July 21, 2024
Feng Li, City, University of London
The recovery continues from the faulty software update applied to Microsoft operating systems.
July 19, 2024
Enterprises across Australia and the world are struggling to cope with a huge software outage – but your home computer is probably safe.
April 4, 2024
Sigi Goode, Australian National University
A secret, years-long project to implant a backdoor in a widely used free software tool was only foiled by luck.
February 27, 2024
Cartography has become one of the most successful technologies for understanding the world around us. But like the world itself, maps and map-making are constantly evolving.
February 4, 2024
Canada has spent billions on health-care software that does not even communicate province to province. Free and open-source software would be a technically superior and far less expensive option.
November 30, 2023
Stacy Carter, University of Wollongong; Emma Frost, University of Wollongong; Farah Magrabi, Macquarie University, and Yves Saint James Aquino, University of Wollongong
Before AI becomes widespread in health care, we need to ask what matters to consumers.
June 22, 2023
New digital technologies have been a constant for workers over the past few decades, with a mixed record on the economy and individuals’ daily lives. AI’s effect will likely be just as unpredictable.
May 31, 2023
Estelle Trengove, University of the Witwatersrand
Many speak fondly of how Barry Dwolatzky took them into a derelict disco and enthusiastically explained the tech co-working space he envisioned there.
December 5, 2022
Camélia Radu, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and Nadia Smaili, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
A new study finds that women improve cyber risk management by bringing new perspectives and skills to the decision-making process of company boards.
April 14, 2022
One of the oldest industries, fishing, is entering the world of advanced analytics and data-driven planning. With oceans under stress and key fish stocks dwindling, can precision fishing help?
February 23, 2022
October 7, 2021
Fiona Carroll, Cardiff Metropolitan University and Ana Calderon, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Children are at the heart of the battle between usefulness and security. Can we trust Big Tech to find solutions to making computers, and life online, safer for them?
March 2, 2021
With outdated delivery systems at many hospitals and clinics, mistakes can lead to costly duplication of services and poor patient outcomes. But there are ways to fix the current system.
March 1, 2021
Linying Dong, Toronto Metropolitan University and Karim Keshavjee, University of Toronto
Digital health can improve care, but in Ontario, health data are still fragmented, despite billions of dollars spent over the last two decades to enable fast and secure exchange of health information.
February 19, 2021
The battle between media companies and foreign governments over who controls the news dates back some 150 years, to when European and US wire services dictated the world’s headlines.
October 4, 2020
Mmaki Jantjies, University of the Western Cape
Teachers still hold the key to children’s learning and no keyboard or screen can replace their role.
July 21, 2020
In response to the Covid-19 epidemic, more than 50 countries have developed tracing applications to help alert citizens and authorities when outbreaks occur. But the process is anything but simple.
July 16, 2020
South Africa would benefit greatly from the rich beneficiation experience of Brazil, Russia, India and China.
June 7, 2020
Businesses need to develop their cyber-resiliency by examining their business practices, and stopping, continuing or starting cybersecurity measures.
May 15, 2020
Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
Women are underrepresented in technology fields, but especially so in cybersecurity. It’s not just a matter of fairness. Women are better than men at key aspects of keeping the internet safe.
