Data over songs: Hiding bits in pop hits
A song can convey so much; a story, a mood, an emotion and up to 400 bits per second, thanks to new technique developed by researchers at ETH Zurich.
Stories by George Nott
Waze traffic data could cut ambulance arrival times by 60 per cent
A study in California has found ‘crash alerts’ are posted on Google’s community-based traffic and navigation app Waze an average two minutes and 41 seconds sooner a corresponding 911 call.
Sydney start-up Q-CTRL launches open source quantum error suppression library
Sydney start-up Q-CTRL is releasing an open source library of error suppression controls for quantum computers.
Eugene Kaspersky: Mistrust makes us stronger
As the drummers in LED-studded military uniforms exit the stage at the opening ceremony of Kaspersky Lab's Singapore summit, on walks Eugene Kaspersky in a blue linen shirt, jeans and trainers, an SLR camera slung round his neck.
Infosys to boost ANZ headcount with 1200 new IT jobs
The 1200 new jobs will significantly increase the company’s local headcount, which currently stands at 4400.
Just say no to blockchain (for now) advises Gartner
In response no doubt to the huge amount of interest it receives from chief information officers about the technology, Gartner hosted eight sessions on blockchain at it's annual Symposium event on the Gold Coast this week.
Oracle's quest to make blockchain disappear completely
At its annual San Francisco OpenWorld conference last week, Oracle announced it would soon be launching four supply chain use case focused blockchain applications. And it won't be stopping there.
Oracle adds machine learning features to Cloud ERP, HCM
Oracle unveils range of machine learning based updates to cloud enterprise resource management (ERP) and human capital management (HCM) suites.
'We don't trust you' Oracle's Larry Ellison tells customers, spruiks Gen 2 Cloud
Larry Ellison's opening keynote at Oracle's annual OpenWorld conference was littered with catchy soundbites as well as barbed criticisms of rival cloud providers, in particular AWS.
Oracle's cloud move fix for 'vicious cycle' of 'unpredictable' app upgrades
The release cadence of Oracle's applications had gotten users into a "vicious cycle" admitted the company's executive vice president of applications product development Steve Miranda today.
People with disability both liberated and left behind by today's tech
Some of the technology that has become available in the last few years, in the words of Blind Citizens Australia chief Emma Bennison “really does spell liberation”.
Slack snaps up Atlassian’s Stride and Hipchat Cloud IP
Slack has acquired the intellectual property for Atlassian’s Stride and Hipchat Cloud, which will be discontinued, as part of a partnership between the companies announced today.
Rio Tinto’s ‘world’s biggest robot’ makes first driverless delivery
Rio Tinto’s fully autonomous train has completed its first delivery of iron ore between the miner’s Mount Tom Price mine and the port of Cape Lambert, the organisation announced today.
Flying, diving drones trial to automate Great Barrier Reef surveys
Researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) have this week returned from a 10 day mission on the Research Vessel Cape Ferguson during which they trialed the use of underwater and aerial drones to run automated surveys of the Great Barrier Reef.
Father of the Internet Vint Cerf: IPv4 was never the ‘production version’
Back in the ’70s, researchers in the US Defence Department’s internetworking program needed to decide how much address space computers on “this Internet thing” were going to need.