Most Australian government entities are running outdated technology – and AI systems may reveal their weaknesses, intentionally or not.
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It’s time to retire the email signature and take a hard look at improving our communication efficiency.
Today’s scams aren’t like yesteryear’s.
Too often, prescribing errors occur due to programming errors or poor design and have less to do with the health workers using the system.
The recovery continues from the faulty software update applied to Microsoft operating systems.
Enterprises across Australia and the world are struggling to cope with a huge software outage – but your home computer is probably safe.
A secret, years-long project to implant a backdoor in a widely used free software tool was only foiled by luck.
Cartography has become one of the most successful technologies for understanding the world around us. But like the world itself, maps and map-making are constantly evolving.
Canada has spent billions on health-care software that does not even communicate province to province. Free and open-source software would be a technically superior and far less expensive option.
Before AI becomes widespread in health care, we need to ask what matters to consumers.
New digital technologies have been a constant for workers over the past few decades, with a mixed record on the economy and individuals’ daily lives. AI’s effect will likely be just as unpredictable.
Many speak fondly of how Barry Dwolatzky took them into a derelict disco and enthusiastically explained the tech co-working space he envisioned there.
A new study finds that women improve cyber risk management by bringing new perspectives and skills to the decision-making process of company boards.
One of the oldest industries, fishing, is entering the world of advanced analytics and data-driven planning. With oceans under stress and key fish stocks dwindling, can precision fishing help?
Artificial intelligence is emerging as a key cybersecurity tool for both attackers and defenders.
Children are at the heart of the battle between usefulness and security. Can we trust Big Tech to find solutions to making computers, and life online, safer for them?
With outdated delivery systems at many hospitals and clinics, mistakes can lead to costly duplication of services and poor patient outcomes. But there are ways to fix the current system.
Digital health can improve care, but in Ontario, health data are still fragmented, despite billions of dollars spent over the last two decades to enable fast and secure exchange of health information.
The battle between media companies and foreign governments over who controls the news dates back some 150 years, to when European and US wire services dictated the world’s headlines.
Teachers still hold the key to children’s learning and no keyboard or screen can replace their role.
Top contributors
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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John M. Thompson Chair in Information Technology and Innovation and Professor, Western University
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Assistant Professor in Management of Information Sytems, Propedia
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Open Research Communications Specialist, University of Sheffield
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Postdoctoral research associate, Technical University of Munich
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Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at Altoona campus, Penn State
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External Research Professor at Santa Fe Institute, USA & Professor, Head of the Center for Fundamental Living Technology (FLinT), Head of Science Board, Initiative for Science, Society and Policy (ISSP), University of Southern Denmark
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Professor and Co-Lead of the Sexual and Family Violence Program at the Department of General Practice & Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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ESRC Future Research Leader Fellow, University of Edinburgh
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Professor of Information Sciences & Technology, and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Penn State
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Futurist at Next Scandinavia, associate at Initiative for Science, Society and Policy (ISSP) and Research Associate, University of Southern Denmark
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Associate Professor of Sociology, La Trobe University