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04 July, 2019

Keller doesn’t agree. “The working title for this talk was ‘Moore’s law is not dead but if you think so you’re stupid,’" he said Sunday. He asserted that Intel can keep it going and supply tech companies ever more computing power. His argument rests in part on redefining Moore’s law. “I’m not pedantic about Moore’s law talking just about transistors shrinking—I’m interested in the technology trends and the physics and metaphysics around that,” Keller says. “Moore’s law is a collective delusion shared by millions of people.” Keller also said that Intel would need to try other tactics, such as building vertically, layering transistors or chips on top of each other. He claimed this approach will keep power consumption down by shortening the distance between different parts of a chip. Keller said that using nanowires and stacking his team had mapped a path to packing transistors 50 times more densely than possible with Intel's 10 nanometer generation of technology.

https://www.wired.com/story/intels-new-chip-wizard-plan-bring-back-magic/

China Is Forcing Tourists to Install Text-Stealing Malware at its Border The malware downloads a tourist’s text messages, calendar entries, and phone logs, as well as scans the device for over 70,000 different files.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7xgame/at-chinese-border-tourists-forced-to-install-a-text-stealing-piece-of-malware

02 July, 2019

Starting from the first term of 2020, smartphones will be banned from all classrooms in primary schools and high schools across Victoria. Students will have to leave their phones in their lockers from the first bell until the last, unless they need it for medical reasons (and no, Snapchat streaks don’t count). Phones will also be allowed if the teacher has specifically said students will need them as part of the day’s lesson.

https://careerswithstem.com.au/should-phones-be-banned-in-classrooms/

'Cutting-edge': the project that could replace NAPLAN. They would also be adaptive, which means the questions would get harder or easier based on the child's skills. This would give a more accurate, fine-grained picture of how well the child has mastered the skills within that learning progression.

https://www.smh.com.au/education/cutting-edge-the-project-that-could-replace-naplan-20190614-p51xp6.html

Boeing's 737 MAX software outsourced to $12.80-an-hour engineers

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/boeing-s-737-max-software-outsourced-to-12-80-an-hour-engineers-20190629-p522h4.html

Mortal Kombat leads milestone moment for South Australia amid film, TV and games industry boom

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-23/sa-film-boom-creating-jobs-for-state/11238084?pfmredir=sm