automation
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Amazon Echo Australian Launch: Pricing, Models And Availability
Amazon Echo, the voice-controlled smart home gizmo that “inspired” Google Home, is finally coming to Australia! Here are the pricing, model and availability details for the local market.
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Google: Australia Needs To Embrace, Not Fear, Automation
1Over the last 15 years, Australians have reduced the amount of time spent on physical and routine tasks at work by two hours each week thanks to automation. Retail workers have spent less time ringing up items and more time helping customers, bank employees less time counting banknotes and more time giving financial advice. And…
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Centrelink’s ‘Robodebt’ System Has Issued Up To $3m In Bogus Debts (And Counting)
In July last year Centrelink rolled out a new automated income matching system for detecting and recovering debts. It became known as “Robodebt” and was designed to help the Department of Human Services collect $4.5 million in debt every day. In that sense, it was super efficient. Too efficient, even. The Commonwealth Ombudsman has just…
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Wildfire Creates Automator-Like Workflows In Chrome
Chrome: Automator is one of the easiest ways to automate tasks on your Mac, and the ability to record mouse actions makes it so just about anyone can create their own workflows within seconds. Wildfire is a Chrome extension that attempts to bring a similar feature to Chrome.