This week: disturbing patents, smart housing, and asking a dangerous question.
Is privacy now a luxury only the rich can afford?
In this podcast, we talk with Professor Alan Dennis about the fake news phenomenon.
Virtual museums: indestructible, shareable, the way of the future. Why not?
Scientific ideas can get lost in forests of words that lack structure and overuse complex language. Just like Sleeping Beauty, they need rescuing.
Are we heading into a future where workers will have their daily work practices dictated by an algorithm?
Personal data is sold, bought and traded among companies all the time. But what if the companies profiting from your data had to pay you a share of that earning?
People find data difficult to own – and things we don’t own, we tend not to protect.
By choosing to deal with companies with better data protection policies, Australian consumers can create pressure for change in how personal data is handled across the board.
This week: talking to books, bots and pods; echo chambers; and fish tanks and Musk’s couch in other news.
