Archived News for IT Professionals - November, 2018
The Federal Government is keeping an important Centrelink report under wraps.
Quantum sensor for scalable silicon
Australian engineers have overcome another critical technical hurdle for building a silicon-based quantum computer.
Class action over telco trainees
A major NBN supplier has been targeted by a $400 million class action.
Drones flown for shark data
Drones are being used to provide a new perspective into shark behaviour.
Gold Coast making tech moves
The Gold Coast has signed its first contract for a City-owned broadband network.
PageUp claims no lost data
An investigation has found no evidence that data was stolen in the PageUp data breach.
QLD launches local space race
Australia has made its first commercial rocket launch with a craft sent skyward from rural Queensland.
Scientists spell out election aims
The Australian Academy of Science has outlined its priorities for the 2019 federal election.
Coalition lays out tech plan
The Federal Government says all its public services will be online in seven years.
Semiconductor switched for thin air
Researchers at RMIT University have engineered a new type of transistor that sends electrons through air.
Big write-off for education IT
The federal education department has written off nearly $10 million from its failed national apprenticeship management IT system.
Foodora rider ruled employee
There could be changes coming for the gig economy, after it was ruled that a Foodora delivery rider was an employee, not an independent contractor.
Fusion tests hit high degrees
A Chinese fusion reactor has achieved a temperature of over 100 million degrees.
Hospital name vote questioned
Questions are being asked about the credibility of the Queensland government’s poll to change the name of the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital.
New cable hits petabit speeds
A new system developed in Australia can transmit data 12 million times quicker than the fastest NBN connection.
Sydney to test new sewer brain
A new collaboration will test high-tech sewer monitoring technology in Sydney.
WA harvests farm data
A new research partnership will see vast amounts of WA agricultural data collected and analysed to help farmers make more informed decisions.