Research firm Gartner says that full autonomy for smart machines might not be possible -- or even desirable.

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It may be hard to trust the authenticity of any recorded speech in the not too distant future.

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The only smartphone makers that are growing right now don't sell phones in the US, though that will change with Huawei's new Mate 9.

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Chrome desktop users are spending 75 percent of their time on encrypted HTTPS sites, Google Transparency Report's new HTTPS usage tracker shows.

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The Australian Electoral Commission has said it needs money to update its election IT systems, warning that the existing ones are at the end of their useful life.

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In a last-ditch effort to push the TPP through Congress, Obama's administration has said millions of US jobs will be at risk, while ANZ Bank is also pushing ratification in Australia.

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics has confirmed that it will be cutting at least 100 jobs through a voluntary redundancy process.

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Oben, a California-based startup that is developing artificial intelligence technology to be used in virtual reality experiences, has secured $7.7 million in a Series A funding round.

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The Galaxy Note 7 will no longer work across any New Zealand mobile networks, thanks to a coordinated effort between Samsung and all mobile telcos.

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Computer Sciences Corp has opened an innovation hub to position itself as an industry leader in the development of new technology in Australia.

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NBN's regulatory documents have revealed a capex spend during FY16 of AU$4.52 billion, up 108 percent from last year's AU$2.17 billion, with opex rising by 42 percent to AU$2.26 billion.

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In an earnings report this week, Vimeo announced that it would be adding a subscription service to its portfolio.

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Cisco has emailed users of its mobile careers site, warning of two occasions when their data could have been exposed.

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Storage company NetApp is once again cutting its headcount, this time by around 640 employees.

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The Chinese ecommerce giant has, for the first time, shied away from mentioning GMV figures in its earnings report, playing down the importance of their traditional ecommerce business to group revenue within a slowing economy.

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Two months after Samsung announced its latest smartwatch, the company is ready to begin shipping the Gear S3.

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Apple's Watch has taken an early lead but there's still plenty to do.

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Finnish hardware startup Eve will now build a fingerprint reader into the power button, but it's put the LTE version on hold.

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Spruiking its broadband service as the only one that was purpose-built for the NBN, MyRepublic is offering customers unlimited downloads on the highest speed possible.

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The Amaysim group has grown to contain almost 30 percent of the MVNO market with just over 1 million customers.

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Researchers have come up with a cheap and effective way to attack facial-recognition algorithms.

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A series of products and a integrated strategy sets McAfee to become an independent company in the second quarter.

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PC giant returns to profit despite sector slump, thanks in part to 'strong margins' in China and North America.

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Part projector, part display, the SPUD is aiming to the be the ultimate portable desktop screen.

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Ericsson, Telstra, and Qualcomm have successfully tested a Cat-M1 4G modem designed specifically for low-power, low-cost IoT use cases.

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The Western Australian government has published its Innovation Strategy, hoping to use its AU$5 million annual innovation fund and its 'wondrous natural environment' to draw talent to Australia's largest state.

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Zarget, a conversion rate optimisation and marketing automation software company, has raised $6 million in a Series A round led by Sequoia Capital India.

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StarHub's capex blew out by 124 percent after buying spectrum to improve its mobile network, with mobile revenues also dropping during the quarter.

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Amid its recommendations for an overhaul in how data is collected and handled in Australia, the Productivity Commission has said there is not widespread concern with handing data over to governments.

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Saying the NBN was 'purpose built for entertainment', Foxtel is now offering broadband services to customers living within the FttP footprint nationwide.

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New Zealand's Xero has recorded a NZ$43.9 million loss on revenue of NZ$137 million for H1.

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Samsung has showcased its third-generation 10-nanometer production process to potential clients and will offer process design kits in the second quarter of next year.

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The Australian and Canadian financial regulators have joined forces to help fintech companies expand to each other's markets with less regulatory friction.

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ANZ posts AU$5.7 billion statutory net profit for the 2016 financial year as it focuses on competing in the 'digital age'.

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Rather than take a centralised approach, the individual components of the Australian government should look after themselves, cyber minister Dan Tehan has said.

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Rather than take a centralised approach, the individual components of the Australian government should look after themselves, cyber minister Dan Tehan has said.

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MIT researchers have figured out a way for neural nets, which are typically black boxes, to reveal the rationale behind their decisions.

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Microsoft has opened up a knowledge base of words linked to concepts to help machines get better at understanding human communications.

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Testing out Microsoft's mixed-reality headset.

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Understanding what customers do online and in-store is key to success in retail, says Dixons Carphone CIO.

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In the future, circuits and systems modelled on human brains could end up in everything from supercomputers to everyday smartphones.

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The end of Google's Project Ara and disappointing sales of LG's G5 raise the stakes for the slick modules of Lenovo's Moto Z.

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Lenovo launches the first phone featuring Google's Tango design, offering Google an important test of whether consumers really want the technology.

