Once a mainstay of mainframe and early home computers, magnetic tape is making a comeback for safe data storage.
Author Archive: Chris Griffith
Artificial tongue outs fake Whisky
Scottish scientists have developed an artificial tongue that distinguishes Scotch Whisky from inferior counterfeits.
Snooping on Google reveals stream of data from our phones
Meet Chuck and Diane, two Android smartphones loaded with software that feed you the information they feed the tech giant.
Parkes dishes up Apollo 11 magic
A big weekend of celebrations are planned for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moonwalk.
Reviewers tear strips off Samsung
It’s been dubbed ‘peelgate’, the reports of early units of Samsung’s Fold disintegrating in the hands of reviewers.
Netgear streams art to our walls
The most breathtaking aspect of Meural is the choice of more than 30,000 digital artworks and photographs found in its library.
Safety in numbers
Researchers are using artificial intelligence to predict and alleviate natural disasters such as earthquakes, bushfires and floods.
Canva valued at $1bn with a billion subscribers
In five years, Canva chief Melanie Perkins, 31, has turned her start-up graphics design software company into a venture worth $1.4bn.
Washington Post expands tech reporting
With newspapers globally downsizing staff, The Washington Post’s move to hire 11 new technology journalists has grabbed attention.
Warehouse VR a big success
Gallivanting around a 200-square-metre VR experience has morphed into a lucrative international business for Melbourne-headquartered Zero Latency.
Secrets and lies
Federal parliament passed amendments last month to give Australian agencies more tools to access encrypted conversations.
Robot cleans windows, slowly
My resolution for 2019 is to have gleaming robot-cleaned windows at home.
Cars discuss a driverless future
Car-to-car communication is one of the tools the industry is developing to convince us about the safety of driverless cars.
Meural to stream art into homes
Meural is doing to art what Apple Music and Spotify has done to music.
Fancy Stargate shopping?
Going through Stargate portals between worlds is something you associate with sci-fi movies rather than supermarket shopping.
NASA lacks tech to colonise Mars
Colonising Mars could take much longer than previously thought.
Film fakes: pick the real Obama
Artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques are helping to manipulate video and audio in frightening new ways.
AI bid to future-proof our ancient languages
Researchers in Queensland are harnessing artificial intelligence to document Australian indigenous languages.
Every move you make
Google may go past seeing what we buy to swaying our choices.
Anyone for e-sport?
Gaming enthusiasts are taking their virtual reality skills to a new level.