Jo & Vanessa discuss NBN Co to refine its prices with small business providers in mind, Mediback Cops strict operating conditions from insurance regulator over cyber-attack, Google adjusts privacy policy, Adobe’s $20 Billion…
Hosts Lilly Ryan, Vanessa Toholka and Dan Salmon are joined by Swinburne University postdoctoral researcher Sam Pinches and Bachelor of Mechatronics student Rohan Ford to discuss launching student hardware into space. The team…
Hosts Vanessa and Dan Mulganti are joined by UNSW solar expert Dr Richard Corkish, who unpacks Australia’s solar panel waste problem and makes the case for bespoke tech solutions to keep old panels…
Hosts Rowena Murray and Jo Eaton are joined by Adrian Dyer to chat about Cherry blossoms, climate change. social media and AI. Afterwards. Michelle Chen calls in to talk about Mini Melbourne, the…
Hosts Dan Mulganti and Lilly Ryan are joined by Natalie Thompson, a Senior Policy Officer from Australia’s ‘Electric Vehicle Council’. Together they explore Australia’s recently published National Electric Vehicle Strategy and how its…
Hosts Vanessa Toholka & Jo Eaton are joined by Dr. Linda McIver, executive director of the Australian Data Science Education Studio. Together they discuss ‘AI the Next Generation’, a forum event held by…
Professor Geoff Webb from Monash University’s ‘Department of Data Science & AI’ joins hosts Vanessa Toholka and Dan Salmon to discuss the world’s first defamation lawsuit against ‘Chat GPT’, emerging from a local…
Hosts Ro Murray, Dan Morganti and Lily Ryan speak with RMIT's Dr Lina Wang on the university's recent report, Gender Dimensions of the Australian Cyber Security Sector, and some of the approaches…
Our hosts Dan Morganti and Ro Murray speak with Professor Robert Sparrow from Monash Data Futures Institute about his recent paper, Mintoaurs, Not Centaurs -The Future of Manned-Unmanned Teaming, which looks at…
Hosts Lily Ryan and Dan Salmon hear from Faculty Lead of UNSW Business School and UNSW Institute of Cyber Security, Dr Rob Nicholls, on preventing and limiting the impact of data breaches. Also…
Hosts Jo Eaton, Dan Morganti and Dan Salmon are joined by audio engineer, podcaster producer and author of The Podcaster's Audio Handbook Cory Marie Green to talk about empowering community groups with the…
Our hosts Vanessa Toholka, Ro Murray and Lily Ryan are joined by Bonnie Shaw and Dr Alison Kealy to discuss data driven decision making and the built environment. Bonnie is the co-founder of…
This week, our hosts Vanessa Toholka, Paul Callaghan and Rachel Connor dive into the latest in AI developments; LGBTQIA+ twitch streamer Luna aka Luminumn is on the show to speak about her experience…
Presenters Warren Davies and Jo Eaton are joined by James Clark, executive director of Digital Rights Watch, to discuss the federal Attorney General's Privacy Act Review Report and what could come of the…
Hosts Vanessa Toholka and Dan Morganti discuss the recent changes to the Attorney General's definition of piracy and its effects on streaming service account sharing; Malcom Kinns, CEO of education and employment not-for-profit…
Hosts Rowena Murray and Warren Davies hear from senior specialist advisor in privacy and data protection, and Electronic Frontiers Australia board member, John Pane on Electronic Data Protection Day 2023. Also, Ron Curry…
On their first show back for 2023, hosts Lily Ryan, Rowena Murray and Vanessa Toholka are joined by Fishburners CEO Martin Karafilis, and founder of The Defrag and Lawson Media, Kristofor Lawson, to…
Our hosts Vanessa Toholka, Lily Ryan and Rowena Murray break down the year that was with 2022's biggest winners and losers in the tech space, plus the latest local and global tech news…
Hosts Dan Salmon and Warren Davies speak with Liam Esler from Summerfall Studios about their new interactive musical experience game, Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical; Laura Crawford, Swinburne University lecturer and co-course director…
Meena Thamarajah, CEO and founder Huey Books, an ed-tech start-up using machine learning to create a bookbot to make it fun for kids to find books they love; and our hosts are joined…
