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Google Chrome has a new way to track you and serve ads. Here’s a need to know

Late last week, Google announced something called the Privacy Sandbox has been rolled out to a “majority” of Chrome users, and will reach 100% of users in the coming...

No, AI probably won’t kill us all

2 June 2023 | by Michael Timothy Bennett

Doomsaying is an old occupation. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a complex subject. It’s easy to fear what you don’t understand. These three truths go some way towards explaining the...

Brian Schmidt’s big ideas for how Australia funds and uses research

26 April 2023 | by Brian Schmidt

Education makes Australian citizens healthier, wealthier and more engaged with society. At the same time, government-funded research in higher education drives economic productivity in ways other government funding does...

It’s not just rocket science; Hidden chemistry powers Moon launches

6 September 2022 | by Curtis Ho

Many around the world watched eagerly the Saturday planned launch of Artemis I, the agency’s first Moon exploration mission since the 1970s. The spectacle involved the most powerful rocket...

Australia has its own ‘vomit comet’ for zero-gravity research

23 June 2022 | by Gail Iles

Last Saturday, a two-seater SIAI-Marchetti S.211 jet took off from Essendon Fields Airport in Melbourne with an expert aerobatic pilot at the controls and a case full of scientific...

An ever-ticking clock: We made a ‘time crystal’ inside a quantum computer

7 March 2022 | by James Riley

You probably know what a crystal is. We’ve all seen one, held one in our hands, and even tasted one on our tongue (for instance sodium chloride crystals, also...

COVIDSafe app: We crunched the numbers to see what really happened

7 February 2022 | by James Riley

Early in the pandemic, the COVIDSafe app was designed as a tool to improve contact tracing. And a multimedia campaign promoted it as helping to find more COVID contacts...

Pressure grows for govt to designate Facebook under bargaining code

26 October 2021 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government is facing increased pressure to designate Facebook under the media bargaining code, with the competition watchdog boss saying he is “concerned” about the social media giant’s...

TikTok acquisition a win for tech giants

4 August 2020 | by Paul Haskell-Dowland and Brianna O’Shea

In what seems to be a common occurrence, Chinese video-sharing app TikTok is once again in the headlines. After months of speculation about national security risks and users’ data being harvested...

Women in STEM fall far short of equity

27 July 2020 | by Alan Finkel and Lisa Harvey-Smith

The events of 2020 are reshaping the way we live, work, teach and learn. And while we have all been affected differently, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on...

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Google Chrome has a new way to track you and serve ads. Here’s a need to know

No, AI probably won’t kill us all

Brian Schmidt’s big ideas for how Australia funds and uses research

It’s not just rocket science; Hidden chemistry powers Moon launches

Australia has its own ‘vomit comet’ for zero-gravity research

An ever-ticking clock: We made a ‘time crystal’ inside a quantum computer

COVIDSafe app: We crunched the numbers to see what really happened

Pressure grows for govt to designate Facebook under bargaining code

TikTok acquisition a win for tech giants

Women in STEM fall far short of equity

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