Tag: Tech
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JB HI-FI has bought an appliance giant out
Electronics giant JB HI-FI has bought out appliance chain, The Good Guys, for $870 million, now acquiring more than 100% of their competitor. The two will still be separate chains but work together to run both companies smoothly and hopefully to drive prices down. The ACCC gave the all clear yesterday to merge together and work together, despite them…
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Google’s plan to stop ISIS recruits
A multinational technology company that has built up a profit of over $1b has now invested their time and money into making a program that detects any anti-social behaviour relating to the very controversial terrorist group, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant AKA ISIS. Google’s tech program, Jigsaw which was originally used to reduce hackers,…
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Solar panels on the road?
Scott and Julie Brusaw, creator of the Solar Roadways idea has already been funded to test their product on Route 66, on of the original highways in America. According to the Missouri New Tribune, the invention is hoping to generate the welcome center at Conway. Solar Roadways first started in 2010 and argued their plan could…
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WATCH: Looks like the future is here in Artificial Intelligence
Engineers in China have created an eerily accurate and realistic robot, making it seem like we’re already in the future presented in all those sci-fi movies. The robot, named Jia Jia by its creators, looks like a real woman. She has been dubbed the “robot goddess” which may be an indicator of the robot-dominated future…
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The most successful Aussie startup
Nura has raised nearly $1.2 million in their Kickstarter campaign with more than 4000 backers and still has one week until it finishes. This is a huge success as only 1% have met the million dollar milestone. The Melbourne startup has done the impossible by listening to your ears and customising sounds to make them louder or have less…
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Second petition for Brexit
Last Thursday, the United Kingdom announced they will no longer be a part of the European Union resulting in their economic stance to be in strife. The ‘leave’ campaign won by 52% with 30 million voters. Many are concerned over the UK not staying as they are aware of the effects of leaving the Union. A petition…
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Engage with Twitter’s new app
Most Twitter users find Twitter very time consuming with its constant deluge of disorganised information. It’s difficult to see who you’re reaching with your tweets or how much followers are interacting with your content. In an effort to combat this, Twitter has introduced a new companion app, Engage. Engage highlights a Twitter user’s most important interactions…
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Chinese Computer setting record speeds
For seven consecutive years, the Chinese supercomputer has been listed as the word’s faster computer and has now been built without any American technology. This year’s champion is the Sunway TaihuLight which was developed by China’s National Research Centre of Parallel Computer Engineering & Technology. The software is intended to be used for engineering and research…
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Drones are taking Walmart employees’ jobs
A huge supermarket chain fires all its human workers and replaces them with robots. The robots are far more efficient, overall cheaper and easier to manage than their human counterparts, but hundreds of people are now out of jobs. Think we’re talking about a new futuristic scifi hit? You thought wrong. Walmart is actually, legitimately,…
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ANZ is the first Australian bank to switch on Apple Pay
ANZ has become the first bank to support Apple Pay meaning those with an ANZ Visa card can make payments using their iPhone. Users will be able to register their cards and use their iPhones or Apple Watches to pays for goods on payment terminals that support tap and pay. They’ll also be able to use…