Australia’s space race faces Defence roadblock
The nation’s fast-growing private space industry is sparring with Defence and the federal government over the use of Australia’s Woomera launch range testing site. Australia’s […]
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GitHub’s nerdy new feature could make your devices and apps faster, more secure
Commonly used devices and software will benefit from performance improvements — such as fewer crashes, increased battery performance, and more up-to-date security patching — if a new feature […]
Corporate tech giant leaves secret data exposed to public internet
A world-leading corporate consultancy and technology outsourcer left at least four cloud-based storage servers unsecured and publicly downloadable, exposing secret data, authentication credentials, certificates, decryption keys, […]
Rise and whine: Sleep-deprived Australians wake up grumpy, global data reveals
Australia’s sleepiest city is Launceston. With a population of 106,153 (ABS 2010 figures), the riverside city in northern Tasmania has had the best sleep quality for […]
Wake up, Sonia Kruger! There are real risks to a national facial recognition database
Someone had been drinking the Turnbull Kool-Aid in Willoughby this morning, with Today Show Extra co-host Sonia Kruger welcoming with open arms the Prime Minister’s […]
Lockheed Martin trumps SpaceX Mars plans as Elon Musk cancels press conference
SpaceX’s billionaire founder Elon Musk was beaten to the punch on Friday by US Defence contractor Lockheed Martin, which revealed new details of its ‘Mars […]
Elon Musk promises ‘anywhere in the world in one hour’
SpaceX founder and billionaire Elon Musk has revealed that people could be transported around the world on most long-distance trips in under one hour using […]
Revealed: what ‘yes’ campaign’s SMS blast would have cost
[Since this was published, it has been revealed the cost was about $500,000 and a donation from an SMS company] It would have cost the […]