Flick through a news feed on your phone and you are likely to scroll across an article discussing the heated rivalries of the new space race. Forget the geopolitical struggles of a cold war. This time, it’s Tesla CEO Elon Musk versus Amazon founder Jeff Bezos: the two...
Is it even possible to regulate Facebook effectively? Time and again, attempts have led to the same outcome
Olga Kokshagina, RMIT University and Stan Karanasios, The University of Queensland The Australian government’s recent warning to Facebook over misinformation is just the latest salvo in the seemingly constant battle to hold the social media giant to account for the...
What is the metaverse? 2 media and information experts explain
Rabindra Ratan, Michigan State University and Yiming Lei, Michigan State University The metaverse is a network of always-on virtual environments in which many people can interact with one another and digital objects while operating virtual representations – or avatars...
A new proposed privacy code promises tough rules and $10 million penalties for tech giants
Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW, UNSW Graham Greenleaf Professor of Law and Information Systems, UNSW This week the federal government announced proposed legislation to develop an online privacy code (or “OP Code”) setting tougher...
Facebook relaunches itself as ‘Meta’ in a clear bid to dominate the metaverse
Marcus Carter, University of Sydney Ben Egliston, Queensland University of Technology Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has announced the company will change its name to Meta, saying the move reflects the fact the company is now much broader than just the...
Facebook wants AI to find your keys and understand your conversations
Facebook has announced a research project that aims to push the “frontier of first-person perception”, and in the process help you remember where your left your keys. The Ego4D project provides a huge collection of first-person video and related data, plus a set of...