Archived News for IT Professionals
The CEO Sleepout charity has introduced a virtual reality homelessness experience.
'Robo-debt' flaws exposed
A Senate inquiry has called for a reassessment of debts from Centrelink’s controversial debt recovery ...
Australia's CubeSat makes contact
Researchers have marked Australia’s first foray into space in 15 years ...
Defence dodges data outsourcing
The Defence Department will move secret files into a government data hub, after a Chinese consortium bought half of Sydney data centre that was hosting them.
Supercomputer needs support
The National Computational Infrastructure (NCI)’s Raijin supercomputer has been ranked Australia’s fastest.
Call for teleheath continuity
Advocates want to make sure funding for important telehealth services stays strong.
New tech for charging in motion
Stanford University engineers have developed a new way to charge devices wirelessly, while they are in motion.
PC calls TUSO 'deficient'
The Productivity Commission says the telecommunications universal service obligation (TUSO) is “deficient” ...
Police push for big IBM deal
The NSW police force is spending $55 million combining all its technology into a single IBM mega-contract.
Defibrillator drones tested
Researchers are investigating the idea of attaching defibrillators to drones.
Robo-tool to check stroke effects
Researchers are working on a new robotic tool for stroke survivors.
ABS arms itself against failure
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is bringing in the big guns to help out with the 2021 Census after last year's disastrous national survey.
ATO launches tech rebuild
The Australian Taxation Office will rebuild its internal IT infrastructure after serious failures of its outsourced storage environment.
Brandis starts decryption mission
The Australian government wants to force tech companies to show that their systems can decrypt communications.
Japan buying top robots
Japanese robotics company SoftBank is buying robot companies from Google’s parent firm Alphabet.
Powerful papers outline middle ground
The long-awaited Finkel review has been released, offering a blueprint for Australia’s energy future.
Top comps give more DNA detail
Scientists and clinicians will soon benefit from an exciting new genome sequencing platform called NovaSeq.
VR views for medical students
Giving birth – mankind’s most primal practice – will soon benefit from high-tech help in the form of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR).
CSIRO sees big things for blockchain
Data61 has reviewed blockchain tech for government and industry...