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APEC experts discuss agricultural technology - Xinhua

20-08-2017 23:55 via news.xinhuanet.com

APEC experts discuss agricultural technology
Xinhua
HO CHI MINH CITY, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Experts from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) started gathering in Vietnam's southern Can Tho city on Sunday to seek ways of promoting technology transfer in agricultural production. The Agricultural ...and more »

NYU Abu Dhabi researchers develop computer chip security technology - Saudi Gazette

20-08-2017 23:05 via saudigazette.com.sa

Saudi Gazette
NYU Abu Dhabi researchers develop computer chip security technology
Saudi Gazette
ABU DHABI — Researchers at New York University Abu Dhabi's (NYUAD) Design for Excellence (Dfx) lab have developed new innovations in computer chip technology that present landmark achievements in IT security. Secured by a secret key so that only ...and more »

Using technology to get ahead of landslides - Business Standard

20-08-2017 22:10 via business-standard.com

Business Standard
Using technology to get ahead of landslides
Business Standard
On August 13, over 46 people died in a landslide in Himachal Pradesh. Hours later, 28 were feared killed in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. Earlier this year, the deaths of 152 people in Bangladesh and the countless injuries, destruction of property and loss ...and more »

NBN prepares for field trials of gigabit HFC technology - Computerworld Australia

20-08-2017 22:07 via computerworld.com.au

NBN prepares for field trials of gigabit HFC technology
Computerworld Australia
NBN is preparing to launch field trials using the DOCSIS 3.1 cable broadband standard, which is capable of delivering gigabit speeds over hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) connections. HFC is one of the fixed-line technologies being used in the rollout of the ...and more »

Govt must help mitigate adverse impact of technology on society - TODAYonline

20-08-2017 22:04 via todayonline.com

Govt must help mitigate adverse impact of technology on society
TODAYonline
I read with interest the commentary “As Smart Nation drive speeds up, anxieties arise” (Aug 15). When we place emphasis on technology in national and social development, a segment of society is bound to be at risk of lagging behind because of an ...and more »

eILP bags Outstanding Technology Project Award - The Sentinel

20-08-2017 21:10 via sentinelassam.com

eILP bags Outstanding Technology Project Award
The Sentinel
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. — Willie Nelson. Arunachal News. HOME / ARUNACHAL NEWS / STORY. eILP bags Outstanding Technology Project Award. BY OUR STAFF REPORTER; August 21, ...

How Technology is Affecting our Lives - Kashmir Reader

20-08-2017 20:57 via kashmirreader.com

Kashmir Reader
How Technology is Affecting our Lives
Kashmir Reader
Technology has changed our lives, increasing the speed of time. We, as humans, have invented and developed technologies to make the best of our lives. Now technology is changing our lives every second. Robots are our new models, and at the end robots ...

Seed production technology for Indian pompano - The Hindu

20-08-2017 20:48 via thehindu.com

Seed production technology for Indian pompano
The Hindu
Mariculture in India is set to get a big boost with the city-based Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) successfully developing seed production technology for Indian pompano (Trachinotus mookalee), which has high commercial value both in ...and more »

Technology: Macron thinks big in his vision for French unicorns - Financial Times

20-08-2017 20:16 via ft.com

Financial Times
Technology: Macron thinks big in his vision for French unicorns
Financial Times
Last summer Michael Amar, a serial entrepreneur and investor, met Emmanuel Macron at a private networking event at the British Embassy in Paris. Mr Amar, a Frenchman who had swapped Paris for Palo Alto in California in 2008, recalls telling Mr Macron, ...and more »

Taking a stand on Charlottesville, technology companies seek balance with free speech - The Independent

20-08-2017 19:37 via independent.co.uk

The Independent
Taking a stand on Charlottesville, technology companies seek balance with free speech
The Independent
'Particularly in the Valley, they are all about freedom and not being the arbiters of opinion... but now that is changing'. Jeremy B White San Francisco; 4 hours ago. Click to follow. The Independent US. charlotte-virginia.jpg People receive first-aid ...and more »

Prep sports teams are living the age of technology - Duluth News Tribune

20-08-2017 19:16 via duluthnewstribune.com

Duluth News Tribune
Prep sports teams are living the age of technology
Duluth News Tribune
Greg Spahn remembers the old way high school football teams used to exchange game film. How could the Grand Rapids coach forget? Saturday morning. A rest stop or gas station halfway between two towns. Swapping a VHS tape with another unfortunate ...and more »

Technology - Times of Oman

20-08-2017 17:42 via timesofoman.com

Times of Oman
Technology
Times of Oman
Evolving along with its users, today Shababiah is a lifestyle partner just as much as a digital experience. x. Evolving along with its users, today Shababiah is a lifestyle partner just as much as a digital experience. Sharelines. Oman technology ...

