Why big tech companies are open-sourcing their AI systems
Feb 22, 2016 13:45 pm UTC| Technology
The worlds biggest technology companies are handing over the keys to their success, making their artificial intelligence systems open-source. Traditionally, computer users could see the end product of what a piece of...
Women sellers short-changed on eBay despite gender privacy policy – study reveals
Feb 22, 2016 13:36 pm UTC| Technology Life
On the auction website eBay, women are receiving on average about 80 cents for every dollar men earn when selling the same product, according to new research. We already know that products aimed at women, such as razors...
Computer viruses deserve a museum: they're an art form of their own
Feb 19, 2016 10:54 am UTC| Technology
Do not adjust your set Museum of Malware Computer viruses now have their own museum. The recently opened online Malware Museum exhibits samples of early viruses that often include amusing graphics or popular culture...
Don't chuck that old mobile phone, there's gold in there
Feb 19, 2016 03:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
In Australia there are many more mobile services in use than there are people. The majority of Australians upgrade or exchange their mobile phones every 18 to 24 months, while an increasing number have owned their...
Village Roadshow using courts to block pirate sites will achieve little
Feb 18, 2016 15:10 pm UTC| Law Technology
Unbowed by the defeat of Voltage Pictures to prosecute illegal movie downloaders, Graham Burke, co-CEO of Village Roadshow Limited, is spearheading a Federal Court action to block Solarmovie.ph, a pirate TV and movie...
Why Apple is making a stand against the FBI
Feb 18, 2016 14:07 pm UTC| Technology Law
Apple has been ordered to help FBI investigators access data on the phone belonging to San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook. The technical solution proposed by the FBI appears to undermine Apples earlier claim that...
If big data is to solve Britain's productivity crisis, then we need to get cracking now
Feb 18, 2016 13:20 pm UTC| Technology
Britain has a serious productivity problem levels have not risen since 2008, and are now around 20% lower even than in strike-prone France. The gap with our competitors in Europe and further afield is estimated to cost...
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