Friday, May 27, 2016

New BMW M6 GT3 Lining Up At Phillip Island For Australian Endurance Championship and other top stories.

  • New BMW M6 GT3 Lining Up At Phillip Island For Australian Endurance Championship

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  • UNESCO climate change report lead author disappointed Australian content removed

    UNESCO climate change report lead author disappointed Australian content removed
    UNESCO climate change report lead author disappointed Australian content removed Updated May 27, 2016 18:42:54 The lead author of a United Nations report about climate change threats to World Heritage sites says he is disappointed content about Australia was removed and does not understand why it was done. Key points:Lead author says what was removed was important to understanding risksEnvironment Department requested references to Australian World Heritage properties ..
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  • The CSIRO job cuts that never should've happened: the real cost

    The CSIRO job cuts that never should've happened: the real cost
    The unfortunate manner in which the latest phase of restructuring of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has played out has raised questions about Australia’s scientific capability and our ability to meet international responsibilities. Faced with a budget cut of A$115 million, some 275 staff have apparently been identified for redundancy (though the final number may be as high as 317). Many of them are scientists contributing to long-term sea, air and clim..
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  • Dark Matter search enhanced by LHC's new turbocharged 'Brain'

    Dark Matter search enhanced by LHC's new turbocharged 'Brain'
    Graphic of a CMS collision event. CMS/CERN Press release issued: 26 May 2016 The hunt for Dark Matter taking place at the Large Hadron Collider in CERN has taken a great leap forward thanks to new detection technology developed by a team from the UK, including physicists from the University of Bristol. The system, installed on the CMS experiment, is being used for the first time anywhere in the world and the pioneering approach will enhanc..
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  • Port Jackson sharks have individual personalities

    Port Jackson sharks have individual personalities
    PORT JACKSON SHARKS, found in coastal regions in southern Australia, display predictable and consistent traits, such as their individual willingness to take risks, according to a study published today. “Animal personalities are much like human personalities,” explained Culum Brown, a biologist at Macquarie University in Sydney, and co-author of the paper. “We are largely born with our personality – it’s encoded in our genes – but it can also be influenced by experience during life.” The distin..
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  • Telstra internet outage was caused by a faulty 'software update'

    Telstra internet outage was caused by a faulty 'software update'
    The Telstra outage that left tens of thousands of customers' without NBN and ADSL services last week was caused by a faulty software update, the telecommunications giant has revealed. But there will be no "free data days" like those that followed service failures earlier this year, with Telstra instead offering customers discounts on their bills.  We hate doing this to our customers  Kate McKenzie, Telstra Chief Operations Officer Chief Operations Officer Kate McKenzie said Telstra had run a ..
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  • Should Facebook decide what types of bodies we see on our feeds?

    Should Facebook decide what types of bodies we see on our feeds?
    Facebook have apologised for rejecting an ad by a Melbourne group featuring plus-size model Tess Holliday, after saying the image "depicts a body or body parts in an undesirable manner." Here's what the photo looks like. So what happened?Facebook admins for Cherchez La Femme, a monthly feminist event in Melbourne, wanted to "boost" (AKA pay Facebook to get more eyeballs on their post) an ad for an upcoming event. But Facebook rejected their ad, with this error message. "Your ad wasn't approved ..
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  • Mars at tail-end of ice age that would have seen red planet covered in ice

    Mars at tail-end of ice age that would have seen red planet covered in ice
    Mars at tail-end of ice age that would have seen red planet covered in ice Updated May 27, 2016 05:18:43 Mars is at the tail-end of an ice age that would have seen large swathes of the dusty red planet covered with ice. Key pointsFirst evidence of ice age cycles seen in Mars' northern polar ice capRadar data reveals last ice age began retreating 370,000 years agoNext ice age will peak in around 500,000 years Radar data from an instrument on board the Mars Reconnaiss..
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  • Subaru BRZ gets a power bump, new chassis setup

    Subaru BRZ gets a power bump, new chassis setup
    Automotive Subaru BRZ gets a power bump, new chassis setup Scott Collie May 26, 2016 Just a month after Toyota announced a more power 86, Subaru has revealed its BRZ twin. As well as a mild power boost, the updated coupe has been treated to a stiffer suspension setup to fully exploit the rear-drive balance that had the world's motoring press raving at launch. First things first - Subaru has..
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  • Telstra CTO Vish Nandlall exits as telco scraps role from exec line-up

    Telstra CTO Vish Nandlall exits as telco scraps role from exec line-up
    Telstra has sacked its chief technology officer Vish Nandlall with the senior executive leaving the telco under a cloud.Mr Nandlall left the telco this week and his exit is understood to have transpired under less than favourable circumstances.It’s understood that the telco took action against Mr Nandlall after he was found to have falsified his CV and allegations of plagiarism of presentation material.Mr Nandlall, who joined Telstra from Ericsson North America, was responsible for the operation..
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