Re: [LINK] Our "I'm alright Jack" Morrison gov. Months late, and dollars short

> In the U.S. regulators are waiting on data from a large, late-stage clinical > trial > of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine that is expected to report results in March. So, I guess we’ll know more about our government’s mass-vaccine choice in March. Meanwhile .. today we have .. “Revealed:

[LINK] Our "I'm alright Jack" Morrison gov. Months late, and dollars short

“Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine has a lower efficacy rate than the vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, which are both around 95 percent. But in South Africa, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is so far the clear winner. Novavax’s shot had an efficacy of 49 percent in South Africa. And a small

[LINK] "The Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation"

Facebook, Google, Microsoft, TikTok, and Twitter adopt Aussie misinformation code Code will not apply to government content, political advertising, satirical work, or other journalistic pieces that are governed by an existing Australian law.

[LINK] Survey: Open source has better prospects than familiarity with a single vendor's cloud wares

Survey: Techies reckon open source has better prospects than familiarity with a single vendor's cloud wares Dodging lock-in good for the career as well as the soul By Richard Speed Wed 10 Feb 2021 // 08:25 UTC https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/10/foss_jobs Getting skilled up in open

[LINK] New York's Vaccine Appointment Websites

N.Y.’s Vaccine Websites Weren’t Working. New Yorkers with tech skills were appalled when they tried to make vaccine appointments for older relatives. They knew there was a better way. Huge Ma, a software engineer, built his own vaccine appointment site in less than two weeks. He Built a New

Re: [LINK] SpaceX / Starlink internet services now available for preorders

Rob writes, > Wouldn't that suffer with the same problems as previous satellite > based Internet solutions? In particular, high latency. I know this > has been a problem for gamers in the past. Rob Maybe, but now a low orbit? > [Preorder] Low-Earth Orbit Satellite Internet (up to 150Mb/s)

[LINK] SpaceX / Starlink internet services now available for preorders

[Preorder] Low-Earth Orbit Satellite Internet (up to 150Mb/s) $139/Month + $809 Setup @ SpaceX / Starlink Go to Deal: https://www.starlink.com MSG posted on 09/02/2021 - 13:25 starlink.com (3842 clicks) Last edited 09/02/2021 - 13:48 by 1 other user Elon Musk’s space venture - SpaceX /

[LINK] Chinese Computer Keyboards

https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3121027/autocomplete-how-chinese-computing-kills-typing We are so used to news stories about the technological rivalry of China and the West and intellectual property theft, we often miss out that technologies usually evolve and complement each other

[LINK] O/T: China and COVID-19

China is enforcing strict new measures, including anal swab testing, as COVID-19 cases surge ahead of Lunar New Year, a time of high travel for the country. Authorities are imposing quarantine periods of up to one month for foreign arrivals Groups deemed necessary for "close monitoring",

[LINK] Chromium cleans up it's act – and daily DNS root server queries drop by 60 billion

https://blog.apnic.net/2021/02/04/how-chromium-reduces-root-dns-traffic As we begin a new year, it is important to look back and reflect on accomplishments and how we can continue to improve. A significant positive the DNS community could take from 2020 is the receptiveness and responsiveness

[LINK] Mozilla: Internet Health Report 2020

Mozilla: Internet Health Report 2020 End of Year Analysis: https://2020.internethealthreport.org/year-in-review A Healthier Internet is Possible In a challenging year for the world, the internet helped us and harmed us like never before. With 2020 in the rearview, we combine research and

[LINK] Turn off that camera during virtual meetings, environmental study says

Turn off that camera during virtual meetings, environmental study says Date: January 14, 2021 Source: Purdue University Summary: A new study says that despite a record drop in global carbon emissions in 2020, a pandemic-driven shift to remote work and more at-home entertainment still presents

