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10 things you need to know this morning in Australia It's Bastille Day. Trump's in Paris. The Australian dollar is on a tear. London is gearing up for the world's biggest IPO. It's all here.

6 things Australian traders will be talking about this morning Another quiet night.

The Australian government wants tech companies to reveal encrypted messages The Turnbull government is planning to introduce new laws that will force tech companies such as Facebook and Google to reveal the contents of encrypted messages to Australia's counter-terrorism and security organisations.

The Australian dollar is staring down a level that it's struggled to overcome in the past The Australian dollar ripped overnight, continuing to benefit from US dollar weakness, another surge in iron ore prices and general optimism across financial markets.

The reason some scientists think we've never found aliens implies humans could go extinct sooner than we realise The Fermi paradox.

Here's what artificial intelligence is all about, and why it will be a $60 billion business in 2020 You've probably heard of artificial intelligence by now. It's the technology powering Siri, driverless cars, and that creepy Facebook feature that automatically tags your friends when you upload photos.

$12 BILLION HEDGE FUND: The stock market has changed, and we're going to have to do things differently Keep your wits about you.

The equity chief at a $US5.4 trillion investment juggernaut thinks you should shrug off one of the market's biggest fears The fear gauge for stocks is locked near its lowest levels on record, yet in an ironic twist, that very fact has led to one of the most anxiety-inducing situations in global markets.

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