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	technology in world now Daily update ⋅ 9 May 2018
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	Google's robot assistant now makes eerily lifelike phone calls for you The Guardian The unsettling feature, which will be available to the public later this year, is enabled by a technology called Google Duplex, which can carry out "real world" tasks on the phone, without the other person realising they are talking to a machine. The assistant refers to the person's calendar to find a suitable ... Google makes the camera smarter with a Google Lens update, integration with Street View - TechCrunch Google pushes the boundaries of AI to solve real world problems - Livemint Google just obliterated the worst kind of phone call - Mashable Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	Big Tech is an extractive industry, it must be regulated as such Aljazeera.com There is a quiet coup unfolding in the global economy. Over the past decade, firms like Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook have soared to become the world's most highly valued firms. A few big companies now hold huge power over the "New Oil" that is our personal data. In doing this, they have ... Flag as irrelevant
	Why Blockchain Technology is the Answer to the World's Banking System Woes CoinCentral The banking system is inefficient in its current state as it requires the use of multiple third-party verifications and transferring services in order to complete a transaction. Blockchain can alleviate the need for these organizations and provide the world with a viable solution to the inherent problems facing ... Flag as irrelevant
	Kathryn Parsons: 'Women can't opt out of big money tech jobs' Telegraph.co.uk Having co-founded Decoded, a tech educator company in 2011 along with Alasdair Blackwell, Steve Henry and Richard Peters, the 36-year-old knows what she is talking about. The company is now a global brand hosting technology masterclasses in 85 cities across the world reaching 250,000 people ... Flag as irrelevant
	FIFA technology chief 'sweating' over VAR ahead of World Cup ESPN Two years of testing ahead of the June 14 opening game have left Johannes Holzmueller, the head of FIFA's Technology Innovation Department, "sweating...because we were unsure if everything works perfectly. "However now that we go into the World Cup we are quite sure that we will have the best ... Flag as irrelevant
	Key reasons why Australia must forge closer business ties with Israel Lexology Consider some key reasons why global investors are increasingly becoming connected to Israel, and why it's now time for Australia to act: Big deals are being done, including a history-making deal in 2017, which saw Intel pay $15.3 billion for autonomous driving technology firm Mobileye: Intel is ... Flag as irrelevant
	2 tech startups changing the world that are backed by Hollywood stars Business Insider To help them, American researchers are looking to virtual reality for the answers, with VR exposure therapy now being used to assist those with mental health setbacks on returning from military expeditions. In 2016, dramatic figures suggested that as many as 20 war veterans were committing suicide ... Flag as irrelevant
	All Hands on Tech – Canada's first smart condo community IT World Canada Now we're touring the first real-world deployment of the technology with this prime real estate. From the front door, to the security desk, to the exercise room, and the residences this building is fully wired and connected unlike any other building. Aside from the Android-powered wall-panels that connect ... Flag as irrelevant
	From drone swarms to tree batteries, new tech is revolutionising ecology and conservation The Conversation AU But there are many more high-tech options becoming available for studying the natural world. ... We can also now measure the "physiological cost" of behaviours – that is, whether an animal is working particularly hard to reach a destination, or within a particular location, to capture and consume its prey. Flag as irrelevant
	Hard questions: Is Facebook making its own Bitcoin rival? BGR Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency world is very attractive to all sorts of businesses, including tech companies, because of the underlying technology, the ... We opened the platform and now over 200,000 developers are creating experiences and over 8 billion messages are sent between people and ... Flag as irrelevant
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