-2019 14:45
  The senator believes Chinese companies will be required to aid surveillance of the US, especially as 5G networks roll out.
  
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• Taking action with our Technology for Good Impact Report - Ericsson

  20-09-2019 14:18 via ericsson.com
  Taking action with our Technology for Good Impact Report  EricssonMany individuals and organizations are calling for strikes on climate action and other global challenges. Ericsson's approach is to take action and create positive ...
  
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• Three Ways Technology Can Help Protect Your Real Estate Investment - Forbes

  20-09-2019 14:00 via forbes.com
  Three Ways Technology Can Help Protect Your Real Estate Investment  ForbesIncorporating tech tools can help to truly transform the process and protect your asset.
  
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• Google to invest 3 billion euros in European data centers

  20-09-2019 12:14
  Googlewill make an additional investment of 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion) over the next two years to expand its European data centers, Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said in Finland.
  
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• Software jobs pay twice the national average

  20-09-2019 12:00
  Software.org report finds software jobs not only pay twice as much, but are growing at twice the rate of US jobs overall
  
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• How to decommission a data centre

  20-09-2019 12:00
  Decommissioning a data centre is lot more complicated than shutting down servers and switches. Here’s what you should keep in mind.
  
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• How to decommission a data center

  20-09-2019 12:00
  Decommissioning a data center is lot more complicated than shutting down servers and switches. Here’s what you should keep in mind.
  
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• Comedy Central and Channel 5 shows to join Britbox streaming service: ITV

  20-09-2019 11:21
  Television boxsets from Viacom-owned Channel 5 as well as British comedies from Comedy Central UK will appear on Britbox, a new British joint venture video streaming service from the BBC and ITV, ITV said on Friday.
  
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• Facial recognition technology threatens to end all individual privacy - The Guardian

  20-09-2019 11:20 via theguardian.com
  Facial recognition technology threatens to end all individual privacy  The GuardianWidespread use of this invasive tool must be halted until MPs have the chance to consider its devastating impacts, says Conservative MP for Haltemprice and ...
  
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• Can the gene editing technology CRISPR help reduce biodiversity loss worldwide? - GreenBiz

  20-09-2019 09:12 via greenbiz.com
  Can the gene editing technology CRISPR help reduce biodiversity loss worldwide?  GreenBizIt's been an alarming year for the world's outlook on biodiversity. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...
  
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• Cyber security needs rebels

  20-09-2019 07:50
  Cyber security needs “rascals” not hand-raisers who won’t question authority. But the problem is that the education system is not typically geared towards generating the kind of rebellious spirits that the sector needs, according to UNSW professor of cyber security Richard Buckland.
  
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• Reversing Baldness by Wearing a Hat – New Low-Cost Hair Growth Technology - SciTechDaily

  20-09-2019 06:10 via scitechdaily.com
  Reversing Baldness by Wearing a Hat – New Low-Cost Hair Growth Technology  SciTechDailyFew things on earth strike fear into the hearts of men more profoundly than hair loss. But reversing baldness could someday be as easy as wearing a hat, thanks ...
  
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• Canberra cyber node joins national network

  20-09-2019 03:41
  The Canberra Cyber Security Innovation Node has officially launched, joining a national of network led by AustCyber.
  
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• International Mining Geology Conference to showcase future technology and practices - Australian Mining

  20-09-2019 02:20 via australianmining.com.au
  International Mining Geology Conference to showcase future technology and practices  Australian MiningThe pace and scale of change in the international resources sector comes as no surprise to most mining professionals across the globe.
  
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• How New Technology Is Revolutionizing Oil & Gas | OilPrice.com - OilPrice.com

  20-09-2019 00:00 via oilprice.com
  How New Technology Is Revolutionizing Oil & Gas | OilPrice.com  OilPrice.comAfter years of lagging behind other industries, the oil and gas sector has finally embraced modern technological innovations in order to increase efficiency.
  
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