The Queens(land) gambit: a brief history of chess in Australia
The new Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit has received rave reviews around the world. Surprisingly for a chess-themed show, it...
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Half of Australia’s gamers are women, but we know very little about mothers who game
ShutterstockWomen account for almost 50% of gamers in Australia, but the nuanced and varied experiences of mothers who game are...
Intelligence, information warfare, cyber warfare, electronic warfare – what they are and how Russia is using them in Ukraine
Russian forces have the capability to jam signals from satellites, affecting communications and navigation. Vitaly V. Kuzmin/Wikimedia, CC BY-NC-SARussia has...
Mark Zuckerberg wants to turn Facebook into a ‘metaverse company’ – what does that mean?
Mark Zuckerberg wants to reinvent Facebook. He has been telling analysts and journalists that he wants the company to lead...
Why improvisation is the future in an AI-dominated world
Robotic orchestra conductor 'Yumi' performs on stage with the Orchestra Filarmonica di Lucca in Italy in 2017. Laura Lezza/Getty ImagesIn...
Two years into the pandemic, why is Australia still short of medicines?
Alex Bascuas/ShutterstockThis might be a familiar scene. You pop into your local pharmacy to fill a script and you’re told...
How we made a video game based on medieval records
The year is 1498. The town of Aberdeen in north-east Scotland has fallen prey to a “strange sickness” that is...
The Activision Blizzard lawsuit shows gamer culture still has a long way to go: 5 essential reads about sexual harassment and discrimination in gaming and tech
There's nothing inherently male about playing video games. Videogame culture, on the other hand, is decidedly anti-female. Chesnot/Getty ImagesAn updated...
Older Americans are given the wrong idea about online safety – here’s how to help them help themselves
Telling elders scary stories about online scammers is not the best way to keep them safe. Olga Gavrilenko/EyeEm via Getty...
Shortwave radio in Ukraine: why revisiting old-school technology makes sense in a war
theerapol sri-in/ShutterstockShortly before access to the BBC News website was reportedly blocked in Russia a few days ago, the BBC...
