As of this weekend, users can ‘buy’ a verification badge on Twitter for just US$8. This problematic system will have widespread consequences.
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People across Australia and New Zealand will be able to catch the blood moon. Here’s how to get the best view.
While Musk’s first steps as Twitter owner don’t inspire confidence, the platform continues to retain its original content moderation policies (for now).
The IceCube telescope near the South Pole has received a first glimpse into the core of the galaxy NGC 1068.
Radiation really is everywhere – and it’s not at all as spooky or dangerous as we often think.
Platforms have started a silent censorship war through this opaque (and often harmful) approach to content moderation.
Credit checks and international co-operation are crucial when it comes to tracking down cybercriminals.
With a diameter between 1.1km and 2.3km, asteroid 2022 AP7 is the largest potentially hazardous asteroid found since 2014.
Believe it or not, this sort-of happened before in Earth’s history – and now we have the Moon.
New genetic research shows humans’ famed ability to adapt our behaviour and develop new tools and techniques has not always been enough to survive when times have grown tough.
Invertebrates are the most abundant animals on our planet – and the vast majority are nothing to be afraid of, despite their appearances.
Social media have become a crucial source of information during emergencies – but it is prone to misinformation and bias.
Burial land is running low in certain parts of the world. It’s about time we started to consider the environmental cost of our final resting place.
In a few Australian suburbs, a cup of coffee or toothpaste can now arrive via the air. But that doesn’t mean drones are going to be widespread – for now.
The cybercrime ecosystem is vast and complex – and increasingly littered with specialists who will cheaply sell your data.
Half a dozen times in the past 10,000 years, enigmatic ‘Miyake events’ have showered Earth with cosmic rays.
ActuallyAutistic, #AutismAcceptance and #AutisticAdults are all popular TikTok hashtags. But as much as TikTok can be liberating for people with autism, the conversation can’t stop there.
Many people think they’re allergic to cat hair, but that’s not entirely the case.
Historians will pinpoint Biden’s decision on 7 October 2022 as the moment at which US and Chinese technology decoupling became inevitable.
Would an advanced AI try to take over the world? If it uses a common approach called ‘reinforcement learning’, the answer is almost certainly yes.
The virtual office promised by the metaverse could bring enhanced surveillance and the drawbacks of online culture to the workplace.
Urine therapies have been used across cultures for millennia (notably at times when modern medical alternatives weren’t available). Do they still have a place today?
Findings from a Victorian coroner’s report remind us we still don’t fully understand how problematic gaming ties into other factors in a person’s life.
What happens when drug testing experts come across a substance they have never seen before?
Ancient DNA from Neanderthal fossils in southern Siberia reveals a small community with close family ties – including a father and his teenage daughter.