environment - News, Features, and Slideshows

• Microsoft injects funding into Aussie AI projects

  Microsoft has offered support to six Australian artificial intelligence projects, taking its AI for Earth funding initiatives to US$50M around the world.

• Wanted: A CIO to save the environment

  The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) – a donation-funded community organisation with more than half a million members – is seeking its inaugural chief information officer.

• Ricoh Australia claims to be country’s first carbon neutral IT services firm

  A slew of energy saving measures and waste avoidance initiatives have helped Ricoh Australia become the first Australian IT services company to achieve carbon neutral status, the organisation claims.

• Creating a 'heartful robot': UNSW and Fuji Xerox commence long term social robotics study

  ​Despite the sci-fi inspired expectation that we will one day share our homes and workplaces with physical robots, there has been precious little real-life research into human-machine interaction over the long term.

• IP Australia’s cloud and API play underway

  Armed with a “mandate for change”, Kalra has ambitious plans for the agency. He has put in place a new strategy, restructured the technology team, and transformed the way staff work to make the agency more nimble, faster moving and ready for the future.

• Could Tesla Energy's batteries blow up Elon Musk's company?

  Tesla CEO Elon Musk is no stranger to risky but successful ventures. He's helped found companies such as PayPal and other leading edge tech firms, including an aerospace manufacturer to help colonize Mars.

• Wal-Mart Aims To Go Green With Global Supply Chain Makeover

  Wal-Mart has demanded that its Chinese suppliers adhere to green, environmentally friendly and product safety standards. But experts say that ensuring compliance in the complicated, vast network of Asian suppliers will be nearly impossible.

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