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Household appliance maker Dyson has now launched its Dyson Zone noise-cancelling headphones in Australia. The headphones offer up to 50 hours of listening with ultra-low distortion, advanced active noise cancellation, and faithful audio reproduction across the entire sound spectrum.

The healthcare industry is the fifth largest contributor to planetary pollution, and adapting digital health technologies like telehealth, electronic health records, usage of artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things would help to reduce carbon emissions in the sector., according to a new research report.

Leading members of NSW universities, industry and government have met at Western Sydney University to officially launch a project which is designed to create a best practice methodology for different air quality issues local governments face in different communities across NSW.

Remote support software specialist LogMeIn is claiming that it contributed to avoiding as much as 63 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions through its customers’ use of GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar during the first year of the pandemic - between April 2020 and March 2021 - compared to daily commuting and business travel for company meetings.

The Australian Government has released its Technology Industry Roadmap which it says is aimed at bringing a strategic and system-wide view to future investments in low emissions technologies.

Plastic waste in the ocean is making its way back to land and increasing pollution on Australian beaches, according to new research from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency.

A grant from government agency Jobs for NSW has helped to kick-start a trial of so-called "green wall" technology on Sydney motorways by Sydney company Junglefy, aimed at absorbing pollution and traffic sound.

What happens if your boss asks you to write code that could be used to bypass the law? Do you follow his/her instructions blindly and keep your job or object and possibly receive marching orders?

The City of Melbourne is aiming to meet its goal of zero net carbon emissions by 2020 and has now established a group of large energy users which it says have signalled their interest in testing a new approach to drive investment in renewable energy.

Increased investment in ICT could save business, government and consumers an estimated $8.1 billion and more than 27 million tonnes of carbon pollution could be avoided every year, according to a newly published report.