In a statement issued on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), the bank noted it increased the software capitalisation threshold before a project from AU$1 million to AU$20 million. “This policy has been applied from 1 October 2020 and will see the group expense a higher portion of its investment spending from first half 2021,” Westpac said. “The higher expense is not treated as a notable item. “This change had no impact to the carrying value of capitalised software at 30 September 2020....

A business line of credit is a good alternative to a traditional loan, especially when unexpected expenses pop up. It’s a hybrid between a credit card and a loan, eliminating the drawn-out underwriting process when you need capital. Small businesses can benefit from having an available line of credit. It’s a revolving line of credit – you’ll be able to access some or all of the credit limit as often as you need, as long as you don’t exceed the limit....

The tool in question is called cron and it allows you to schedule jobs for the Linux operating system. Also: Patch now: Serious Linux security hole uncovered Say, for example, you’ve written a simple backup script to back up everything in your Documents folder. It’s named backup.sh and looks something like this: You save that script in /usr/local/bin and give it the proper execution permissions with the command: Now, instead of running that backup script manually every day or week, you can use cron to make it automatic....

No, it not a car, and certainly not a TV. AR glasses. Must read: I just found my lost AirTag… you’ll never guess where it went And a lot of the pieces are already in place for this. For example, take Live Text in photos, with its associated visual look-up feature. Having the ability to pull text from real-world scenes and pull up data on what the user is looking at would be a cornerstone feature of any AR glasses....

Ninety-three percent of households with K-12 students participated in online learning in the summer of 2020. US Census Bureau data also showed that children from higher-income families were more likely to have access to — and use — online learning resources. When in-person classrooms closed, school administrators, teachers, and students faced lots of changes. Unfortunately, teachers found that equity issues facing their English language learners meant that these students were more likely to lack the required devices, internet access, or digital skills to access online learning....

Numerous users have voiced their concern that the WhatsApp notifications are not working on their Pixel Watch. Upon further investigating this issue, we found out that there has been a few underlying issues with the WhatsApp notifications across various platforms, so the culprit might be the product from Meta rather than Google. With that said, there does exist a nifty workaround that should help you rectify this bug. So without further ado, let’s check it out....

Combined with users continuing to leave 12Mbps and 25Mbps plans, it has left 58% of the network now on 50Mbps plans. Over the September quarter, almost 45,000 lines moved off 12Mbps plans leaving 924,000 connections, 122,000 moved off 25Mbps with 945,000 now on that speed, 171,000 lines switched from Superfast leaving 389,000 active connections, and 24,700 dropped Ultrafast tiers for under 62,000 to remain. Almost 353,000 lines shifted to 50Mbps with the total number now at 4....

With that said, you might have noticed that your PC wakes up all of a sudden from sleep without any manual intervention from your end. And to this date, this remains one of the biggest unsolved mysteries! Well, it’s time to finally unravel this mystery and check out all the plausible reasons behind this enigma. In this guide, we will make you aware of various methods through which you could find the app or device that is waking up your Windows 11 PC from sleep....

But last year, the Note mysteriously vanished from Samsung’s lineup. Why? According to Anisha Bhatia, senior analyst at GlobalData, it wasn’t because of decreased demand or changing priorities: It all came down to supply chain issues. “A combined Ultra and Note was widely expected after Note phones disappeared from Samsung’s line-up last year,” writes Bhatia. “Continued remote working has seen consumers rely heavily on their smartphones and expect more out of them....

On top of that, a lot of the software I depended on was nowhere to be found. This, of course, was way before the web browser became the primary tool for both productivity and entertainment. Also: The best Linux laptops Those days are long since gone. Now, Linux is incredibly easy to use and offers hundreds of thousands of applications that can be installed using package managers that make the process very user-friendly....

To understand what Apple is reportedly doing, it’s important to understand how things are done. Employment history master databases You’re undoubtedly familiar with credit reporting agencies. When you apply for a loan, money lenders outsource some of the verification and qualification work to the big three agencies (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion). Credit agencies provide a central repository of information and – to lenders – a source of “truth” about your financial background....