[LINK] New Vanadium discovery .. world's biggest deposit

EU pins hope on Norway raw materials discovery Norway has discovered a huge deposit of critical raw materials. By Mikhail Bushuev 26/01/2021 https://www.dw.com/en/eu-pins-hope-on-norway-raw-materials-discovery/ Michael Wurmser was a banker, investor and strategic consultant before he met

[LINK] FAANG and their content providers

Roger writes, > The Gorilla Strategy: Provided that we retain the capacity to use our > market power to beat content-providers to a pulp and agree to pay > pitiful amounts to publishers, that's alright. Pass a platform-specific > law??? . ] Yes, and the so-called FAANG (Facebook, Amazon,

[LINK] U.S. asks Australia to scrap proposed laws to make Facebook, Google pay for news

U.S. asks Australia to scrap proposed laws to make Facebook, Google pay for news By Paulina Duran JANUARY 19, 2021 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-media-google/u-s-asks-australia-to-scrap-proposed-laws-to-make-facebook-google-pay-for-news-idUSKBN29N22D?il=0 SYDNEY (Reuters) -

[LINK] Windows 10X

What joy .. “Devices using Windows 10X will automatically synch with Microsoft OneDrive accounts .. all files will be synched .. Windows 10X will require a OneDrive account .. connections to local accounts will not be accommodated.” JANUARY 15, 2021 REPORT New Windows 10X aims for simplicity

[LINK] Using drones to create local quantum networks

JANUARY 18, 2021 REPORT Using drones to create local quantum networks by Bob Yirka , Phys.org Credit: X.-H. Tian, H.-Y. Liu, & Z. Xie/Nanjing Univ. https://phys.org/news/2021-01-drones-local-quantum-networks.html A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China has used

Re: [LINK] Cinemas are dying

Karl and Tom write, >> ... Cinemas have - in-general - survived home cinema setups ... > > Good points. The stats seem to show cinemas doing okay. > https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/fact-finders/cinema/industry-trends/box-office Ahh, but the above-mentioned figures make no mention of 2020.

[LINK] The encrypted messaging services

Millions Flock to Telegram and Signal as Fears Grow Over Big Tech The encrypted messaging services have become the world’s hottest apps over the last week, driven by growing anxiety over the power of the biggest tech companies and privacy concerns. By Jack Nicas, Mike Isaac and Sheera Frenkel

[LINK] China Telecom launches quantum encrypted smartphone calls

China Telecom launches quantum encrypted phone calls on smartphones in a new pilot programme With a special SIM card and app, some China Telecom smartphone users in Anhui province can make phone calls protected by quantum encryption The race to develop quantum technology could both threaten

[LINK] Huawei wants in on Australian 6G network

Huawei wants in on Australian 6G network By Anthony Galloway January 5, 2021 — 11.42am https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/huawei-wants-in-on-australian-6g-network-20210105-p56rsa.html Chinese telco Huawei is calling on the Australian government to begin talking to the company about

[LINK] Cinemas are dying

'There will be no more cinemas': Operators lobby government for survival By Robert Moran January 4, 2021 — 11.45pm https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/there-will-be-no-more-cinemas-operators-lobby-government-for-survival-20210104-p56ro4.html When movie studio Warner Bros last month

[LINK] Small drones to be the future of networked warfare, but buying them isn't easy

The Pentagon wants small drones to be the future of networked warfare, but buying them hasn’t been easy Written by Jackson Barnett DEC 28, 2020 | FEDSCOOP https://www.fedscoop.com/pentagon-small-drones-networked-warfare A critical piece of the future of networked warfare is a technology

[LINK] Free e-book: Agile Software Testing: A Practical Guide

Agile Software Testing: A Practical Guide by Sorin Dumitrascu (Author) Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B08JCH62RH Kindle $0.00 (Also free, to manage/convert etc ebooks: https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new latest version released this week) The Agile Software Testing

