I'm excited to share that following examination and some minor changes, a few weeks ago I officially completed my PhD! It is exciting and daunting that my research is now out in the world (link below)...

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Come to our event, 'Swim City: Mapping and researching urban swimming' in Melbourne on 12 September. The event launches an online storymap of places to swim and hosts a panel discussion on swimming re...

So great to be in Glasgow for the #CoLIS25 Conceptions of Library and Information Science Conference (CoLIS) at Computer and Information Sciences University of Strathclyde to share new findings from m...

The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.

According to some observers, the ‘hottest topic’ for 2025 is whether universities have lost the public’s support to operate.

What no-one talks about as the AI revolution unfolds in stock market hype and scientific gung-ho is what the developers all really trying to do. They're trying to replicate the human brain.

Three of the Australian National University’s seven college leaders were summoned to meetings this week where they were told the governing council had lost confidence in them.

AI boom will enrich giant tech companies but creators’ rights and income will be drastically reduced unless policymakers intervene, report warns Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast People working in the music sector will lose almost a quarter of their income to artificial intelligence within the next four years, according to the first global economic study examining the impact of the emerging technology on human creativity. Those working in the audiovisual sector will also see their income shrink by more than 20% as the market for generative AI grows from €3bn (A$4.9bn) annually to a predicted €64bn by 2028. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

‘I do not see any benefits for mental health from social media,’ says Dr Danielle Einstein, while Headspace’s head of clinical leadership, Nicola Palfrey, says ‘research does indicate is that there’s ...

Labor has been at pains to say people won’t need digital ID or to hand over their passport – but there’s nothing in legislation preventing it Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A dominant theme of the hastily written submissions to the federal government’s one-day review of its social-media ban bill is that the process is far too rushed to consider its wide-ranging effects on all Australians. A year from now, every Australian logging on to Facebook, Instagram or TikTok may be confronted with a prompt that the company is requiring you to prove your age. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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The State Library of Victory has tarnished its reputation, but the dispute offers an opportunity to reexamine its approach.

Academics, industry leaders, corporate professionals and students are invited to this two-day event at the RMIT Melbourne city campus to discuss how new technologies can be used in ethical and human-f...

An episode of Einstein A Go-Go on 21 April 2024