The driver for composable architectures is based on organizations investing in total experience strategies. In order to drive innovation, these organizations must attract the right people, which is becoming increasingly difficult in this scarce talent landscape. Research reveals that many senior IT leaders are now measured on employee experience (46%), which is almost as high as those measured against customer experience (48%). In 2023, an increasing number of leading organizations will look at total experience (TX) as a means of improving the journeys of both customers and employees, particularly in the areas where they intersect....

That question is being put to the test in Southern California. The Chula Vista Police Department (CVPD), which has an active drone program, is teaming up with AirData UAV to transparency public drone flights. Mirroring the increased focus by police departments nationwide on effective public information campaigns, the hope for law enforcement officials is that easily accessible data, including flight and mission details, will help mollify a distrustful public. “Transparency and accountability are key components in the success of our drone program, which has been an invaluable tool in maintaining the safety of our officers and the public,” says Chief Roxana Kennedy, Chula Vista Police Department....

Last week, Microsoft added a few processors to the “qualified” list. But they also created a loophole via which those running PCs which Microsoft deem unqualified to get the Windows 11 release and run in an “unsupported state.” Unsupported in this case means these PCs may or may not receive security and driver updates via Windows Update. Microsoft officials have said they will continue to support Windows 10 until October 2025....

However, in spite of all the goodies that it has to offer, it isn’t free from its fair share of issues either. In this regard, numerous users have voiced their concern that their Windows PC is unable to detect their Amazfit. As a result of which, they are unable to transfer any files via USB cable over to their smartwatch. If you are also getting bugged by this issue, then this guide will help you out....

Akinrinade said she was inspired by the success of Clubhouse and Tik Tok, which prompted her to create her own platform that could “democratize access to mentorship.” “As a Black woman working in London’s largest diversity startup program One Tech, I’ve observed firsthand how lack of access to mentors contributes to systemic inequality,” Akinrinade explained to ZDNet. “In addition to this, I observed that would-be mentors on other platforms today have a clear problem: they have no way of engaging the many inbound requests they receive so they ignore them all unless they get a ‘warm intro,’ which is itself a crystallization of systemic inequality....

The thousand fleet milestone comes as AutoX is riding a wave of recent announcements. In July 2021, AutoX’s newest Gen5 system-equipped RoboTaxis started rolling off the production line. More recently, in January 2022, AutoX shared an inside look at its end-of-line, Level 4 fully driverless RoboTaxis dedicated production facility located near Shanghai, China, with a video. Since starting production, the RoboTaxi assembly line has been in full operation. Back 2020, capitalizing on a COVID-19 pandemic-induced emphasis on contactless services, the company made headlines with a dual-country approach to autonomy testing and market rollout, essentially cornering the RoboTaxi market in Shanghai while also winning a coveted permit to test its driverless cars without drivers in California, becoming just the third company to be awarded the permit....

At the end of 2021, Global X forecasts growth in industrial robots from 16 billion to 37 billion over the next 10 years, noting the importance of 2022 as a major adoption tipping point. What does that mean for humans? And given the longstanding fears of the impact of robots on employees, why hasn’t a bigger deal been made of this? Veo, which provides sensing and intelligence to four of the biggest robot companies in the world (FANUC, Yaskawa, ABB, and Kuka), came up with part of the answer when it surveyed 500+ manufacturers across the US, UK, and Japan in Q2....

Besides the core of its network, Huawei was everywhere else, and the telco relied on the Chinese vendor for its radio network and transmission network. Everything from a mobile device up to the data centre used a single vendor. Given such reliance and the existing relationship, the telco intended to use Huawei when it began the move to offering 5G services. All that changed by the end of that month, however, as the situation had become untenable in the face of a government ban on Huawei and ZTE for supplying 5G services in Australia....

If we talk about AOD, then this feature was present in Android for ages. However as is the case with Apple, they aren’t the first ones to introduce any new feature, but when they do bring in “that” new feature, it proves to be the absolute best in its class. Unfortunately, not many might agree with this statement, at least when it comes to AOD. This is because numerous users have voiced their concern that the Always on Display/AOD is not working on their iPhone 14 Pro/Max....