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• Telstra, Optus, TPG-Vodafone win 5G spectrum

  09-12-2018 23:13 via zdnet.com
  Telstra paid AU$386 million for 143 lots; Optus paid AU$185 million for 47 lots; the TPG-Vodafone Australia joint venture paid AU$263 million for 131 lots; and Dense Air Australia paid AU$18.5 million for 29 lots.
  
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• 'Hard deadline': US-China must reach trade deal by 1 March, says Lighthizer

  09-12-2018 22:21
  US trade representative says new tariffs will be imposed if trade negotiations are not achieved by the 90-day deadlineUS-China trade negotiations must achieve success by 1 March or new tariffs will be imposed, US trade representative Robert Lighthizer said on Sunday, clarifying the “hard deadline” after a week of seeming confusion among Donald Trump and his advisers. Related: China summons US ambassador over Huawei CFO's arrestContinue reading...
  
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• China summons US ambassador over Huawei CFO's arrest

  09-12-2018 20:29
  Terry Branstad urged to cancel arrest warrant for Meng Wanzhou and end her ‘egregious’ detention China has summoned the US ambassador in Beijing to protest about the detention of a senior Huawei executive in Canada after US law enforcement officials issued a warrant for her arrest last week.The official Xinhua news agency said the vice-foreign minister, Le Yucheng, had “lodged solemn representations and strong protests” with the ambassador, Terry Branstad, against the det
  
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• Canada Moose Cree First Nation to get drone deliveries

  09-12-2018 20:15 via bbc.co.uk
  They will fly over parcels and necessities to a remote First Nation community in northern Ontario.
  
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• 'Digital museum' brings millions of fossils out of the dark

  09-12-2018 19:35 via bbc.co.uk
  A global effort to digitally record millions of fossils is set to transform the study of evolution.
  
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• Huawei arrest: China demands Canada free Meng Wanzhou

  09-12-2018 16:23 via bbc.co.uk
  The foreign ministry demands Canada release CFO Meng Wanzhou, who faces fraud charges in the US.
  
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• Twitter CEO accused of ignoring plight of Rohingya in tweets promoting Myanmar

  09-12-2018 15:57
  Jack Dorsey rhapsodised about 10-day meditation retreat and encouraged his 4 million followers to visitThe CEO of Twitter has faced fierce criticism for promoting Myanmar as a tourist destination in a series of tweets despite hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing human rights abuses that the UN says amounts to genocide.Jack Dorsey told his 4 million followers he had travelled to northern Myanmar last month for a 10-day silent meditation retreat, before encouraging them to visit. Continue rea
  
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• NHS told to ditch 'absurd' fax machines

  09-12-2018 15:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Almost 9,000 fax machines are currently used by the NHS in England - but that is set to change.
  
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• Apple iPhone XR Case-Mate roundup: Vibrant colors and designs with drop protection

  09-12-2018 15:21 via zdnet.com
  Not all cases have to be boring and when you want to head out after work and show off some fun colors and styles then you may want to consider something from Case-Mate
  
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• Apple's iPhone XR isn't selling? I went to Best Buy to find out

  09-12-2018 14:00 via zdnet.com
  The rumors are flying. So I tried to get some objective information.
  
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• Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey criticised for 'tone deaf' Myanmar tweets

  09-12-2018 12:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Jack Dorsey is accused of ignoring the persecution of the country's Muslim Rohingya minority.
  
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• O2 'to seek millions' in damages over data outage

  09-12-2018 12:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The mobile phone operator is understood to be demanding damages from supplier Ericsson.
  
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• How to be a spy in the digital age

  09-12-2018 11:51 via bbc.co.uk
  The head of MI6 has just revealed a huge secret - his first ever mission. But being a spy is very different now.
  
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• Where is the boundary between your phone and your mind?

  09-12-2018 08:00
  As our online existences become less distinct from ‘real life’, experts raise concern about the growing power of big techMany of the boundary lines in our lives are highly literal, and, for the most part, this is how we’ve been trained to think of boundaries: as demarcations shored up by laws, physical, legal, or otherwise, that indicate exactly where one thing ends and another begins. Here is the border of your property; here is the border of your body; here is the border of a
  
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• The 20 best gadgets of 2018

  09-12-2018 07:59
  From electric bikes and fold-up drones to combat robots and digital skipping ropes… the year’s most desirable technologyInstead of relying on heat, this innovative device employs the Coanda jet-flow effect (which helps keep planes airborne) to wrap and style hair. It requires relearning how to coax your locks, but you can say goodbye to heat damage and singed foreheads. Continue reading...
  
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• BMW's new electric car powertrain system totally torpedoes Tesla

  09-12-2018 07:00
  
  BMW can now produce internal combustion engine vehicles, plug-in hybrids and pure EVs using the same basic architecture, all on the same production line
  
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• All that's wrong with the UK's booming IVF add-on industry

  09-12-2018 07:00
  
  The process of In-vitro fertilisation, or IVF, has no guarantee of success. But desperate patients are prepared to pay big money for dubious add-on treatments
  
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• How the star of Sheryl Sandberg dimmed

  09-12-2018 02:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Facebook is in crisis. And the firm's chief operating officer, once the golden girl, is taking the heat.
  
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• China threatens Canada with 'grave consequences' if Huawei CFO not freed

  09-12-2018 02:22
  Chinese backlash intensifies as Meng Wanzhou faces extradition to US over fraud allegationsChina has warned Canada there would be severe consequences if it did not immediately release Huawei’s chief financial officer, calling the case “extremely nasty”.Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada on 1 December and faces extradition to the United States, which alleges that she covered up her company’s links to a firm that tried to sell equipment to Iran despite sanctions. Continue
  
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• Malicious sites abuse 11-year-old Firefox bug that Mozilla failed to fix

  09-12-2018 00:44 via zdnet.com
  Bug dealt with in Chrome and Edge, but still a problem for Firefox users.
  
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