Technology
Alphabet nears deal to build city
A subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet is nearing a deal to develop part of Toronto’s waterfront.
IMFcoin in frame for SDR future
The IMF would like its special drawing rights to have a digital future, and has been considering a broader role for it.
Welcome to the workers’ evolution
People are like frogs in a boiling pot, immersed in the changes to work, unaware of the danger and unable to resist.
Screens put distance between us
Modern life is desensitising us from the worries and joys of our fellow humans.
Facial recognition’s odd uses
New technologies are a major boon to security but they can have other quite disturbing applications.
EXCLUSIVEApple rebuffs police tech probes
Apple has refused hundreds of times to comply with requests from Australian law enforcement officials.
Google’s Pixel faces stiff rivalry
Google has launched a phone you squeeze to ask for help. And it takes photos with the background blurred.
YouTube tweaks search results
YouTube retooled its search function after top results surfaced videos peddling misinformation.
Apps for a state of anxiety
War, terror, hurricanes; the world is an anxious place. There’s a growing crop of helpful apps to ease our worries.
exclusiveInnovation is alive and well
Sarah-Jane TaskerYou’ve heard of Wi-Fi, Google Maps and Cochlear implants. Did you know Australia is home to these inventions?
Russian hackers stole NSA data
The breach, considered the most serious in years, could enable Russia to evade NSA surveillance and more easily infiltrate US networks.
Musk Mars aim pressures NASA
NASA doesn’t envision getting astronauts to Mars until at least a decade later than Elon Musk has planned.
COMMENTLearn from the Crows’ woes
A Virgin Airlines check-in malfunction left not only Virgin customers stranded, but it also caused angst to the losers of the AFL Grand Final.
New weapon in fight for reef
A hi-tech ocean-going drone known as the “Wave Glider” is helping to improve monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef.
COMMENTAn automation manifesto
Automation will also see the end of employees spending time on mundane, repetitive tasks, instead freeing up time to engage in more meaningfu work.
Senators attack data miners
Senators asked why consumers shouldn’t have power over the data that these companies collect on them.
COAGFace recognition to combat terror
Potential terrorists and terror victims will be identified in real time through facial recognition, with new technology.
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What could possibly go wrong?
Imagine the PM’s new facial recognition technology at parliament house: “Look, Rowan Atkinson’s here.” “No that’s Sam Dastyari.’’
Google’s Pixel faces stiff rivalry
Google has launched a phone you squeeze to ask for help. And it takes photos with the background blurred.
PUBG making a killing
A small South Korean technology studio has effectively disrupted the world’s video gaming market.
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Supratim Adhikari
Technology Editor
Melbourne Bureau, Australia
Supratim is the Technology Editor of The Australian. Previously he worked as a journalist for Business Spectator for almost a decade. He's formidable in the kitchen and with a guitar. supratim.adhikari@news.com.au Twitter @SupratimA -
Chris Griffith
Journalist
Sydney Bureau, Australia
Chris's love affair with computing spans more than 45 years. He learnt to program in the late 1960s, studied computer science in the early 70s, worked on mainframes, taught programming, ran a small business networking PCs in the 80s, and built websites in the 90s. In journalism he has written extensively across rounds, been a columnist and commentator, and was founding editor of an indigenous publication on Native Title law. griffithc@theaustralian.com.au Twitter @chris_griffith -
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Melbourne Bureau, Australia
David has been a technology journalist since his late teens. He has a keen interest in the start-up sector and enjoys asking the tough questions, as well as a video game session every now and then. davidswan@gmail.com Twitter @swan_legend
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