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In the technology world, one of the major talking points centers on the challenges regarding consumer data privacy. There is no coherent approach, however, and many people have strong, and differing, opinions about privacy.
Tim Kendall supports stronger regulation of tech industry
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The millions of Australians working and playing from home in the Covid-19 pandemic should be wary of how much information they give out
The company has seen a 535% rise in daily traffic in the past month, but security researchers say the app is a ‘privacy disaster’
Leo Kelion investigates the rise of Amazon and its huge data-gathering operation
Lawyers say ineffectiveness of act exposes UK to harm by ‘cybercriminals and hostile nations’
Not so long ago we searched Google. Now we seem quite happy to let Google search us
Worried about the data collected about you? A new generation of startups is making apps to put your privacy settings straight
Expert says technology deployed is based on outdated science and therefore is unreliable
Technology and cities are making us lonelier than ever, writes journalist Sophie McKay, giving opportunistic new businesses the chance to sell us innovative, expensive and ultimately empty solutions to a perfectly normal emotion.
The Sonos furore proves the company is closer to the personal gadget cycle than traditional hi-fi
Four companies sued Facebook Inc in U.S. federal court on Thursday for alleged anticompetitive conduct, saying the social network inappropriately revoked developer access to its platform in order to harm prospective competitors.
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New research suggests nearly all Australian smartphone users experience "nomophobia" – or fear of being without their mobile phones - and more than one in eight have severe symptoms associated with illegal or dangerous behaviour.
A national survey of more than 2800 smartphone users found 99 per cent exhibited some degree of nomophobia. While 37 per cent had only mild symptoms, nearly half experienced the phobia in the moderate range and 13 per cent had a severe case.
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Copyright infringement claim 'not in anyone’s interest' responds org
Critics fear plans for enhanced monitoring could remain even after coronavirus crisis passes
Mobile advertising companies can collect detailed data about Americans’ movements
Nearly half of video games include in-game purchase options, fuelling a spending spree on virtual goods and a debate on what property rights are held over the digital assets
A new mode links parents' TikTok accounts to their child's, and gives control over some features.
Authorities are pushing ahead with the surveillance technology despite fears of inaccuracy and racial bias.
Towards the end of the 20th century, an entirely new discipline emerged in aviation. An offshoot of a field known as visual science, it led aircraft engineers to change the layout of instruments in the cockpit of a fighter plane. At the breakneck speed of an aerial dogfight, a pilot’s ability to read their control panel might just save their life, so instrument panel layout
As most of us return to work having enjoyed a well-earned Christmas break, it’s important to ask to what extent we actually disengaged. We may have been off work, but had we actually switched off? Were we able to give our families and friends, indeed ourselves, the necessary care and attention? Or were we still checking our phones, refusing to fully flick that work/play
With a smile, Paul slips his fingers beneath a cable and dangles the large plastic button attached at the end between his teeth. “I could never find another place to put this one, so it just goes in my mouth,” the 27-year-old from Luton laughs as he returns to playing Call of Duty.
It was heralded as the product that would kill internal email chains. Instead, it's changed how we behave while in the office
I want you to pause for a moment and think about how much time you spent listening to music today. Maybe it’s 30 minutes? Or an hour? According to Nielsen Music, on average, Americans now spend just slightly more than 32 hours a week listening to music — that’s approximately 4.5 hours per day. Now, I want you …
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