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TikTok tells Australian Senate committee it doesn’t want to be a ‘political football’
Submission to the Foreign Interference Through Social Media inquiry says it wants to give peace of mind by providing ‘even more transparency and accountability’.
Read MoreEricsson picks up Cradlepoint for enterprise value of $1.1 billion
Cash deal expected to close in the fourth quarter of the year.
Read MoreMinisters and officials named in updated robo-debt class action claim
Former Minister for Human Services Alan Tudge is alleged to have known that Centrelink’s debt collection practices were causing harm long before the scheme was paused.
Read MoreAustralia’s cyber power is more bark than bite
A newly-published index ranks Australia’s cyber intent four spots higher than its actual cyber capability. Labor says this capability gap is down to the all-talk no-action Morrison government.
Read MoreGitHub to replace ‘master’ with ‘main’ starting next month
All new Git repositories on GitHub will be named “main” instead of “master” starting October 1, 2020.
Read MoreOracle lands TikTok as reference cloud customer, takes 12.5% stake
Oracle lands its cloud customer in TikTok and with Zoom hopes to convince enterprises that its an IaaS option.
Read MoreParadox: Covid crisis elevates technology professionals’ stature, but limits career growth
The crisis creates more pressure to deliver and keep companies afloat, more opportunities to roll out transformative technologies — but fewer opportunities for career growth.
Read MoreHow to choose an electric car (spoiler: it will probably be a Tesla)
If you’ve got plans to trade in your gas-guzzling internal combustion automobile for a dramatically cleaner electric vehicle, you’ll need to do some math before you buy. For anyone contemplating long road trips, one company has an overwhelming advantage.
Read MoreA young Stanford graduate tried to teach me about life. It didn’t go well
Stanford has emitted many of the most successful tech founders. Yet almost five hours spent with this Stanford graduate made me wonder about the role of technology in our future and who we will become.
Read MorePeople’s notions about AI are terrible, an MIT study asks whether they can be helped
Mistaken notions of AI agency could be helped by hands-on learning, argues MIT scholar Ziv Epstein.
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