Modernising Medicare is a great idea but needs a radical approach
Feb 11, 2016 08:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Health
The Australian government is investigating the possibility of privatising the payment services associated with Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, aged care services and veteran affairs. Health Minister Susan...
Software Wars: What Approach is Right for You?
Feb 10, 2016 14:40 pm UTC| Business Technology
Cloud computing software has brought many changes to the business landscape and currently, the implementation of such a service is common. New research from Simon Business School at the University of Rochester sheds light...
Google Self-Driving Car’s AI System Could Qualify As ‘Driver’, US Regulator says
Feb 10, 2016 07:20 am UTC| Technology
In a major breakthrough for Googles self-driving cars project, the federal vehicle safety regulators have said the artificial intelligence (AI) system piloting a self-driving Google car could be considered the driver under...
Evolving our way to artificial intelligence
Feb 07, 2016 16:04 pm UTC| Technology
Researcher David Silver and colleagues designed a computer program capable of beating a top-level Go player a marvelous technological feat and important threshold in the development of artificial intelligence, or AI. It...
The future will be built on open data – here's why
Feb 07, 2016 15:39 pm UTC| Technology
[Correction: AddedMike Cooray as a co-author of this article.] Data has the power to revolutionise and disrupt the way societies are governed. None more so than open data, which is free to access, free to use and can be...
The future of TV? How feely-vision could tickle all our senses
Feb 07, 2016 15:32 pm UTC| Technology
Imagine a party on a warm summers evening. You can see the beautiful greenery and the dipping sun, you can smell the freshly cut grass and taste the cool drinks on offer. You hear someone walk up behind you and feel them...
Alphabet earnings outstrip Apple, but transparency issues still cloud results
Feb 03, 2016 06:07 am UTC| Technology
Google reported its first-ever quarterly earnings this week under the new structure of Alphabet. The earnings surpassed analyst expectations and Alphabet is now worth more than Apple with a market value of around US$555...