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While many jobs are being replaced by technology, those that participate in the making of (good) social experiences for people are bucking the trend.
Artificial intelligence poses opportunities as well as dangers; understanding them – and regulating carefully – will help avoid harm to individuals and society as a whole.
The additional precautions many women take when travelling alone help us manage our fears and feel more empowered to enter into public spaces.
Bitcoin and other digital currencies have been running wild in recent years, soaring and then plunging in value. A few stories from The Conversation’s archive offer a glimpse into their world.
Technology can transgress all kinds of legal frameworks.
A new Science Gallery Melbourne exhibition offers a set of reflections, calculations and speculations that engage with ideas about the perfect body, mathematical precision, quantum physics and a post-human world.
Tech companies that have been wary to hire anyone over 30 are missing out on skilled workers.
Many of us complain about the stress of being ‘always on’ – here’s what life could be like, if you actually disconnected.
Our unproductive ‘zombie’ screen hours can creep up – but they don’t need to rule us. Here are four steps to help you use new tools to monitor and change your technology habits.
Trump’s plan to slap $200 billion more in tariffs on Chinese goods is premised on yesterday’s waste-fueled economy. Tomorrow’s economy is ‘circular.’
The Mother of All Demos
In 1968 computers were the size of a room. But after the founding of Intel and the introduction of the mouse that year they would eventually fit in a pocket – and change the Silicon Valley forever.
A 90-minute presentation in 1968 showed off the earliest desktop computer system. In the process it introduced the idea that technology could make individuals better – if government funded research.
People who depend on auditory implants to hear struggle to understand speech in noisy places. A new device could change that.
An expert argues our connection with these figures is longstanding. They are embedded in our myths and help us explore deeper questions about being human.
Google needs to stop relying on just advertising if it wants to be successful in the next 20 years – but that is proving difficult.
Technology is already changing how we live our lives and go about our days. Are we ready with collaborative planning processes so we are not taken by surprise by more profound change?
The 2018 Australian Museum Eureka Prize winners include astrophysicist and science communicator Alan Duffy and the citizen science app QuestaGame.
Important programs helping older adults learn how to use the internet are effective but limited.
Management trumps technology in making companies productive, but that doesn’t mean firms can be complacent when it comes to keeping up with change.
Top contributors
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
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Director, Center for National Security Initiatives, and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Principal Lecturer in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Visiting Professor of Law, University of Richmond
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Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies, Boston University
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Associate Professor, Informatics and Operations, Kingston University
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Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
