Yui Mok/Getty ImagesElon Musk finally responded last week to widespread outrage about his social media platform X letting users create sexualised deepfakes with Grok, the platform’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. Musk has now assured the United Kingdom government he will block Grok from making deepfakes in order to comply with
Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing “icehouse” periods and warm “greenhouse” states. Scientists have long linked these climate changes to fluctuations in atmospheric carbon dioxide. However, new research reveals the source of this carbon – and the driving forces behind it – are
Australia’s student visa surge hasn’t been fixed, it’s been deferred, and without tighter targeting, it will keep feeding backlogs, limbo visas and migration by accident rather than policy. read now...
In 2023, my book Adapting for Inertia was published by ANU Press. An adaptation of a PhD thesis completed in 2021, it looked at the institutional governance of large ICT software projects across the Australian and New Zealand public sectors. I focused on the rules, guidelines, policies, procedures, and norms
Never let it be said that military leaders can’t put a post-modern twist on the naming of a serious wargame that involves the transportation of major firepower in the belly of a heavy-lift transport aircraft. As the Northern Hemisphere continues to wonder what moves may be afoot in the mind
In a text to Norway's prime minister, Trump also said he no longer feels bound 'to think purely of Peace' because he did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Plus
The Royal Australian Air Force has revealed it will almost halve its fleet of flyable vintage planes operated by No. 100 Squadron, just five years after the airworthy heritage unit was reformed as a major historic and marketing platform for the military. In a move that will cause despair among
As Donald Trump celebrates the anniversary of his second inauguration as president of the United States and begins his sixth year in office, his greatest asset is power. He covets absolute power. The greatest threat to how Trump completes his term is how he wields his power. Indeed, in the
Lucas Dalamarta/UnsplashIn recent decades, millions of Australians have embraced body art – an estimated 30% of adults have a tattoo. Over a third of those with tattoos have five or more pieces. Trend reporting from industry and lifestyle sources suggests designs are becoming increasingly large, colourful and complex. Although tattoos
Egor Komarov/UnsplashWhen Optus, Medibank and non-bank lender Latitude Financial were hit by separate cyber attacks in the past few years, millions of Australians felt the fallout: stolen personal data, disrupted services and weeks of uncertainty. Each breach raised the same uncomfortable question: how can this keep happening? Australians are often
Pexels, The Conversation, CC BY-NCThe founder and chief executive of Bloomsbury Publishing, responsible for blockbuster romantasy author Sarah J. Maas and literary heavyweights like George Saunders, has suggested AI “will probably help creativity” – including by helping authors defeat writer’s block. “AI gets them going and writes the first
SolStock/ Getty ImagesAs the new school year approaches, many parents may be thinking about getting a tutor for their child. Media reporting estimates one in six Australian students get tutoring at some point in their schooling, to help them catch up, qualify for specific schools or prepare for important
Yui Mok/Getty ImagesElon Musk finally responded last week to widespread outrage about his social media platform X letting users create sexualised deepfakes with Grok, the platform’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. Musk has now assured the United Kingdom government he will block Grok from making deepfakes in order to comply with
Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing “icehouse” periods and warm “greenhouse” states. Scientists have long linked these climate changes to fluctuations in atmospheric carbon dioxide. However, new research reveals the source of this carbon – and the driving forces behind it – are
Australia’s student visa surge hasn’t been fixed, it’s been deferred, and without tighter targeting, it will keep feeding backlogs, limbo visas and migration by accident rather than policy. read now...
In 2023, my book Adapting for Inertia was published by ANU Press. An adaptation of a PhD thesis completed in 2021, it looked at the institutional governance of large ICT software projects across the Australian and New Zealand public sectors. I focused on the rules, guidelines, policies, procedures, and norms
Never let it be said that military leaders can’t put a post-modern twist on the naming of a serious wargame that involves the transportation of major firepower in the belly of a heavy-lift transport aircraft. As the Northern Hemisphere continues to wonder what moves may be afoot in the mind
In a text to Norway's prime minister, Trump also said he no longer feels bound 'to think purely of Peace' because he did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Plus
The Royal Australian Air Force has revealed it will almost halve its fleet of flyable vintage planes operated by No. 100 Squadron, just five years after the airworthy heritage unit was reformed as a major historic and marketing platform for the military. In a move that will cause despair among
As Donald Trump celebrates the anniversary of his second inauguration as president of the United States and begins his sixth year in office, his greatest asset is power. He covets absolute power. The greatest threat to how Trump completes his term is how he wields his power. Indeed, in the
Lucas Dalamarta/UnsplashIn recent decades, millions of Australians have embraced body art – an estimated 30% of adults have a tattoo. Over a third of those with tattoos have five or more pieces. Trend reporting from industry and lifestyle sources suggests designs are becoming increasingly large, colourful and complex. Although tattoos
Egor Komarov/UnsplashWhen Optus, Medibank and non-bank lender Latitude Financial were hit by separate cyber attacks in the past few years, millions of Australians felt the fallout: stolen personal data, disrupted services and weeks of uncertainty. Each breach raised the same uncomfortable question: how can this keep happening? Australians are often
Pexels, The Conversation, CC BY-NCThe founder and chief executive of Bloomsbury Publishing, responsible for blockbuster romantasy author Sarah J. Maas and literary heavyweights like George Saunders, has suggested AI “will probably help creativity” – including by helping authors defeat writer’s block. “AI gets them going and writes the first
SolStock/ Getty ImagesAs the new school year approaches, many parents may be thinking about getting a tutor for their child. Media reporting estimates one in six Australian students get tutoring at some point in their schooling, to help them catch up, qualify for specific schools or prepare for important
