Byte Into IT

Hosts Vanessa Toholka, Rowena Murray and Paul Callaghan chat to brothers Eden and Josh Porter about their Melbourne International Comedy Festival show, 'Escape to the Megaverse'; Vanessa and Rowena discuss the the Federal Budget, the lack of investing in electric vehicles, low emissions technologies, plastic recycling and the big spending on cyber security. 

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Presenters Dan Morganti, Warren Davies and Rowena Murray are joined by Professor Peter Holland, who talks about surveillance at work, particularly E-monitoring and surveillance; guests Samantha Floriani and Ruby Quail talk about creating queer spaces online.

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Dan Salmon, Laura Summers and Vanessa Toholka interview Viveka Weiley from CSIRO about data ethics and the ethics of invention; host Laura Summers puts her guest hat on to talk about an open source resource she's put on GitHub which is a risk assessment quiz about automation and machine learning.

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Presenters Jo Eaton, Warren Davies and Lily Ryan explore how technology is playing a role in the Russia-Ukraine war and how the big tech platforms can play a more active role in policing misinformation; Dr. Caludia Sandberg from Melbourne University talks about the rise of AI and its role in our lives; and Digital Rights Watch has launched their 2021 report and Lily explores the report's findings.

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Our monthly show dedicated to all things gaming with hosts Maize Wallin and Rowena Murray. A look at world-building game 'Brave Mouse Cartographer' and Australian actress Anne Charleston talks about an upcoming game she's voicing called 'Wayward Strand'. Plus, the latest in gaming news.

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Dr. Saad Mekhilef, Professor at Swinburne University, talks about the uptake of electric vehicles in Australia. Eliza Sorensen, founder of Switter, a sex worker friendly social networking site, examines the online safety of sex workers and the prejudices they face in Australia. Plus, the latest tech news, with presenters Rowe, Paul and Vanessa.

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Hosts Dan Salmon, Laura Summers and Warren Davies talk to Digital Strategist, tech expert, and author Olivia Yallop about her new book 'Break the Internet: In Pursuit of Influence'; and artist Ellis Moseley tells the team about his exhibition 'The Work is not the Work' which is showing at Linden New Art gallery in St Kilda.
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On this games special, Couch Co-Op episode with presenters Dan Morganti and Maize Wallin, we get an overview of single-player, story-driven adventure game Wayward Strand, a review of GOTY award-winning Hades, and an interview with Frank Gafa, union organiser, activist and 24 hour motorsport simulation racer.

Hosts Vanessa Toholka, Lily Ryan and Jo Eaton discuss the arrival of Melbourne's latest alternative transport option, e-scooters; and they interview Donna Benjamin from the Open Practice Library, a community driven, open-source repository for team practice that aims to help individuals, teams and entire businesses figure out the optimal ways to get to the best outcome.

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Presenters Lily Ryan, Jo Eaton & Warren Davies speak to Rowan Castan, the founder of new dating app BOOP; the team discuss the latest NFT news; and they speak with StartSpace Community Lead, Aun Ngo, about StartSpace a new scholarship program for early stage business founders that the State Library of Victoria has just launched.

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