Trust, Safety and Control Shape Australians’ Energy Use at Home | Mirage News

Trust, safety and control are becoming critical influences on how Australians use energy at home, as cybersecurity and AI concerns shape perceptions of emerging technologies such as home batteries, electric vehicles (EVs) and smart energy systems, a new Monash University report has found. The findings come as cybersecurity risks face heightened scrutiny in Australia’s energyContinue Reading

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The Ban Flock Act would both prohibit federal agencies from ALPR usages and pause federal grant funding to state and local governments with ALPR contracts., The Ban Flock Act would both prohibit federal agencies from ALPR usages and pause federal grant funding to state and local governments with ALPR contracts.,Continue Reading

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Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. To get extended episodes withContinue Reading

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Samsung users are still digesting big price increases on the Galaxy S26 series, particularly as they mean some models are now more expensive than equivalently capable iPhones.  That’s bad news for everyone, of course, but this is unlikely to get any better for some time to come, with memory giant Micron warning that theContinue Reading