Coolpad Cool Play 6 launched, read about price, specification and availability here

20-08-2017 17:38

The phone will be available exclusively on Amazon.in from September 4, 2017 in two colour variants gold and black

Railways in process of using modern technology to plug accidents: Official - Hindustan Times

20-08-2017 15:29 via hindustantimes.com

Hindustan Times
Railways in process of using modern technology to plug accidents: Official
Hindustan Times
While the production target of LHB coaches has been increased from 1,697 in 2016-17 to 2,384 in 2017-18, it is expected to be 3,025 LHB coaches in 2018-19. india Updated: Aug 20, 2017 19:00 IST. Press Trust of India, New Delhi. Workers repair the rail ...and more »

Advances in technology fuel more humans' 'robophobia' - The Columbian

20-08-2017 15:15 via columbian.com

The Columbian
Advances in technology fuel more humans' 'robophobia'
The Columbian
FILE - In this Wednesday, April 20, 1983 file photo, a bomb removal robot, remote controlled by police, at left around the corner, carries a briefcase believed to be a bomb to a waiting truck in New York. It turned out that the suitcase held telephone ...and more »

AfricaCom launched new technology arena - Independent Online

20-08-2017 14:02 via iol.co.za

Independent Online
AfricaCom launched new technology arena
Independent Online
The 20th Anniversary AfricaCom Launch in Johannesburg on the 12th July 2017.(Dino Lloyd/RealTime Images). LONDON – To celebrate its 20th anniversary, AfricaCom, a media and telecoms (TMT) event is launching a brand-new technology arena.and more »

National Day Rally: Never too late to learn and use technology, PM Lee tells seniors - Channel NewsAsia

20-08-2017 13:31 via channelnewsasia.com

Channel NewsAsia
National Day Rally: Never too late to learn and use technology, PM Lee tells seniors
Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE: As Singapore presses on with its Smart Nation drive, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong urged seniors to embrace and master information technology, which he said brings with it job opportunities and benefits in their daily lives. In his Mandarin ...and more »

A vapid chatbot teaches the value of AI technology - Financial Times

20-08-2017 12:56 via ft.com

Financial Times
A vapid chatbot teaches the value of AI technology
Financial Times
For the past two weeks, I have been having daily conversations with a chatbot called Replika. It is described by its founders, from the Y Combinator accelerator in San Francisco, as “an app where you can have a fun and sincere text conversation with a ...

Kenyan Girls Use Technology to Combat Genital Cutting - Voice of America

20-08-2017 11:45 via voanews.com

Voice of America
Kenyan Girls Use Technology to Combat Genital Cutting
Voice of America
“It's still fresh in my mind, the scene of female genital mutilation,” said Purity Achieng, a 17-year-old from Kenya. Achieng was speaking on stage in the finals of the Technovation Challenge World Pitch Summit, a competition that invites girls from ...and more »

Technology and the New Republic just never seemed to click - The Guardian

20-08-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com

The Guardian
Technology and the New Republic just never seemed to click
The Guardian
Chris Hughes of Facebook: briefly publisher of New Republic magazine. Photograph: Jason Gardner/New Republic. US press and publishing · Peter Preston on press and broadcasting. Technology and the New Republic just never seemed to click.

The Technology Behind Buying Clothes Online That Will Actually Fit - Huffington Post Australia

20-08-2017 06:57 via huffingtonpost.com.au

Huffington Post Australia
The Technology Behind Buying Clothes Online That Will Actually Fit
Huffington Post Australia
A new tech platform makes sure that you buy garments that perfectly fit your body shape. 19/08/2017 5:11 AM AEST | Updated 12 hours ago. Libby-Jane Charleston Associate Editor, HuffPost Australia. While shopping online is wonderfully convenient, when ...

Pentagon Thinks Blockchain Technology Can be Used as Cybersecurity Shield - CoinTelegraph

20-08-2017 04:53 via cointelegraph.com

CoinTelegraph
Pentagon Thinks Blockchain Technology Can be Used as Cybersecurity Shield
CoinTelegraph
Just like any currency, Bitcoin has been involved in cases of money-laundering, drug transactions, and terrorism in previous years. However, it has also caught the Pentagon's eyes as a potential cybersecurity shield.
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APEC experts discuss agricultural technology - Xinhua

NYU Abu Dhabi researchers develop computer chip security technology - Saudi Gazette

Using technology to get ahead of landslides - Business Standard

NBN prepares for field trials of gigabit HFC technology - Computerworld Australia

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Govt must help mitigate adverse impact of technology on society - TODAYonline

eILP bags Outstanding Technology Project Award - The Sentinel

How Technology is Affecting our Lives - Kashmir Reader

Seed production technology for Indian pompano - The Hindu

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Technology: Macron thinks big in his vision for French unicorns - Financial Times

Taking a stand on Charlottesville, technology companies seek balance with free speech - The Independent

Prep sports teams are living the age of technology - Duluth News Tribune

Technology - Times of Oman

Coolpad Cool Play 6 launched, read about price, specification and availability here

Railways in process of using modern technology to plug accidents: Official - Hindustan Times

Advances in technology fuel more humans' 'robophobia' - The Columbian

AfricaCom launched new technology arena - Independent Online

National Day Rally: Never too late to learn and use technology, PM Lee tells seniors - Channel NewsAsia

A vapid chatbot teaches the value of AI technology - Financial Times

Kenyan Girls Use Technology to Combat Genital Cutting - Voice of America

Technology and the New Republic just never seemed to click - The Guardian

The Technology Behind Buying Clothes Online That Will Actually Fit - Huffington Post Australia

Pentagon Thinks Blockchain Technology Can be Used as Cybersecurity Shield - CoinTelegraph