Banning YouTube for ages isn’t the solution, working with parents is
The eSafety Commissioner wants YouTube included as part of the social media age ban. There's logic to it, but it…
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An improbable task: making an AI Dr Karl
Can Australia's Dr Karl Kruszelnicki be made into a climate change conversing AI? Maybe. All in the hopes of…
Where’s the outrage for one of Australia’s worst data breaches?
Mid-February saw what could be one of the country's biggest data breaches, eroding doctor-patient…
Why AI coding could herald a revolution in creator autonomy
Learning to code takes time, so much time, but with the help of AI, you could make ideas into apps and websites…
The government is rushing a bad idea (and why the social media ban won’t work)
A social media ban for under 16s sends the wrong message and won't work, but rushing it for the end of the year…
Your next phone could come down to your choice of wearable
Similar apps, similar customisation, similar everything. The lines between different phone operating systems is…
Why bugs are the burden of life today, and what you can do
When things don't work all of a sudden, we get angry for obvious reasons. Can bugs be prevented, and can…
After dabbling in AI music, I get why the music industry isn’t happy
Could you tell the difference between an AI artist and a real one? I accidentally made Bowie and Beyonce and…
Online has a scam ad problem (and it’s only getting worse)
The unchecked world of dodgy ads is making money for the big guys while leaving people angry and cheated on both…
In memoriam of Neeva, the search engine you didn’t know
Another search engine bites the dust, and while many are just a Google or Bing clone, Neeva strived to be different.