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28 July, 2017
The highly competitive entry tests for NSW selective schools will be overhauled as the state government moves to address concerns that wealthy families are gaming the system by engaging tutors for their children. "Parents can spend more than $20,000 a year on preparation for [opportunity class] or selective high school tests," NSW Department of Education secretary Mark Scott told the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children conference in Sydney on Friday.
You may need to impress a machine the next time you apply for a job. And be careful what you put online. These job-vetting machines may not like your blogs and social media posts. The fact these capabilities have been in the pipeline has been known for some time. But now they’re out there and companies are using them. IBM has told The Australian that several local firms are using IBM Watson’s artificial intelligence skills to initially vet applicants for jobs. Watson narrows down the applicants list before humans move in to make final choices.
23 July, 2017
Australia will get its first taste of a global phenomenon today when the event centre at Sydney’s Star casino hosts one leg of the group stages of the Overwatch World Cup. Overwatch is a multiplayer online video game set on a dystopian Earth where two six-player teams take part in a series of skirmishes between 24 predefined characters called heroes.
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