In response to the Covid-19 epidemic, more than 50 countries have developed tracing applications to help alert citizens and authorities when outbreaks occur. But the process is anything but simple.
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Kenya’s new internet balloons could help to get more Kenyans online and drive new industry.
The reason the UK contact-tracing apps failed? It fell foul of privacy rules decided in California.
The watchdog has voiced concerns over the proposed US$2.1 billion merger, from which both users and Australian health services could lose out.
Smartphone apps and wearable devices can tell when workers have been within six feet of each other, promising to help curb the coronavirus. But they’re not all the same when it comes to privacy.
By tracing the location of millions of devices, Google has mapped the pandemic response at a scale never seen before.
As news media revenues tumble still further amid the COVID-19 recession, the government has pledged mandatory rules to force tech giants to pay for using news content.
The government has told the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to develop a mandatory code of conduct to address bargaining power imbalances between media companies and digital platforms such as Facebook and Google
Facebook, Google and Twitter are stepping up to block misinformation and promote accurate information about the coronavirus. Their track records on self-policing are poor. The results so far are mixed.
COVID-19 is dragging some arts institutions into the 21st century. Others are already well down this path. What we win and lose when culture goes online and a bunch of links you can enjoy today.
COVID-19 has forced many of us to do the daily shift from home. An anthropologist who observed a group of remote workers raises some concerns and shares some tips.
Reports that UK citizens are to lose the data protection from GDPR are overblown.
Remember when websites didn’t rely on user data for profit margins, when values like anonymity and transparency were celebrated?
It seems no traditional finance company is safe from the marauding tech giants.
From wearables with monitoring chips to face scanners that assess your contentment, workplace surveillance seems to be going in one direction.
A paper published by researchers at Google claimed that they had achieved computing quantum supremacy, but leaks and counter-claims have created a stir.
Apple Arcade and Google Stadia may threaten a sector that spawned the likes of Farmville and Angry Birds. Developers can build better communities in response.
The cynicism of political lies and the fear of losing control by opening up the corridors of power can’t last.
Google claims quantum supremacy – IBM says not so fast. One researcher explains why he doesn’t see quantum computers outpacing classical computers any time soon … and maybe not ever.
Can we make the web more inclusive or will our online reality always be a lawless wasteland of trolls and lies?
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Researcher at Microsoft Research, Cambridge UK. Previously, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney
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Senior research associate, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Informatics and Operations, Kingston University
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Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Management and Innovation, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
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Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Professor specialising in Internet law, Bond University
