Humans have always been capable of transcending the lock box of daily life with little more technology at their side than wood, string, a baton and their voices

To test the risks of surveillance and sabotage, Four Corners asked a hacker to show what China's top EV brand could see and do remotely.

Her Thoreau-like account of journeys in the woods, published when she was 28, was the first of many ruminations on life and nature, good and evil.

‘Pervert glasses’ are selling out, tick-a-box consent is broken and the spectre of surveillance is invading all aspects of our lives * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A mere five years after the government first started talking about it, new changes have finally been proposed for the Privacy Act. They could not be more overdue and urgent. ‘Pervert glasses’ are selling out at Kmart, facial recognition technology is proliferating in our everyday environments, and microtargeting for advertising has filled our algorithms with nonsense and toxic junk. Privacy reform is hugely popular: 93% of Australians say protecting personal information is important to them, and 87% say they are more concerned about their privacy than they were five years ago. But it is practically impossible for us to take personal responsibility for our data footprint, especially in the age of AI. Tick-a-box consent is a broken model. Australians rate protecting our personal information as their number one priority for AI regulation. Continue reading...

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The artist and architect owners likened sparing the silver maple to “rescuing a geriatric dog.”

Queensland's rejection of rules tying data centre construction to new renewables projects means the federal government will be forced to legislate to override the state.

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Amanda Rishworth says Pauline Hanson must "turn up and answer questions" after the One Nation leader barred ABC and Guardian journalists from a press conference in Victoria. Follow live.

Canberra's bus shelters were described as "concrete monstrosities" when installed in 1975 but have since been noted for their brutalist architectural style and functionality.

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It's time to end logging and land clearing in Australia

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