Allowing 16-year-olds in may be the toughest part of social media ban
Face scans aren’t accurate enough to tell 14 from 17, and most 16-year-olds don’t have government-issued photo ID. ⌘ Read more
Apple’s VR headset has had a serious upgrade – but hasn’t solved its biggest problem
More than a year after Apple’s Vision Pro headset was released in Australia, it’s still exceedingly rare to meet someone who owns one. ⌘ Read more
Apple’s Vision Pro headset has had an upgrade, but is it any better?
Some interesting software updates and a much more powerful chip later, the headset is still expensive and let down by one big weakness. ⌘ Read more
‘Stratospheric’ AI Spending By Four Wealthy Companies Reaches $360B Just For Data Centers
“Maybe you’ve heard that artificial intelligence is a bubble poised to burst,” writes a Washington Post technology columnist. “Maybe you have heard that it isn’t. (No one really knows either way, but that won’t stop the bros from jabbering about it constantly.)”
“But I can confidently tell you that the m … ⌘ Read more
WINE gaming in FreeBSD Jails with Bastille
FreeBSD offers a whole bunch of technologies and tools to make gaming on the platform a lot more capable than you’d think, and this article by Pertho dives into the details. Running all your games inside a FreeBSD Jail with Wine installed into it is pretty neat. Initially, I thought this was going to be a pretty difficult and require a lot of trial and error but I was surprised at how easy it was to get this all working. I was really happy to get … ⌘ Read more
The First New Subsea Habitat In 40 Years Is About To Launch
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: Vanguard feels and smells like a new RV. It has long, gray banquettes that convert into bunks, a microwave cleverly hidden under a counter, a functional steel sink with a French press and crockery above. A weird little toilet hides behind a curtain. But some clues hint that you can’t just f … ⌘ Read more
We tried Elon Musk’s Wikipedia clone. It’s as racist as you’d expect
The world’s richest man promised the truth. Instead, we get conspiracy theories, plagiarism and distortions about Australia Day, Indigenous Australians and Hitler. ⌘ Read more
Why Does So Much New Technology Feel Inspired by Dystopian Sci-Fi Movies?
In a recent article published in the New York Times, author Casey Michael Henry argues that today’s tech industry keeps borrowing dystopian sci-fi aesthetics and ideas – often the parts that were meant as warnings – and repackages them as exciting products without recognizing that they were originally cautionary tales … ⌘ Read more
iPhone 18 Pro Said to Feature Smaller Display Hole for Front Camera
Apple is testing new camera miniaturization technology to reduce the size of the front-facing camera on next year’s iPhone 18 Pro models, claims a Chinese leaker.
According to Digital Chat Station, a Weibo account with more than three million followers, Apple is testing a single HIIA (hole-in-active-area) hole pu … ⌘ Read more
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@bender Thanks for this illustration, it completely “misunderstood” everything I wrote and confidently spat out garbage. 👌
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You do raise very good points though, but I don’t think any of this is particularly new because there are many other examples of technology and evolution of change over time where people have forgotten certain skills like for example, changing a car tyre
The Australian company racing Elon Musk to put chips in our brains
The Australian government has joined tech titans Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates in backing a company that started life in Melbourne and has found its way back home again. ⌘ Read more
A New Ion-Based Quantum Computer Makes Error Correction Simpler
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: The US- and UK-based company Quantinuum today unveiled Helios, its third-generation quantum computer, which includes expanded computing power and error correction capability. Like all other existing quantum computers, Helios is not powerful enough to execute the industry’s dream money- … ⌘ Read more
Apple to use Aussie solar to power your Apple device usage
Technology giant Apple is looking to ensure the Australian power grid contains enough green energy to offset the usage of every single Apple Product used by Aussies. ⌘ Read more
Gemini AI To Transform Google Maps Into a More Conversational Experience
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: Google Maps is heading in a new direction with artificial intelligence sitting in the passenger’s seat. Fueled by Google’s Gemini AI technology, the world’s most popular navigation app will become a more conversational companion as part of a redesign announced Wednesda … ⌘ Read more
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For the innocent bystanders (because I know that I won’t change @bender’s opinion):
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@movq@www.uninformativ.de Gemini liked your opinion very much. Here is how it countered:
1. The User Perspective (Untrustworthiness)The criticism of AI as untrustworthy is a problem of misapplication, not capability.
