Tag: Internet
A US Court has ruled Google is an illegal monopoly – and the internet might never be the same
The landmark ruling against the tech giant could change the way we all use the internet.
The struggle to unplug: why Kiwis find it so hard to disconnect from the internet
A new study reveals just how digitally dependent most New Zealanders are now. Disconnecting requires conscious effort – and it could even cost you money.
One small update brought down millions of IT systems around the world. It’s a timely warning
The CrowdStrike outage reveals the fragility of interconnected systems – a digital monoculture makes us all vulnerable.
We analysed the entire web and found a cybersecurity threat lurking in plain sight
Think you can trust every website? One typo and you could be caught in a phishing trap.
Other countries have struggled to control how kids access the internet. What can Australia learn?
Regulating how kids access the internet – including social media – must balance protection from harm with children’s rights to expression and information.
Culturally diverse teens greatly benefit from social media – banning it would cause harm
Young people use social media to connect with culture and community, and to have a voice on political issues that concern them.
Tech solutions to limit kids’ access to social media are fraught with problems, including privacy risks
There are various methods for estimating or verifying an online user’s age, none of them foolproof. Importantly, is this the social media future we want?
Investigating social media harm is a good idea, but parliament is about to see how complicated it is to fix
A new parliamentary committee will look into how social media operates in Australia, including how children access it. Regulating the industry won’t be easy.
The ‘digital divide’ is already hurting people’s quality of life. Will AI make it better or worse?
The benefits of AI are transforming modern life — but disparities in digital confidence are leaving some behind.
Wikipedia's volunteer editors are fleeing online abuse. Here's what that could mean for the internet (and you)
It’s the fourth most popular website in the world, but our new study shows toxic commentary can still thrive on Wikipedia. There’s a lot at stake if too many editors are driven away.
Optus has revealed the cause of the major outage. Could it happen again?
Optus says the unprecedented outage last week was caused by a ‘routine software upgrade’. An expert explains why this points to more serious problems with the network.
Optus blackout explained: what is a ‘deep network’ outage and what may have caused it?
Optus suffered one of the largest telecommunications outages in Australian history today. Here are the factors that can cause such events.
Most data lives in the cloud. What if it lived under the sea?
Could the data centres that power the internet be moved to the bottom of the ocean? It’s not as crazy as it sounds
30 years of the web down under: how Australians made the early internet their own
What did Australians do online in the 1990s? Shared bioinformatics data, made cyberfeminist zines, cruised the information superhighway …