It’s not erasing the past, just making memories fuzzier.
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Google and the media have done their bit to try and subvert the right to be forgotten, but an ICO ruling suggests its beginning to take notice.
A woman visits the Scientific Institute in Cairo, Egypt. The role of libraries is changing but they are as relevant and important as ever.
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African libraries have more of an opportunity than ever before to bring the continent’s knowledge to the world. They just need to adapt their traditional roles and functions.
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The restructure Google should look at the world’s big challenges rather than create solutions to problems that don’t exist yet.
Google: no longer just a search engine.
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Google has become a technology giant, but it’s trying to keep its small-company ethos alive.
Google is now just one block among many.
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Google’s rebranding to become just one company under the umbrella of Alphabet could complicate things for the tech giant.
Information overload?
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To understand the wide array of information in today’s world, we need a different kind of literacy. Some researchers call that ‘metaliteracy.’
It might look free, but you pay for it in other ways.
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Windows 10 is being offered as a free upgrade to most Windows users, but you pay for it in the information you hand over to Microsoft.
University in your pocket?
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The way schools and universities teach and test has to keep up with the way young people are processing information.
Facebook’s gender ratio is far less equal than this photo of its workers would suggest.
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The tech industry is known for having a notably non-diverse workforce. But bias training – when not validated by research that shows it works – isn’t going to solve the problem.
The law enforcement response to online harassment needs to be modernised to meet the changing technological environment.
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Is revenge porn just one example of technology intersecting with sexual and domestic violence? What legal efforts have been made to combat it?
One of the psychadelic nightmares generated by Google’s Inceptionism system.
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Google’s image recognition project has not only generated some disturbing images but also tells us something about how we humans identify objects we see.
Solar-powered drones could fly for years at a time delivering internet access.
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Facebook, Google, Space X are heading to the stars to bring internet down to Earth – whether you want it or not.
Under an uncomfortable spotlight.
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The Chinese search engine Baidu was found to have cheated in a computer science competition.
Copyright keeps appearing where it’s not wanted.
Christopher Dombres
A decision against Google in its court case against Oracle this week could lay the ground for upheaval in the industry.
PayPal is far more dominant in online payments in the US than Australia where traditional players have defended the market.
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Venture capital money is starting to flow into Australian fintech, but success will largely be based on whether new players can innovate in areas where bank’s aren’t.
Treasurer Joe Hockey has promised an effective tool to combat complex tax avoidance.
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A close look at Hockey’s tax avoidance laws aimed at multinationals like Apple and Google, shows they can avoid them.
Multinational companies like Google have avoided having a “taxable” presence in Australia.
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What constitutes a “taxable presence” in Australia lies at the centre of the government’s proposed tax avoidance clampdown on multinational companies.
Why did Penn State take so long to disclose the breach?
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The recent cyber attacks at Penn State have put personal information of 18,000 students in the hands of hackers. What should universities do to protect students’ privacy?
The European Commission is taking a much tougher line on Google than the FTC did.
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The EU is accusing Google of abusing its dominance in search, yet a similar antitrust case in the US led to a settlement. What counts for the divergent outcomes?
Windows on anything means revenue from everything, at least that’s the idea.
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If the money is in the cloud, it makes sense to take as many users there as possible.