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Cyber Partnership With Japan
4+ hour, 42+ min ago (301+ words) Australia and Japan have agreed to establish a new partnership that will enable deeper cooperation on complex cyber security challenges. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan met in Canberra today and issued the…...
New Base Station Boosts Cudlee Creek Safety, Connectivity
6+ hour, 23+ min ago (439+ words) The Adelaide Hills community of Cudlee Creek is better connected thanks to the Albanese Government's Mobile Black Spot Program. A new Telstra base station means better access to emergency services and public safety messages, as well as staying in touch…...
Online Ads May Expose Your Private Life
9+ hour, 9+ min ago (740+ words) New research shows that AI can decode streams of online advertising to infer sensitive personal traits quickly, cheaply, and without accessing your data. Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ARC ADM+S) at UNSW Sydney…...
Via Sat-3 F3 Satellite Launches from Kennedy Space Center
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (269+ words) Boeing [NYSE: BA] mission controllers confirmed that the Via Sat-3 F3 (VS-3 F3) satellite is healthy in orbit following its successful launch aboard a Space X Falcon Heavy rocket at 10: 13 a. m. ET from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. The satellite is intended…...
Air Force Eyes AI Data Centers in Alaska
3+ week, 2+ day ago (242+ words) The Department of the Air Force is moving forward with actions to potentially build and operate one or more advanced artificial intelligence data centers at three DAF installations in Alaska. The DAF is offering approximately 4, 700 acres of underutilized land across…...
AI Chatbot Boosts Online Safety for Seniors
2+ week, 5+ day ago (543+ words) Researchers are designing chatbots to help make life online safer and more welcoming for seniors. Digital technologies can play a double-edged role in modern society; while they offer new forms of participation and access, they can also deepen existing inequalities....
ACCAN Hails New Funds to Bridge First Nations Digital Gap
3+ week, 5+ day ago (251+ words) ACCAN welcomes today's announcement that the Government will invest $11. 6 million to deliver free community Wi-Fi to remote First Nations communities in the Northern Territory. Connectivity isn't a matter of convenience, it's a critical public safety issue, and remote communities are…...
Future RAN: Boosting 5 G Supply Chain Diversity
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (292+ words) Case study of Future RAN Competition (FRANC), which awarded ~36m in R&D funding to support the UK's 5 G Supply Chain Diversification Strategy. The Future RAN Competition was launched in 2021 with DSIT providing funding of 36 M to 14 successful applicants which was…...
Russia Sees Surge in Internet Shutdowns
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (759+ words) Russian authorities increasingly impose broad mobile internet shutdowns under the pretext of public safety, Human Rights Watch said today. Over the past month, they blocked mobile internet and cellular access in areas of Moscow and Saint Petersburg for almost three…...
Pico-Satellites Poised to Revolutionize Phone-Space Links
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (666+ words) Mirage News Swarms of pico-satellites could work together as a single large antenna for direct-to-smartphone communications, as reported by researchers from Japan. Instead of relying on a single large satellite with a phased-array antenna, the team showed that pico-satellites orbiting…...