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• 'Vaccine' for machine learning models developed by CSIRO's Data61

  ​Researchers from CSIRO’s Data61 have formalised a technique to ‘vaccinate’ machine learning models against adversarial attacks and make them more robust.

• Telstra rolls out private 4G network for Newcrest’s Lihir goldmine

  Telstra’s mining services arm has installed a private 4G LTE mobile network at Newcrest’s Lihir goldmine in Papua New Guinea. According to Telstra Mining Services, it is the first private 4G network to be rolled out in PNG.

• BaptistCare cuts manual data handling, paper processes

  BaptistCare is increasingly shifting away from paper-based processes and manual handling of data, with MuleSoft’s integration platform helping provide the scaffolding for its embrace of customer-facing web apps that can feed directly into line of business systems.

• Seeing the signs (and locating them) with Google Street View and deep learning

  ​Street signs are everywhere, but where they are precisely is not always known by the local government authorities that manage them.

• Cisco connects with IBM to simplify hybrid cloud deployment

  Cisco and IBM are melding data centre​ and cloud technologies to help customers build and support on-premises and hybrid cloud​ applications.

• NAB unveils $2bn capital boost for startups

  NAB has launched a team focused on high-growth technology companies, with the bank today revealing it aims to help facilitate emerging Australian tech-enabled firms access $2 billion in financing through loans or access to capital markets over the next half decade.

• WA path lab system project management slammed by auditor

  Two years late and $23.7 million over budget, the roll-out of a pathology lab information system by the Western Australia government has been slammed by the state’s auditor general.

• Cubesat training and research centre launches

  ​A new centre which will ready a generation of skilled workers to enter Australia’s burgeoning space industry has officially launched in Sydney.

• Apple explores moving 15-30% of production capacity from China, report says

  Apple has asked its major suppliers to assess the cost implications of moving 15%-30% of their production capacity from China to Southeast Asia as it prepares for a restructuring of its supply chain, according to a Nikkei Asian Review report on Wednesday.

• Google asks Chrome users for help in spotting deceptive sites

  Google has asked for help in identifying suspicious websites, offering users of its Chrome browser an add-on that lets them rat out URLs.

• New MongoDB field-level encryption can help prevent data breaches

  MongoDB aims to prevent exposed data stores by encrypting data in a way that makes it useless if compromised.

• NBN Co prepares to roll out more changes to wholesale pricing

  NBN Co has launched an industry consultation on wholesale pricing, with the network operator indicating it wants to encourage the uptake of higher speed plans as well as make NBN services more attractive to lower-income households.

• Where do browsers stand on Flash's impending demise?

  It's been two years since Adobe announced it would finally kill off its Flash Player; browser makers plan to follow suit on their own timelines.

• Rachel Noble revealed as new Australian Cyber Security Centre head

  Rachel Noble will lead the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), the head of the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), Mike Burgess, has announced.

• ASX upgrades co-lo data centre to support power-hungry FPGAs

  The Australian Securities Exchange has officially launched new high-density pods at its Tier III co-location data centre.