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Harassment
‘God-like’ coding educator accused of harassment
More than 200,000 students went through Grok Academy’s classes last year, and nine women have accused its CEO of misconduct.
- by David Swan
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Cybersecurity
Are EVs at risk of being hacked? And will Chinese EVs be banned?
The US has banned Chinese vehicle technology from its roads and some say Australia should follow suit.
- by David Swan
Would you pay $1500 a month for a health app?
Buzzy health start-ups are vying for users and venture capital funding, but some warn they offer little health benefit and in fact may be causing harm.
- by David Swan
‘A science project’: Billionaire executive unloads on Microsoft’s AI chatbot
One of the world’s leading technology executives says rival Microsoft’s Copilot is “the next Clippy” and can’t be trusted in the workplace.
- by David Swan
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Software
‘Land of dreams’: The Australian high-flyers on edge as Trump and Harris duke it out
Australia’s tech insiders are enjoying a surge in optimism from the Fed’s bumper rate cut, but all eyes are now on the US election.
- by David Swan
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Funding
Venture capital fund Rampersand ramps up hunt for next Aussie unicorn
Success stories such as Canva and Culture Amp are more than a decade old, and this fund says it’s time to find and fund the next crop of billion-dollar start-ups.
- by David Swan
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Social media
‘Parents already have the tools’: Snapchat billionaire pushes back on social media ban
Tech billionaire Evan Spiegel is the first global CEO to weigh in and says parents – not tech companies – should carry most of the responsibility for their kids’ screen time.
- by David Swan
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AI
Has Apple’s AI ‘glow up’ made Siri better?
Apple’s digital assistant is 13 years old and one of its original inventors says it’s about time it got a makeover.
- by David Swan
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Cybersecurity
‘The next threat’: Former UK cybersecurity chief’s warning for Australia
Australians have been affected by attacks on the likes of Optus and Medibank but they will likely pale in comparison to more disruptive incidents that could be on the horizon.
- by David Swan
Meta admits Australians cannot opt out of ‘predatory’ AI data scrape
Senators are calling for stronger privacy laws to give Facebook users the ability to block the company from using their posts to train its AI models, as users can in the EU.
- by David Swan
How would a social media ban actually work?
Almost a quarter of children aged eight to 10 use social media, as do half of 13-year-olds. How would new laws banning them from apps actually keep them off?
- by Paul Sakkal and David Swan
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/by/david-swan-p53741