Business-to-artist: Record labels and sub-labels in the digital age
Jul 03, 2019 21:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The history of recorded music has been marked by profound and continuous change not just recording technology, but also musical form, style, technique and beyond. From the late 19th century until the present, technical...
Meet Sofia: a 67-year-old widow who uses Pokémon Go to reconnect with her city
Jul 03, 2019 21:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Over the first weeks of July 2016, a strange phenomenon started to unfold in many parts of the world. A mobile game went viral. Streets in Barcelona, Melbourne, Singapore and New York began to fill with hordes digital...
We need human oversight of machine decisions to stop robo-debt drama
Jul 03, 2019 20:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Federal MP Amanda Rishworth raised concerns over the weekend that Australia could be headed for another robo-debt ordeal after the government reportedly confirmed the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will use data matching...
Freedom of speech: a history from the forbidden fruit to Facebook
Jul 03, 2019 20:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Free speech is in the news. Not least because several leading universities have adopted a model code to protect it on campus. And then theres the Israel Folau saga, and debate over whether his Instagram post was free...
AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 release date, specs: Team Red unveils $200 GPU that’s ISV-certified
Jul 03, 2019 09:17 am UTC| Technology
Last week, AMD made headlines when it revealed its Radeon 5700 XT thats going to take the mid-range market by storm. Now, its Radeon Pro WX 3200 is set to further solidify team reds position in this area as the GPU has...
Jul 03, 2019 08:41 am UTC| Technology
Microsoft Surface Book 3 would be the newest addition to the surface family, and people are looking forward to this machine because it is expected to come with the latest innovations, improvements, and special...
Jul 03, 2019 08:28 am UTC| Technology
GoPro Hero 8 is expected to come out in three different iterations similar to whats been done to the Hero 7. This has pretty much been confirmed by GoPro CEO Nick Woodman after announcing that theyre going to refresh their...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects