A computer can guess more than 100,000,000,000 passwords per second. Still think yours is...
By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University and Brianna O'Shea, Edith Cowan University
Passwords have been used for thousands of years as a means of identifying...
Vegan leather made from mushrooms could mould the future of sustainable fashion
By Mitchell P. Jones, Vienna University of Technology
Seven millennia since its invention, leather remains one of the most durable and versatile natural materials. However,...
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...
Can ageing really be ‘treated’ or ‘cured’? An evolutionary biologist explains
By Zachariah Wylde, UNSW | The Conversation
As time passes, our fertility declines and our bodies start to fail. These natural changes are what we...
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...
People are using artificial intelligence to help sort out their divorce. Would you?
By Tania Sourdin, University of Newcastle and Bin Li, University of Newcastle
An online app called Amica is now using artificial intelligence to help separating...
COVIDSafe tracking app reviewed: the government delivers on data security, but other issues remain
By Mahmoud Elkhodr, CQUniversity Australia
Over three million people had downloaded the federal government’s COVIDSafe app just three days after its release last 26 April,...
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...
Electric car sales tripled last year. Here’s what we can do to keep them...
Gail Broadbent, UNSW and Graciela Metternicht, UNSW
A total of 6718 electric vehicles were sold in Australia in 2019. That’s three times as many as...
Drones to help keep Victorians safe
Victoria Police launched a dedicated drone unit to help keep the community safe and solve crime with the support of the Victorian government.
Acting Premier...