[LINK] Evidence of Vaccination

Los Angeles Vaccine Recipients Can Put the Proof in Apple Wallet By Emma Court December 29, 2020, 12:00 AM GMT+11 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-28/los-angeles-vaccine-recipients-can-put-the-proof-in-apple-wallet + Key is getting people their second dose, official says +

[LINK] Coronavirus: Beijing goes into emergency mode

Coronavirus: Beijing goes into emergency mode after five new cases recorded New controls introduced in the Chinese capital as the city authorities warn the epidemic control situation is ‘severe’ Mass testing carried out in two districts where new Covid-19 cases have been detected By Zhuang

[LINK] Axios: White House proposes stablecoin rules

White House Proposes Stablecoin Rules Dan Primack, author of Pro Rata 12 hours ago https://www.axios.com/white-house-proposes-stablecoin-rules-266c0e88-fea5-451d-9e1c-6ebe09422c2f.html The White House on Wednesday released its initial assessment of regulatory considerations for stablecoins, a

[LINK] The Race for AI Dominance

Why China's Race For AI Dominance Depends On Math Forget about “AI” itself: it’s all about the math by Michael Auslin July 3 2020 THE WORLD first took notice of Beijing’s prowess in artificial intelligence (AI) in late 2017, when BBC reporter John Sudworth, hiding in a remote southwestern

[LINK] O/t: ‘Politics come first’ as ban on Australian coal worsens China’s power cuts

‘Politics come first’ as ban on Australian coal worsens China’s power cuts Factories and street lights shut down to save energy as embargo contributes to shortages Chinese energy and industrial groups say problems with electricity supplies are partly due to an embargo on Australian coal

[LINK] Firefox to ship 'network partitioning' as a new privacy defence

Firefox to ship 'network partitioning' as a new anti-tracking defence Firefox's "network partitioning" feature to ship in v85, scheduled for January 2021. By Catalin Cimpanu for Zero Day | December 19, 2020 -- 08:00 GMT (19:00 AEDT) | Topic: Security

[LINK] Academics turn RAM into Wi-Fi cards to steal data from stand-alone IT systems

Academics turn RAM into Wi-Fi cards to steal data from air-gapped systems AIR-FI technique can send stolen data at speeds of up to 100 b/s to Wi-Fi receivers at a distance of a few meters. By Catalin Cimpanu for Zero Day | December 15, 2020 -- 13:35 GMT (00:35 AEDT) | Topic: Security

[LINK] Hollow-Core Fibre

High-Frequency Traders Push Closer to Light Speed With Cutting-Edge Cables Firms aim to gain nanoseconds of advantage over rivals by using hollow-core fiber to convey data By Alexander Osipovich | Photography by Gabby Jones for The Wall Street Journal Dec. 15, 2020 5:30 am ET

[LINK] Anyons .. a Third Type of Particle in the Universe

Physicists Prove Anyons Exist, a Third Type of Particle in the Universe Physicists give us an early view of a third kingdom of quasiparticles that only arise in two dimensions. By Stephen Ornes December 13, 2020 4:00 AM https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/physicists-prove-anyons

[LINK] Australian intelligence community seeking to build a top-secret cloud

Australian intelligence community seeking to build a top-secret cloud The Office of National Intelligence has called for expressions of interest from vendors to build a highly-secure private community cloud service for the national intelligence community. By Stilgherrian for The Full Tilt |

[LINK] More than a third of NSW drivers have opted for a digital licence

Two million people have downloaded a digital driver's licence since it was launched just over a year ago. More than a third of NSW drivers have opted for a digital licence By Aimee Chanthadavong | December 7, 2020

[LINK] Western Australia introduces new app to help with contact tracing

Western Australia introduces new app to help with contact tracing as QR codes become mandatory in the state from today + WA Premier Mark McGowan said 260,000 people have downloaded the SafeWA app + This allows businesses to use a free QR code as check ins become mandatory + Those who don't

[LINK] O/t: Covid Survivors With Long-Term Symptoms Need Urgent Attention, Experts Say

for the coronavirus “urgently needs to be better understood and investigated.” Thanks Frank  Cheers, Stephen ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] O/t: “How can a disease with 1% mortality shut down the United States?”

ww.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/international_strategy_for_cyberspace.pdf> Tom, this may seem obvious to everyone, and I can not work out how this is relevant? Cheers, Stephen ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] O/t: “How can a disease with 1% mortality shut down the United States?”

