Evolving our way to artificial intelligence
Feb 07, 2016 16:04 pm UTC| Technology
Researcher David Silver and colleagues designed a computer program capable of beating a top-level Go player a marvelous technological feat and important threshold in the development of artificial intelligence, or AI. It...
The future will be built on open data – here's why
Feb 07, 2016 15:39 pm UTC| Technology
[Correction: AddedMike Cooray as a co-author of this article.] Data has the power to revolutionise and disrupt the way societies are governed. None more so than open data, which is free to access, free to use and can be...
The future of TV? How feely-vision could tickle all our senses
Feb 07, 2016 15:32 pm UTC| Technology
Imagine a party on a warm summers evening. You can see the beautiful greenery and the dipping sun, you can smell the freshly cut grass and taste the cool drinks on offer. You hear someone walk up behind you and feel them...
Alphabet earnings outstrip Apple, but transparency issues still cloud results
Feb 03, 2016 06:07 am UTC| Technology
Google reported its first-ever quarterly earnings this week under the new structure of Alphabet. The earnings surpassed analyst expectations and Alphabet is now worth more than Apple with a market value of around US$555...
So long social media: the kids are opting out of the online public square
Feb 02, 2016 11:24 am UTC| Technology
When my digital media students are sitting, waiting for class to start and staring at their phones, they are not checking Facebook. Theyre not checking Instagram, or Pinterest or Twitter. No, theyre catching up on the news...
We need to keep humans in the loop when robots fight wars
Jan 29, 2016 06:35 am UTC| Technology
Imagine a swarm of tens of millions of armed AI-piloted hexacopters, killer robots as some call them, sent to wipe out a particular group of people say, all men of a certain age in a certain city. Sounds like science...
Video on demand offers poor access for viewers with disabilities
Jan 28, 2016 04:48 am UTC| Technology
Just over a year ago, on Australia Day 2015, Nine Entertainment Co. and Fairfax media launched Australias first video on demand (VoD) service, STAN, as a joint venture. Shortly followed by Presto and the US based Netflix,...