Technology
Digital literacy in retirement: embracing tech in the golden years
24 April
In today’s fast-paced world, digital literacy has become a vital skill for people of all ages—including retirees. Far from being just “young people’s territory,” technology now plays a significant role in helping older adults stay...[Read More]
Bots influencing election discussion on social media
24 April
A flood of fake social media profiles inundating political discussion and reaching millions of Australians during an election campaign has sparked warnings of a growing threat. Almost one in five accounts analysed on X, formerly Twitter, discussing...[Read More]
Call for child protections as most gamers manipulated
23 April
Almost every Australian who plays digital games has been manipulated by gambling-like tricks that forced them to hand over money or personal data, but there’s little incentive for the industry to clean up its act. Australians spend about $4...[Read More]
‘Cancer’ of cyberscam industry spreading globally: UN
23 April
Asian crime syndicates behind the multibillion-dollar cyberscam industry are expanding globally including to South America and Africa, as raids in Southeast Asia fail to contain their activities. Criminal networks that emerged in Southeast Asia in...[Read More]
‘Strongest evidence yet’ of alien life beyond earth
23 April
British researchers have found the “strongest evidence yet” of alien life beyond our planet. While studying exoplanet K2-18b, which is 124 light years away, the team found signs of chemicals that are produced on earth by simple organisms such as...[Read More]
AI and 3D technology weaponised in fight against cancer
16 April
Australian researchers will ‘print’ cancer cells in 3D and use artificial intelligence software to analyse them after receiving a $2 million grant to invest in the technology. Macquarie University and the Australian Cancer Research Foundation...[Read More]
OpenAI working on X-like social media platform: report
16 April
OpenAI is working on its own X-like social media network, the Verge reports, citing multiple sources familiar with the matter. The project is still in early stages and there is an internal prototype focused on ChatGPT’s image generation that...[Read More]
Social media and free speech: where the legal boundaries are being tested
10 April
Social media has revolutionised how we communicate, offering a global platform for individuals to share opinions, challenge authority, and connect with others instantly. However, while platforms like Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and...[Read More]
Turning 50, Microsoft dials up AI game
9 April
Thousands of people swooned in a dark conference hall that felt more like a rock concert when a Microsoft product manager demonstrated the company’s latest feature: how to sum numbers in Excel, with the click of a button. “It was literally like...[Read More]
Hearing aids to heart monitors: tech is going healthy
9 April
Wearable gadgets did little more than count steps when they first appeared, promising to assess a user’s health depending on whether they hit 10,000 a day. But the technology, which now ranges from smartwatches and fitness trackers to smart rings...[Read More]
Devastating cost of fraudsters, scammers revealed
9 April
Sylvia Chou clicked a link on Facebook and three months later, she had lost $2.6 million to scammers. The advertisement for a currency trading platform was a sophisticated scam that wiped out her savings, and led to her borrowing money and...[Read More]
China hit brakes on TikTok deal after Trump’s tariffs
9 April
A deal to spin off the US assets of TikTok was put on hold after China indicated it would not approve the deal following President Donald Trump’s tariffs announcement this week, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Trump on Friday...[Read More]
Fears history is being rewritten with AI technology
2 April
Images generated by artificial intelligence have the potential to rewrite history, experts are warning. Free online tools can create fake depictions of events such as the Holocaust and 9/11 within seconds. Experts say the results blur the line...[Read More]
No evidence smartphone bans help children: academics
2 April
Banning smartphone and social media access alone fails to equip children for the healthy use of technology in the future, a group of international experts argue. Writing in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), the collection of academics argued there...[Read More]
Astronaut Katy Perry to shoot for the stars in April
2 April
Katy Perry will go into space in April. The Teenage Dream singer revealed in February that she would be part of an all-female crew – which also includes presenters Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez – to travel on the next launch of Jeff Bezos’...[Read More]