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Remote communities get connected under federal funding

Remote communities get connected under federal funding

Remote communities are set to get better access to wi-fi and phone services, months after research revealed the digital divide among Indigenous communities.

Australia should delay AI laws, productivity boss warns

Australia should delay AI laws, productivity boss warns

Australia should delay AI laws, productivity boss warns

Australia should delay AI laws, productivity boss warns

A business summit has heard Australia should not introduce laws around the use of artificial intelligence or it could risk being left behind other countries.

White collar staff among first to face AI wave: report

White collar staff among first to face AI wave: report

White collar staff among first to face AI wave: report

White collar staff among first to face AI wave: report

Professions likely to feel the early impact of artificial intelligence have been identified by a report that warns training must adapt to fit the technology.

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Australia's first lunar rover to be named Roo-ver

Australia's first lunar rover to be named Roo-ver

It's one giant leap for Australia's space program with a lunar rover named Roo-ver to be built locally for a mission to collect moon soil.

Climate information integrity threat ahead of summit

Climate information integrity threat ahead of summit

The climate crisis is being made worse by an information crisis, with some Australian outlets accused of peddling fake news and adding to confusion and delay.

BHP nickel mine to trial 'air-to-rock' carbon trap

BHP nickel mine to trial 'air-to-rock' carbon trap

In a world-first pilot project, technology will be used to turn greenhouse gas emissions into rock at an Australian nickel mine.

Australia on track to meet emissions reduction targets

Australia on track to meet emissions reduction targets

Australia is close to meeting its 2030 emissions reduction targets, but the energy minister won't say how much a clean transition will cost taxpayers.

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Fresh evidence in mystery of Endeavour's resting place

Fresh evidence in mystery of Endeavour's resting place

Fresh evidence in mystery of Endeavour's resting place

Fresh evidence in mystery of Endeavour's resting place

New information has been released backing controversial claims by Australian scientists that a shipwreck off the US coast is Captain Cook's Endeavour.

Robot's three-year mission to gather ocean data

Robot's three-year mission to gather ocean data

Robot's three-year mission to gather ocean data

Robot's three-year mission to gather ocean data

Scientists on the CSIRO research vessel Investigator have recovered a deep water robot that has spent three years gathering data in the Southern Ocean.

Call for national testing standard after Qld lab bungle

Call for national testing standard after Qld lab bungle

Call for national testing standard after Qld lab bungle

Call for national testing standard after Qld lab bungle

Queensland's attorney-general has backed the concept of a national standard for forensic testing after years of bungles at a state-run laboratory.

Almost 50 new spider species identified in Australia

Almost 50 new spider species identified in Australia

Almost 50 new spider species identified in Australia

Almost 50 new spider species identified in Australia

A popular former children's TV host dubbed "Ranger Stacey" is among the Australians who have had new species of spiders named after them in a published study.

Australia looks to streamline military tech sharing

Australia looks to streamline military tech sharing

Australia looks to streamline military tech sharing

Australia looks to streamline military tech sharing

Proposed new laws will make it easier for Australia, the US and UK to share military technology and harder for the tech to fall into foreign hands.

'Inadequate': MPs admit tech knowledge does not compute

'Inadequate': MPs admit tech knowledge does not compute

'Inadequate': MPs admit tech knowledge does not compute

'Inadequate': MPs admit tech knowledge does not compute

A cross-party study of politicians found most were concerned about technology and cyber security issues but were not equipped to address them.

Scientists sail to study world's strongest current

Scientists sail to study world's strongest current

Scientists sail to study world's strongest current

Scientists sail to study world's strongest current

Scientists aboard CSIRO research vessel Investigator will study the flow of warm waters through the current surrounding Antarctica.

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Can Australia be more than backup for big tech?

A tech giant has its eyes on Aussie talent and warns governments against thwarting emerging players who may already be coding the future.

'Up all night' Optus woos small businesses after outage

Embattled telco Optus is apologising to business customers, hoping to salvage its reputation after a nationwide outage left thousands of people out of pocket.

AI bots won't replace human teams, security expert says

A tech giant is trying to stay a step ahead of hackers and spies with heightened security wrapping around the code that runs gadgets, services and industries.

Tech hub coins 'second brain' as world depends on code

Programmers need a "second brain" to write code faster to keep up with consumer demands in an economy that's dependent on software for most everyday activities.

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Icebreaker forced refuelling detour costs cool $875,000

It will cost an extra $875,000 for Australia's Antarctic icebreaker to refuel after bridge safety concerns prompted a detour of hundreds of kilometres.

Pact puts handbrake on 'defining technology of our age'

A pact on artificial intelligence is intended to protect people from harm without stifling breakthroughs in vaccines, computing and defence.

Riding nanowires 'on the fly' for instant intelligence

University of Sydney researchers say they have made a breakthrough in developing speedy, low-energy machine intelligence.

Answer to productivity could be AI-driven assistants

Microsoft is expanding its Australian base in anticipation of enormous growth in generative artificial intelligence.

'Facebook for cows' technology tackling cattle theft

New Australian technology that uses facial recognition for livestock has had positive early results and is being sought by international farmers.

AI and virtual reality saving lives in remote WA

From a command centre in Perth, doctors and nurses are using artificial intelligence and virtual reality to save lives in a remote Goldfields region.

Rural phone coverage reform to be a 'long conversation'

Advances in mobile, wireless and satellite tech are likely to feature in coming discussions ahead of an overhaul of telecommunication services in the bush.

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