Category: Tech

Fri 08 May 2026: You have probably never heard the term “crimefluencer”. These are members of decentralised online crime networks who take crime content and amplify it to build notoriety and status in their online communities. They also recruit content creators to film themselves or others committing crimes, with the vision shared across social media, […]

Fri 08 May 2026: Report finds 89% of digital disruptions stem from cascading effects, with impacts reaching up to 10 times more people than initial shocks ITU deputy secretary general warns ‘quiet’ disruptions can spread across systems, affecting services far beyond their point of origin It’s not that there’s no knowledge of these risks, Tomas […]

Thu 07 May 2026: Hollywood loves a superpower. Not all involve capes or cosmic rays. Some are cognitive: characters who can remember everything. In movies and on TV, viewers repeatedly encounter those with extraordinary minds who glance once at a page, a room or a face – and later recreate every detail with surgical precision. […]

Wed 06 May 2026: Google DeepMind, Microsoft and xAI have signed agreements with the US government to allow early testing of advanced artificial intelligence models for national security risks, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. The department’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation said the partnerships will allow pre-deployment testing and research to better assess advanced […]

Sun 03 May 2026: Amid a rapid, AI-driven technology boom and all the changes it’s entailed, mental health issues due to social isolation have been on the rise. Researchers in social and clinical psychology have documented this shift and coined it the “loneliness epidemic.” Human connection is imperative to psychological well-being but the world is increasingly disconnected. With technology streamlining our […]

Sat 02 May 2026: If you suffer from information overload, or are unsure what to trust online, you’re not alone. Australians are increasingly disengaging from traditional news, turning instead to social media, influencers and – more recently – generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots and summaries. It’s a murky, polluted world where opaque algorithms decide what you […]

Sat 02 May 2026:   Meta and Microsoft are the latest software companies to announce big cuts to their global workforce. Both companies are also making big investments in artificial intelligence (AI). The link seems obvious. Meta’s chief people officer, Janelle Gale, said the job cuts – about 10% of staff or almost 8,000 workers – serve […]

Thu 30 April 2026: The legendary American bank robber Willie Sutton spent 40 years robbing banks because, as he claimed in his autobiography, he loved doing it. And when asked why he chose banks of all places to rob, he allegedly replied “Because that’s where the money is.” Back in 2017, I wrote a book predicting it wasn’t just lovable […]

Wed 29 April 2026: Meta has not taken sufficient measures to ‘diligently identify, assess, mitigate’ risks linked to minors using its platforms, despite its own rules setting 13 as minimum age, says commission The European Commission said Wednesday it had preliminarily found Meta Platforms in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) for failing to […]