Karl writes, > Seems plausible. The numbers are poorly expressed at best, for example > it says (but I presume doesn't mean) that all people hospitalised will > get permanent heart damage. It's also not clear whether or how much the > numbers overlap, I would assume there is a lot of overlap. And

[LINK] O/t: “How can a disease with 1% mortality shut down the United States?”

Linkers, the following is a reddit post for which I have no further references. Just wondering, does the content pass the pub (Link) consensus for reasoning? “How can a disease with 1% mortality shut down the United States?” ® Franlilln veaus - Updated 6h ago Professional Writer There are two

Re: [LINK] Gitee.com

year the number of registered users has increased 37 per cent, according to Stephen Walli, principal program manager at Microsoft. Gitee’s operator OSChina did not reply to our questions about the company’s plans and the issues that China’s software industry might face, saying only that it wants

[LINK] Gitee.com

China pins its hopes on Gitee as an open source alternative to Microsoft’s Github .. Gitee says it is the second-largest open source software platform in the world and wants to challenge the popular GitHub in China By Masha Borak Published: 11:20am, 28 Aug, 2020 Chinese developers have been

[LINK] One or twice maybe .. but 108 times, with an average $7, 400 each

Telstra fined A$50 million for 'unconscionable' sales to indigenous customers By ROBERT CLARK 11/26/2020 https://www.lightreading.com/asia/telstra-a$50m-fine-for-unconscionable-sales-to-indigenous-customers/d/d-id/765720? The Australian competition regulator is suing Telstra for

Re: [LINK] ACT election 2020: Electronic voting system flawed in 2020 poll, experts say

response to Tom (hint: I read the Canberra Times article - unfortunately, it is paywalled :-)). -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell pgpfWQ_MupKWw.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] ACT election 2020: Electronic voting system flawed in 2020 poll, experts say

up and are punking her. Please do no jump to conclusions and throw out all experts with those that Trumpians may prefer. -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell pgp5LNNI1ZJtn.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au htt

Re: [LINK] ACT election 2020: Electronic voting system flawed in 2020 poll, experts say

ing and Cyber Security, says it shows Elections ACT isn't being as transparent as it should be." -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell pgpMbRWGS55Dh.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

[LINK] Open access science

cientific articles free for all to read, but “it looks very expensive”, says Stephen Curry, a structural biologist at Imperial College London. The change was spurred by the ‘Plan S’ movement, in which funders are mandating that their grant recipients must make their work OA as soon as it is

[LINK] Do you need blockchain?

https://www.dta.gov.au/help-and-advice/technology/blockchain/do-you-need-blockchain Commonwealth Government Digital Transformation Agency Do you need blockchain? How to decide whether you should invest in blockchain. We based these questions on a blockchain decision tree developed by the US

Re: [LINK] RFI: Spam-registration of IP-addresses

(URI?) ... Also, I put an explicit "pct=100;" in my record and get quite a few responses (positive and negative). -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell pgp7ZLIS6EQEV.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.an

[LINK] Victoria to tax electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles

Victoria to tax electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles from 2021 By Rob Margeit 22/11/2020 https://www.caradvice.com.au/903101/victoria-to-tax-electric-and-plug-in-hybrid-vehicles-from-2021/ Victoria will follow South Australia with a per-kilometre usage fee for pure electric and plug-in hybrid

[LINK] Twitter Fleets

Fleets: a new way to join the conversation By Joshua Harris and Sam Haveson 17 November 2020 Official Twitter Blog Twitter’s purpose is to serve the public conversation – it’s where you go to see what's happening and talk about it. But some of you tell us that Tweeting is uncomfortable

