Is the news media bargaining code fit for purpose?
ShutterstockThe News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code was enacted early this year in response to a call by...
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Teaching children digital literacy skills helps them navigate and respond to misinformation
Acquiring digital literacy skills is taking on increasing importance. (Shutterstock)As we all head back to school during a global pandemic,...
Beyond today’s crowdsourced science to tomorrow’s citizen science cyborgs
All that computer power will still need a helping hand from our uniquely human expertise. Computers image via www.shutterstock.comMillions of...
Deep learning AI discovers surprising new antibiotics
A colored electron microscope image of MRSA. NIH - NIAID/flickr, CC BYImagine you’re a fossil hunter. You spend months in...
A new proposed privacy code promises tough rules and $10 million penalties for tech giants
ShutterstockThis week the federal government announced proposed legislation to develop an online privacy code (or “OP Code”) setting tougher privacy...
Ransomware attack on sheep farmers shows there’s no room for woolly thinking in cyber security
Shire of KatanningWhile many Australians were preoccupied with panic-buying toilet paper, sales of another commodity encountered a very different sort...
Cyberattacks to critical infrastructure threaten our safety and well-being
Our critical infrastructures are growing increasingly complex as the number of devices and connections in these systems continues to grow....
5 ways Biden can help rural America thrive and bridge the rural-urban divide
President Joe Biden talked about healing the rifts and uniting America in his inaugural address on Jan. 20, 2021. Michael...
TikTok, #BamaRush and the irresistible allure of mocking Southern accents
The University of Alabama's Alpha Phi sorority runs out of Bryant-Denny Stadium during bid day in 2014. AP Photo/Brynn AndersonAs...
Explainer: how malware gets inside your apps
Why is malware getting into your apps? For money, of course. Stanislaw Mikulski/ShutterstockMalicious software on popular mobile platforms such as...
