Technology
AI job applicant screening —  the law still applies

We were promised the machine would make hiring fairer. Instead, it made the unfairness quieter.  
Sky infrastructure: Starlink, Australia and the dynamic global telecommunications order

No longer niche — one in five rural households that switched broadband providers in the past ...  
AusAlert test exposes the need for a fully integrated national warning system

Monday's AusAlert test begs the question: what should constitute the gold standard for a nati ...  
Artificial inequality in the age of AI

AI is accelerating a divide that decades of economic policy and asset inflation have already ...  
Plastics are still a problem and there's room for improvement with green alternatives

How green are plastic alternatives? What about those LEGO bricks?  
AI resilience is the next step after the Government's AI regulatory framework

Australia is regulating AI. But who is planning for AI resilience?  
Digital sovereignty and the danger of the off switch

Australia's future should not depend on the goodwill of any single foreign government or comp ...  
Telstra outage reveals a dangerous gap in Australia's digital resilience

The Telstra outage exposed a bigger problem than a software fault: Australia's telecommunicatio ...  
The Starlink challenge: Australia's next hyperscaler problem

Starlink's long-term ambitions appear to extend well beyond telecommunications access.  
From broadcast to binge — the changing culture of television

Streaming has made television more accessible than ever before, but in the age of binge-watching ...  
End of an era: Australia's NBN watchdog can finally stand down

NBN watchdog closure signals that the broadband performance problems that prompted its creation ...  
Gina is generous with other people's money

Gina Rinehart's plan for Australia is a holy trinity of sorts: microchips, Elon Musk’s comm ...  
Australia’s social media ban offers lessons for the Netherlands

Dutch researchers use Australia's social media ban as a case study to find ways to make digi ...  
The economic problem AI can't solve on its own

Artificial intelligence may boost productivity and profits, but without sufficient demand in the ...  
Australia joins EU's innovation powerhouse: Why Horizon Europe matters

Australia's association with Horizon Europe gives Australian organisations opportunities to lead ...  
Telcos: Australia's greatest infrastructure success under attack

Telecommunications have transformed Australians' lives, but they remain under attack from medi ...  
The drone war turning Ukraine into a machine battlefield

Ukraine's drone army is reshaping modern warfare, turning the battlefield into a relentless cont ...  
AI is not just technology — it’s reshaping society in ways we don’t control

AI is transforming society: Will humanity shape that transformation or be shaped by it?  

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