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PayPal is the latest company to join a long list to ditch support for the “fringe” phone operating systems: Microsoft’s Windows Phone, BlackBerry and Amazon’s Fire OS. This decision comes on the heels…
The NBN has become an election issue in Australia with claims being made that the Australian public doesn’t want to pay for the the higher speed options of the National Broadband Network (NBN). The Australian…
The world last week was treated to another episode in the saga of discovering the real identify of the person behind the creation of Bitcoin. Australian, Craig Wright, announced to journalists and Bitcoin…
Pharmaceutical companies typically develop new drugs with thousands of staff and budgets that run into the billions of dollars. One estimate puts the cost of bringing a new drug to market at $2.6 billion…
Australian Craig S. Wright has stepped forward to claim that he is indeed the illusive creator of Bitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto. Furthermore, he claims to have “proof” of the claim that he has demonstrated…
Apple has reported its first decline in revenues and income for the past 13 years. The market and media has reacted predictably with an 8% fall in Apple’s stock price. From an investor’s perspective, the…
The world, it seems, is growing increasingly skeptical of the stuttering revolution of the Internet of Things. The latest round of doubt has been ignited by Alphabet’s Nest’s decision to shut down any…
Bitcoin relies on the participation of people and organisations to act as the “bankers” of the system. Called Bitcoin miners, they effectively record each transaction on a ledger called the Blockchain…
The FBI has succeeded in hacking into an iPhone that belonged to San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook without Apple’s help. As a consequence, the FBI has dropped its legal case that was trying to force Apple…
It has been a nightmare of a PR week for Microsoft. It started with the head of Microsoft’s Xbox division, Phil Spencer, having to apologise for having scantily clad female dancers dressed as school girls…