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• Machine learning to save fuel and fixes on Navy vessels

  ​An analytics application developed by CSIRO’s Data61 will be used to predict engine failure and reduce fuel consumption on Royal Australian Navy vessels.

• Cloud-based 'digital twins' could make power plants more efficient

  General Electric is introducing the Digital Power Plant, a real-time simulation of a physical power plant that lives in the cloud and allows for better management and less downtime.

• General Electric CIO, Cisco VP among Top Women in Cloud

  10 female leaders from the IT customer and vendor sides (including General Electric and Cisco) will be honored for their contributions to Cloud and convergence technology by the Cloud Network of Women (CloudNOW) later this month.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, August 5

  China moving cops on-site at Internet companies... Do-Not-Track gets some bite...Lollipop lag shows Android is really fragmented...and more tech news.

• GE launches cloud for the industrial Internet

  General Electric is pitching a cloud service for the Internet of Things market, but its focus is primarily on heavy industries like aviation, healthcare, energy and transportation.

• GE 3D prints a working RC jet engine

  General Electric <a href="http://www.gereports.com/post/118394013625/these-engineers-3d-printed-a-mini-jet-engine-then">this week revealed</a> that it has completed a multi-year project to print a working jet engine.

• Whitelisting project helps industrial control systems owners find suspicious files

  Industrial control systems have been at the center of some scary security stories recently, but investigating malware infections in such environments is not easy because analysts often having a hard time telling suspicious and good files apart.

• Attack campaign infects industrial control systems with BlackEnergy malware

  Since 2011 a group of attackers has been targeting companies that operate industrial control systems with a backdoor program called BlackEnergy.

• CIOs face Cloud computing challenges, pitfalls

  There's no easy path to the Cloud for large companies with decades of legacy IT investments.

• GE says industrial internet is here

  "If you went to bed last night as an industrial company, you're going to wake up today as a software and analytics company," Jeff Immelt, chairman and CEO of industrial titan GE, told the crowd this morning as he kicked off GE's third annual Minds + Machines conference on the state of the industrial Internet.

• GE to use crowdsourcing and 3D printers to build next-gen appliances

  GE has partnered with 3D printer maker Stratasys to build and commercialize household appliances and accessories.

• IT puts millennials to work - as mentors

  As CIO of General Electric's Digital Energy division, Venki Rao has invested a fair amount of time identifying and developing IT talent. But four years ago, during a boot camp kicking off GE's companywide IT Leadership Program (ITLP) for college recruits, Rao quickly realized the learning opportunity had become a two-way street.

• US retailer Target finally gets its first CISO

  US retailer Target has hired a new Chief Information Security Officer, a move that's noteworthy mainly because it is the first time the company has had anyone in this role -- even though it is one of the largest retailers in the U.S.

• Israeli start-up, working with GE, out to detect Stuxnet-like attacks

  The Stuxnet malware known to have stealthily targeted Iranian nuclear facilities a few years ago was a wake-up call about how vulnerable critical industrial systems can be to cyberattack. Now, an Israeli start-up, with help from General Electric, is testing security technology that would detect Stuxnet-like attacks on critical infrastructure systems used for power production.

• Cross-industry IoT group pushes for gear that works together

  Five IT and equipment companies have formed a group to drive standards for the so-called Internet of Things, a network that would feed data back and forth between computers and all kinds of industrial gear.