Politics
NPCs may be smart enough to have anxiety in GTA6
A new patent filed by Take-Two talks about a new way to give NPCs more divergent AI for future games like GTA6.
Politics
Governing the digital era
Games
Toxicity Ghettoing: an Amazon patent could create a gaming class system
From quitters to shouty men, toxic players deserve a special place in hell. But is this the right path to send them there?
Culture
AI Frank Sinatra sings Britney Spears, gets copyright takedown
When a song written by an AI riffing on two separate artists gets a copyright strike, who owns it? Or is it just another case of AI vs AI.
Fighting the Unlightenment
By every measure, the future demands creativity. It demands a return to the raw pursuit of ideas. And supporting nerds in their pursuit of amazing innovations is fundamental to the problems we face.
Politics
One of Australia's spy agencies collected COVIDSafe app data, promised they didn't peek
At least one of Australia's top security agencies has "incidentally collected" data from the COVIDSafe app.
Politics
Twitch's DMCA mess continues with no clear end in sight
Twitch has finally provided a clear update on the DMCA situation plaguing the streaming service, but the issues continue.
Free as in anti-competitive
There's big questions in what it means for Google to offer free cloud photo storage and then take it away when the free service spoiled the market for paid competitors for so long.
Culture
Hugo Weaving 'befuddled' by alt-right readings of The Matrix
"These films are profoundly thought through, but it’s too easy to look cool, have a cool haircut, and have a gun, and you think that’s all you need to do in life."
Dark and full of terrors
Too many parents react swiftly to a few scary headlines but don’t actually do much to educate their kids or have conversations about being a savvy digital citizen.
Digital culture is culture
The impacts of the digital world upon every day culture have never been greater. It's time to treat them that way.
Technology
COVIDSafe: Did tech or marketing fail?
Seamus and Nic discuss the mystery of what's gone wrong with the COVIDSafe, plus WWDITS, SBS OnDemand, and the BOM app is now excellent!
A thousand words
The big questions about facial recognition technology have been coming home to roost.