8+ hour, 51+ min ago  (1509+ words) Our education institutions need to implement stronger access controls including multi-factor authentication, tighter identity management and encryption if we are to have any hope in this ongoing battle. The 600 GB of stolen data allegedly contained passport scans, passwords and usernames,…...

9+ hour, 18+ min ago  (1340+ words) A new white paper penned by a group of science education experts has called for a revamp of Australia's science curriculum and argued against a "one size fits all' approach to teachers' classroom pedagogy. The group highlights the importance of…...

15+ hour, 27+ min ago  (904+ words) Delaying changes to strengthen Australia's social media laws will give big tech companies time to "shred documents" and prepare their case, the communications minister claims. In the final sitting day before parliament breaks for more than a month, the Federal…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (896+ words) The ink has barely dried on the signing off of the Albanese Government's Social Cohesion Education Hub and concerns have been raised about its bias, and largely one-dimensional bringing together of resources that focus on dealing with discrimination. Deputy Leader…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (708+ words) A federal judge has rejected Meta Platforms" bid to dismiss a lawsuit by 29 US state attorneys-general "accusing it of designing Facebook and Instagram to addict children and knowingly concealing the harm from the public. The ruling is part of a…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (869+ words) The online resource for teachers includes classroom materials and professional tools, and is being rolled out as part of the Federal Government's Social Cohesion Education Hub. The hub will bring together resources focusing on dealing with discrimination, with an initial…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (698+ words) Young Indigenous people in remote communities will be able to read more stories in First Nations languages by tapping into a global digital catalogue. The Indigenous Literacy Foundation, a national charity of the Australian Book Industry, has partnered with digital…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1137+ words) Existing provisions barring children under 16 from platforms like Instagram, Tik Tok, Snapchat and Reddit will be strengthened through planned changes to legislation. The online watchdog will be granted greater powers and the maximum fine for breaches doubled to $99 million under…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (936+ words) The nation's online watchdog said the services, which use existing images to generate nude pictures of real people, had withdrawn from Australia under the threat of legal action. Such platforms would be blurred online until they introduced age verification in…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (907+ words) Our study shows that the brain is wired to learn multiple languages. Once it maps relationships among words, it can apply those same relationships across languages," researcher Benjamin Hayden says. In a new study published in the Cell Press journal'Cell,…...