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TechInnovation – NASA makes more than 800 innovations available to public (Jonathan Greig, ZD Net)

The public will now have access to many of NASA's computational innovations thanks to a new effort to make some of them available for download. NASA...

TechInnovation – The how and why of network attached storage (ZD Net)

For many small businesses, the biggest drawback to having a network server is that you have to manage it. Even if you don't need...

TechInnovation – Box CEO Aaron Levie: CIOs are driving significant digital transformation (Vala Afshar, ZD Net)

Aaron Levie is chief executive officer, co-founder, and lead magician at Box, which he launched in 2005 with CFO and cofounder Dylan Smith. Levie is the...

TechInnovation – Two high-profile Microsoft presidents are leaving the company (Mary Jo Foley, ZD Net)

Kate Johnson, President of Microsoft U.S. and Toni Townes-Whitley, the President of Microsoft U.S. Regulated Industries, are both leaving the company. The pair announced...

TechInnovation – Graphcore brings new competition to Nvidia in latest MLPerf AI benchmarks (Tiernan Ray, ZD Net)

MLPerf, the benchmark suite of tests for how long it takes to train a computer to perform machine learning tasks, has a new contender...

TechInnovation – Microsoft acquires AT&T networking tech to bolster its Azure for Operators strategy (Mary Jo Foley, ZD Net)

AT&T has been working with Microsoft for several years to test its 5G workloads on Azure. Today, June 30 -- the last day of Microsoft's...

Cybersecurity – Singapore startup touts need to mitigate risks, automate cloud security (Eileen Yu, ZD Net)

Every business, large of small, is a target of cybercriminals and should look at minimising security risks, not simply preventing them. This is essential...

Australia – NSW government expands QR code check-in mandate to workplaces and beyond (Campbell Kwan, ZD Net)

Workplaces and retail businesses in New South Wales will be required to use the Service NSW QR code in a fortnight's time. NSW government expands...

Australia – Trellis Data using machine learning to analyse shipping containers entering Australia (Asha Barbaschow, ZD Net)

The Department of Agriculture is looking to improve Australia's biosecurity measures, bringing in local machine learning firm Trellis Data to use its tech to...

South Korea – South Korea to allocate more 5G spectrum in November (Cho Mu-Hyun, ZD Net)

South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT has announced it will allocate 28GHz and sub-6GHz spectrum in November to promote 5G-related services in the...

TechInnovation – SoftBank attributes having enough Pepper robots for decision to halt its production (Campbell Kwan, ZD Net)

SoftBank has halted production of its humanoid robot, Pepper, although that decision was not made as part of the company's restructuring plans, according to a...

TechInnovation – Samsung carbon emissions rise despite 100% renewable energy in China, Europe, the US (Campbell Kwan, ZD Net)

Samsung Electronics released more greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 compared to the year prior, according to the company's annual sustainability report. Samsung carbon emissions rise...

TechInnovation – Axis Bank to send 70% of its apps and infrastructure to the cloud (Asha Barbaschow, ZD Net)

One of India's largest private sector banks, Axis Bank, has embarked on a transformation program to help it meet demand for digital banking services,...

TechInnovation – JFrog acquires Vdoo to provide security from development to device (Chris Preimesberger, ZD Net)

DevOps platform maker JFrog, the first company to develop a binary code management repository for developers, said June 29 that it is acquiring Tel Aviv-based Vdoo in...

TechInnovation – What is hyperconvergence, or HCI, or dHCI today? Why it’s all worth knowing (Scott Fulton III, ZD Net)

What is hyperconvergence? Of the multitude of definitions of hyperconvergence that have been tossed around by vendors over the past decade, here is the one that should...

TechInnovation – NSW to rebuild digital licence platform (Asha Barbaschow, ZD Net)

The New South Wales government will be rebuilding its digital licensing platform, bringing in CGI to untangle the existing systems currently used by the...