If Meta bans news in Australia, what will happen? Canada’s experience is telling
At a parliamentary hearing late last week, Meta once again suggested it could ban links…
The metaverse could change our religious experiences, and create new ones
New technologies have always informed and changed our religious experiences. Listening to early radio broadcasts…
The Hubble telescope has shifted into one-gyro mode after months of technical issues − an aerospace engineering expert explains
Imagine keeping a laser beam trained on a dime that’s 200 miles away. Now imagine…
Fusion power could transform how we get our energy — and worsen problems it’s intended to solve
Harnessing energy from nuclear fusion – the combining of nuclei, which lie within atoms –…
Australia is pushing big tech to ‘protect kids from porn’. What can they actually do?
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has announced she’s given the major tech platforms six months to develop…
why kids need to know how the planet works
Over the last few decades Ghana has seen a rise in environmental degradation such as…
How was popcorn discovered? An archaeologist on its likely appeal for people in the Americas millennia ago
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question…
Disability community has long wrestled with ‘helpful’ technologies – lessons for everyone in dealing with AI
You might have heard that artificial intelligence is going to revolutionize everything, save the world…
Why is Amazon building a ‘top secret’ $2 billion cloud for Australia’s military intelligence?
Amazon has secured a A$2 billion contract with the Australian Signals Directorate – the agency…
Photos of Australian kids have been found in a massive AI training data set. What can we do?
Photos of Australian children have been used without consent to train artificial intelligence (AI) models…