The race is on in laboratories across the globe to produce a vaccine for COVID-19. In the three months since the virus began its deadly spread, scientists have set off at a sprint to become the first to find a solution. There are now 335,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, which has already claimed more than 15 thousand lives worldwide. …

Emad W.Shublaq, Ph.D (Leeds), CPEng. CVS-Life, F.IEAust., F.ASCE, F.SAVE, F.AITD Professor of Value management, Western Sydney University Over the past decades, and probably till recently, Architectural engineers or Architects have been the prevailing influence on engineering practice in Australia, and, perhaps, in neighbouring countries, as far as building design is concerned. The Architectural engineer’s or Architect’s power lies in their …

Every 10 minutes, cybercriminals are preying on Australian businesses and individuals, leaving some people tens of thousands of dollars worse off. Max, who doesn’t want to use his real name, lost $66,000 when he transferred money to what he thought was a legitimate bank account. The 65-year-old self-funded retiree said he contacted a dealership about buying a 2019 Ford Mustang …

Instagram users in Australia can no longer see how many ‘likes’ a post has a received under a trial designed to “remove pressure” on the digital platform’s users. Instagram began rolling out the trial update on Thursday morning, removing the total number of likes on photos and viewings of videos on user feeds and profiles, and permalink pages. Users can still …

WhatsApp messenger users are urged to upgrade the app and their operating systems after hackers were able to exploit a flaw in the platform to remotely install surveillance software on phones using it. After discovering the flaw, platform owner Facebook released its fix this week. All the hackers had to do to get into the app was to call it …

Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has called for regulators and governments to play a “more active role” in establishing rules that govern the internet. Mr Zuckerberg, whose company is under pressure for failing to adequately police hate speech and protect user privacy on its platform, wrote in an opinion piece for the Washington Post that a “standardised approach” …

Concerned with the possibility that the Chinese government could swipe American intellectual property through its dealings with Google and use it to advanced its military, US Joint Chiefs Chairman General Joseph Dunford said Thursday that he will be addressing the matter at a meeting with executives from the tech company next week. Speaking at an Atlantic Council event in Washington, DC, Dunford …

Thousands of students have taken to the streets across Australia to call for action on climate change in defiance of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s advice for them to stay in school. Crowds of thousands of students blocked busy city streets in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane, with smaller gatherings also taking place in regional centres. Up to a thousand children packed Sydney’s …

China is reportedly in the process of creating an “artificial moon” that would be bright enough to replace the streetlights in the south-western city of Chengdu by 2020. The illuminated satellite is said to be eight times brighter than the real moon, according to state media People’s Daily, and forms part of the country’s growing ambitions in space. Chinese scientists …

Americans William Nordhaus and Paul Romer have won the 2018 Nobel Economics Prize for work in integrating climate change and technological innovation into economic analysis, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said. Proceedings have been overshadowed by the absence of the literature prize, postponed to give the Swedish Academy time to restore public trust after a sexual assault scandal. Mr …