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Pumped hydro

Wind, solar and energy from pumped hydro can deliver baseload power years ahead of nuclear

Posted on March 24, 2025March 24, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Baseload power can be delivered by wind, solar, and hydropower from stored renewable energy without any need for a nuclear solution.

EU First Executive Vice-President and Competition Commissioner Teresa Ribera

Meet the European woman who is staring down Donald Trump on big tech regulation

Posted on February 20, 2025March 23, 2025 by Chris Griffith

The EU’s competition commissioner is standing firm against Donald Trump on the issue of big tech regulation and tariffs.

Xi Jinping meets tech billionaires

China’s leader strikes a deal with technology billionaires

Posted on February 18, 2025March 22, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Geopolitics is a driver in a new era of cooperation between China’s Government and the country’s technology billionaires.

Donald Trump and Ursula von der Leyen

Could Trump make a play for telco giants Nokia, Ericsson?

Posted on February 13, 2025March 22, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Europe has been pondering whether Donald Trump might make a purchase of Nokia or Ericsson part of a tariff deal?

YouTube big bets

YouTube TV growth is a warning to Australian TV stations

Posted on February 12, 2025March 22, 2025 by Chris Griffith

TV has surpassed mobile as the primary device for watching YouTube in the US. It’s a development that will worry Australian free-to-air stations.

Smart home devices

Old smart devices will be a massive security risk

Posted on February 10, 2025March 22, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Your smart lights, smart fridge, home router and smart TVs will become a security threat when they no longer qualify for updates.

SpaceX launches two Maxar Earth-observing satellites. Pic: Space.com

Space junk threat derails record-breaking rocket launches

Posted on February 5, 2025March 22, 2025 by Chris Griffith

A record of five rocket launches in 24-hours was scuttled due to fears about possible collisions with space objects.

MyID Digital ID application

Lowkey Digital ID rollout avoids Australia Card 2 mayhem

Posted on November 25, 2024March 22, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Bill Shorten says the government has no plan for a publicity campaign to formally promote and explain the new Digital ID framework.

Workday Rising

Robotic recruiters to be unleashed in Workday upgrade

Posted on September 24, 2024March 22, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Around 10,000 companies will gain access to new staff recruitment software enhanced by Workday’s artificial intelligence.

Larry Elison speaks in Las Vegas

Oracle mulls nuclear energy for powering a data centre

Posted on September 12, 2024March 22, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Oracle is designing a data centre with three small nuclear reactors, its cofounder Larry Ellison says.

eLumina CEO Lisa Marsh, left, with COO Chris Yang, is adamant eLumina’s operation is different to Tritium, saying combining a battery and fast charger has allowed its large D1 DC fast chargers to be installed anywhere in the country.

EV charger maker eLumina unfazed by Tritium’s spectacular collapse

Posted on August 15, 2024March 22, 2025 by Chris Griffith

eLumina has showed off its new manufacturing centre at Yatala where it will employ 300 staff to build EV chargers and community batteries.

SAP CEO Christian Klein

Big tech joins forces to build SAP’s Gen AI capability

Posted on July 4, 2024March 22, 2025 by Chris Griffith

The world’s biggest tech firms are carving out new levels of cooperation to build generative AI systems.

SAP Headquarters in Walldorf, Germany. Image: SAP

Companies build AI tools that talk to each other

Posted on July 4, 2024March 22, 2025 by Chris Griffith

SAP’s initiative to interconnect generative AI systems heralds an age where artificial intelligence networks and agents swap information.

Adobe Summit 2024

Adobe’s new AI-powered ads target individuals

Posted on April 1, 2024March 22, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Banks, supermarkets, telcos and airlines will have access to new Adobe generative AI technology that will let them run personalised marketing campaigns.

Satellite

Optus collaborates with SpaceX to pioneer mobile-to-satellite texting in Australia

Posted on February 29, 2024March 22, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Optus customers will send text messages even where there is no ground based coverage.

Google AI DeepMind technology

AI drugs targeting proteins are in the pipeline

Posted on February 28, 2024May 3, 2024 by Chris Griffith

AI-developed drugs that target proteins will become available in clinics within a couple of years.

Generative AI tool

Alarm raised over Generative AI’s massive water consumption

Posted on February 28, 2024May 3, 2024 by Chris Griffith

Generative AI is being blamed for a massive increase in the use of water for cooling in data centres.

LiFi

PureLiFi wants to bring revolutionary light-based WiFi to consumers

Posted on February 28, 2024May 3, 2024 by Chris Griffith

Data transmissions using light or LiFi has already taken place with military applications.

“Clicks” BlackBerry keyboard

‘Clicks’ creates a BlackBerry style keyboard for iPhones

Posted on February 27, 2024May 3, 2024 by Chris Griffith

Clicks has created the unthinkable addition of a BlackBerry-style clickable keyboard for the iPhone.

HMD Global

HMD Global lets users repair their own phones

Posted on February 26, 2024May 5, 2024 by Chris Griffith

HMD Global has joined brands letting owners repair their devices.

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