US should copy Australia - and force Google to pay for news
Microsoft’s idea
Software King of the World Microsoft has said the USA should copy Australia's plan to force Google and Facebook to pay for links to news content.
Former Aussie PM hacked and brought down by Hope
We can see why he was a former PM
Dumb-arsed Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott had his phone number and passport details nicked by a hacker after posting a picture of his boarding pass on Instagram.
Aussies delivers IoT security kick
Status quo is not fair dinkum
The Australian government is coming the raw prawn on companies who release IoT devices with security vulnerabilities
Boeing to produce Aussie un-manned fighter
Rolled out by the middle of the decade
Boeing has said that it will go into mass production of its unmanned, fighter-like jet developed in Australia likely happening by the middle of the decade.
Australia comes the raw prawn with Facebook
Cambridge Analytica data breach could cost Facebook billions
Australia’s privacy watchdog is suing Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica data breach — which, back in 2018, became a global scandal that wiped billions off the tech giant’s share price, yet only led to Facebook being slapped around the chips with a wet bus ticket by US and UK watchdogs.
5G radiation fears debunked
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity is rubbish too
While Facebook is full of Russian troll farm created mems claiming that 5G radiation is deadly and is responsible for birds dropping out the skies, the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) has reiterated that there is no evidence that indicates 5G is harmful to people's health.
SKA detected at the edge of the universe
Diamond rougher than rough, tougher than tough
Huawei rolled in an interesting Brit at the Advanced Intelligence conference here in Shanghai to explain how Huawei is helping to detect influences on our planet from the deepest edges of space.
Samsung in hot water down under
You can't swim with them you drongos
Australia’s consumer watch-dingo has come to the raw prawn and sued Samsung’s Aussie unit for misleading consumers by promoting water-resistant Galaxy smartphones as suitable to use in swimming pools and the surf.
Three Aussie banks sign up for IBM block chain
Wanting to digitise banking guarantees
Australia’s top three banks have agreed to partner with IBM and shopping mall owner Scentre Group to test blockchain technology to digitise bank guarantees.
Aussie AI designs a “turbocharged” flu vaccine
To be trailed in the US
An Aussie AI has designed a “turbocharged” flu vaccine which is about to be trialled in the United States.