The ‘new’ offences added to the online safety bill are not really new – and could continue to fail victims of online abuse

How autonomous underwater robots can spot oil plumes after an ocean spill

On April 20, 2010, the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded, burned, sank in the Gulf of Mexico and terrified the world. This horrific accident —...

TikTok’s greatest strength could also be its undoing

I have a ten-year-old niece named Divya (not her real name) in rural northern India. Two years ago, I visited and she came running to hug...

Four reasons your fibre internet could be slow – and five tips to speed it up

Internet use has increased significantly over recent years, and through the pandemic, we have become even more dependent on online services. To meet this demand, the...

How sweat sensors could play a critical role in monitoring our health

Sweat is a biological fluid — like blood, saliva and urine — that contains metabolites, electrolytes, proteins and hormones. The levels of these vary depending on...

The metaverse: three legal issues we need to address

The “metaverse” seems to be the latest buzzword in tech. In general terms, the metaverse can be viewed as a form of cyberspace. Like the internet,...

Government agencies are tapping a facial recognition company to prove you’re you – here’s why that raises concerns about privacy, accuracy and fairness

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is planning to require citizens to create accounts with a private facial recognition company in order to file taxes online. The...

How 5G puts airplanes at risk – an electrical engineer explains

New high-speed cellphone services have raised concerns of interference with aircraft operations, particularly as aircraft are landing at airports. The Federal Aviation Administration has assured Americans...

Driverless cars won’t be good for the environment if they lead to more auto use

For years, self-driving car technology has remained tantalizingly just beyond the horizon. Bold predictions notwithstanding, fully automated vehicles still haven’t appeared in showrooms. But the technology...

A lunar return, a Jupiter moon, the most powerful rocket ever built and the James Webb Space Telescope – space missions to watch in the coming months

Space travel is all about momentum. Rockets turn their fuel into momentum that carries people, satellites and science itself forward into space. 2021 was a year...