Information and Communication

Energys Australia will source green hydrogen from Victoria for the fuel cells, which allow communities to stay connected for 72 hours even when the power is out.

Voting in the UK's general election began on Thursday as a media blackout descended across the country and silenced its political hopefuls. 

The Greens say 1 million people who watched the Matildas World Cup semifinal against England last year via streaming would have been blocked from seeing it under Labor's proposed changes to the anti-siphoning scheme.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is timid and slow and was once described as "a haven for white-collar crime". A parliamentary inquiry due this week is expected to be brutal in its assessment of the regulator. Will its recommendations chart a path forward?

Anthony Albanese has criticised tech behemoth Meta for claiming social media hasn't harmed kids, and for threatening to block news content.

In what one expert has likened to a plot from the political satire programs Utopia or Yes Minister, a report detailing ways to improve the processes by which the Tasmanian government can be more transparent to the public is released — with the suggested improvements blacked out in page after page of redactions.

Information we share online can be used to spy on us, influence the advertising we see, train algorithms, and more. To avoid this some messaging apps use encryption allowing people to communicate privately.

When a popular Australian podcast recently got into hot water over an episode about toxic shock syndrome (TSS), the incident reflected the consequences of medical misinformation and TSS confusion. So what exactly is TSS, and how worried should women be?

Immigration is a hot issue in the UK and US election campaigns as arrivals surge and voters face cost-of-living pressure. But reducing migrant numbers has economic consequences too.

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".

Critics says proposed changes to Indonesia's Broadcasting Law seek to restrict investigative journalism and ensnare journalists, content creators and the public. 

Ads on social media, billboards and television will direct parents towards a new website.

While federal politics often seems top-down on most issues, the fight against social media's grip on children is starting from the bottom and being pushed up.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been granted a final chance, to appeal his extradition to the United States.

Australia's Cyber Security Coordinator says the large-scale ransomware data breach of e-script provider MediSecure was an "isolated" attack but the Australian Medical Association says the size of the breach is "uncertain". 

Children under 14 could be banned from having social media accounts in South Australia, with a review now underway. Here's a look at what is being proposed. 

The Federal Court has chosen not to extend a temporary order for social media company X, formerly Twitter, to hide videos of a Sydney terrorist stabbing globally.

The lawyer for Ben Cohen, who was wrongly identified as being the Bondi Junction attacker, says a brief of evidence has been handed to police, identifying "malicious and irresponsible use of social media".

The decision is an escalation of Israel's long-running feud with Al Jazeera, which it accuses of bias, and also threatens to heighten tensions with Qatar, which owns the channel.

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.

The social media platform X is expected to return to the Federal Court today to argue why it should not have to hide footage of the Wakeley stabbing.

Amid the rise of misinformation, disinformation and a reported increase in violent extremism online, can the government control what Australians see online?

Anger and fear dominate our world right now, but experts say those who are engineering these emotions are often doing so for the money.

Author Charles Duhigg and broadcaster Beverley Wang have made a profession out of having good conversations. They share how deeper listening, laughing more, and slowing down can help.

For many people living with disability, catching up with friends for a coffee or a night out often involves a level of extra planning – but an app is making crucial information about whether a venue or activity is accessible much more readily available.