Treasurer Jim Chalmers: “extreme price” pressures (banks okay though). Image: AAP
As inflation hit a 32-year high, signalling a rise in interest rates in February, bank shares rose on the ASX. Besides the prospect of fatter […]
Biometrics, fingerprinting, and 2FA (Two-Factor Authentication) have become an integral part of our lives. We use these technologies every day. However, we need to be aware that they are harming our privacy rights in more ways than one.
Just as ‘State of Emergency Powers’ enacted by Governments in Australia during the Covid-19 pandemic ease, there’s a push for emergency control occurring on a global scale, led by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Currently the WHO is seeking […]
If major digital platforms don’t deal with harmful online disinformation, they will be made subject to regulation and a mandatory industry code, the federal government has warned.
The government said an exposure draft of legislation giving […]
Meta’s WhatsApp subsidiary was fined 5.5 million euros (A$8.6 million) on Thursday by Ireland’s Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC), its lead EU privacy regulator, for an additional breach […]
Westpac has entered a partnership with AI company Rich Data Co (RDC) as part of broader efforts to improve the lending experience for its business customers and bankers.
The broader efforts cover the introduction of “a digital application process, smarter technology that enables faster decisions for borrowers and an […]
South Australia Police is pressing for more permissive access to cellular location data in emergencies, arguing proposed law changes don’t […]
Nurses, paramedics and allied health professionals will soon be included in the delivery of primary care as Medicare faces the biggest overhaul in its 40-year history.
Labor is preparing to open up Medicare to a wider range of medical professionals in a bid to save universal health care.
A set of international codes are used by the medical industry for billing purposes under Medicare-Medicaid and the private insurance companies, but it’s […]
Preface: I don’t use iCloud. I don’t use an Apple ID. I don’t use the Mac App Store. I don’t store photos in the macOS “Photos” application, even locally. I never opted in to Apple network services of any kind – I use macOS software on Apple hardware.
Today, I […]
