Tom Williams

Gonna stop posting here. 👋 For more #technologynews and the occassional lol, follow me on... Threads: @_itstomwilliams" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">threads.net/@_itstomwillia… Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/its-to… LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tom-william…

@MKBHD I asked Google about this. Here's what they said: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025/g…

Google's new AI "Try On" feature

Thank you @tom__williams. Hopefully more parliamentarians are waking up to the threat of A1. A2 is probably not much better. smh.com.au/cbd/colonel-an…

The Australian government plans to ban children under the age of 16 from having #socialmedia accounts, with Prime Minister @AlboMP announcing the reforms will be considered by state and territory leaders at a meeting of national cabinet. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/a…

New: Australians have admitted to using their #smartglasses while driving and to film other people without their consent, raising concerns over public safety and privacy according to a new @MonashUni study led by Dr @fakaviani. Full story on @InfoAgeAu: ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/a…

Wanna search and then become increasingly frustrated by the full list of more than 1,200 organisations (including a bunch of #tech companies) which didn't pay tax in Australia in 2022-23? 🔍 Try out the searchable table I made in this story 👇 ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/t…

Heavily marketed hearing health features for @Apple's #AirPods Pro 2 headphones are now the latest innovations from the technology giant which have launched in the US but remain unavailable in Australia due to a lack of regulatory approval. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/a…

In Australian dollars, that (roughly) equates to $31,210,773,462,863,364,000,000,000,000,000,000.00. Piece by me for ABC: abc.net.au/news/2024-11-0…

Australia’s national science agency @CSIRO is calling for industry partners to help take its flexible #solar panel technology to market as it opens a new “cutting-edge” facility in Melbourne’s south-east. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/c…

everyone: where's Nintendo's Switch 2? Nintendo: you will listen to our alarm clock and music app and be happy

New from me: Members of Australian law enforcement have called for changes to privacy legislation which would allow them to use #AI-powered facial recognition and decryption to more easily identify victims and perpetrators of child sexual abuse 🚨 ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/a…

A six-month trial of @Microsoft’s #Copilot AI assistant by the Australian Public Service ran into “adoption challenges” and generated concerns from some workers about impacts on jobs and the environment, according to a report by the @DTA. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/g…

Billionaire Richard White says he needs to focus "on @WiseTechGlobal and its growth, and on my family" as he resigns from the company and from the board of @techcouncil_aus following allegations of inappropriate behaviour. @InfoAgeAu story: ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/w…

The former CEO of collapsed Australian #cryptocurrency exchange Mine Digital, Grant Colthup, has been charged with fraud after an investigation by corporate regulator @asicmedia found a customer did not receive millions in Bitcoin they had paid for. More: ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/a…

TikTok's parent company ByteDance has fired an intern after they allegedly “maliciously interfered” with a research project involving #AI 👨‍💻 The company rejected claims that the intern's alleged actions caused more than $15 million in damage. Full story: ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/b…

New: 1.1 million “near tech” workers could be reskilled to help close Australia's cyber skills gap, according to the 10th annual Digital Pulse report 👨‍💻 Deputy PM @RichardMarlesMP says tech needs “an uplift in the workforce”. #auspol More on @InfoAgeAu: ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/o…

incredible things are happening in the facebook AI slop arena

Experts say #AI is both helping (and hindering) when it comes to comedy😜 I asked veteran comedy writer @JoeToplyn, @GoogleDeepMind scientist and AI improviser @MirowskiPiotr, and @wdanusha from @Sydney_Uni about what the tech can (and can't) do for us. ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/c…

More than $9 million worth of #cryptocurrency linked to the accused mastermind of a communications app allegedly used by organised crime figures has been seized by the @AusFedPolice. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/9…