Meta is abandoning fact checking – this doesn’t bode well for the fight against misinformation

By Ned Watt, Queensland University of Technology; Michelle Riedlinger, Queensland University of Technology; Silvia Montaña-Niño, The University of Melbourne; The Conversation Meta has announced it will abandon...

Humans will soon be able to mine on the Moon. But should we? 4 questions to consider

By Evie Kendal, Swinburne University of Technology; Alan Duffy, Swinburne University of Technology; The Conversation By the end of this decade, nations and private companies may well...

Seven advances in technology that we’re likely to see in 2025

By Lewis Endlar, Keele University; The Conversation In the grand scheme of things, 45 years is not a long time. Back in 1980, it would take...

AI can’t do your Christmas shopping just yet – but next year might be different

By Jon Whittle, Data61; The Conversation I’m a computer scientist and a bad Christmas shopper. Over the weekend, I wondered whether AI systems might be able...

How to avoid the latest generation of scams this holiday season

By Shaila Rana, Purdue University; Nelly Mulleneaux, Purdue University; The Conversation Imagine this: Two days before your family holiday party, you get a text about an online...

What Roblox’s safety updates mean for its users

By Sara M. Grimes, McGill University; The Conversation Following weeks of controversy and mounting public scrutiny, the popular social gaming platform Roblox has updated its parental...

China restricted young people from video games. But kids are evading the bans and getting into trouble

By Tianyi Zhangshao, University of Sydney; Ben Egliston, University of Sydney; Marcus Carter, University of Sydney; The Conversation In late November, Australia’s federal parliament passed landmark legislation...

What we can and (still) can’t predict about earthquakes

What does the NASA administrator do? The agency’s leader reaches for the stars while navigating budgets and politics back on Earth

By Wendy Whitman Cobb, Air University; The Conversation Leaders of NASA sit in an awkward position. While they are the head of a widely recognized organization,...

What is Salt Typhoon? A security expert explains the Chinese hackers and their attack on US telecommunications networks

By Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; The Conversation Cyberattacks linked to the Chinese government that compromised large portions of the American telecommunications network have...