[LINK] New Contact Tracing Apps

New Contact Tracing Apps Stir Hope for Virus Fighters in U.S. States By Reuters, Wire Service Content Nov. 19, 2020, at 1:35 p.m. BY PARESH DAVE https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2020-11-19/new-contact-tracing-apps-stir-hope-for-virus-fighters-in-us-states OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters)

[LINK] Car makers getting serious with electric cars

GM: New batteries cut electric car costs, increase range By TOM KRISHER yesterday https://apnews.com/article/business-chemistry-detroit-electric-vehicles-0928d1d1eda8fd9c6bdccb60dc6d348b DETROIT (AP) — General Motors says a pending breakthrough in battery chemistry will cut the price of its

[LINK] Low-code and no-code development .. but .. security?

Low-code and no-code development is changing how software is built - and who builds it Low-code and no-code platforms are multiplying, and the first to reap the technologies' benefits will be entrepreneurs with a good idea. By Daphne Leprince-Ringuet | November 18, 2020 -- 10:16 GMT (21:16

Re: [LINK] New device puts music in your head — no headphones required

erience it. And regarding your malls Kim  seems someone will need to invent recording devices and technology capable of capturing evidence for the legal matters one may imagine fairly quickly arising. Cheers, Stephen ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.

[LINK] Aussie critical infrastructure

Australia's critical infrastructure definition to span communications, data storage, space New Bill introduces a positive security obligation, cybersecurity requirements such as mandatory incident reporting and vulnerability testing, and government assistance. By Asha Barbaschow | November 9,

[LINK] Alibaba “Singles' Day”

Maybe our banned Aussie exporters should try selling their goods via Alibaba?  “Alibaba trying to take China’s Singles Day shopping frenzy global, to make Bezos & Co look like sales small fry” 11.11 event should be four times bigger than Amazon Prime Day Simon Sharwood, APAC Editor Tue 3 Nov

[LINK] Arm has launched a CPU monster

Arm has launched a CPU monster that will get Intel and AMD worried Designed to power the next-gen always-on portables By Mayank Sharma 2 days ago https://www.techradar.com/news/arm-has-launched-an-nvidia-cpu-monster-that-will-get-intel-and-amd-very-worried Arm has just announced the Arm

[LINK] Hey bookshop.org .. what about Australia?

“This is revolutionary’: new online bookshop unites indies to rival Amazon” Bookshop.org, which launched in the US earlier this year, has accelerated UK plans and goes online this week in partnership with more than 130 shops By Alison Flood Mon 2 Nov 2020 11.01 AEDT

[LINK] O/T Coughing into a phone app soon a COVID test

Just cough into your phone, please... MIT lab thinks it can diagnose COVID-19 from the way you expectorate By Katyanna Quach Sat 31 Oct 2020 https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/31/ai_covid_cough/ Academics claim their AI software can detect, with 98.5 per cent accuracy, whether or not

[LINK] The Australian Podcast Awards

The Australian Podcast Awards is an annual celebration of the quality and breadth of Australian podcast content. Entries are self-nominated, and over 20 categories are judged by a panel of experts, alongside a public vote - the Listeners’ Choice. The Australian Podcast Awards inspire and

[LINK] Should we create a privacy tort?

