With battery storage to the rescue, the Kodak moment for renewables has finally arrived

Mar 20, 2017 02:12 am UTC| Technology

Who would have thought that, scarcely five weeks after Treasurer Scott Morrison, paraded a chunk of coal in parliament, planning for Australias energy needs would be dominated by renewables, batteries and hydro? For...

Tor upgrades to make anonymous publishing safer

Mar 20, 2017 01:56 am UTC| Technology

In the coming months, the Seattle-based nonprofit The Tor Project will be making some changes to improve how the Tor network protects users privacy and security. The free network lets users browse the internet anonymously....

When things go wrong in an automated world, would we still know what to do?

Mar 20, 2017 01:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

We live in a world that is both increasingly complex and automated. So just as we are having to deal with more complex problems, automation is leading to an atrophy of human skills that may leave us more vulnerable when...

Asimov's laws of robotics aren't the moral guidelines they appear to be

Mar 18, 2017 06:52 am UTC| Technology Law Insights & Views

Seventy-five years ago, the celebrated science fiction writer Isaac Asimov published a short story called Runaround. Set on Mercury, it features a sophisticated robot nicknamed Speedy that has been ordered to gather some...

How big data is being mobilised in the fight against leukaemia

Mar 18, 2017 06:32 am UTC| Technology Health

Healthy cell function relies on well orchestrated gene activity. Via a fantastically complex network of interactions, around 30,000 genes cooperate to maintain this delicate balance in each of the 37.2 trillion cells in...

Microsoft Surface Book 2 Now In Mass Production, To Be Sold For USD1,000; Older Models Gets Huge Price Drop

Mar 18, 2017 06:28 am UTC| Technology

A recent report claims Microsoft has already entered mass production for the new Surface Book 2. Citing sources from the related upstream supply chain, Digitimes said shipments are expected to rise each month for the...

Nintendo Plans To Increase Switch Production To 16 Million Units Due To Demand, According To Report

Mar 18, 2017 06:27 am UTC| Technology

Citing sources who were briefed by Nintendos plans, the Wall Street Journal reports that the company is intending to increase its production numbers for the Switch console in the financial year starting this April through...