Andrew Sykes
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I am one of the staff members impacted by this. I truly thought when I first read the email that it might mean my job is safe because I have not yet been made redundant, but, no, I am still facing the axe. It was a maliciously cruel email to send.
Tough time for many at ANU. At around midday yesterday staff received a university-wide email. The language was ambiguous and could be read to say all forced redundancies would stop. I received many messages from people being forced out. Were they now safe?
August 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I am one of the staff members impacted by this. I truly thought when I first read the email that it might mean my job is safe because I have not yet been made redundant, but, no, I am still facing the axe. It was a maliciously cruel email to send.
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AI can spew code, but kids should still suffer like we did, says Raspberry Pi
AI can spew code, but kids should still suffer like we did, says Raspberry Pi
Mini computer house comes out against 'vibe coding' fad
Raspberry Pi, a company started with the aim of democratizing computing and recreating the programming frenzy of the 1980s and 1990s, is warning that "vibe coding" cannot replace the skills picked up during the process of learning to code.…
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June 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
AI can spew code, but kids should still suffer like we did, says Raspberry Pi
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Aussie businesses now have to fess up when they pay off ransomware crims
Aussie businesses now have to fess up when they pay off ransomware crims
Move should help government track infections and plan new legislation
Australia now requires large companies to inform the government if they have paid off ransomware perps.…
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May 31, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Aussie businesses now have to fess up when they pay off ransomware crims
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AI skills shortage more than doubles for UK tech leaders
AI skills shortage more than doubles for UK tech leaders
Highest recorded jump in skills gap for more than a decade, recruiter finds
The number of UK tech leaders reporting a dearth in AI skills has more than doubled in the last year, according to research.…
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May 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
AI skills shortage more than doubles for UK tech leaders
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Ben Cohen, cofounder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, was removed from the Senate after confronting lawmakers over US support for Israel's military campaign in Gaza.
May 15, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Ben Cohen, cofounder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, was removed from the Senate after confronting lawmakers over US support for Israel's military campaign in Gaza.
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OpenAI wants to build a subscription for something like an AI OS, with SDKs and APIs and 'surfaces'
OpenAI wants to build a subscription for something like an AI OS, with SDKs and APIs and 'surfaces'
CEO Sam Altman has no master plan but imagines custom models built on everything you’ve ever said or read
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says his company doesn’t have a master plan but does hope to develop a product that’s akin to a subscription operating system, but for AI, and models that ingest every experience you have in your life…
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May 13, 2025 at 6:38 AM
OpenAI wants to build a subscription for something like an AI OS, with SDKs and APIs and 'surfaces'
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Toyota is the biggest carmaker in the world — and also the auto industry’s biggest loser when it comes to projected losses from US President Donald Trump’s trade war.
Toyota Faces Biggest Hit From Trump Tariffs Among Auto Companies
Toyota Motor Corp. is the biggest carmaker in the world — and also the auto industry’s biggest loser when it comes to projected losses from US President Donald Trump’s trade war.
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May 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Toyota is the biggest carmaker in the world — and also the auto industry’s biggest loser when it comes to projected losses from US President Donald Trump’s trade war.
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When Trump announced India and Pakistan had agreed to a ceasefire, he caught one side off guard — Prime Minister Modi and his government.
Trump Truce Leaves India Furious, Pakistan Elated as Risks Loom
After four days that saw the worst fighting between India and Pakistan in half a century, as well as some nuclear saber-rattling, Donald Trump on Saturday declared that both countries had reached a “FULL AND IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE.”
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May 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
When Trump announced India and Pakistan had agreed to a ceasefire, he caught one side off guard — Prime Minister Modi and his government.
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UK Ministry of Defence is spending less with US biz, and more with Europeans
UK Ministry of Defence is spending less with US biz, and more with Europeans
France's share of MOD cash is growing while the US's shrinks
The UK's Ministry of Defence (MOD) is gradually shifting its spending from the US to Europe, according to research from Tussell.…
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May 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
UK Ministry of Defence is spending less with US biz, and more with Europeans
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Pope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago. He is of French, Italian and Spanish descent. He spent years working as a missionary in Peru.
Who is the new Pope Leo XIV and what are his views?
Pope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago. He is of French, Italian and Spanish descent. He spent years working as a missionary in Peru.
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May 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Pope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago. He is of French, Italian and Spanish descent. He spent years working as a missionary in Peru.
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India said it “neutralized” Pakistani drone and missile attacks targeting several military sites on Thursday night, marking an escalation in hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.
India Says It Thwarts Pakistan Drones, Missiles as Tensions Soar
India said it “neutralized” Pakistani drone and missile attacks targeting several military sites on Thursday night, marking an escalation in hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.
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May 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
India said it “neutralized” Pakistani drone and missile attacks targeting several military sites on Thursday night, marking an escalation in hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.
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India’s army has launched “Operation Sindoor”, hitting 9 sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, as Pakistan vows retaliation over missile strikes.
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India fires missile barrage into Pakistan as war fears surge
Pakistan vows robust response to ‘act of war’ after India hits nine sites in Pakistan, Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
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May 7, 2025 at 4:50 AM
India’s army has launched “Operation Sindoor”, hitting 9 sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, as Pakistan vows retaliation over missile strikes.
