As breaches of personal data are becoming more common, what steps should companies be taking now to protect our online data?
- Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
The Wall Street Journal has published allegations that the Russian government stole highly sensitive information from a contractor at the National Security Agency (NSA). All with the aid of antivirus software…
The first Joint Standing Committee on the National Broadband Network’s report will please few.
Les « initial coin offerings » bousculent les modes de financement initiaux des start-up. Mais de quoi s’agit-il ? Analyse de ce marché à l’occasion du premier ICO d’une start-up française, DomRaider.
A rapidly growing number of companies are taking advantage of cryptocurrencies to raise massive amounts of funding through what are called Initial Coin Offerings or ICOs. It is not just technology companies…
Comment les sites Internet peuvent-ils se financer sans que des publicités intempestives gênent leurs utilisateurs ? Le célèbre site de téléchargement The Pirate Bay a expérimenté une solution.
It would be an understatement to say that advertising as the main business model of the internet is in a crisis. For a start, there is the fact that Google and Facebook between them suck up most of the…
Les clients de certains constructeurs automobiles reçoivent déjà des mises à jour de leur véhicule via Internet. Un système appelé à se généraliser, malgré les craintes qu’il suscite.
Even though it’s always a highly anticipated event, the lead up to this year’s unveiling of Apple’s new phones and gadgets was even more hyped thanks to leaks that revealed much of what was announced in…
In response to millions of people fleeing Florida in the face of Hurricane Irma, Tesla has “flipped a switch” in some of its cars to temporarily extend their range. Tesla cars receive software updates…
Researchers based in Western Australia can no longer directly access nationally funded resources on the Nectar Research Cloud. In an email sent to researchers in WA, Nectar announced that this decision…
With all of the negative press about Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN), consumers who have the option to switch to the NBN from a working broadband connection might be forgiven for being cautious…
Business Briefing: the ‘get rich quick scheme’ influencing what you buy
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Even though online influencers might not be overtly endorsing a product, advertisers will still pay a lot to have something featured, even subtly, in a post.
Sur les réseaux sociaux, faut-il réguler les propos incitant à la haine ou préserver la liberté d’expression ? La résolution de ce débat nécessite l’implication des géants du numérique et des États.
In the wake of violence in the US town of Charlottesville, the tech industry has started removing access to some of their services from groups associated with the far-right and those espousing racial intolerance…
The 23 year old UK cybersecurity expert Marcus Hutchins who was involved in stopping the spread of the WannaCry ransomware attack has been arrested by the FBI in the US. Hutchins – also know as “MalwareTech…
It all started as a discussion about how to change Bitcoin. Something was needed to help it cope better with the increasing number of people using the cryptocurrency. After years of debate, however, two…
Researchers at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) have released their latest review of how Australians pay for goods and services. The survey, taken every three years, shows that Australians now use debit…
Internet providers appear to be advertising theoretical, but often unobtainable, broadband speeds.
The Australian government’s proposed law that would force technology companies to decrypt messages could make Australians more vulnerable.
The Western Australian Liberal Party has created a website, www.wawhistleblowers.com, encouraging whistleblowers to report on state public officers, government ministers and members of parliament. The…
There has been a flurry of activity on the dark web this week. A hacker, claiming to be the author of the recent ransomware NotPetya, has surfaced on the dark web. They’re offering the “master key”, which…
The European Commission has fined Google €2.42 billion for what it claims is an abuse of its dominance as a search engine. The case, dating back to 2010, centres on Google’s shopping service that prominently…
World-wide, credit card fraud and other scams cost the public billions of dollars. While credit card fraud is the clear leader in sheer volume of money lost, “regular scams” still result in a significant…
It would be nice to think that Uber’s problems are going to be fixed with the resignation of its CEO Travis Kalanick. Of course, the shareholders who instigated the demand for his resignation were not…
