Cyber sleuths win National Missing Persons Hackathon with nearly 100 new leads
CANBERRA, Australia: A group of cyber sleuths from Adelaide has won the National Missing Persons Hackathon, finding nearly 100 new pieces of information for police...
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Commonwealth Bank’s technological glitch results in service outage across Australia
SYDNEY, Australia: The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has encountered a technological glitch resulting in services outage of some of its facilities across the country....
Australia’s national science agency and takeaway tycoon to make ‘fake-meat’ fast food
CANBERRA, Australia: Australia’s national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), has teamed up with the Australian billionaire fast food chain to...
Ocean cleaning device succeeds in removing plastic from the Pacific Ocean for the first time
ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands: A nonprofit organization, the Ocean Cleanup, says its latest trash-collecting system prototype was able to clean up floating plastic in the Pacific...
Huawei ban deepens Australia-China rift
CANBERRA, Australia: Chinese telecom giant Huawei has been banned by Australian government for its alleged involvement in its future 5G networks. “Australia is actually ahead...
‘Minutes of life lost’ counter on cigarettes to help quit smoking
QUEENSLAND, Australia: University researchers have found ‘minutes of life lost’ counter on cigarettes more effective and impactful than packet warnings. Queensland’s James Cook University research...
315 billion-tonne iceberg breaks off Antarctica
AMERY, Antarctica: An iceberg, the size of urban Sydney, has broken off an ice shelf in Antarctica. The Amery Ice Shelf, the third largest ice...
Facebook to ‘conceal’ likes from some Australian users
CANBERRA, Australia: Facebook’s latest trial version hides the number of likes on user posts in Australia. Friday onward, some of the country’s users will not...
Google wins landmark ‘Right to be forgotten’ case in EU’s top court
LONDON, UK: The European Court of Justice has ruled on Tuesday that Google does not have to apply the right to be forgotten globally. “Currently,...
Google Maps, Waze now work natively with Siri on iOS 13
CALIFORNIA, USA: Apple has released iOS 13 marking a new era wherein Siri can now help with directions from Google Maps, Pandora and Waze. Third-party...