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NEW: Tulsi Gabbard, now the US director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts including a personal Gmail account and Dropbox over a period of years, leaked records reviewed by WIRED reveal.
Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years
Tulsi Gabbard, now the US director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts including a personal Gmail account and Dropbox over a period of years, ...
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May 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
NEW: Tulsi Gabbard, now the US director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts including a personal Gmail account and Dropbox over a period of years, leaked records reviewed by WIRED reveal.
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Trump's trade war with China to cost AMD $1.5B in lost rev
Trump's trade war with China to cost AMD $1.5B in lost rev
But a multi-billion dollar contract with Oracle for a pile of Instincts and Epycs should take the edge off
AMD expects the Trump administration's newly implemented export controls on GPUs and AI accelerator sales to China to take a $1.5 billion byte out its 2025 revenues, executives revealed on a Tuesday earnings call with Wall Street.…
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May 7, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Trump's trade war with China to cost AMD $1.5B in lost rev
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President Trump and the U.S. Postal Service’s governing board are expected to name FedEx board member David Steiner as the nation’s next postmaster general, helping solidify the White House’s control over the historically independent mail service.
At Trump’s urging, USPS board to name FedEx official as postmaster general
David Steiner is a member of FedEx’s board and was previously the leader of sanitation company Waste Management.
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May 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
President Trump and the U.S. Postal Service’s governing board are expected to name FedEx board member David Steiner as the nation’s next postmaster general, helping solidify the White House’s control over the historically independent mail service.
The Liberals lost because Dutton was always going to be a hard sell to the sensible centre, Albo finally showed signs of life, Coalition Trump fanboys got distracted by DOGE, and the campaign was a trainwreck. The nuclear narrative was idiotic and the actual plan, moronic.
May 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The Liberals lost because Dutton was always going to be a hard sell to the sensible centre, Albo finally showed signs of life, Coalition Trump fanboys got distracted by DOGE, and the campaign was a trainwreck. The nuclear narrative was idiotic and the actual plan, moronic.
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As ChatGPT scores B- in engineering, professors scramble to update courses
As ChatGPT scores B- in engineering, professors scramble to update courses
Now that AI is invading classrooms and homework assignment, students need to learn reasoning more than ever
Students are increasingly turning to AI to help them with coursework, leaving academics scrambling to adjust their teaching practices or debating how to ban it altogether.…
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April 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
As ChatGPT scores B- in engineering, professors scramble to update courses
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Guess what happens when ransomware fiends find 'insurance' 'policy' in your files
Guess what happens when ransomware fiends find 'insurance' 'policy' in your files
It involves a number close to three or six depending on the fiend
Ransomware operators jack up their ransom demands by a factor of 2.8x if they detect a victim has cyber-insurance, a study highlighted by the Netherlands government has confirmed.…
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April 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Guess what happens when ransomware fiends find 'insurance' 'policy' in your files
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China hits back at Trump with retaliatory tariffs, export controls on rare earth minerals
China hits back at Trump with retaliatory tariffs, export controls on rare earth minerals
Beijing delivers its own shock and ore
The US plunged closer to a bear market on Friday as Beijing responded to the Trump administration's latest round of import taxes with retaliatory tariffs and new restrictions on rare earth minerals.…
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April 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
China hits back at Trump with retaliatory tariffs, export controls on rare earth minerals
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OpenAI wants to bend copyright rules. Study suggests it isn’t waiting for permission
OpenAI wants to bend copyright rules. Study suggests it isn’t waiting for permission
GPT-4o likely trained on O’Reilly books without permission, figures appear to show
Tech textbook tycoon Tim O'Reilly claims OpenAI mined his publishing house's copyright-protected tomes for training data and fed it all into its top-tier GPT-4o model without permission.…
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April 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
OpenAI wants to bend copyright rules. Study suggests it isn’t waiting for permission
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Nvidia GPU roadmap confirms it: Moore’s Law is dead and buried
Nvidia GPU roadmap confirms it: Moore’s Law is dead and buried
More silicon, more power, more pain for datacenter operators
Comment As Jensen Huang is fond of saying, Moore's Law is dead – and at Nvidia GTC this month, the GPU-slinger's chief exec let slip just how deep in the ground the computational scaling law really is.…
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March 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Nvidia GPU roadmap confirms it: Moore’s Law is dead and buried
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The Trump White House’s attack on official data is also an attack on democracy www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
The Trump White House’s attack on official data is also an attack on democracy
Targets include the census and gross domestic product.
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March 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The Trump White House’s attack on official data is also an attack on democracy www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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India wants backdoors into clouds, email, SaaS, for tax inspectors
India wants backdoors into clouds, email, SaaS, for tax inspectors
PLUS: Malaysia teams with Arm for local chip designs; NTT warns of possible breach; Samsung strikers settle; and more
Asia in Brief India’s government has proposed giving its tax authorities sweeping powers to access private email systems and…
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March 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
India wants backdoors into clouds, email, SaaS, for tax inspectors
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The Badbox botnet is back, powered by up to a million backdoored Androids
The Badbox botnet is back, powered by up to a million backdoored Androids
Best not to buy cheap hardware and use third-party app stores if you want to stay clear of this vast ad fraud effort
Human Security’s Satori research team says it has found a new variant of the remote-controllable Badbox malware, and as many as a…
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March 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The Badbox botnet is back, powered by up to a million backdoored Androids