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Joseph LamAudience growth producer

Joseph Lam is an audience producer, responsible for growing readership and amplifying The Australian’s journalism across multiple platforms. Based in Sydney, he has previously been the masthead’s technology journalist, general news reporter and digital producer. Joe is from Central Queensland and joined the national daily in 2019, having trained as a combat engineer in the ADF. Follow his work on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook @editorialjoe

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Photo taken in Vernazza, ItalyGetty imagesEscape September 27Savvy

Digital nomads pose cybersecurity risk

Logging into work by the side of a pool on a tropical island might be nice for workers, but it leaves companies exposed to breaches via unsecure Wi-Fi networks.

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reviewGadgets

Autonomous vacuum gets the job done

First impressions are important, and our debut with this new robot vacuum didn’t really go to plan, but fortunately it was just opening night nerves.

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tech retentionTechnology

17/10/2019. The Dream Collective's Sarah Liu, the group aims to empower women's representation in the corporate landscape. Photographed at their offices in Sydney. Britta Campion / The Australian

Women and diverse staff not in tech for free lunch

Women and diverse staff in tech don’t care for in-house chefs or yoga classes despite the two workplace perks being offered up on a silver platter by many of the nation’s big tech companies.

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TechnologyTechnology

Snap's My AI chatbot is now customisable.

Snap’s AI to chat and send you pictures

Snapchat will soon roll out a feature which allows its internal AI chatbot to send users images, a feature it says will complement the service which receives nearly 2 million messages a day.

Joseph Lam

reviewGadgets

Google's Nest Wi-Fi mesh system doubles as a smart speaker and a night light.,

Mesh blanket keeps your home under Wi-Fi cover

A Wi-Fi point that doubles as a smart speaker and night light just might fix your connection issues.

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TechnologyTechnology

Blackberry Asia Pacific and Japan director of engineering Jonathan Jackson.

Cyber crime fighters adopt AI

Humans can no longer keep up with the evolving cyber crime industry and must now use AI models to help fight off bad threat actors.

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reportCompanies

14/11/2007 WIRE: Asian labourers work at a construction site in the Gulf emirate of Dubai, 14 November 2007. Dubai is in the midst of a massive construction boom as it seeks to position itself as a business and leisure hub in the face of dwindling oil wealth. An estimated 700,000 Asians, mostly from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, work as construction workers in the UAE, where only around 20 percent of the four million population have citizenship. AFP PHOTO/KARIM SAHIB Pic. Afp

Listed firms failing on supply chain slavery links

Australian companies are not doing enough to address links to modern slavery in their supply chains, with some not addressing those concerns in company reports.

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exclusiveTechnology

Call for dedicated tech union as staff face axe, wage cuts

Split across several unions, tech workers say the situation is ‘untenable’ as they demand better protection from widespread sackings and deteriorating conditions.

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exclusiveTechnology

TikTok has launched a TV app as it looks to continue growth in Australia.

TikTok quietly launches on Aussie TV after govt ban

The Chinese-owned social media platform is looking to attract a bigger audience, joining the ranks of YouTube, Spotify and others to have expanded into the television market.

Joseph Lam

AI test caseTechnology

(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 23, 2023 in Toulouse, southwestern France, shows screens displaying the logos of OpenAI and ChatGPT. - At least two complaints have been filed to the Cnil in France on the use of personal data by Open AI's conversational chat bot ChatGPT, already under similar procedures in other countries, plaintiffs told AFP on April 5, 2023. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP)

Vic mayor’s ChatGPT legal threat divides experts

A legal bid alleging defamation by the AI chatbot, likely to be brought by Brian Hood, may shape up as a world-first test case.

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