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Why cybersecurity matters more than ever in the mobile era
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FM Global reveals major cause of property-related losses in ...
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One of Antarctica’s biggest glaciers will soon reach a point
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SA school teaching kids jobs of the future
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Al Gore: Artificial intelligence will lead the “sustainabili
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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. […]
Human Aerospace’s founders are ensuring tech developed for s
Dr James Waldie and Dr Gordon Cable founded Human Aerospace in Adelaide, South Australia this year to ensure technologies developed from future space explorations also offer terrestrial benefits. “I think people forget all of the research and money that’s spent on space has a huge amount of return on investment in terms of the technology […]
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