Author: Joseph Brookes

Space elevated in Australia-US military alliance

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Australia and the United States are deepening ties on space, agreeing on Saturday to add the domain to the nations’ military alliance. The addition means Australian and US forces...

CSIRO taps Dell for cluster AI upgrade

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Dell has won CSIRO’s $15 million contract to replace the science agency’s GPU cluster to better handle artificial intelligence and machine learning. The new cluster is expected to be...

Big, old, donating companies win more govt contracts: Report

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Large incumbent companies that donate to Australia’s political parties are winning a disproportionate share of government tenders, according to new research into the explosion of contracting over the last...

Shorten vows to break vendor stranglehold on govt services

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Services minister Bill Shorten wants a new approach to his agencies’ policy design and implementation through a more capable public service that takes fewer leads from tech vendors and...

Sun-shifting startup LLEAF opens vast new Sydney laboratory

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Sydney-based AgTech startup LLEAF on Monday opened its first solar laboratory in Sydney to expand its product offerings, capping an 18 month period that included government backing, its first...