Byte Into IT

Swinburne University Dean of Digital Research, Yang Xiang, explains the environmental implications of blockchain, NFTs and crypto; then, We celebrate Transgender Visibilty Day 2021 by talking with non-binary games developer Fenreliania about their contribution to gaming. Hosted by Vanessa Toholka, Jo Eaton and Dan Salmon.

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Gala Vanting, National Programs Manager of the Scarlet Alliance and escort/ProDom performer Sia Jaden Lilleth join the byte team to chat about how changes to the Online Safety Act may impact sex workers. Later they talk to Inverse Founder Darren Vukasivonik and musician Maya Weiss about a new grant to help Victorian musicians engage with Virtual Reality technology. Hosted by Warren Davies, Rowena Murray and Dan Morganti.

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Dr Lea Frermann from the School of Computing and Information Systems at the University of Melbourne talks about bias in tech language; and PhD researcher Emma Ahmed-Rengers from the University of Birmingham discusses her work on the CAIDE summer program. Hosted by Vanessa Toholka, Dan Salmon and Laura Summers.

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Anthony McCosker, Deputy Director of Swinburne’s Social Innovation Research Institute, discusses a new Department of Social Services report on digital inclusion for older Australians; and hosts Warren Davies & Paul Kellahan chat about developments in the gaming industry. With presenters Warren Davies, Paul Kellahan and Dan Salmon. 

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New powers in surveillance legislation are discussed by Kieren Pender, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre; and presenter Maize Wallan reviews a selection of independent Australian games developed by Frazer Brumley. With presenters Vanessa Toholka, Maize Wallan & Dan Salmon. 

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Professor John Howe, Director of the University of Melbourne School of Government, explains how we can use data science to track wage theft. Eric Bigalk, CEO of Smart Solutions discusses MoodOff day; an international awareness day for smartphone addiction. With presenters by Warren Davies, Jo Murray & Dan Salmon. 

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Privacy and Technology Specialist, Samantha Foriani, and Electronic Frontiers Australia Board Member, Justin Warren, present the findings of the Digital Rights Watch annual report; FastMail chief of staff Nicola Nye, and Hacker at Large Andy Gelmy report on the brand new Linux Conference ‘Swag Badge’. With presenters Vanessa Toholka, Ro Murray & Dan Salmon. 

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Julian Burnside, QC, human rights advocate and contributing author to the new book ‘A Secret Australia’, reflects on the impacts of Wikileaks; Venessa Paech, community expert and University of Sydney academic, discusses new resources to support female journalists and their employers in confronting online threats and abuse. With presenters Warren Davies, Laura Summers & Dan Salmon. 

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From Zoom bombing to election fraud; Hosts Vanessa Toholka, Paul Kellahan, Dan Morganti & Warren Davies look back over 2020’s greatest tech news in chronological order, and review gift ideas for geeks. 

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Special guest Rob Kovacev of Norton Rose Fullbright questions whether freedom of speech can be applied to the language of computer programming. And Karen Bentley, CEO of WESNET, shares findings of how perpetrators of domestic violence are misusing technology and how best to combat this.  Hosted by Laura Summers, Dan Salmon & Warren Davies.

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