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02 August, 2017

Australia looks to China for maths, science lessons

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/education/australia-looks-to-china-for-maths-science-lessons/news-story/63f74b5a7f010143d39e867ec1a33629

IN 2010, STEVE Jobs banished Adobe Flash from the iPhone. It was too insecure, Jobs wrote, too proprietary, too resource-intensive, too unaccommodating for a platform run by fingertips instead of mouse clicks. All of those gripes hold true. And now Adobe itself has finally conceded. The company announced Tuesday that it would “stop updating and distributing the Flash Player,” giving the end of 2020 as its end-of-life date.

https://www.wired.com/story/adobe-finally-kills-flash-dead/

What Elon Musk, Richard Branson and 8 other successful people ask job candidates

http://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace-relations/what-elon-musk-richard-branson-and-8-other-successful-people-ask-job-candidates-20170731-gxm36z.html

About 7000 year 11 students will sit a new critical thinking exam this year, which has been developed as universities and employers stress jobs of the future will require more than the traditional subjects taught in the Higher School Certificate. The optional 90-minute online test includes 60 questions that assess logical reasoning and analytical reasoning skills, and students get a detailed report on how they performed in relation to their peers and the areas they need to improve.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/thousands-of-year-11-students-to-sit-new-critical-thinking-test-20170728-gxkojb.html