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Kmart Australia uses AI and AR to bring KBot shopping experience in-home
September 22, 2020 Uncategorized administrator

The AR technology has been developed by Valis, while the AI platform is powered by the Oracle Digital Assistant platform.

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A troubleshooting platform for free: Netdata scores $14.2M funding to extend its open-source application monitoring platform
September 22, 2020 Uncategorized administrator

Netdata thinks what the world lacks is a troubleshooting platform to bring real-time metrics to observability. They are building and offering it to the world for free — for now.

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India’s ancient caste system is ruining lives in the Valley
September 22, 2020 Uncategorized administrator

Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians and many of them are allegedly making life a living hell for Dalits, those who are classified as the lowest of the low in India, whose horrifying historical persecution has continued in the cradle of tech.

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Sydney man sentenced for mining over AU$9,000 in crypocurrency on CSIRO kit
September 21, 2020 Uncategorized administrator

He will cop 15 months of imprisonment to be served by way of an intensive community order, which includes 300 hours of community service.

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TikTok tells Australian Senate committee it doesn’t want to be a ‘political football’
September 21, 2020 Uncategorized administrator

Submission to the Foreign Interference Through Social Media inquiry says it wants to give peace of mind by providing ‘even more transparency and accountability’.

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Ministers and officials named in updated robo-debt class action claim
September 21, 2020 Uncategorized administrator

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.

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Australia’s cyber power is more bark than bite
September 21, 2020 Uncategorized administrator

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.

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GitHub to replace ‘master’ with ‘main’ starting next month
September 20, 2020 Uncategorized administrator

All new Git repositories on GitHub will be named “main” instead of “master” starting October 1, 2020.

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