Scoffing at CIA, Trump opens up intelligence rift The Times Of India WASHINGTON: An extraordinary breach has emerged between U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and the national security establishment, with Trump mocking U.S. intelligence assessments that Russia interfered in the election on his behalf, and top Republicans vowing investigations into Kremlin activities....
Why it's dangerous to outsource our critical thinking to computers The Guardian It is crucial for a resilient democracy that we better understand how Google and Facebook are changing the way we think, interact and behave | The lack of transparency around the processes of Google’s search engine has been a preoccupation among sc...
Spoilt for choice in a hot cloud computing market Sydney Morning Herald Australia is now awash with public cloud providers. Here's what you need to know to make a decision. | Choice abounds for Australian customers looking to outsource computing infrastructure to the cloud. Cloud or vapour: it can be hard to tell the d...
Cloud computing is now mainstream and Australia is ahead, say new reports Sydney Morning Herald Two separate reports released in the past week have independently reached the conclusion that cloud computing is now mainstream and is being adopted not simply for expediency and cost savings, but to meet strategic IT and business goals. | Global con...
News round-up: Booz Allen, Computer Sciences Corp, Boston Co Vault Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the news round-up. Here at Consult THIS, we firmly believe that Wednesdays exist solely to be overcome; it is but a day of limbo between the clear definition of the early week blues and the late week elation. As su...
Who needs HR consultants when you have computers? Vault While many companies find recessions to be a prime time to turn to HR consultants for help, Google claims to have found a new solution to its people issues. And it doesn't involve people. The company has started pulling data from recent employee revi...
Michael Schumacher picture leaked after friend takes 'secret' photograph and tries to sell it for £1m The Independent A picture of stricken Michael Schumacher has been smuggled out of his home in Geneva by a friend and attempted to be sold for £1m, triggering an investigation by German prosecutors in what is being described as a “violation of his personal range of life” and a breach of privacy. | German prosecutors in Offenburg have confirmed that “an unkno...
What We Liked And Loved About Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Kotaku The Star Wars universe expanded in a whole new way with the release of Rogue One, the first in a series of live-action films exploring the bits between the main episodes. We assembled a ragtag band of Kotaku writers to talk about this very different sort of Star Wars movie. | Set between the events of Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, Rogue One t...
