High Court, then what? NT remote housing reforms need to put Indigenous residents front and centre
Nov 07, 2023 08:58 am UTC| Law Real Estate
The relationships between tenants and landlords are often fraught, but its fair to expect a house to meet basic standards, like having a back door. That wasnt the case for an Aboriginal woman in a remote community, who...
Epic Games Takes on Google in Another Antitrust Lawsuit
Nov 06, 2023 09:23 am UTC| Business Law Technology
On Monday, Epic Games will make its appearance in federal court in San Francisco, marking the beginning of a monthlong trial in its antitrust lawsuit against Google. Epic Games alleges that Google violates both state and...
South Korea Temporarily Bans Stock Short Selling to Curb Illegal Activities
Nov 06, 2023 05:53 am UTC| Business Law
South Koreas financial regulator announced on Sunday that it will enforce a temporary ban on stock short selling until the second half of next year. The move comes as part of a crackdown on illegal short-selling by global...
Biden's executive order puts civil rights in the middle of the AI regulation discussion
Nov 06, 2023 03:32 am UTC| Law Technology
On Oct. 4, 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights: A Vision for Protecting Our Civil Rights in the Algorithmic Age. The blueprint launched a...
Biden administration executive order tackles AI risks, but lack of privacy laws limits reach
Nov 05, 2023 21:09 pm UTC| Law Technology
The comprehensive, even sweeping, set of guidelines for artificial intelligence that the White House unveiled in an executive order on Oct. 30, 2023, show that the U.S. government is attempting to address the risks posed...
Is a terrorist’s win in the High Court bad for national security? Not necessarily
Nov 05, 2023 20:34 pm UTC| Law
Yesterday, Abdul Nacer Benbrika, perhaps Australias most notorious convicted terrorist, won in the High Court. A six-one majority of the court struck down a ministerial power to revoke the Australian citizenship of...
AI: the real threat may be the way that governments choose to use it
Nov 05, 2023 19:40 pm UTC| Law Technology
The significant risks that AI poses to global security are becoming clearer. Thats partly why UK prime minister Rishi Sunak is hosting other world leaders at the AI Safety summit on November 1-2 at the famous second world...
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