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Spark has said it will improve FttP installation efficiency by focusing on upgrading 'one street a week', with customers able to choose the day it is installed.

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The new cybersecurity centre for enterprise and government customers will provide data analytics, automated incident response, and threat intelligence.

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Huawei has said it is now the automotive and energy industries driving the 5G network evolution, with mobile telcos likely unable to retain their current business model under the IoT.

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Global internet usage on smartphones and tablets exceeded desktop usage for the first time, according to October statistics from web analytics firm StatCounter.

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The local arm of the Japanese giant has signed just shy of AU$14 million in contracts with the Australian government in a little over a week.

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The Australian government has given the nation's research council a funding boost for its National Competitive Grants Programme.

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A new study by Telsyte shows Australian CIOs are focusing more on the development of new products and services compared to two years ago when the focus was around reducing operational costs.

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Only 13 premises in Australia now have access to a 1Gbps FttP connection, while users continue to go for 25/5Mbps and 12/1Mbps plans.

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The New South Wales government has announced it will be turning to the social media platform to convey delays on the state's train network.

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Sequoia Capital India and Accel Partners have invested $55 million into customer engagement software company Freshdesk.

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The $79 headset works in tandem with compatible Android smartphones to provide an immersive virtual reality experience.

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Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust hit by virus attack.

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A look at the easiest way for businesses to start automating away inefficiencies and saving money.

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In a recent poll by Tech Pro Research, 74 percent of respondents said their companies were already automating, or planning to automate work.

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From manufacturing warehouses to dairy farms, robots have become woven into the business workflow. Here are lessons from four companies using blends of human and machine to get work done.

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Automating manual or inefficient processes is the bread and butter of any technology organization. Here are nine considerations for approaching process automation tasks the right way, and ultimately delivering successfully.

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New Microsoft Translator tech can translate conversations involving multiple speakers using nine different languages in real time.

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A new report into revenue for the third quarter shows what a significant lead Amazon Web Services has in the public cloud market.

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Rival browser vendors move one step closer to introducing the new WebAssembly runtime to bring near native performance to the web.

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Dell Technologies has officially spun out its software group after the EMC acquisition left a $67 billion dent in its purse.

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Google says it's used Microsoft's PGO technology to make its Chrome browser load pages faster on Windows.

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Chancellor Philip Hammond warns that the country must take "greater steps" to defend itself in cyberspace.

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We didn't properly prepare for climate change, but we can learn from those mistakes.

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Touting the new hub as its "biggest e-commerce logistics investment" so far, Singapore Post says the S$182 million (US$130.85 million) site can process up to 100,000 parcels a day.

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The partnership will see the university work with the consultancy firm on research areas such as machine learning, virtual reality, robotics, data analytics, and cloud computing.

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GetSwift, an Australian-founded New York-based fleet management software company, is looking to list on the Australian Securities Exchange by Christmas.

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Australian-listed Digital X has posted another quarterly loss, seeing the former bitcoin miner remain profitless since it went public in 2014.

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Vodafone and Nokia are looking to 4G-powered mobile edge computing to improve public safety through network function virtualisation applications.

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The intellectual property rights chapter of the TPP raises issues of complexity and inconsistency with domestic law and other treaties, with Open Source Australia saying it will stymie innovation.

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The Australian Taxation Office has extended the tax return deadline by 24 hours after the government's online service portal experienced a 10-minute outage on Monday.

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The Chinese certificate authority is now kicked to the kerb for the third time after Google opts for Chrome to not trust its certificates.

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The federal government has instigated a vendor duel in a bid to sign a consultancy firm as part of its welfare payments system overhaul.

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Redmond was given only seven days to fix the issue before Google went public with its notice.

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The first developer preview of an upcoming iOS update is now available to developers, and it includes — brace yourself — a bacon emoji.

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Google is enhancing its fraud detection system for Play Store installs and reviews in an effort to build trust with users.

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New social media platforms like Snapchat allow small businesses like StateChamps.com to engage with its target audience, but is that leading to more business?

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To change what your organisation does, you have to understand what really makes it tick.

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The elastic interconnection services provider has grown its revenue by 91 percent thanks to acquisitions, partnerships, and uptake of cloud and datacentre services.

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Singapore's first live NB-IoT trial connected smart temperature and humidity sensors, with a 5G trial involving three robots also demonstrating 1ms latency.

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Alipay and Commonwealth Bank have signed an agreement that will see Alipay tapping the Australian market and CommBank business customers tapping Chinese tourists and students.

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Oppo and Vivo have come first and second respectively for Q3 2016 market share in China, both overtaking Huawei for the first time, while Apple slipped from third to fifth place.

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The NZ Commerce Commission has outlined broadband, mobile, and pay TV competition issues that could arise from the merger of Vodafone NZ and Sky TV.

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