Google is teaching its autonomous vehicles to use the horn, but sparingly and like seasoned drivers.

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Google could soon start recommending uninstalling infrequently used Android apps if they're preventing the installation of a new piece of software.

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UEFA Head of ICT Daniel Marion tells ZDNet how they've prepared for the biggest European Football Championship ever by using the latest tech

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Just type a homepage URL into Google's new testing tool to find out how easy the site is to use on mobile.

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Samsung Pay has now entered Europe following its launches in South Korea, the US, and China, and its availability will continue to expand there.

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The New South Wales government has undertaken a project in Sydney's south to determine who lives where and with whom, with the intention of reducing monitoring residents' movements to 30-minute intervals.

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The messaging app platform's IPO will be the biggest in Japan so far this year as it looks to new revenue generators and expanding its user base.

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After losing its head of Consumer to Telstra, Optus has promoted from within to fill the role governing its entertainment offerings, among other responsibilities.

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Instead of preventing further attacks, FireEye's CTO of emerging technologies Josh Goldfarb says many organisations are just cleaning up infected devices, allowing them to undergo the same compromise again.

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The ACCC has approved NBN's FY15 revenue, procurement, and pricing, as well as a proposal that provides NBN with the opportunity to recover an additional AU$6 million.

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According to the former head of Cyber and Information Security at the Australian Signals Directorate, Major General Stephen Day, ethics and trustworthiness should be at the centre of cybersecurity practice.

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The confusion about whether to grant a waiver to Apple regarding the local outsourcing requirement that accompanies any investment over 51 percent in a retail enterprise could not have come at a worse time for a country that desperately needs investments.

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After receiving US government approvals, the sale of Spark NZ's international voice business to MNF has been completed more than a year after the purchase.

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Compared to devices such as Amazon Echo and Dash, and Google Home, the iPhone feels expensive, inflexible and clumsy.

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Vivaldi crams more customization features into its browser in the latest update, targeting tabs and mouse gestures.

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Marcher Android malware has added to its target list and increased its reach, say security researchers at IBM.

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​iPhone owners will soon be able to start their hunt for a lost device using Google.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise remains top player in a tough and changing market.

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Google is filling some key gaps in its Now on Tap search feature, such as identifying images and returning contextual information about them.

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Data traffic, smartphone subscriptions, and LTE penetration will rise substantially over the next five years, with APAC to lead the take-up of IoT devices.

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Cloud app integrator 9 Spokes will use its funds raised to list on the the Australian Securities Exchange come June 9, 2016.

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NSW Auditor-General Margaret Crawford has warned that the state's universities are at risk of security attacks, data integrity issues, fraud, and identify theft.

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Samsung has filed to trademark the names Galaxy Iris and Galaxy Eyeprint to patent offices in the US and South Korea, raising the possibility that it will apply iris-recognition technology to its future phones.

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NSW Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Victor Dominello has said it was his tenure as the state's indigenous affairs minister that opened his eyes up to why data collection is so vital for citizens.

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Symantec is extending its Encryption Everywhere program to Australia, offering domain validated TLS/SSL certificates for free to lift global website encryption rates to 100 percent by 2018.

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Megaport has signed Verizon's digital media services arm as a customer, along with Fujitsu as a reseller within Australia.

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Kakao's partnership with Duodian's Nox App Player will allow smooth gameplay and fewer compatibility issues for mobile games on a PC monitor.

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Buyers of Intel's new Broadwell-E Extreme family of processors had best use the chips in Windows machine.

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The spectrum swapping deal between two ministries is expected to fetch another $4.5 billion to the exchequer.

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Chip giant Intel has decided that proprietary fixed function boxes strewn throughout telco networks can be replaced by software and standard server hardware.

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Results from the latest Tech Pro Research survey reveal why companies are choosing to implement SDN, why they're choosing not to, and what happens after the implementation is done.

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For the past 20 months, Microsoft's Gabe Aul has been the public face of the Windows 10 pre-release program. Effective immediately, he's turning over the reins to an engineer with "deep roots in Windows."

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Virtualization and cloud technologies have led to the rise of the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC), which is changing the way enterprise IT manages its infrastructure and deploys applications.

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The digital marketplace, a joint venture between Telstra and NAB, will provide an online platform for trading or paying for services.

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A report said that not one malicious cyber-threat was found, and the federal government spent more money than it received in collected sanctions.

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More smartphones, video and faster networks will lead to a massive rise in mobile data consumption in the next five years, a new Ericsson report suggests.

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Microsoft lifts the lid on the tech that allows its magic mirror to identify you and display pertinent information.

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Nokia's return to the consumer tech business gathers momentum.

