Tag: technology

Australia lags many of its peers when it comes cleaner-energy electric vehicles. Will making the cars and infrastructure cheaper ease the problem?

Largest city in Northern Australia gets itself on the world map for its technological innovation, digital prowess and connectivity.

Succeeding in this ‘exceptionally challenging project’ could give Australia a greater share of the international space launch market.

Tiny drones or insects can carry the high-tech sensor, which weighs less than a jellybean, into places too dangerous for human researchers.

Russian lab to develop futuristic KFC 3D printed chicken nuggets that could have enormous benefits for animal welfare and the planet.

Epic Zoom fails: the boss who is always a potato, the student who broadcast her toilet break to the class, and more to make you laugh!

"COVIDSafe Alert" hoax email tells recipients they have been fined 10 dollars for being recorded leaving their home.

Despite privacy concerns, the COVIDSafe app has the backing of health workers, businesses and over two million Australians so far.

Governments around the world are looking at utilising GPS and Bluetooth to track individuals with coronavirus and advice users at risk to self-isolate.

How did two college friends end up turning a start-up company into one of the country’s biggest software companies?

Many Chinese factories have stayed closed since the Lunar New Year holiday in late January, halting the production of products and parts destined for countries around the world, including Australia.

Australian brains are responsible for some of the most interesting and useful inventions ever!

From booking accommodation to mobile boarding passes and e-readers, here's how mobile technology can take your travel plans to the next level.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Nick Warner, the new director general of the Office of National Intelligence, has sounded the alarm about Australia’s lack of preparedness to counter cyber-threats.

Application permissions on Android phones are currently our last line of defence against developers out to profit from our personal data. Or so we thought...

You and your data are vulnerable when globetrotting. Follow these travel safety tips and take precautions to protect yourself and your technology.

Twitter users are younger, highly educated, and earning higher incomes when compared to the general population.

Although the authorities are pointing to a “state actor”, national cyber security adviser Alastair MacGibbon told a news conference: “We don’t know who is behind this, nor their intent.

Whether you are you are daydreaming about your next trip, planning it, or well and truly on the road, get these apps to make the journey easier.

SPECIAL REPORT: Australians consider other people’s over-sharing or having to see too many ads as more of a problem than alleged political manipulation or other misuse of their information by Facebook.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Given the comparatively small population of Australia, its inclusion in Pornhub's “top 10” suggests that Australians are, at the very least, curious about online erotica. Here’s a snapshot of the geographies of online pornography Down Under.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Microsoft, Apple and Google all indicate that handing over a password to one of their apps or devices is in breach of their services agreement, privacy management, and safety practices. That doesn’t mean it’s wise to refuse to comply with border force officials

SPECIAL FEATURE: A staggering 3.9 billion malicious login attempts occurred during the last year against sites belonging to airlines, cruise lines, hotels, online travel, automotive rental and transport organisations.

We all know him for Tesla cars and most recently his SpaceX exploits. But there's more to the American based South African businessman and dreamer who wants to change the world and beyond.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: In light of the Cambridge Analytica and Facebook data harvesting scandal, how should your social media data be accessed and used by researchers?

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy. Selfie tourism is changing the experience of traveling for many people – and not necessarily in a positive way.

This year three celebrities dominated the top 10 most-liked Instagram photos. Can you guess who they are? Plus, which hashtags and cities did we post the most?

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The threat posed by government changes to the 457 visa system have been largely overblown.

Inspired by Elon Musk and now driven by Virgin and Richard Branson, the revolutionary Hyperloop technology is set to transform transport across the UK and around the world.

Taking advantage of technology to work and therefore work from anywhere you like is one of the best sensations.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: How London plays out will be a litmus test for Dara Khosrowshahi’s proclaimed wish to step away from Uber’s toxic reputation.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Tesla’s battery is likely to be the first of many such storage installations. As more renewables enter the grid, more storage will be needed.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Advertising once paid for muscular news organisations in the private sector. It doesn’t any more. The dominance of Google and Facebook now poses a real challenge to the continued existence of a robust fourth estate.

Kids of the 90s rejoice! The original Tamagotchi, which was all the rage and the coolest thing pre-Millenium, is making a comeback… so get ready for a nostalgia burst.

GEEK ALERT: A U.S. scientist mapped out the ultimate road trip for your perusal. Fancy a Euro-trip?

VIDEO: These outback larrikins are pretty stoked when a wayward drone drops perfectly into the back of their speeding ute.

VIDEO: Incredible discovery of seven exo-planets all orbiting the same small star closely together. As well as water and oxygen, they may harbour life on their surfaces.

OPINION: More than a quarter of the world’s darknet methamphetamine trade is facilitated by Australian cryptomarket dealers.

Australia is one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world. 

OPINION: Airbnb has had perhaps the most long-standing and significant influence in Australia, in most cases prior to any specific legislation being created to regulate it. And if trade and commerce are free of regulation, they are also free of government control, protection and taxation.

Scientist of smell, responsible for breakthrough development on spinal injuries and whose work has been compared to the moon landing, has been named the 2017 Australian of the Year.

VIDEO: Selfie-lovers rejoice! Your personal drone/flying camera is here...

When a computer is operating properly, it's easy to forget the complex systems inside, all working together to make emailing, video and instant messaging, browsing, shopping and everything else possible.

Some of these may be a bit too X-files or a Frankenstein re-run for comfort. Still, pretty impressive stuff.

The video chat revolution is here. What seemed like a distant dream just a few short years ago is now not only possible, but booming in popularity.

OPINION: Do Facebook’s filtering algorithms explain why so many liberals had misplaced confidence in a Clinton victory? And is the fake news being circulated on Facebook the reason that so many Trump supporters have endorsed demonstrably false statements made by their candidate?

VIDEO: Hydrogen the key to showing our galactic neighbourhood in all its glory in this sensational new imagry.

INTERACTIVE: Check out this amazingly handy map of airports and their free wi-fi passwords. Genius!

Missing home just isn’t what it used to be. On my previous visit to the UK, to call my mother I had to put £23 in a phone box and dial 48 numbers while trying to ignore all the flyers of scantily clad women dying for me to call them ...

VIDEO: Funky but just a bit freaky. Can you trust a computer to swerve out of the way or slam on the brakes?