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CSIRO, Microsoft Team Up To Tackle Environmental Challenges

SYDNEY: The CSIRO and Microsoft Australia have formed a partnership to jointly use AI and machine learning to counter illegal fishing and plastic waste and to boost Australian farming. They...

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Cisco, Optus Join With Universities To Set Up Innovation Networks

SYDNEY: Cisco Australia and Optus have joined forces with Latrobe and Curtin Universities to set up something called the National Industry Innovation Network (NIIN) to work on innovation projects. They...

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While Canton Fair Goes Online, COMPUTEX 2020 Is Cancelled

One of the largest annual trade events on the ICT and IoT industry, COMPUTEX 2020 has been cancelled, with event organisers postponing the trade fair until 2021. COMPUTEX organisers Taiwan...

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AFP Charges Finance Department Public Servants With Fraud

CANBERRA: Three public servants working at the federal Department of Finance have been hauled into court, following a year-long investigation into an alleged conspiracy to defraud the Australian Government by...

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Indian Spy Scandal Reveals Obscure Cyber Firm

LONDON/WASHINGTON: A little-known Indian IT company has offered its hacking services to help clients spy on more than 10,000 e-mail accounts over seven years. According to Reuters, New Delhi-based BellTroX...

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Barhead Offers Back To Office App

SYDNEY: Australian business software specialist Barhead is launching a workforce management application aimed at helping companies ensure the safe and efficient return of employees to the workplace as Covid-19 restrictions...

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ASIO’s No.1 Spy Weighs Into Encryption Debate

CANBERRA: Australia’s spies have expressed frustration at technology companies that encrypt their messaging and communications systems, calling on them to stop the practice. The head of ASIO, Mike Burgess, pictured,...

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Canberra Seeks IT Specialists To Set Up New Election Systems

CANBERRA: The Australian Electoral Commission – a Canberra-based outfit charged with  conducting and supervising federal elections, by-elections and referendums – is on the hunt for extra staff as it preps...

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Musk Puts America Back In The Space Race

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...

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CSIRO Tenders For IT Portal

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...

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