Byte Into IT

This week, Vanessa Toholka and guest co-host Jack Knight take us through their Games Week ep!

First up is Amy McNickle, one of High Score's co-curators, on High Score and Melbourne International Games Week. APRA AMCOS’s High Score returns on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th October as part of Melbourne International Games Week 2024, bringing together music creators and game developers to explore the important role that audio and sound plays in game design and experience.

Plus, Raelene Knowles COO of IGEA and key organiser of Games Connect Asia Pacific, discusses why, in the current economic climate, GCAP offers a great opportunity for Australian game developers. Schedule and tickets available now!

Vanessa and Rowena invite Charles Darwin University professor Dr Bharanidharan Shanmugan onto the show to discuss their concerns about smartwatches and whether they're just as vulnerable to hackers as our other devices.

The team also chat to Monash university research-fellow and film-maker, Jeni Lee, who explores the interaction between people and digital government systems in their documentary 'I am not a number'.

Dan Morganti, Dan Salmon and Eric Jong have Hamid Sohrabi on the phone revealing a new self-reporting tool that detects early onset of dementia.

Susan Rossell from Swinburne also dials in to chat about the link between different tech and its positive influences on cognitive health.

PhD graduate and engineer, Bautik Joshi, sits down with the Byte team to discuss what could really be in store with the world of AI. Following their experience at Adobe, CSIRO and Canva, Bautik provides their own professional insight and how we may actually need to retract AI tools back to their fundamentals for the utmost productivity.

Dr Cath Latham provides some insight on the Australian National University's latest report regarding schooling and digital literacy. The team later investigate what Instagram's recent AI update may mean for the consumer and whether we may start seeing some trends in 'social-based' AI.

Lilly Ryan speaks with technology, politics and public policy expert Verity Harding on her book: AI Needs You: How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own.

This week, Dan Salmon, Dan Morganti and Vanessa Toholka welcome socio-technology ethicist and founder of Trustworthy By Design Nate Kinch onto Byte Into IT to discuss Marc Andreessen's Techno-Optimist Manifesto.

They also chat about the nostalgia of FPS video games and boomer shooters.

Hosts Vanessa and Rowena speaks to Tom Howard (Breeze) regarding a range of technologies involved with wine and agriculture industries. They also discuss security issues with WiFi networks.

Lilly Ryan speaks to Justin Warren on his recent Freedom of Information Act win in the Federal Court regarding early Robodebt documents.

Plus Dan Salmon dives into the week's tech news including the release of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, and a woman with over 7,000 browser tabs!

The Byte Into It crew say goodbye to presenter Jo Eaton, discuss digital rights with chair of Electronic Frontiers Australia John Payne and chat with Jen Payne founder of STEMpals (stempals.org.au)