- Senior Lecturer in Communication, Deakin University
Apple’s vision of constant recording that still ‘protects your privacy’ may help usher in a world where ambient surveillance is the norm.
A tiny glowing keyboard may be a harbinger of a much bigger shift in how we interact with AI.
The internet long ago extended cruelty beyond the school gate and into bedrooms and group chats. The powers of AI extend this reach.
Even those involved in the trial admit there are major problems with the tech that’s being tested.
Popular Chinese apps WeChat and RedNote are a tool for political campaigning – but such content is banned. Here’s how parties work around it, including by avoiding proper disclosures.
Thousands of Chinese Australians get their news on WeChat or RedNote, but there’s evidence disinformation is circulating unchecked.
The Department of Justice will have to prove that Apple’s ‘closed’ platforms have hurt rather than helped its customers.
Apple’s plan for ‘spatial computing’ may redefine personal computing – and also facilitate trouble new kinds of surveillance.
The virtual office promised by the metaverse could bring enhanced surveillance and the drawbacks of online culture to the workplace.
The digital tokens are a way to create scarcity and an aura of authenticity in an online world of infinite copying, pasting and remixing.
The Australian government’s meta data retention bill cares more about who you connect with than what services you may use. Yet many such online services may also be out of its reach.
Ello is new social networking space on the web that is receiving a lot of attention of late – so much that it’s caused a few problems with the website out of action from time to time. Ello’s new popularity…
The future of 3D printing is firming up as it moves from do-it-yourself tinkerers to key players selling complete consumer solutions. This shift brings important ecological and socio-economic implications…
If you are a crooked corporate mogul, property tycoon or prominent politician, chances are you are sweating a little bit this week. Sure, your millions of secret tax-evading dollars are - for the moment…
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