The ACCC is suing Google for misleading millions. But calling it out is easier than fixing it
Aug 01, 2020 16:29 pm UTC| Technology
Australias consumer watchdog is suing Google for allegedly misleading millions of people after it started tracking them on non-Google apps and websites in 2016. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)...
Virtual Tour de France shows how esports has come of age during lockdown
Aug 01, 2020 16:24 pm UTC| Business Technology
Elite sports events are still largely closed to the world but July 2020 has still been an unprecedented month for the global sporting calendar thanks to the worlds first Virtual Tour de France, which despite the name ...
Big advertisers are boycotting Facebook but it's not enough to #StopHateforProfit – here's why
Aug 01, 2020 15:00 pm UTC| Technology
Facebook has faced a lot of criticism over the years for failing to moderate hate speech. Its policies have come under increasing scrutiny in recent weeks thanks to the Stop Hate for Profit campaign. Started by civil...
SpaceX: Crew Dragon is returning to Earth – here’s when to hold your breath
Aug 01, 2020 14:56 pm UTC| Technology
The Crew Dragon spacecraft, produced by private company SpaceX, is scheduled to return from the International Space Station (ISS) and splash down in the Atlantic ocean on August 2. Contingent on a favourable weather...
Autonomous cars: five reasons they still aren't on our roads
Aug 01, 2020 14:54 pm UTC| Technology
Elon Musk thinks his company Tesla will have fully autonomous cars ready by the end of 2020. There are no fundamental challenges remaining, he said recently. There are many small problems. And then theres the challenge of...
Data analysis shows wellbeing fell during the pandemic but improved under lockdown
Aug 01, 2020 14:52 pm UTC| Technology
Lockdowns are seemingly vital for controlling COVID-19. Early evidence suggests they have a big effect on preventing deaths. But if were to keep using them, we also need to know their broader impacts. Many people are...
Thermal cameras aren't perfect, but they can help control the coronavirus pandemic
Aug 01, 2020 14:52 pm UTC| Technology
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the world has rushed to deploy infrared thermal imaging cameras (also known as infrared radiometers) to measure peoples temperature and the technology has become big...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
US election: why it’s not the protesters’ votes that the Democrats should worry about
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects