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On Feb. 6, 1919, half of Seattle’s workforce went on strike over a demand for higher wages. A labor historian explains why it matters 100 years later.
Until last December, Internet service providers were required to respect the principle of web neutrality. This is no longer the case in the United States. What are the consequences?
The European Union has issued its first fine, cracking down on companies that misuse users' personal data. Why hasn't the US taken a similarly strong approach?
Monopolies are bad for innovation and dismantling them would help the US economy compete.
If you're worried your phone is recording your private conversations, look closer at the data you've already agreed to give away.
Should every country have the right to impose its own laws governing the internet on the rest of the world? If so, the internet could become almost unrecognisable.
Most tech companies make it difficult for users to say no to aggressive surveillance practices. But it is helpful to know about the default settings on your smartphone and how to change them.
Some will point to Apple's lost talisman as the reason for the company's current woes. They needn't bother.
The ACCC would like closer scrutiny of digital platforms such as Facebook and Google – in particular with regards to user privacy, market power and operational algorithms.
Australia might become the first country in the world to submit Google and Facebook's algorithms to a public interest test.
New research shows supporting angel investors, rather than giving startups 'founding' help, fosters entrepreneurship.
Without much delay, Facebook and Twitter could make significant changes to limit political manipulation and propaganda. Will they? And will users ask it of the social media giants?
Companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Airbnb and Tesla are redefining key aspects of daily life such as work, mobility and leisure, using our cities as laboratories for their innovations.
Investment is pouring into urban technology, much of it into innovative ventures that aim to transform how we get around our cities.
A/B testing is leading to a profound change in business process that is filtering through our whole society.
Scholars and skeptics warned about Facebook long before its founder was even born. Technology companies keep asking for more and more data and proving they can't be trusted.
Industrial action by Google workers shows collective representation is needed even in what is meant to be the best company in the world.
Amazon, Facebook and Google have lofty goals for their effects on global society. But people around the world are still waiting for the positive results. Here's what the tech giants could do.
The walkout by thousands of Google employees around the world was historic, both because of who was protesting and what their demands were. It may even mark the start of something new.
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
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Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Researcher at Microsoft Research, Cambridge UK. Previously, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW, and Academic Lead, UNSW Grand Challenge on Trust, UNSW
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Associate Professor, Informatics and Operations, Kingston University
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Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Professor of Management and Innovation, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
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Fellow of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Bond University
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Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology
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Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Distinguished Professor of Public Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate professor, RMIT University
