Quantum computing firm Rigetti acquires QxBranch
Quantum computing hardware and cloud company Rigetti has acquired QxBranch, an Adeleide-born quantum software startup.
Stories by George Nott
Anti-5G campaigners raise funds for 'mother of all David and Goliath battles'
On a chill Sunday evening late last month, 70 concerned citizens packed into Addison Road Community Centre in Sydney for a 5G information evening.
NSW transport minister floats facial recognition as Opal alternative
New South Wale transport minister Andrew Constance has revealed plans to roll out facial recognition technology across the transport network as an alternative to Opal cards.
NAB leads $10M investment in risk protection firm Digital Shadows
Digital risk protection managed service provider Digital Shadows has today announced it has secured $10M in a funding round led by National Australia Bank (NAB).
The speedy, slow, controlled, calamitous world of RoboCup
They pause, bring their head up, and swing a leg back to shoot. They extend a foot, miss the ball completely and fall with a thud on the turf.
My Health Record operator funds software maker integrations
The Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) – the system operator of the My Health Record – is providing nine clinical software vendors with $40,000 each to integrate their systems with the record and build new features.
ANZ, CBA, Westpac, Scentre, IBM form bank guarantee blockchain company
Three of Australia’s biggest banks ANZ, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and Westpac have formed a company with Westfield shopping centre operator Scentre and IBM, to build a blockchain-based platform for bank guarantees.
Vulnerability allowed attackers to edit patient gene sequence records
A vulnerability in a widely used, open source genomic analysis software allowed attackers to edit records of patient genetic sequences, leaving them at risk of being prescribed ineffective or toxic drugs.
Forrester: Australian bank apps struggling to balance functionality and usability
A review of the apps offered by Australia’s biggest banks has found Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s to be the best, for the third year in a row.
Crowdsourced courier app Passel partners with Swinburne on job assignment algorithms
Crowdsourced delivery start-up Passel is partnering with Swinburne University to develop algorithms to help it identify the best person to notify about a potential courier job.
Nearmap aerial imagery AI to pick out pools, panels, potentially anything
The swimming pool capital of Australia is the Perth suburb of City Beach. Just under 60 per cent of properties have their own pool, a remarkable statistic considering most dwellings are minutes from the ocean.
Improve privacy practices or else, OAIC warns CBA
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) will be required to review its privacy and data retention policies under threat of court action from the Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner.
Thousands of dodgy copycat apps identified in Google Play Store
A two year study has discovered 2040 malware-laden counterfeit apps in Android app store, Google Play.
Protesters take to streets to fight 5G roll out
The protests were promoted in a number of Facebook groups including Stop5G Australia which claims 5G is "probably the greatest threat to humanity we have ever faced" which is being delivered by the "psychopathic ruling elite".
Microsoft traineeship program expands into South Australia
A Microsoft Australia IT trainee program will expand into South Australia this September after receiving $200,000 in funding from the state government.