Premium Case studies Meet the diplomat deleting Russian ransomware profitability Communications & Technology Hitting Russian nationals with sanctions over cybercrime is all about price signals. Are the days of cheap money from extortion numbered?
Leigh warns on vendor and platform lock-ins for APS use of AI November 17, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology AI’s primary public service purpose should be to do good, not attack targets. That means contestable alternatives, not another oligopoly.
Premium Columnists AI visions, managing data risks, and the Bletchley Declaration November 9, 2023 By Binoy Kampmark Communications & Technology Who will draft the use of AI data rules? Which agency will be vested with the power to police them? And who will care to abide by them?
Premium Insights and analysis Microsoft positions to become the default platform for Australian government October 25, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology With AUKUS and AI prompting a top-level rethink, Microsoft reinvests annual revenue in local infrastructure to wash away tax minimisation and competition blues.
As robodebt imploded, Services Australia mandated ‘Roboto’ as its primary brand typeface July 13, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social It’s frying pan to fire for Services Australia’s reputation resuscitation unit, after the agency adopted a font that sounds like a crisis.
Digital ‘dark patterns’ and lock-ins attract Leigh’s regulatory spotlight April 5, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Economy & Industry Digital subscriptions now resemble Hotel California, Australia’s competition minister Andrew Leigh says.
Ombud calls for world-first powers to deal with digital platform complaints March 29, 2023 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology The Telecommunications Industry Ombud asks Treasury for the role of hearing complaints about digital platforms.
Five stars: The age of surveillance and scrutiny December 14, 2022 By Amal Awad Community & Social While ratings systems may encourage good behaviour on the part of the provider and recipient, it’s a hungry business model that is both anxiety-inducing and untrustworthy.
Premium Columnists Google location data has you forever in its web November 21, 2022 By Binoy Kampmark Communications & Technology ACCC fining Google for location data privacy breaches hardly deals with the central premise of Google’s existence: surveillance capitalism.
Want to use your data more effectively? Head for the cloud November 16, 2022 By Brad Howarth 2022 Data for Decision Making Special Report Cloud services offer clients low-cost options for data storage and high-powered solutions for analysis.
Government teams up with Google Australia for Indo-Pacific seagrass mapping November 14, 2022 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry Coastal research for a new ‘Blue carbon’ project in the Indo-Pacific will be made possible via a partnership between Google, the CSIRO and DFAT.
Banks side with Big Tech to reject rules to keep data in Australia September 8, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Banks are backing Facebook to oppose rules that would keep Australians’ data onshore. In England they want social platforms to pay for fraud. Here’s how it all went wrong…
Google to pay $60m as ACCC issues consumer data warning August 15, 2022 By Anna Macdonald Communications & Technology ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb says the outcome sends a ‘strong message’ to digital platforms to not mislead consumers on how consumer data is collected and used.
New secretary has strong background in range of roles August 9, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Meghan Quinn, who has landed the Industry, Science and Resources gig, spent a large chunk of her public sector career in Treasury.
Premium Interviews What a tech leader can teach public servants about carving out a satisfying job May 10, 2022 By Melissa Coade Career Advice The former head of Asia-Pacific for Twitter and Cloudflare shares her tips on how to carve out a rewarding career.