A photo of what looks astonishingly like a doorway carved into a rock face on Mars has taken the internet by storm. The photo, taken by the Mars Curiosity rover and released this week by NASA, looks like an entrance to the underground home of an intelligent alien race to the whole world. Unfortunately for…
From messages to the lock screen, iPhone users are in for some nifty new tricks when Apple’s latest software update rolls out later this year. Apple unveiled a new computer processor chip and improved MacBooks on Monday’s first day of the Worldwide Developers Conference, but most eyes were on the upcoming iOS 16 update. After…
A photo of what looks astonishingly like a doorway carved into a rock face on Mars has taken the internet by storm. The photo, taken by the Mars Curiosity rover and released this week by NASA, looks like an entrance to the underground home of an intelligent alien race to the whole world. Unfortunately for…
When Australia goes to the polls in May, around 600,000 young digitally born Australians will vote for the first time in federal elections. The University of Canberra’s Digital News Report: Australia 2021 shows that more than half of 18- to 25-year-olds use social media as their primary news source. This means that campaigns will increase…
According to the latest Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Digital Platform Services Inquiry report, consumers who use online retail marketplaces such as eBay and Amazon have “little effective choice in the amount of data they share.” Based on their data, consumers can benefit from personalization and recommendations in these marketplaces. Still, many are left in…
Cryptocurrency investors continue to suffer huge losses as a bad case of the jitters triggers a sell-off that has caused losses across the board. Bitcoin, the leader of the crypto pack, is trading near 30,000 dollars ($A43,605), setting a record losing streak as the collapse of TerraUSD, a so-called “stablecoin,” rippled through the markets. Crypto…
After 20 years, the Apple iPod makes its final bow. The company announced on Wednesday that it was ceasing production of the portable music player, which isn’t a huge shock considering the device was last updated in 2019 and hasn’t really been mentioned by Apple since. When the iPod first hit the market in October…