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CAPE CANAVERAL: Americans are back in space, courtesy of a rocket developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken lifted off at the weekend on a mission to the International Space Station from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida. It … Read more
SYDNEY: Boffins at the CSIRO are looking to build an online portal for the procurement of IT services and hardware. Australia’s science supremos will use the portal to acquire IT hardware and services for the next five years. CSIRO is seeking tenders for the portal, and says it anticipates spending between $6 million and $7 … Read more
JOHANNESBURG/HOUSTON: The coronavirus pandemic has paused the electric vehicle revolution, forcing lithium producers into survival mode due to output cuts. The lithium industry has also been forced to delay expansions, despite previously booming sales of electric vehicles forcing them to sell major assets. The pandemic has slammed the brakes on electric vehicle sales and as … Read more
SYDNEY: True to its nickname IBM staff in Australia have the blues after being told at least 100 of them will go in a major shift at the computer giant aimed at making it slimmer, trimmer and more responsive to clients. For those facing the sack their last day will be July 31, but they’ve … Read more
SEOUL: Tens of thousands of baristas have lost their jobs as a result of lockdowns during the coronavirus – and in South Korea many may be out of work permanently if a new trend takes hold. A cafe in Daejeon is trying out robot baristas. Lee Dong-bae, director at Vision Semicon, says robots could help … Read more
BANGKOK: It’s one of the biggest data leaks on record, with eight billion Internet records dropped out of nowhere by Thailand’s largest cellular network AIS. The embarrassed telco has pulled the database offline but security researchers say probably not fast enough, allowing hacker access. Security researcher Justin Paine said he found the database, containing DNS … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO – Following Facebook’s adoption of a permanent remote workforce, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has pulled up the anchor to set sail from Silicon Valley, following three months of lockdown to combat the coronavirus. But he also dashed a Silicon Valley dream: that tech workers would be able to take their generous salaries with them … Read more
SYDNEY: Optus is looking to strengthen its appeal to business customers via a new deal set up with Cisco. It is offering a service based on Cisco’s cloud-based Webex contact centre technology. This is said to improve contact-centre performance and customer experience. Says Cisco exec Jamie Romanin: “Cisco is the first vendor to provide a … Read more
SINGAPORE: TPG Telecom leader David Teoh has lost his bid to launch 5G services in Singapore. The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) conducted a call for proposal process under which only two 3.5GHz spectrum licences were to be allocated to mobile network operators. The authority announced yesterday that Singapore Telecom and a joint bid from … Read more
SEATTLE: Microsoft has won a five-year deal with soft drink giant Coca-Cola to supply business software, including its Teams chat app and tools for customer service agents. The companies did not disclose the size of the deal but said it will include Dynamics 365, a suite of Microsoft tools that competes directly with Salesforce. Coca-Cola … Read more