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Rust support moves into Android underpinnings
April 7, 2021 Uncategorized administrator

Google has announced Rust can be used inside of the Android Open Source Project.

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Aussie attorneys-general considering blanket defamation immunity for digital platforms
April 7, 2021 Uncategorized administrator

Digital platforms and their liabilities are under the microscope in Australia’s latest attempt to refresh its defamation laws.

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A ‘hole’ new world for the potential of mini quantum computers
April 6, 2021 Uncategorized administrator

In a new study, researchers from Australia and Canada have identified a ‘sweet spot’, using holes, where the qubit is least sensitive to noise.

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New Zealand opens up to quarantine-free ‘flyer beware’ travel from Australia
April 6, 2021 Uncategorized administrator

People arriving in NZ from Australia will be pushed to use New Zealand’s COVID Tracer app.

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Third-party security breach compromises data of Singapore job-matching service
April 6, 2021 Uncategorized administrator

Job-matching institute e2i says the personal details of 30,000 individuals may have been illegally accessed due to a malware breach that targeted an “appointed third-party vendor”, adding that it was notified of the incident three weeks ago on March 12.

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Ombudsman report shows Centrelink’s data-matching tool was mostly a waste of time
April 6, 2021 Uncategorized administrator

The manual work that Centrelink’s automated robo-debt system was meant to replace had to be manually completed once refunds were found to be owing.

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Proposed changes could mean less red tape when setting up a data centre in NSW
April 6, 2021 Uncategorized administrator

Lengthy planning approvals for establishing data centres in NSW could be a thing of the past.

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LG is ending its smartphone business
April 5, 2021 Uncategorized administrator

The South Korean company will close down its mobile operation by July 31.

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Technology could make fighting COVID less restrictive but privacy will take a hit
April 5, 2021 Uncategorized administrator

Academics say the western view of individual privacy being supreme has forced the use of lockdowns as a blunt instrument when there might be another way involving the smart use of technology.

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