Privacy Act review to examine privacy tort, direct action rights, and GDPR compliance The Attorney-General's Department will look at carve-outs, harmonisation with states and other nations, and a right to erase for Australians. By Chris Duckett | October 30, 2020 -- 06:19 GMT (17:19 AEDT) |

Re: [LINK] "Blue Box" Auction

part numbers. > > The numbers on the second row look like year+week date codes in 1973 and 1974 > which indicate to me that the device was not sold pre-assembled in 1972. > .. > On Fri, 30 Oct 2020 at 12:18, Stephen Loosley > mailto:stephenloos...@outlook.com>> wrote: > >

[LINK] O/T: Coronavirus 'hitches rides on food', Singapore scientist says

If we remain COVID free, AU/NZ may become an even more treasured source of ‘clean’ food for the world? “Coronavirus ‘hitching a ride on food’ to spread around world, Singapore scientist says” While it remains a ‘freakish’ event, the global food trade’s scale means transmission will occur,

[LINK] "Blue Box" Auction

Bonhams Auction https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26078/lot/62/ LOT 62: STEVE WOZNIAK & STEVE JOBS. Blue Box, 1972. An original first iteration "blue box" populated circuit board made by Steve Wozniak and marketed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, 51 x 72 mm, with speaker wire and 9volt

[LINK] O/T Fauci: Early COVID-19 vaccines will only prevent symptoms, not block the virus

Fauci: Early COVID-19 vaccines will only prevent symptoms, not block the virus By Anjalee Khemlani Senior Reporter,Yahoo Finance October 27, 2020 https://news.yahoo.com/fauci-vaccines-will-only-prevent-symptoms-not-block-the-virus-195051568.html At least four candidates are near the finish line

[LINK] Australian Shareholders' Association

Your Shareholder Rights The Government has announced it proposes to make permanent the ability of companies to hold online-only virtual AGM meetings and send all shareholder communications by email. This proposal has appeared at the start of the busy AGM season (most of which will be virtual)

[LINK] Rapidly advancing chemistry

Scientists make digital breakthrough in chemistry that could revolutionize the drug industry PUBLISHED SAT, OCT 24 2020 By Charlie Wood https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/24/how-a-digital-breakthrough-could-revolutionize-drug-industry.html Key Points * At the Cronin Lab at the University of Glasgow

[LINK] All of South Australia's power from solar panels

All of South Australia's power comes from solar panels in world first for major jurisdiction By Richard Davies Posted Yesterday at 9:35am https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-25/all-sa-power-from-solar-for-first-time/12810366 South Australia's renewable energy boom has achieved a global

[LINK] onlinepoliticaltransparencyproject.org "AdObserver"

“Facebook demands academics disable tool showing who is being targeted by political ads” Published: Oct. 24, 2020 Associated Press Researchers say the tool is vital to understanding how Facebook has been used as conduit for disinformation and manipulation

[LINK] New Chrome 0-day Under Active Attack

New Chrome 0-day Under Active Attacks By Swati Khandelwal October 21, 2020 https://thehackernews.com/2020/10/chrome-zeroday-attacks.html If you are using Google Chrome browser on your Windows, Mac, or Linux computers, you need to update your browsing software immediately to the latest

[LINK] Chinese 5G Not Living Up to Its Hype

Chinese 5G Not Living Up to Its Hype By John Xie Oct 10 2020 https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/voa-news-china/chinese-5g-not-living-its-hype Mounted on rooftops, utility poles and streetlights throughout China since last year are hundreds of thousands of high-tech wireless towers for

[LINK] Our Five-Eyes folk might have a heart attack

Toshiba to sell off-the-shelf quantum key distribution kit, eventually offer it as-a-service By Simon Sharwood, APAC Editor, Tue 20 Oct 2020 https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/20/toshiba_qkd/ Toshiba has said it is ready to start selling a commercial quantum key distribution (QKD) product,

[LINK] Interoperability guidelines for EU contact tracing applications

Interoperability guidelines for approved contact tracing mobile applications in the EU https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/ehealth/docs/contacttracing_mobileapps_guidelines_en.pdf I. INTRODUCTION This document addresses the first follow-up action envisaged by the eHealth Network’s

[LINK] Australian company rolls out hydrogen-based energy storage

Tesla Powerwall Rival Seeks to Bring Hydrogen Into Your Home By James Thornhill October 20, 2020 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-19/tesla-powerwall-rival-seeks-to-bring-hydrogen-into-your-home * Australian company rolls out hydrogen-based energy storage * Product has three

