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India’s homegrown messenger Hike signals its demise and a missed opportunity
Hike says its super app concept didn’t work because of network effects of overseas players like WhatsApp. Yet, an opportunity that laid within arm’s reach could have changed its fortunes.
Read MorePredictive policing is just racist 21st century cyberphrenology
Opposition is building against the ethically dubious practice of predictive or algorithmic policing, but in Australia and elsewhere it’s something that the cops just don’t want to talk about.
Read MoreAWS skills training for 4,000 Telstra staff by 2025
Telstra said the training will help staff “apply innovative, cloud-first thinking”.
Read MoreOAIC orders Home Affairs to compensate asylum seekers over data breach
The order comes seven years after the legal action against the Australian government for leaking details of nearly 10,000 asylum seekers first commenced.
Read MoreGoogle: North Korean hackers have targeted security researchers via social media
Google TAG warns security researchers to be on the lookout when approached by unknown individuals on social media.
Read MoreTime to Walk is Apple’s latest Fitness Plus feature that breaks away from staring at a screen
Go on a walk and listen to stories from celebrities.
Read MoreBrazilian government advances process to sell state-owned tech firms
A consortium of companies including Accenture will be studying alternatives to sell Dataprev and Serpro
Read MoreFirst commercial autonomous bus services hit Singapore roads
Country’s first commercial driverless bus services will run two routes at Singapore Science Park 2 and Jurong Island over a three-month pilot, during which data will be collected to assess the viability of the on-demand service as well as passenger safety and service reliability.
Read MoreBrowser makers launch new project for writing documentation for Web APIs
Founding members include the W3C, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, Samsung Coil, and Igalia
Read MoreFedora preemptively turns off Chromium usage of private Google Sync APIs
Maintainer recommends if users want an open source browser that isn’t ‘hobbled’, they should use Firefox.
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