Human, technology and cognition report released! Strat Futures Pty Limited surveyed 101 people last year about how they actually use technology and the impact it has on them and their cognitive performance. TOP 5: 1. Attention, which is the resource people report losing first and most consistently.

For many years, people didn’t randomly film others in public—not because we didn’t have the technology, but because the social contract said you didn’t do that. That’s why Meta is going full court press on their PR and celebrity endorsements. They remember how people ran google glass outta town.

Hello again, Düsseldorf! Am 9. & 10. Oktober findet die re:publica zum zweiten Mal im Rahmen des New Fall Festivals im NRW Forum und Ehrenhof statt. Du willst mit deiner Idee das Programm mitgestalten? Dann reich sie jetzt beim Call for Participation ein 🔗 duesseldorf.re-publica.com/de/call-part...

How about a jet-lagged live posting while I read? Trying to read this because I keep getting tagged in posts about it, but the first paragraph already contains synthetic text (a quote from Claude). I will skip that bit and persevere... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Could AI be conscious?

Experts believe it’s at least possible. We urgently need a plan to navigate the ethical implications

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Fantastic work by @thorinklosowski.com at @eff.org looking at the state of fitness tracker privacy. Most wearable makers don't end-to-end encrypt your data, so police/feds (and hackers!) can get your health data — and almost none publish a transparency report, so we may never know if they do.

Most Smart Watches, Rings, and Bands Lack Basic Transparency Reports and Key Privacy Features

Oura Rings, Garmin GPS fitness watches, Apple Watches, Whoop bands—every year, more and more tech devices are promising to monitor our health and fitness, guide us toward healthier living, and provide...

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🎙️Every Leader is an AI Leader: Sovereignty, Adoption and Shaping Australia's AI Future with Jon Whittle and Miah Hammond-Errey. Latest Technology & Security Podcast Episode.🎙️1/

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I recently wrapped up an intensive human performance optimisation program, learning alongside, and from, some exceptional experts in mind, body and team performance. How to chase performance and success? Two thoughts; challenging constraints and inviting wisely in the fundamentals. 1/5

Scoop: Central Command is getting reports that military personnel are being targeted using commercially available location data. Few details available, but it’s a sign that the tech industry’s advertising-surveillance complex is having consequences on the battlefield. www.reuters.com/business/med...

Exclusive: Pentagon says US military personnel are reportedly being targeted using location data

It's an illustration of how the global surveillance ‌economy is shaping the battlefield.

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For nearly a decade, the Pentagon was warned—by its own contractors, analysts, and intelligence agencies—that anyone with a credit card could buy a map of where American troops sleep, work, and store nuclear weapons. Now the bill has come due in a war zone. My latest at @wired.com

The Pentagon Knew Enemies Could Track Troops’ Phones for Years. Now They Are

The US military has long known that cheap fixes could stop location data from exposing its troops. It adopted almost none—and now says adversaries are using the data to target soldiers during a war.

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🎙️New episode of Technology & Security Podcast is out. The Human Factor: Cyber Deception, Decision-Making and Emerging Technologies with Dr Andrew Reeves.🎙️ 1/3

“Uncertainty is good news. It means that the future is unwritten… that it is ours to write”

Daniel Solove@daniel-solove.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Great TED talk by Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social on the dangers of AI predictions www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS4w...

Fantastic piece this on neuroscience, brain development and what this tells us about AI in educational settings:

The Cost of No Friction

Adolescence happens once.

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Read my latest: Architectures of AI: Tech power broking war?This article investigates the profound impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data on political and military deliberations concerning the decision to wage war. 1/7

When the war reaches for the cloud, AI becomes a target. Earlier this month, Iran struck three data centres in the UAE and Bahrain with drones—reportedly taking them offline and disrupting banking, apps, and software across the region. What this means, is up on Lowy Institute's Interpreter today! 1/

Shots fired. “Because, as you can imagine, if by chance the German partner were to call into question the joint aircraft project, we would be forced to call into question the joint tank project.” - Macron in Le Monde www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...

Read my latest: Architectures of AI: Tech power broking war?This article investigates the profound impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data on political and military deliberations concerning the decision to wage war. 1/7

My conversation with @miahhe.bsky.social ‬⁩on how emerging technologies are reshaping war, alliances, and societies at a moment of profound global uncertainty. ts.transistor.fm/episodes/cha...

