Cyberattack on Ukraine grid: here's how it worked and perhaps why it was done
Jan 18, 2016 11:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
On December 23, 2015, two days before Christmas, the power grid in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine went down for a reported six hours, leaving about half the homes in the region with a population of 1.4 million...
Battle of ideas is on as election-year innovation debate starts to make up for lost time
Jan 17, 2016 23:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Were now in a race to the top on innovation. Better late than never. Liberating ideas could reboot Australias economy, as we argued a year ago. Now it seems there are more ideas about how to generate ideas than ever...
Digital diagnosis: intelligent machines do a better job than humans
Jan 17, 2016 23:54 pm UTC| Technology
Until now, medicine has been a prestigious and often extremely lucrative career choice. But in the near future, will we need as many doctors as we have now? Are we going to see significant medical unemployment in the...
The 'G' in 5G: how mobile generations have evolved
Jan 17, 2016 23:50 pm UTC| Technology
Some of the biggest carriers in Australia, Vodafone, Telstra and even Chinese manufacturer Huawei are preparing for the next generation of mobile phone network, 5G, even though 4G has only just been rolled out. New...
How Wikipedia's silent coup ousted our traditional sources of knowledge
Jan 16, 2016 10:32 am UTC| Technology
As Wikipedia turns 15, volunteer editors worldwide will be celebrating with themed cakes and edit-a-thons aimed at filling holes in poorly covered topics. Its remarkable that a user-editable encyclopedia project that...
Even if Netflix is serious about blocking VPNs, it is unlikely to succeed
Jan 16, 2016 09:55 am UTC| Technology
Netflix has sent the world into a frenzy of anxiety by announcing through their blog that they will be trying to restrict users to only viewing content licensed to the country where they are physically located. This...
'Once' Dating App Uses your Heart-rate to Find your Match
Jan 16, 2016 08:18 am UTC| Technology
Once dating app uses your heart-rate to find your match Ever felt like your heart skipped a beat when you meet someone youre attracted to? That adrenaline rush or sudden change of heartbeat is utilized by an app...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects