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  • This picture taken on November 4, 2021 shows steam rising from cooling towers of the power generating plants in the town of Singleton, some 70km (43 miles) from Newcastle, the world's largest coal exporting port. - Australia's conservative leaders have defied calls for urgent climate action, boasting they will sell coal for as long as anyone is buying, but in the country's carbon heartland, locals are already preparing for life beyond fossil fuels. - TO GO WITH UN-climate-COP26-Australia-coal,FOCUS by Andrew LEESON (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP) / TO GO WITH UN-climate-COP26-Australia-coal,FOCUS by Andrew LEESON (Photo by SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)

    Atlassian co-founder takes big step toward shutting down Australia's coal power

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    Jon Fingas
    Jon Fingas
    05.30.2022

    One of Atlassian's founders has managed an upheaval that could force Australia's worst polluter to end coal power 10 years early.

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    Toyota's latest infotainment system is powered by Linux

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    Steve Dent
    Steve Dent
    05.31.2017

    Toyota will be the first US automaker to use "Automotive Grade Linux (AGL)" for its 2018 Toyota Camry. In case you're understandably confused by all the competing infotaintment platforms, AGL is an open-source system based on, you guessed it, Linux. It boasts 200 members from various sectors including Toyota, Honda, Mercedes, Qualcomm, Intel and Samsung. The system is designed as an option to offerings from tech companies like Google and Apple, giving automakers a solid base that they can easily customize and update.