Aussie Broadband has just unveiled a new line-up of NBN plans that Aussie power users and professionals have been asking for a while. Dubbed the “PRO” plans, these offerings cater to those who need high download speeds and larger upload capabilities—something that has been sorely lacking in many NBN plans to date.
The plans include:
• NBN 250/100 at $139 per month
• NBN 500/200 at $169 per month
• NBN 1000/400 at $199 per month
I caught myself doing something embarrassing the other day. I hit a bug, sat there for all of about ten seconds, then alt-tabbed straight to Claude. Not because I was stuck. Because asking was easier than thinking. And the second I noticed it, I felt a bit ill.
ChatGPT and Claude are genuinely brilliant. They debug, they rubber-duck, they talk me out of bad ideas at 11pm. I’m not here to tell you to throw them in the bin. I use them every day and I’m not stopping.
On July 19, 2024, a seemingly routine software update became a global nightmare. CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity giant trusted by countless organisations worldwide, inadvertently released a faulty update that brought systems crashing across the globe. As someone who relies on technology daily, personally and professionally, I couldn’t help but feel a chill run down my spine as I watched the chaos unfold.
Let’s be clear: this wasn’t a cyberattack. It was an honest mistake, a “logic error” in the code that slipped through testing. But that’s precisely what makes it so terrifying. Imagine what a coordinated, malicious attack could do if a simple update can cause this much havoc.
Let’s chat about everyone’s favourite corporate euphemism: the Performance Improvement Plan, or PIP for short. If you’ve ever been on the receiving end of one, you know it’s about as pleasant as a root canal without anaesthesia. But today, we’re going to peel back the layers of this bureaucratic onion and expose the tears-inducing truth.
First off, let’s dispense with the notion that PIPs are a well-meaning attempt by your company to help you improve. That’s as believable as your manager’s claim that they’re “not micromanaging, just checking in”. While some companies might have well meaning intentions, the truth is for most, once you’re on the PIP, you’re already gone.
Let’s face it: React’s popularity is a classic example of being in the right place at the right time.
When it first hit the scene, the web development world desperately needed a saviour. Developers were drowning in the complexities of AngularJS, with its notorious digest cycle and performance issues that made building with Angular a nightmare. Along came React, with its fancy virtual DOM and declarative approach, and suddenly, everyone was singing its praises.
It’s a question that has haunted the minds of philosophers, scientists, and conspiracy theorists for ages: are we truly native to Planet Earth, or could we be the extraterrestrial visitors we’ve been searching the stars for all along? While it may sound like an outlandish theory from the depths of science fiction, there are some astonishing pieces of evidence that suggest the possibility of humans being the real aliens. Buckle up and prepare to have your worldview shattered as we dive deep into this mind-bending hypothesis.
Remember the 1990s when Microsoft was the big bad wolf of the tech world? Their iron-fisted control over the PC ecosystem led to a massive antitrust case and made Bill Gates public enemy #1 for a while.
Well, it looks like Apple didn’t learn from Microsoft’s mistakes because it’s now following the same playbook with the iPhone. And surprise, surprise—the antitrust cops are knocking on Cupertino’s door.
Glorious leader Tim Cook
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room—or, should I say, the AI in the code editor.
Recently, NVIDIA’s big cheese, Jensen Huang, made waves with his take on the future of coding at the World Government Summit in Dubai. His hot take? In the face of AI’s rise, maybe kids shouldn’t learn to code. Instead, they should focus on fields where humans still have the upper hand, like biology or even farming.
So, get this: Vessel III from Sleep Token supposedly had their birth certificate leaked online. Fans were freaking out, thinking, “Who does that to a band that thrives on mystery?” The leak was said to have happened in a Sleep Token Telegram group, which—talk about timing—shut down right after.
But here’s the kicker: there’s zero proof. Nada. Zilch. In the internet age, where everything sticks like gum on a shoe, there’s not even a blurry picture of this so-called leak. No screenshots, no whispers, nothing. Makes you wonder, right?
The Australian government has turned its attention to the issue of supermarket price gouging. With grocery giants recording strong profits amid growing concerns about the gap between supermarket prices and farmers’ earnings, a review of the food and grocery code of conduct has been announced. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has offered additional powers to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) to tackle this issue, suggesting that supermarkets not passing on savings to customers is “completely unacceptable.”