Business
A former CEO and executive chairman of Google, recently suggested that the tech giant's apparent lag in AI development was due to the company prioritizing employees' personal well-being over progress. Eric Schmidt told an ...
Nov 14, 2024
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In an escalation of its battle with big tech, the federal government has announced it plans to impose a "digital duty of care" on tech companies to reduce online harms.
Nov 14, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Your hot shower or bath uses 15%–30% of your household's total energy, second only to the heating and cooling of air.
Nov 14, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
The federal government has quietly shelved plans to introduce local requirements for Australian screen content on streaming platforms like Netflix and Disney+.
Nov 14, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
The rigid structures of language we once clung to with certainty are cracking. Take gender, nationality or religion: these concepts no longer sit comfortably in the stiff linguistic boxes of the last century. Simultaneously, ...
Nov 14, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Imagine this: You're at an office job, wearing noise-canceling headphones to dampen the ambient chatter. A co-worker arrives at your desk and asks a question, but rather than needing to remove the headphones and say, "What?", ...
Nov 14, 2024
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Business
Fraudulent payments—where people are tricked into sending money to criminals—cost consumers £460 million in England and Wales last year. To give consumers more protection, the UK government now plans to give banks 72 ...
Nov 14, 2024
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Business
In late October 2024, Volkswagen's works council announced that the group's management was considering closing three factories in Germany, which would lead to the loss of tens of thousands of jobs, as well as a general reduction ...
Nov 14, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Nuclear energy should play an important role in the U.K.'s net zero future, according to a new report authored by experts from the Dalton Nuclear Institute at The University of Manchester.
Nov 14, 2024
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Robotics
Most people think of coffee cups, bathroom tiles or flower pots when they hear the word "ceramic." Not so Frank Clemens. For the research group leader in Empa's Laboratory for High-Performance Ceramics, ceramics can conduct ...
Nov 14, 2024
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