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Out-of-season bushfires ‘fuelled by climate change’

Out-of-season bushfires tearing through NSW and Queensland reveal the “inescapable truth” of the impact of climate change, IAG says. Hundreds of fires have been reported and the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) declared a catastrophe with losses already at $13.5 million. Conditions eased today, however dozens of fires are still burning across the two states. […]

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Lakes of methane on Saturn’s moon Titan may be the craters of giant explosions, a new study shows A new study suggests that the liquid methane lakes that dot Titan’s surface may have formed when pockets of warming nitrogen exploded below the moon’s surface. This idea would solve a mystery that emerged when NASA’s Cassini […]

Experts concerned about increasing frequency of deepfake att...

Fraudsters are increasingly using technology to doctor their voices and faces in a con technique called “deepfake” – and cyber security experts and insurers are warning companies to make sure that they have the necessary safeguards in place. Deepfake attacks involve criminals using artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and other technologies to impersonate a company’s […]

6 carmakers that are betting electric scooters and bikes — n

Carmakers are increasingly looking towards new ways to move people around, including tapping into the rising trends of e-bikes and e-scooters. Audi announced on Monday the development of its e-tron Scooters, almost a year after announcing its fully electric e-tron SUV. Other carmakers, like BMW and Ford, have already been exploring the electric personal micro-mobility […]

Is that actually your boss? Vigilance urged as ‘deep fake’ u

Aussie businesses are being warned to treat audio messages with caution after a series of ‘deep fake’ recordings were used to scam senior financial managers overseas earlier this month. First reported by the BBC, cyber security firm Symantec has tracked at least three successful attacks on private companies where chief executives were impersonated to convince […]

Why cybersecurity matters more than ever in the mobile era

A 2018 survey by the International Workplace Group showed almost 50 per cent of Australian employees worked remotely at least half the time. More than two-thirds of those surveyed spent a day or more away from the office each week. There are compelling advantages for employees in doing so – think reduced commute times and […]

One of Antarctica’s biggest glaciers will soon reach a point

Antarctica’s glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates. This rapid ice loss contributes to rising sea-levels. In a new study, scientists found that the Thwaites Glacier in western Antarctica will likely hit a point of irreversible melting, after which it will lose all of its ice over a period of 150 years. If the entire Thwaites […]

We studied how Australian stocks have fared over the last ce...

It was Mark Twain who reputedly once remarked, ‘History doesn’t repeat itself but it does rhyme’. When it comes to money and markets it’s no different, with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) this week releasing a hundred year study of the Stock Market. While it’s impossible to say what the future will bring, it […]

Al Gore: Artificial intelligence will lead the “sustainabili

Former US Vice President Al Gore has highlighted the role of technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning in the fight against climate change. Speaking at a CEDA-sponsored lunch in Brisbane earlier this month, Gore, who since leaving office has founded the Climate Reality Project, said we’re in the “early stages of a sustainability […]

How digital transformation is driving real change in key ind...

Digital transformation (DX) is permeating every vertical market, and industries are looking to evolve to better align with their customers’ changing requirements. The result is the development and integration of cutting edge technologies and a change of methodology to improve processes. DX is radically changing how organisations operate and is shaking up industries at speed. […]

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