Apple’s iPod came out two decades ago and changed how we listen to music....
By Stuart James, Edith Cowan University
On October 23, 2001, Apple released the iPod — a portable media player that promised to overshadow the clunky...
Facebook has pulled the trigger on news content — and possibly shot itself in...
By Diana Bossio, Swinburne University of Technology
Facebook today made good on its threat to block Australians from accessing or posting news content. The ban...
Nearly half a million poultry deaths: there are 3 avian influenza outbreaks in Victoria....
By Michelle Wille, University of Sydney and Stacey Lynch, University of Melbourne
As we navigate a global human pandemic, avian influenza (or “bird flu”) has...
Research confirms men with older brothers are more likely to be gay, suggesting same-sex...
By Francisco Perales, The University of Queensland; Christine Ablaza, The University of Queensland, and Jan Kabatek, The University of Melbourne
New research shows having a...
Earthquakes don’t kill people; buildings do. And those lovely decorative bits are the first...
By Ann L Brower, University of Canterbury
News of Melbourne’s earthquake on 22 September 2021 made my left leg hurt. That’s the leg I nearly...
Facebook plans to ban news from appearing on its Australian sites
By Rob Nicholls, UNSW
Facebook has announced it will ban publishers and people in Australia from sharing local and international news on Facebook and Instagram...
The ACCC is suing Google for misleading millions. But calling it out is easier...
By Katharine Kemp, UNSW
Australia’s consumer watchdog is suing Google for allegedly misleading millions of people after it started tracking them on non-Google apps and...
The easy way to rein in Facebook and Google: stop them gobbling up competitors
By Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Few of us who have survived the last year aren’t grateful for technology.
Zoom, email,...
Windows XP turns 20: Microsoft’s rise and fall points to one thing — don’t...
By Erica Mealy, University of the Sunshine Coast
Twenty years on from the public release of Windows XP, the popular operating system is still regarded...
Working at home to avoid coronavirus? This tech lets you (almost) replicate the office
By Geoffrey Mann, RMIT University
Working from home is already so common it has its own acronym, and it’s about to get even more common...