Computer Science

Defence Minister Richard Marles says the purpose built $2 billion cloud storage facility will keep data secure in Australia.

In what could be a costly blunder by health insurer Medibank, the Australian Information Commissioner alleges it knew about "serious deficiencies" in its IT security before hackers plundered the sensitive data of almost 10 million customers.

Students are central to an AI arms race in which programs generating answers for assignments and those designed to catch them out are scrambling for superiority.

According to Ticketmaster's public filing, the company first identified "unauthorised activity" on May 20, a week before the post on social media.

The company says it has secure encryption methods in place for customer passwords, and no customer accounts or payment details had been compromised in the "cyber incident".

Quantum computing is seen by some as the next big thing with countries around the world investing billions in a race to be first to build a useful quantum computer.

A new campaign — called I Am Not A Typo — is urging tech companies to fix ethnic bias in their algorithms to stop autocorrect mangling so many people's names. 

OpenAI says it plans to halt the use of a ChatGPT voice that resembles Johansson, who famously voiced a fictional, and at the time futuristic, AI assistant in the 2013 film Her.

The Australian Electoral Commission says it has limited scope to protect voters from deepfake videos and phone calls imitating politicians in upcoming elections. 

AI tools such as face-swapping and chatbots are being used by South-East Asia's crime syndicates to make their scams more efficient and effective. However, some operations appear to be having less success with the new tech than others.

If you've lived online long enough for Facebook to start dredging up embarrassing status updates from a decade ago, chances are you've picked up on a distinct vibe shift in our virtual world.

Qantas has confirmed that a technology issue was to blame for a glitch affecting its app that allowed customers to view the personal details of other travellers in an apparent privacy breach.

The Queensland and Australian governments have set aside $470 million each to build "the most complex machine ever built by humanity" in Brisbane. So how does it work?

Young people and women are particularly at risk, with work and personal emails or phones most commonly used by perpetrators. 

Tesla CEO Elon Musk visits Beijing on an unannounced trip, where he is expected to discuss the rollout of the company's Full Self-Driving software, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Humanity's most distant spacecraft — which fell silent in November — is once again sending status reports after NASA engineers working with a two-day communication delay devised a software fix for a failed computer chip.

Facebook parent Meta unveiled a new set of artificial intelligence systems that are powering what CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls "the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use".

Scammers on Facebook and Instagram are using a fake, AI-generated Dr Karl to sell health pills to Australians. When users reported the ads to Meta, the company initially said there was nothing wrong with them.

Experts question why only one Australian state has implemented internationally recognised "gold standard" security measures for digital licences ahead of Victoria's statewide launch next month. 

Screen time is a big issue for many parents and educators, but when safely managed it can help children develop creativity, according to an expert. 

A small community of hobby drone racers, chasing a need for speed, unintentionally made a "terrifyingly powerful" weapon that has changed the world.

Posts that have been fact-checked and proven false are slipping through Meta's net, a new report alleges. And the tech giant could be in breach of their code of conduct.

Melting ice in Greenland and Antarctica is changing Earth's spin, which may help experts with a tricky international timekeeping dilemma, a new study suggests.

Noland Arbaugh, who is paralysed from below the shoulder, used the Neuralink chip to play online chess, saying the technology had given him the ability to play video games again. 

Australia's eSafety commissioner sent six companies legal notices that require them to answer detailed questions on how they are tackling the issue.