Not Big Brother, but close: a surveillance expert explains some of the ways we’re all being watched, all the time
Ausma Bernot, Griffith University A group of researchers studied 15 months of human mobility movement data taken from 1.5 million people and concluded that just
Can machines invent things without human help? These AI examples show the answer is ‘yes’
Toby Walsh, UNSW Sydney and Alexandra George, UNSW Sydney The question of whether artificial intelligence (AI) can invent is nearly 200 years old, going back
How far has nuclear fusion power come? We could be at a turning point for the technology
Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak in Oxfordshire, UK. Courtesy of MAST, CC BY-SA Nathan Garland, Griffith University and Matthew Hole, Australian National University Our society faces
The ChatGPT chatbot is blowing people away with its writing skills. An expert explains why it’s so impressive
Marcel Scharth, University of Sydney We’ve all had some kind of interaction with a chatbot. It’s usually a little pop-up in the corner of a
When it comes to delivery drones, the government is selling us a pipe dream. Experts explain the real costs
Hannah Smith, The University of Western Australia and Julia Powles, The University of Western Australia In early November, the Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure invited public
How hiring more women IT experts improves cybersecurity risk management
Camélia Radu, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and Nadia Smaili, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) https://narrations.ad-auris.com/widget/the-conversation-canada/how-hiring-more-women-it-experts-improves-cybersecurity-risk-management Despite the contributions women have made to
North Korea’s nuclear program is funded by stolen cryptocurrency. Could it collapse now that FTX has?
James Jin Kang, Edith Cowan University Since the world’s second-largest crypto exchange, FTX, declared bankruptcy earlier this month, the flow-on effects have been felt far
What do we know about REvil, the Russian ransomware gang likely behind the Medibank cyber attack?
Andrew Goldsmith, Flinders University Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw on Friday confirmed police believe the criminal group behind the recent Medibank cyber attack is
Ransomware gangs are running riot – paying them off doesn’t help
Jan Lemnitzer, Copenhagen Business School In the past five years, ransomware attacks have evolved from rare misfortunes into common and disruptive threats. Hijacking the IT
Should cyberwar be met with physical force? Moral philosophy can help us decide
Christopher J. Finlay, Durham University In conventional warfare, it’s accepted that if a state finds itself under attack, it’s entitled to respond – either with
Cybercrime insurance is making the ransomware problem worse
Subhajit Basu, University of Leeds Cybercrime insurance is making the ransomware problem worse During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was another outbreak in cyberspace: a digital
A new cyber taskforce will supposedly ‘hack the hackers’ behind the Medibank breach. It could put a target on Australia’s back
Mamoun Alazab, Charles Darwin University The Australian government is launching an offensive against cybercriminals, following a data breach that has exposed millions of people’s personal
Australia is considering a ban on cyber ransom payments, but it could backfire. Here’s another idea
Jeffrey Foster, Macquarie University and Jennifer J. Williams, Macquarie University First Optus, now Medibank; in less than two months we’ve experienced two of the largest
Artemis 1 is off – and we’re a step closer to using Moon dirt for construction in space
Matthew Shaw, Swinburne University of Technology NASA has just launched its first rocket in the Artemis program, which will, among other things, take scientific experiments
Even a limited nuclear war could devastate the world’s oceans: here’s what our modelling shows
Tyler Rohr, University of Tasmania; Cheryl Harrison, Louisiana State University ; Kim Scherrer, University of Bergen, and Ryan Heneghan, Queensland University of Technology The US