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The law makes many of the same mistakes as the government’s other recent attempts to reduce online harms.
A new experiment shows AI chatbots aren’t only good for spreading disinformation – but it comes with plenty of caveats.
A new Australian coelacanth find has revealed a surprising force behind the slow evolution of these ‘living fossils’.
Experts know simply banning kids from social media isn’t going to protect them from harm – but there’s lots of evidence on what we can do instead.
There are three key steps people can take to protect their data from big tech.
The new privacy act reform bill has some welcome amendments, but it doesn’t touch most of the substantive principles that were passed in 1988.
Even OpenAI is worried about people developing intimate relationships with the new human-like version of its language model-cum-chatbot. But it should have known the risks.
Decoding volcanic ‘crystal balls’ can help scientists tell ahead of time when a volcano is going to erupt
Instead of just banning young people from social media, the government should develop and fund better social media literacy programs for them.
Salt and MSG are two well-known food additives. Both contain sodium, but there are plenty of differences you can use to your benefit.
All of a sudden, dragonflies are everywhere – but they’ve been waiting a long time for their chance to take to the air.
Children under 14 would be banned from social media, while teens aged 14–15 would need parental consent. But this law will be challenging to implement.
One month after a US court ruled Google had an illegal monopoly on online search, the tech giant is back in court defending allegations it has also monopolised internet ads.
Today we’re able to finally reveal the first detailed picture of the gas shroud around a galaxy, extending 100,000 light years out into ‘empty’ space.
The first time Earth’s geologic record – information found inside rocks – has been used to create an animation of this kind.
The federal government is encouraging more people to use artificial intelligence. But this blind hype dismisses the harms caused by the new technology.
A new safety standard and proposed guardrails for high-risk AI are a good start toward clearing up confusion around the latest technology.
Sometimes, we lie to others to protect their feelings. Maybe robots should be allowed to do the same.
Meta wants Apple and Google to force parents to approve apps on their child’s phone. A better solution would be for the tech giants to cooperate.
The problem of tech-facilitated abuse will remain if the police and courts don’t start taking it seriously.
Bright lights at night may alter the brains of nocturnal arachnids, our new study shows. And we’re only just learning what this means for our ecosystems.
We now have the strongest evidence to date that radio waves from mobile phones are not a hazard to human health.
The success of Black Myth: Wukong is fuelling China’s chip manufacturing ambitions.
Gold nuggets grow much bigger than they should – and electricity produced by earthquakes may be the reason why.