Hosts Ro Murray, Lily Ryan and Warren Davies are joined by Shlee, maintainer of aus.social Mastodon instance, and Aurynn Shaw, maintainer of cloudisland.nz Mastodon instance, to delve deep into the differences between Mastodon…
Our hosts Dan Morganti, Lily Ryan and Adam Christou interview Darcy Smith from Studio Folly, creator of Gubbins - a friendly puzzle game described as Solitaire meets Scrabble with a psychedelic visual component…
Our hosts Vanessa Toholka and Dan Salmon speak with app developer Dylan McDonnell about Foodini, the app that connects the 1 in 3 people with food intolerances and allergies with the restaurants that…
Hosts Paul Callaghan, Laura Summers and Jo Eaton speak to Professor Nicholas Davies from The Human Technology Institute at UTS, on building Australia's capability in ethical and responsible use of AI and facial…
Hosts Dan Salmon and Rowena Murray are joined by Professor Carsten Rudolph, Department of Software Systems and Cybersecurity, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, to discuss what data breaches tell us about how…
Presenters Vanessa Toholka and Dan Morganti bring us a Melbourne International Games Week special episode. Our hosts chat with Dan Golding, PhD, about the 2022 edition of local game-maker showcase festival, Freeplay Parallels…
Melbourne contemporary artist J. Rosenbaum talks about their show, 'AI Perceptions of Gender', on at Melbourne Fringe Festival; plus an interview with Tim Colwill from Game Workers Australia, Australia's first union for game…
Cybersecurity expert Dr Arash Shaghaghi from UNSW explores how messaging apps that don't offer end-to-end encryption means that private conversations might be accessed without your consent, and Fishburners CEO Alan Jones talks about…
Hosts Lily Ryan, Vanessa Toholka and Dan Salmon speak with Lucy Wark, founder CEO of sex tech startup NORMAL, a sexual wellness and sex education company on a mission to change the conversation…
Hosts Lily Ryan, Warren Davies and Dan Salmon talk to Professor Peter Holland from the Business School at Swinburne University about post-pandemic workplace monitoring and what companies may have done to overstep privacy…
Hosts Rowena Murray and Vanessa Taholka talk to Garry Williams, founder of Tractor Ventures, about community building and support for entrepreneurs. Vanessa and Ro also unpack a recent publication on O'Reilly titled The…
Hosts Lily Ryan, Dan Salmon and Warren Davies talk to Dr. Diana Bossio, Associate Professor of Media and Communication at Swinburne University, about Elon Musk's Twitter lawsuit; and Maria O'Sullivan, Deputy Director of…
Hosts Maize Wallin and Dan Morganti present their monthly gaming episode of Byte Into It, reviewing the game 'Risk of Rain 2' made by Hopoo Games. And Seb Chan, Chief Experience Officer from…
Hosts Rowena Murray, Paul Callaghan, Vanessa Taholka talk to Gerard Brody, CEO of the Consumer Action Law Centre about what banks could be doing to stop scams and protect their customers. Plus, Associate…
Hosts Jo Eaton, Lily Ryan, and Rowena Murray talk to Grace Brown, co-founder of Andromeda, about The Melbourne Accelerator Program and how humanoid robots can improve lives in aged care; and translator and…
Hosts Lily Ryan, Paul Callaghan, and Warren Davies talk to Choice Journalist Jarni Blakkarly about 'Buy Now, Pay Later' platforms, their pros and cons, and what Australian consumers can expect from them; and…
Hosts Dan Morganti and Maize Wallin bring you their monthly gaming special, including interviews with Dr. Fraser Allison from the University of Melbourne, who explains the design and UX of voice-controlled applications and…
Hosts Vanessa Toholka, Rowena Murray, and Maize Wallin explore the serious implications of the recent U.S. Supreme Court overturning of abortion rights for women, what that could mean for Australians, and what it…
Ethicist and philosopher Dr Simon Coghlan from Melbourne University to discuss sentience in artificial intelligence; and Tess O'Brien and Daniel Levi from The Australian Unemployed Workers Union (AUWU) discuss Centrelink's point-based (PBAS) system…
Hosts Jo Eaton and Vanessa Taholka talk to Chandni Gupta, Policy and Program Director at the Consumer Policy Research Centre, about a recently released report outlining the ways in which Australians have been…
