How Taylor Swift beat Victoria’s ticket scalpers with a nudge to the government In June, Victorian Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events Steve Dimopoulos declared Taylor Swift’s Melbourne concert dates a “major event”.
Worldcoin: ChatGPT CEO’s latest offering scans eyeballs for $86 Worldcoin is a new project which seeks to solve one of the thorny problems in tech: how to create a system that can tell who is a human and who is not.
AFP pauses use of controversial surveillance tech Auror found in Woolworths, Bunnings The AFP has suspended the use of surveillance platform Auror after a freedom of information request revealed that more than 100 of its staff had used the platform without considering privacy or security implications.
Why Meta’s Threads might be a win for open internet The one reason that Threads’ success is worth rooting for is that its development bucks a trend on the internet by building something that’s more open.
Why Elon Musk’s “rate limit exceeded” move may push Twitter into oblivion The latest of Elon Musk's decisions over the weekend is the gravest threat yet to Twitter's continued relevance.
Remember Sanity? It still exists, and is thriving on social media with fair use-flouting posts For suburban millennials, Sanity holds a special place in our amygdala as the nostalgic backdrop to wasted afternoons spent hanging out in shopping centres.
Why Australian renters are vlogging through the rental crisis on TikTok Content about the sorry state of renting in Australia is incredibly popular on the social media platform TikTok.
Fake news watchdog and digital IDs: The hidden announcements you might have missed in budget 2023 In the federal budget, there were few major surprises when it came to technology spending. Here are a few other tech items that have been sprinkled throughout the budget.
Surveillance tech Auror under lens after Greens Senator calls for “urgent review” Little-known “crime intelligence” platform Auror is used in 40% of Australian stores, like Woolworths and Coles, that the company claims can be used to predict crime.
How local grocery chains use surveillance tech Auror to watch you and ‘predict crime’ If you’ve bought groceries, filled your car with petrol or shopped at a major Australian retailer recently, chances are you’ve probably been surveilled by a company using Auror.
Elon Musk has made himself Twitter’s main character — to the detriment of the platform Elon Musk is running Twitter into the ground. But with everyone paying attention, maybe that's OK by him.
Zuckerberg is gambling on the metaverse, and it’s costing thousands of Meta jobs The company founder said he takes responsibility for the decision to lay off 11,000 staff. That's not much of a concession.