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The success of ransomware means more and more cybercriminals are attempting to get in on the action.

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Microsoft has offered a peek at a new Porsche Design 13.3-inch Windows 10 convertible, due out by the end of the year.

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Following the popularity of the high-tier smartphone G5, LG plans to strengthen its budget model mid-tier X series phones by launching four new models themed after Marvel's X-Men.

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Japanese telco giant SoftBank plans to sell around $7.9 billion worth of shares of Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba to pay debts, but the two stressed that they will continue their partnership.

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In a bid to ensure the safety of migrating whales, the Queensland government is trialling new buoys that have been fitted with technology that can identify any malfunctioning pingers.

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Australian-listed ASG Group has released its 2016 financial year earnings guidance, expecting revenue to fall just shy of AU$190 million after a solid year of managed services contracts and platform migration.

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The Australian Securities Exchange has launched a showcase space at its Sydney headquarters to gather feedback from the market on blockchain technology, which it plans to use to develop its new post-trade platform.

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The online retailer is hoping to make headway in the Australian smartphone market with its high-end, inexpensive Agora 6 Plus.

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If re-elected as prime minister next month, Malcolm Turnbull said he will give the country's startup Incubator Support program a AU$15 million boost, adding to the AU$8 million already allocated to the cause.

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Performance suffers when a high number of devices are connected to today's home networks, and users experience it and don't know why it happens, says Intel.

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A new crowdfunding community, Crowdnuke brings entrepreneurs and sources of funds together.

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Tiny BBC-backed programming board that was given away free to one million children also goes on sale to the public.

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Ernst & Young will next month hold a 48-hour sealed bid auction to sell approximately 24,518 units of bitcoin confiscated as proceeds of crime in 2015.

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The move to a multi-technology mix network means having to amend the special access undertaking, with NBN submitting its proposed variations to the ACCC.

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The definition of artificial intelligence is comparable to a set of goal posts in that the mark is always shifting, according to SAS Australia chief analytics officer Evan Stubbs.

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Nokia has extended its five-year contract with Chorus to provide fibre and copper network tech across all of the telco's broadband assets, including the UFB.

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Eschewing its latest Skylake architecture, Intel has produced a 10-core Broadwell i7 chip, which it says is its most powerful processor to date.

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Online consumer electronics retailer Kogan.com is expected to launch a AU$50 million initial public offering by mid-June.

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Samsung has launched the PM971 series of SSD in a single ball grid array (BGA) package that weighs only 1 gram but packs 512GB of memory.

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Optus is offering its wholesale customers highly scalable SDN services via Equinix datacentres in Sydney and Melbourne through an online self-serve portal.

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It has been reported by the head of a government-appointed panel investigating the February heist that insiders from Bangladesh Bank may have been involved.

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Minister for Commerce and Industry is to discuss the issue with the finance minister soon.

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The move toward an Internet of Things (IoT) world is already happening and it will be simplified, streamlined, and most importantly, cost-effective by the year 2018 thanks to the lowered cost of LTE chipsets and bandwidths, says Altair Semiconductor co-founder Eran Eshed.

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The potential benefits of big data are huge, but getting the projects running smoothly isn't easy.

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Described as a "smart little companion", the Zenbo robot from ASUS is a companion, smart home manager, and security device

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An extra 12 schools around the country will get to trial the Pathways in Technology Early College High School program, after a AU$4.6 million funding boost from the federal government.

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Telstra refuses to comment on reports that Telstra CTO Vish Nandlall was fired for falsifying his CV, but has confirmed his departure from the company.

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Chip designer expects new products to help push virtual reality powered by mobile devices.

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An investigation into the extent of NSW TrainLink's online reservation system security breach is currently underway.

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Samsung has released the SDK for its enterprise printer clients in its continual push in the business.

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Optus Business and Macquarie University will establish a cybersecurity hub that will focus on three topic areas: Computing and IT, business and economics, and security studies and criminology.

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Quantum dot (QD) materials have been commercialised for use in displays by Samsung to increase colour clarity and energy efficiency for TVs, but the 'nanocrystals' may be applied in diverse industries in the future, ranging from sensors for IoT, biomedicine, energy harvesting, and security.

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In addition to the government's mobile blackspot program, Vodafone will invest AU$9m of its own funding to build out another 32 mobile base stations in NSW, Queensland, Western Australia, and Tasmania.

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Suncorp Group has wrapped up its hunt for a new CIO, appointing Sarah Harland from Medibank Private to the role.

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Reports of the death of the PC have been greatly exaggerated, but big changes are coming and soon.

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Trov has chosen Australia to globally launch its platform that will give Suncorp customers the chance to selectively turn on or off insurance on their smartphone.

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