If this is the Facebook election, the major parties should be a little concerned
May 20, 2016 10:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Technology
Every Australian federal election since Kevin 07 has been hailed as an internet or social media election. The 2007 campaign was branded the YouTube election and the Google election, while the 2013 campaign was described as...
YouTube Red is here, and it breaks the video-on-demand mould
May 20, 2016 10:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
YouTube this week launched its paid subscription service, YouTube Red, in Australia and New Zealand. These are the first two countries to gain access to the service outside of the United States. The introduction of a...
Uber should take its lead from Thomas Cook’s battle with Victorian Britain
May 20, 2016 04:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
App-based ride company Uber has been battling the establishment around the world, from traditional black taxi drivers in London to regulators in Australia. But Uber is far from the first upstart travel company to rock the...
Securing web browsing: protecting the Tor network
May 18, 2016 08:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
There are more than 865 encryption tools in use worldwide, all addressing different aspects of a common problem. People want to protect information: hard drives from oppressive governments, physical location from stalkers,...
Big data's 'streetlight effect': where and how we look affects what we see
May 17, 2016 16:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Big data offers us a window on the world. But large and easily available datasets may not show us the world we live in. For instance, epidemiological models of the recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa using big data...
Getting to know you: the robot assistant who can second-guess your every need
May 17, 2016 02:52 am UTC| Technology
Its here a world in which helper robots live with us, get us through the day, and yes, become our trusted friend. Science fiction is becoming science fact. As sci-fi writer William Gibson has apparently noted: The...
How to design trustworthy robot butlers that we won't want to treat like humans
May 13, 2016 09:26 am UTC| Science Technology
Does your car not want to start on cold mornings? And does your toaster like burning your toast? This kind of intentional language is natural to us and built into the way we interact with the world even with machines....