How fast will mobile data get?
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In this Speed Read, learn the difference between 3G, 4G and 5G, and why it matters.
Are toys sharing too much information on the internet?
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As Amazon introduces a new smart-home device aimed at children, it’s important to know many internet-connected toys are not secure, putting kids’ security and privacy at risk.
China has its eye on technological dominance.
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Now is the time for China to put its technological and diplomatic skills on display in its quest for superpower status.
Securing your home’s connection to the internet.
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Here’s how to secure your home network, whether or not it has already been attacked by hackers.
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As cities get smarter, we need to examine carefully who gets our data and what it is used for.
Hub:raum’s open office workspace.
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Start-ups are innovative and agile, while big companies have abundant resources. Corporate accelerators bring them together, and a new case study outlines best practices.
Hear, hear.
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Sound alerts on digital devices are often annoying, so we’ve tended to opt for silence. In future, that could hold us back.
What’s the best way to secure a world of connected objects?
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More connected devices means more vulnerability to cyberattacks. Is there a cheap, easy and secure way to protect the internet and the world?
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Revelations about the fitness app have turned up the heat on the privacy and security risks of wearables.
Telstra and the City of Joondalup have joined forces in a trial of ‘smart park’ applications at Tom Simpson Park.
Public spaces have become more, not less, important to our experience of cities in the digital era. These technologies can be used to confound and enlarge our experiences of and connections to place.
Is this our relationship to tech companies now?
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The companies that make our digital devices think – and act – like they still own them, even after we’ve bought them. Are we becoming digital serfs?
Why did I click “download”?
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Confidential data and even human lives are at risk thanks to the huge spread of connected technology in healthcare.
Prometheus statue at Rockefeller Center, Manhattan. The inscription behind it is a paraphrase of Aeschylus that reads: “Prometheus, teacher in every art, brought the fire that hath proved to mortals a means to mighty ends”.
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How the idea of a hyper-connected society could quickly go from utopia to dystopia and why neither scenario is likely to last.
What happens if your smart kettle is hacked?
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‘Internet of Things’ devices come with many risks, but current laws may not protect us. Until they do, it may be best to steer clear.
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But don’t worry, it’s failing. For now.
Locking down the federal government.
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President Trump’s new executive order on cybersecurity signals some significant new federal cybersecurity efforts.
No need for a bank: Just a smartphone and a blockchain.
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Already becoming a darling of Wall Street, blockchain technology’s biggest real benefits could come to the world’s poorest people. Here’s how.
How’s this setting?
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When it comes to smart vibrators, be sure to use data protection.
The Internet of Things offers great opportunities for Africa.
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The new Internet of Things has the potential to compensate for Africa’s legacies of underdevelopment.
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Using sound waves to disrupt sensor functions is just one of a growing number of “side-channel attacks” that could affect our devices.