Technology and Security | Chaos in the Interregnum: Navigating Australia’s Technology, Strategy and Security Choices with Mick Ryan

In this episode of Technology & Security, Dr Miah Hammond-Errey is joined by Major General Mick Ryan to examine how emerging technologies are reshaping war, alliances, and societies at a moment of ...

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Discussing #AI, #Cybersecurity and Sovereignty on the Technology & Security Podcast with @miahhe.bsky.social katecarruthers.com/2025/12/29/a...

AI, Cybersecurity and Sovereignty: Technology & Security Podcast | Aide Mémoire

This post recaps my conversation about AI and cybersecurity with Miah Hammond-Errey on the Technology & Security Podcast.

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Had an interesting recent chat with @miahhe.bsky.social on her podcast: Data Integrity, AI Risk, Cyber Realities & tech leadership share.transistor.fm/s/4a6e4d6a

Data Integrity, AI Risk, Cyber Realities and tech leadership with Kate Carruthers | Technology and Security | Episode 12

In this episode of the Technology & Security podcast, host Dr. Miah Hammond-Errey is joined by Kate Carruthers. Kate is currently the head of data analytics and AI at the Australian Institute of Compa...

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Supported by @opentechfund.bsky.social: @chinafile.bsky.social’s Jessica Batke & @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social explain that Chinese censorship isn’t simply a “firewall, but a “locknet” – a multi-level system of socio-technical controls. (1/4) locknet.chinafile.com/the-locknet/...

Can We Keep Our Minds—and Democracy? We are living through a profound transformation in how information shapes our world. The shared facts and institutional trust that once underpinned our democracy are being replaced by an environment driven by algorithmic curation, polarisation, and manipulation.

Information overload: Can we keep our minds and our democracy?

Algorithms and echo chambers are fracturing Australian society, but the democratic discourse hasn’t switched off yet.

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📱If you use technology (social media, AI anything!) can you give me five minutes? 📝 I am working to better understand human-technology interactions to develop resources which increase user wellbeing, brain function and happiness. Can you respond and share this survey? www.surveymonkey.com/r/XJXV3P6

This is the core of it. In the 20th century, verification happened inside institutions. Now, it has to happen in us. A short thread on what that shift really means, and why it has to start in schools. 🧵

Christian Just@justwords.bsky.social · last yr.

Who should do the fact checks with millions and millions of fake news? The nature of social media itself is the problem. However it probably is impossible to get rid of every social network and revert debates to pre 2010-status.

You know you were in a good bar when you see this gem in the bathroom

📱If you use technology (social media, AI anything!) can you give me five minutes? 📝 I am working to better understand human-technology interactions to develop resources which increase user wellbeing, brain function and happiness. Can you respond and share this survey? www.surveymonkey.com/r/XJXV3P6

Even if Russia admits it, the denialists will still continue to insist on Russia's innocence - UN body rules Russia responsible for downing of flight MH17 prompting calls for compensation www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

UN body rules Russia responsible for downing of flight MH17 prompting calls for compensation

Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will work with Australia and the Netherlands to consider reparations

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🚨🎧 From code to command. AI, human judgement and security with Dr Zena Assaad.🚨🎧 In this episode of Technology & Security, Dr Miah Hammond-Errey is joined by @zenaassaad.bsky.social Dr Zena Assaad to explore the technical, human, ethical, and geopolitical dimensions of artificial intelligence. 1/

Almost 80 per cent of UK adults support national security agencies collecting and processing personal data to investigate terrorism and serious crime, according to new research by the Centre for Emerging Technology and Security at The Alan Turing Institute newsroom.northumbria.ac.uk/pressrelease...

Study identifies attitudes towards personal data processing for national security

Almost 80 per cent of UK adults support national security agencies collecting and processing personal data to investigate terrorism and serious crime,...

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The latest #ResponsibleBytesPodcast episode is now live. It features @miahhe.bsky.social chatting about the complex relationship between technology & national security 👇🏼👇🏼 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1oet... Apple podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/n... YouTube: youtu.be/VsL35Cbu2uo?...