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, says it’s a matter of fact that intelligence agencies bug homes and cars, so why not cyberspace? Fair question, except those technology companies, like Facebook, … Read more
As the battle for the sound tastes of consumers intensifies and with Sonos on the back foot and desperately trying to raise funding a battle royal is set to unfold with brands who in the past have partnered set to take each other on. At the same time new entrants to the sound market are … Read more
More than a decade since Google bought DoubleClick for a cool $3.1 billion, it’s estimated that Google’s ad network now reaches about 250 million unique viewers in the US alone. But the company is being hit with a burgeoning number of cyber attacks, abusing DoubleClick in a bid to distribute moneymaking malware. The malware’s goal: … Read more
Intel has unveiled a new chip for quantum computing and delivered it to a European research group. The new 17-qubit superconducting chip is the first such device Intel has discussed publicly. It follows the announcement of a US$50 million partnership with Dutch research organisation QuTech two years ago. The design is said to improve reliability … Read more
Amazon Web Services is totally dominating the global infrastructure-as-a-service market, with 44.2 percent of the action, according to a new Gartner survey. AWS is followed at a long distance behind by Microsoft Azure with just seven percent of the market, while in third place with three percent is Jack Ma’s Alibaba, which Gartner notes opened … Read more
Credible sources have confirmed Google will release Android O on August 21st, ahead of the second generation of Pixel phones due to arrive later in the year. Reputed commentator David Ruddock, Managing Director of Android Police, tweeted out that Google are “planning some degree of spectacle” around Android O’s arrival, and that it may receive … Read more