Technology
Facebook to require verification for those posting political ads
Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook will require more disclosure for advertisers pushing viewpoints on social issues.
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Telecommunications
Optus flexes its 5G muscles at the Commonwealth Games
Optus has thrown down the gauntlet to Telstra on the Gold Coast as the telcos race to launch the world's first 5G wireless networks.
- by Adam Turner
Google's smart assistant learns to shop locally
Google is taking the online shopping fight to Amazon, making it easier for Aussies to shop locally when speaking to Google's talkative smart assistant.
- by Adam Turner
Phones
The technology helping us to get a good night's sleep
Companies are coming up with new technologies to help us sleep better.
- by Ben Grubb
Opinion
Big tech's ability to get inside our heads is a challenge we must address
Tech has an ever increasing ability to get inside our heads and work out what we are thinking. Such activities threaten our right to freedom of thought and democracy itself.
- by Simon McCarthy-Jones & Susie Alegre
Analysis
Streaming
Australian viewers still sneaking across the border to pay for better streaming video services
Aussies are still sneaking across the border and tricking US video services into taking their money.
- by Adam Turner
Facebook says 310,000 Australian users may have been affected by Cambridge Analytica scandal
Facebook says the data of more than 310,000 Australian users may have been “improperly shared” with Cambridge Analytica.
- by Rachel Clun
Facebook's Zuckerberg will testify before US panel
Mark Zuckerberg has refused to appear before a UK committee investigating the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.
- by Makini Brice
Opinion
Facebook and Twitter don't think they're part of the problem. They are
Anyone expecting genuine change – or worse, effective solutions – from social media companies has a long wait ahead of them.
- by Nicole Hemmer
Startups
Aussie start-up backed by Apple luminaries and Stephen Fry collapses
An Australian tech start-up that raised more than $1 million to develop “unlosable” glasses has gone into administration.
- by Ben Grubb
Space
Hubble finds furthest star ever seen - 9 billion light-years away
The observed light from the newly discovered star was emitted when the universe was only about 30 per cent of its current age.
- by Ben Guarino