- AI as a Force Multiplier: AI should be treated as a high-speed drafting and brainstorming tool, not an authority. For experts, it offers an immense speed gain, shifting the work from slow manual creation to fast critical editing and verification.
- The Rise of AI Literacy: Users must develop a new skill—AI literacy—to critically evaluate and verify AI’s probabilistic output. This skill, along with improving citation features in AI tools, mitigates the “gaslighting” effect.
The fear of skill loss is based on a misunderstanding of how technology changes the nature of work; it’s skill evolution, not erosion.
- Shifting Focus to High-Level Skills: Just as the calculator shifted focus from manual math to complex problem-solving, AI shifts the focus from writing boilerplate code to architectural design and prompt engineering. It handles repetitive tasks, freeing humans for creative and complex challenges.
- Accessibility and Empowerment: AI serves as a powerful democratizing tool, offering personalized tutoring and automation to people who lack deep expertise. While dependency is a risk, this accessibility empowers a wider segment of the population previously limited by skill barriers.
The legal and technical flaws are issues of governance and ethical practice, not reasons to reject the core technology.
- Need for Better Bot Governance: Destructive scraping is a failure of ethical web behavior and can be solved with better bot identification, rate limits, and protocols (like enhanced
robots.txt). The solution is to demand digital citizenship from AI companies, not to stop AI development.
I’m a father and IT worker. The social media ban won’t protect our kids – it will hurt them
The social media world is not some alternate reality our children “escape” into – it is the reality they live in. The sooner we accept that, the sooner we can help them thrive within it. ⌘ Read more
Australia’s teen social media ban has a gaming-sized loophole
The list of banned platforms requires mental gymnastics that the government has struggled to explain, and ignores where kids actually spend their time. ⌘ Read more
This Aussie start-up plans to make Medibank-style breaches impossible
As the cost of cybercrime heads toward $10 trillion annually, one Australian company is taking a radically new approach to protecting data. ⌘ Read more
10 Futuristic Fungal Technologies
Fungi are miraculous. They provide us with food, alcohol, medicine, and the essential decomposition that keeps life going. And yet, their potential may be far greater. Fungi can be made into computer chips, bio-batteries, circuit boards, insulation, self-repairing building materials, and reactive clothing. They can even devour plastic, absorb heavy metals, and clean pollution. Make […]
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Savaged Optus boss faces claims of misleading Senate
The telco will add 300 people to its Australian call centres and will on-shore its network operations in response to the fatal network failure. ⌘ Read more
Rue refuses to resign as Optus unveils Triple Zero overhaul
The telco will add 300 people to its Australian call centres and will on-shore its network operations in response to the fatal network failure. ⌘ Read more
Playstation’s latest blockbuster brings samurai cinema to life
Australian developer Rob Davis directed the missions, fights and stories in Ghost of Yotei, and says the key to an authentic game world is trusting the player. ⌘ Read more
These Bluetooth headphones cost $1000. They’re still a bargain
The premium noise-cancelling headphones market has never been more competitive or expensive. But there’s one clear leader, and it’s not Apple. ⌘ Read more
Rate my AI teacher? Students’ perceptions of chatbots will influence how they learn with AI
A “transformation” is upon us. After a multi-year procession of educational technology products that once promised to shake things up, now it’s AI’s turn. ⌘ Read more
Java’s Swing is allegedly in “maintenance mode”, so I doubt it’s a good idea to use it for new programs. For example, I very much doubt that it will ever support Wayland.
The replacement is supposed to be JavaFX, but that’s not included in JREs – anymore! It used to be, now it’s not, even though it’s well over 15 years old now.
