
The Internet of Things (IoT) is already all around us. Online devices have become essential in industries from manufacturing and healthcare to agriculture and environmental management, not to mention our own homes. Digital consulting firm Ovum estimates that by 2022 Australian homes will host more than 47 million IoT devices,…

The Australian government is in talks with pharmaceutical company Pfizer about potentially supplying its COVID-19 vaccine. The company has also secured preliminary clearance to apply for a type of fast-tracked regulatory approval for this vaccine. But even if clinical trials showed this vaccine was safe and effective, Australia couldn’t make…

With ballots for the U.S. 2020 presidential election still being counted in several states, it’s possible that we won’t know that outcome for quite some time. But one clear victor emerged in another fight: the drug legalisation movement. In multiple cities and states, in both red and blue areas, people…

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware this article contains the name of a deceased person. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons received its 50th ratification on October 24, and will therefore come into force in January 2021. A historic development, this new international law will…

Sometimes you stumble across something so enticing, so alluringly forbidden that you have a crisis of faith. No matter how hard you struggle against the internal demon, you simply must submit. In this case, the new ‘Grown Up Scent’ Play-Doh is summoning such a visceral response. And with such seductive…

Twitter over the weekend “tagged” as manipulated a video showing U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden supposedly forgetting which state he’s in while addressing a crowd. Biden’s “hello Minnesota” greeting contrasted with prominent signage reading “Tampa, Florida” and “Text FL to 30330”. The Associated Press’s fact check confirmed the signs…

The new Resident Evil movie finds its chief of police. The original orphan herself is back, somehow, for a prequel to the 2009 horror film. Danielle Harris teases her Final Girl team-up movie. Plus, Neil Marshall returns to horror, and what could happen to Halloween beyond David Gordon Green’s trilogy….