[LINK] All International Trade

Future cloudy-sky shipping .. using 90% less CO2 .. for half the delivery speed .. Sweden's new car carrier is the world's largest wind-powered vessel Jacopo Prisco, CNN • Updated 16th October 2020 https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/oceanbird-wind-powered-car-carrier-spc-intl/ A

[LINK] Nokia's COVID detection system automatically scans for temperature, masks

Nokia's COVID detection system automatically scans for temperature, masks By Reuters Staff OCTOBER 16, 2020 12:14 AM UPDATED 17 HOURS AGO https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-nokia/nokias-covid-detection-system-automatically-scans-for-temperature-mask-idUSKBN2701QN?il=0

Re: [LINK] Electronic voting in ACT

Hi Karl, On Fri, 16 Oct 2020 16:16:17 +1100 Karl Auer wrote: > > On Fri, 2020-10-16 at 14:00 +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > http://www.softimp.com.au/evacs/index.html > > I am reasonably sure that the original EVACS was written at least > partly by Andrew

Re: [LINK] Electronic voting in ACT

ttp://www.softimp.com.au/sodis/spa_requirements.html I don't think that is what they are running ... see https://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections_and_voting/electronic_voting_and_counting which leads back to here: http://www.softimp.com.au/evacs/index.html -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell pgpRFvkULCE_R.pg

[LINK] Former Facebook executive says social media giants are a ‘threat to democracy’

Former Facebook executive says social media giants are ‘threat to democracy’ By Graeme Massie Los Angeles 7 hours ago https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/facebook-tech-social-media-tim-kendall-democracy-threat-b1041242.html A former Facebook executive says that social media

Re: [LINK] WordPress

work for with some of the clients above that I mentioned. Cheers, Stephen Edgar WordPress Build Tools Maintainer http://profiles.wordpress.org/netweb https://twitter.coim/netweb On 13/10/20, 10:48 am, "Link on behalf of Christian Heinrich" wrote: David, On Tue, 13 Oct

Re: [LINK] Slow fix

eople signed in 24 hours.. The petition, launched on > the Australian > Parliament website on Saturday, had gained more than 38,000 signatures by > Sunday morning .. Monday afternoon got through .. “Thank you, Stephen Loosley, you have now signed this petition and there are 13

Re: [LINK] Slow fix

> Haha .. morrison gov is deathly slow fixing this: > https://www.aph.gov.au/petition_list?id=EN1938 Hidden agendas: James Murdoch speaks on News Corp exit https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/hidden-agendas-james-murdoch-speaks-on-news-corp-exit-20201011-p5641y.html Estranged media

[LINK] Slow fix

Haha .. morrison gov is deathly slow fixing this: https://www.aph.gov.au/petition_list?id=EN1938 Kevin Rudd petition calls for royal commission into News Corp domination of Australian media Petition set up by the former PM caused problems for the Parliament House website after more than

[LINK] Microsoft is now the ‘adult in the room’ among big tech

Microsoft is now the ‘adult in the room’ among big tech: Seattle Congresswoman Ben Werschkul, Yahoo Finance October 9, 2020 The so-called FAAMG stocks have been the target of Washington, D.C. all year. Well, most of them at least. The CEOs of Facebook (FB), Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and

[LINK] Super rockets will deliver weapons anywhere in the world in an hour

, while initial tests are expected in 2021, Gen. Stephen Lyons, the head of US Transportation Command, said Wednesday at a virtual conference. A 7,652-mile journey from Florida to Afghanistan could be completed within about an hour with such a high-speed rocket, which could travel at 7,500 mph

[LINK] www.google.com/shopping

Google to make it free for Australian small businesses to list their products in Google Shopping By ELOISE KEATING OCTOBER 5, 2020 Ref https://www.smartcompany.com.au/industries/retail/google-shopping-listings-free-australian-businesses Ref

