Living with 21st Century Technology

Mistrust of the government’s ability to manage large scale digital infrastructure projects is making people reluctant to sign up to programs like My Health Record, research has found.

Lethal autonomous weapons are intelligent machines that can select, detect and kill targets without human control. Many countries are racing to develop an edge on their adversaries, but at what cost.

More Australians are reporting online extremist or pro-terrorism material to Australia's internet safety watchdog in the wake of the Christchurch massacre.

Mojica's discovery of the gene editing tool CRISPR ranks among the most important scientific findings of this century. He shares his story with Merlin Crossley. 

In a world where data technology has the potential to create new inequalities and deepen existing discriminations how should we respond, and how does data-driven decision-making impact the justice system itself?

Roboticist and robot ethics expert Ron Arkin explains what the rise of lethal autonomous systems will mean for the way wars are fought.

Australia has one of the most secure electoral systems imaginable thanks to paper ballots. Cybersecurity experts caution against e-voting.

If robots can deliver sex without feelings and intimacy without commitment, what happens to relationships?

Genome editing technology has, and will always have, limits. Limits that are related not to the technology itself but to the intrinsic complexity of the human genome.

Sex robots. Built from the bodies of sex dolls, they are created to help humans cope with our inability to connect. But what impact will sex robots have on our ability to form and maintain intimate relationships? 

In this piece for The Conversation, Deborah Lupton explores why even data and privacy scandals are not driving users from the platform.  

Hear technology sociologist Zeynep Tufekci share how big tech is exploiting your data.