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Telstra warns $7. 3b spectrum cash grab could trigger legal challenge
4+ hour, 19+ min ago (98+ words) AFR Telstra has warned the federal government it has massively overstated the value of multibillion-dollar spectrum licences, issuing a thinly veiled threat that it would be prepared to mount a legal challenge to avoid overpaying. The telecommunications sector is on…...
Allan dismisses concerns Vic doesn't have power for data centre surge
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (103+ words) AFR Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has insisted the state's investments in renewable energy will be enough to meet the demands of the data centres her government wants to lure to the state, despite new forecasts warning the sector's power consumption…...
Data centres can power investment in clean grid of the future
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (96+ words) AFR Framing the national conversation around hyperscaler's AI infrastructure as something the grid has to "cope with" misses the bigger opportunity. As federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen met with state energy ministers to discuss how data centres can build Australia's…...
Ministers mull radical "full power offset" for data centres
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (80+ words) AFR Data centres could be forced to power their operations with entirely new renewable energy sources under national rules being developed by state and federal energy ministers designed to protect electricity consumers from rising grid costs. The proposals being drafted…...
Grid giants back data centre boom to bolster renewable build-out
1+ week, 3+ day ago (100+ words) AFR Major electricity network operators say a data centre building boom could help the grid by encouraging investment in renewable energy generation as long as developers sign long-term supply contracts, even if there is an unprecedented increase in the demand…...
Disrespectful and wastes time: The employers banning phones at work
2+ week, 3+ day ago (157+ words) Her employer, ID. me, a digital identity verification company, introduced phone pouches for about 290 support staff more than three years ago to protect the security of clients" personal information. Some companies are asking office staff to lock devices in pouches to…...
The explosive Triple Zero survey infuriating Australia's telcos
3+ week, 3+ day ago (106+ words) AFR Australia's telco regulator has demanded to see the entire dataset, questions, panel details, and responses behind an explosive consumer survey that found one in 10 Australians has been unable to connect to Triple Zero over the past year, a finding…...
Double dates and shared interests: Can Tinder win back women?
3+ week, 5+ day ago (75+ words) AFR Paris | The chief executive of the world's biggest online dating company has set himself a delicate task: making Tinder less of a boys' club. Match Group's Spencer Rascoff says winning over women is his "primary focus" as he pledged…...
Musk's Space X threatens to withhold mobile service from Australia
3+ week, 6+ day ago (77+ words) AFR The satellite and space exploration company founded by Elon Musk has warned it could avoid Australia when deploying its satellite-based mobile network coverage if it is forced to bid in an auction to buy crucial spectrum. Space X, which…...
The passport bros: Western men are fleeing the dating market
3+ week, 6+ day ago (105+ words) AFR The men share a simple message: dating in the West is broken, so go somewhere your money stretches further and your chances improve. A few years ago Mike got fed up with dating in America. "So many women there…...