[LINK] “Twitter Says You Cannot Tweet That You Hope Trump Dies From COVID”

vice.com: “Twitter Says You Cannot Tweet That You Hope Trump Dies From COVID” Wonder what Link thinks  ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

[LINK] Geoff Huston apologises for bringing the internet to Australia

Digital pioneer Geoff Huston apologises for bringing the internet to Australia Huston says the internet is a 'gigantic vanity-reinforcing distorted TikTok selfie' and web security is 'the punchline to some demented sick joke'. But Australia's first Privacy Commissioner thinks he's being

[LINK] New Graphene Innovation

Graphene Innovation That Is Music to Your Ears Glenn Roberts Jr. March 11, 2020 https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2020/03/11/graphene-innovation-music-to-your-ears Just over 15 years since a couple of researchers in the U.K. used adhesive tape to isolate single atomic layers of carbon, known as

[LINK] Windows could become emulation layer atop Linux kernel

Windows to become emulation layer atop Linux kernel, predicts Eric Raymond Happening in plain sight with Proton, WSL and Edge-for-Linux, says open source advocate Mon 28 Sep 2020 By Simon Sharwood, APAC Editor https://www.theregister.com/2020/09/28/eric_raymond_linux_beats_windows_prediction

[LINK] NBN throws AU$700 million at hooking up 700, 000 businesses with fibre

holesale NBN prices for the digital services they need to succeed," NBN CEO Stephen Rue said. "For the first time, any business in an NBN business fibre zone can get the same premium-grade services and the same wholesale prices as those in the centre of our biggest cities." The

[LINK] Melbourne International Games Week 2020

Melbourne International Games Week 2020 3-11 October 2020 https://gamesweek.melbourne Connecting Gamers, Technology & Culture Join Australian and international influencers, businesses and industry for Melbourne International Games Week 2020. Asia Pacific’s largest digital games celebration

[LINK] Alibaba Olympics

With Alibaba’s impressive online-smarts delivering earth’s premier sporting events, it sounds as if many folk will be able to enjoy a truly unique Olympic experience. One guess is all that competitors might have their own body-cams? “Olympic Broadcasting Service aims to set sport streaming

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luence, virality > and algorithms among Gen Z — could disarm the misinformation and > disinformation racking the U.S. Necessary .. and true? Or better, it will need just such an understanding amongst everyone in order to disarm the misinformation and disinformation racking the U.S. Che

[LINK] Gen Z is eroding the power of misinformation

21 hours ago - Technology Gen Z is eroding the power of misinformation By Stef W. Kight www.axios.com https://www.axios.com/gen-z-is-eroding-the-power-of-misinformation-5940e3cd-e3d0-44a1-b66c-93be45fe1d2c.html Gen Z may be more immune to the lure of misinformation

[LINK] America has 'dropped the ball' on innovation

Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on innovation By Karishma Vaswani BBC Asia Business Correspondent 11th September 2020 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-5411 In the battle for tech supremacy between the US and China, America has "dropped the ball" in funding for basic

[LINK] New Aussie renewable energy record of 50.4 per cent

Australia’s main grid hits new renewable energy record of 50.4 per cent By Giles Parkinson 7th September 2020 https://reneweconomy.com.au/australias-main-grid-hits-new-renewable-energy-record-of-50-4-per-cent-12567/ It’s the season of new records, and the most notable one in a week of new

[LINK] Work, learn anywhere

Work, learn anywhere strategies attract investment, innovation IT budgets are shifting to infrastructure to support remote work and education, and enterprises and workers are leaving the buildings behind. By Larry Dignan for Between the Lines | September 6, 2020 Remote work and education are

[LINK] Work, learn anywhere

Work, learn anywhere strategies attract investment, innovation IT budgets are shifting to infrastructure to support remote work and education, and enterprises and workers are leaving the buildings behind. By Larry Dignan for Between the Lines | September 6, 2020 Remote work and education are

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