The widespread implications of cyber attacks
Cybersecurity is no longer something boards and businesses can relegate to the IT department. It has far reaching broader implications on trust, wellbeing and the community.
South Australian space startups reveal plans for international industry growth
Last week, three South Australian startups announced they are furthering their plans to support the international space industry.
Australians asked to share their view on laws for digital identity system
Australians are being asked to share their views on laws concerning the safeguards and protections that will underpin a proposed national digital identity system.
‘Criminals are looking for the easiest payoff’: Six quick fixes to boost your cybersecurity
If you've been putting off changes to your company password policy, you're putting your business in unnecessary risk.
Inside the Fastly internet outage: Why did so many sites collapse last night?
To understand the answer, you need to know what a content delivery network (CDN) is and how crucial they are to the smooth running of the internet.
The COVIDSafe app may have failed, but QR codes are here to stay
For now, it seems the benefits to Australia’s public health may be better served by other technology, such as QR code check-ins. And the public cost of maintaining the COVIDSafe app may not be in our collective interest.
World’s largest meat supplier hit by cyber attack, causing system outages across 47 Australian meat facilities
A cyber attack on the world’s largest meat supplier JBS Foods has shut down IT systems across the company’s 47 Australian facilities, causing supply chain disruptions.
STEM Equity Monitor shows slight improvement in women representation, but more needs to be done
In early May 2021, the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources released new STEM Equity Monitor data showing a small improvement in women’s participation in the STEM workforce.
‘A radical rethink’: Why navigating the new digital era will require changing the world economic order
We might want to think of the ongoing technological shift as a start of an entirely new world; a world that needs a radical rethink and new laws and regulations that accommodate the new technological era. But what would that look like?
“Part of the solution”: Aussie reforestation startup Lord of the Trees secures a spot in Google accelerator program
Aussie reforestation tech startup Lord of the Trees has been chosen to join Google’s sustainability accelerator program.
RIP Internet Explorer: A look back at the once-popular websites the internet outgrew
Microsoft pulled the plug on its onetime flagship web browser, Internet Explorer, this week, going the way of Ask Jeeves, Myspace, and Yahoo.
TikTok and geopolitics: Is ‘digital nationalism’ damaging competition in tech?
If governments continue to be driven by “digital nationalism”, the US-based big tech companies are likely to continue to dominate.