Tag: Australian

Astronomers Find No Signs of Alien Tech After Scanning Over 10 Million Stars

A new large-scale survey of the sky looked into the dark forest of the cosmos, examining over 10 million stars, but failed to turn up any evidence of alien technologies. CNET reports: The study, published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia on Monday, details a search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), a collection of…

Australian telescope finds no signs of alien technology in 10 million star systems

A radio telescope in outback Western Australia has completed the deepest and broadest search at low frequencies for alien technologies, scanning a patch of sky known to include at least 10 million stars. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-09-australian-telescope-alien-technology-million.html…

Is Canada About to Crack Down on Google and Facebook?

The Minister of Canadian heritage has a message for Google and Facebook, reports the Toronto Star: “The Canadian government stands with our Australian partners and denounces any form of threats,” Steven Guilbeault said in an emailed statement to the Star’s Susan Delacourt. The “threats” Guilbeault referred to involved some of the world’s richest and most influential corporations, Facebook and Google, which…

Could Australia’s clash with Facebook over news articles go global?

In response to proposed laws requiring payment to news publishers, Facebook says it will ban Australian users sharing news content, which may be a test case for global regulation to follow Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2253621-could-australias-clash-with-facebook-over-news-articles-go-global/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Facebook Threatens To Cut Off Australians From Sharing News

Facebook plans to block people and publishers in Australia from sharing news, a move that pushes back against a proposed law forcing the company to pay media firms for their articles. From a report: The threat escalates an antitrust battle between Facebook and the Australian government, which wants the social-media giant and Alphabet’s Google to compensate publishers for the value they…

Walmart Says It Has Teamed up With Microsoft on TikTok Bid

Walmart said it’s teaming up with Microsoft in a bid for TikTok. From a report: The retail giant confirmed to CNBC that it’s interested in buying the tech company. TikTok is nearing an agreement to sell its U.S., Canadian, Australian and New Zealand operations in a deal that’s likely to be in the $20 billion to $30 billion range, sources say….

Rare swarming rays and Australian bushfires win top photography prizes

Stunning images of cownose rays and Australia’s runaway bushfires are among the winners of the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24732973-300-rare-swarming-rays-and-australian-bushfires-win-top-photography-prizes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Burger King Brags About Exploiting Twitch To Advertise To Kids For Cheap

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Earlier this week, an advertising agency emerged with a video bragging about an ad-campaign concept: We’ll invade gaming-filled Twitch chat rooms and post ads for your brand for cheap. The attached video was exactly the kind of cringe you might expect from “brand engages with video game culture,” with edgy yet inoffensive…

How China Targets Scientists via Global Network of Recruiting Stations

China is targeting top scientific and technological expertise in the U.S. and other advanced nations through an expanding network of 600 talent-recruitment stations world-wide, a new report partly funded by the U.S. State Department has found. From a report: U.S. officials have long warned that China uses recruitment programs to improperly obtain advanced technology. However, the research conducted by an Australian…