This whole thing (“Java GUIs”) appears to have stagnated a lot. Probably because everything is web stuff these days …
https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javafx/faq-javafx.html#6
‘Huge risk’: ChatGPT’s suicide prevention not enough, experts say
OpenAI says its latest models can provide support for vulnerable people, but some experts still have concerns. ⌘ Read more
Canva unveils world-first AI model as it gears for blockbuster listing
The Sydney-based tech firm has made its biggest product launch yet as it eyes a sharemarket float within the next two years. ⌘ Read more
Scientists Discover a Key Biological Difference Between Psychopaths and Normal People
Nanyang Technological University, - SciTech Daily
Stephan:
_The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), according to the National Institutes of Health is the most accepted diagnostic test for psychopathology. But that test Donald Trump is a psychopath, and I suspect the same could be said for a number of Republican leaders, and many vot … ⌘ Read more
Eyes above the trees: LiDAR technology improves forest assessment with laser beams
Forests have been benefiting humanity since long before the health benefits of forest bathing were discovered. They are major carbon sinks that provide a wide range of ecosystem services, including timber and non-timber forest products, recreation, and climate regulation. ⌘ Read more
A $760 billion monster has just been set free
The maker of ChatGPT has an insatiable appetite, and need, for cash. A major move long in the making has just opened up its options. ⌘ Read more
This is the Milky Way as you’ve never seen it before
Astronomers have created the largest low-frequency radio colour image of the Milky Way ever assembled - and it’s stunning. ⌘ Read more
Quantum-inspired algorithm could help reveal hidden cosmic objects
Combining a quantum-inspired algorithm and quantum information processing technologies could enable researchers to measure masses of cosmic objects that bend light almost imperceptibly ⌘ Read more
Geoscientist’s innovative approach aims to safeguard irrigation canals
Irrigation canal maintenance in western Nebraska is taking a giant step forward thanks to an innovative, non-invasive method by Husker geoscientist Mohamed Khalil to check canal integrity. His sophisticated time-lapse analysis pinpoints canal seepage and structural settlement far more accurately and efficiently than traditional approaches—using a technology that can have wide-ranging uses statewide for agriculture, … ⌘ Read more
The $4.1 million question: How did the BOM get its new website so wrong?
The Bureau of Meteorology claims it spent $4.1 million on a website and app redesign, as part of a broader $866 million, seven-year technology transformation dubbed “Robust”. Users are not pleased with the outcome. ⌘ Read more
$4bn wipe-out: WiseTech shares plunge after Richard White’s headquarters raided
Australian Federal Police and market regulators raided the software giant’s Sydney headquarters and executed a search warrant on Monday. ⌘ Read more
Panic as breached details of 183m accounts, including Gmail, emerge
The news isn’t nearly as bad as some online would have you believe, but it’s always a good idea to check your security. ⌘ Read more
WiseTech offices raided in probe of trades by Richard White
Australian Federal Police and market regulators raided the software giant’s Sydney headquarters and executed a search warrant on Monday. ⌘ Read more
‘Full circle’: The Australian video game showing why indies are back
From Celeste to Silksong, indie games have become big business as they take on the goliaths of the industry. ⌘ Read more
10 Places Where Folklore Is Alive and Well
Folklore and superstition never really die. We all know someone who still avoids stepping on cracks on the sidewalk. Or someone who refuses to whistle at night. Even in modern life, these ancient beliefs still creep in, filled with smartphones and AI. Superstition adapts itself, quietly moving along with technology and progress. Here are ten […]
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When AI called my friend a murderer it solved my daughter’s career choice
Nerdy execs who skipped the history class on humanism are rolling out this robot we’ll be told we need until we can’t live without it. ⌘ Read more
This travel SIM can get you into the lounge and skip the airport queue
Why queue with the masses when your data plan can grant you VIP status? ⌘ Read more
Technology for Humans: Conversation with Ruby Central’s executive director, Shan Cureton
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