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Tech News: 5 Things to Know in Australia Today
From Twitter (X) being devalued to India studying black holes, here are five things headlining tech news in Australia.
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Driverless Cars Are Worse at Spotting Kids and Dark-Skinned People, Study Says
New research shows driverless car software is significantly more accurate with adults and light skinned people than children and dark-skinned people.
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Cruise and Waymo Self-Driving Taxis Are Terrorising Transit Operators
In San Francisco, tech “disruption” is often framed as good. It’s the goal of “move fast, break things” start-ups and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs: innovation, paradigm shifts, etc…. But, so far, it’s in the original sense of the word that self-driving taxi companies Cruise and Waymo are disrupting San Francisco’s streets.
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The Pentagon Claims a Chinese Surveillance Balloon Has Been Floating Over the U.S. for Days
Defence officials claim that a Chinese surveillance balloon has been drifting over the northern part of the United States for the past several days. The balloon is thought to have travelled over a number of different states where sensitive defence installations (read: nuclear silos) are located.