David Swan
@swan_legend
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Technology Editor at @theage and @smh. @withmeaa union delegate. Guinness World Record holder. Go Wildcats! [email protected]
Melbourne
Joined August 2007
RT @influencingau: After wins in the Best Consumer Technology Coverage and Best News Coverage category, The Gold Lizzy for Best Title is aw….
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I was at the centre of an Elon storm – and survived
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Waking up to hundreds of notifications on X is generally not a good sign. This time, it was nuclear – and it came from the world’s richest man.
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Australian company behind woolly mammoth meatballs axes 30 per cent of workforce.
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Cultured meat start-up Vow’s novel meat products have made headlines globally – but the company has hit a roadblock.
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Damn, roasted.
@GailAlfarATX I predict that the Sydney Morning Herald will continue to lose readership in 2025 for relentlessly lying to their audience and boring them to death.
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RT @KieranHRLC: Today, @ausreset @humanrightsHRLC @psst_org & @DRWaus are launching a new guide for whistleblowers exposing technology-rela….
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Despite high-profile cases such as WiseTech and Grok Academy, Australia has yet to experience the “whistleblowing wave” sweeping through Silicon Valley and Europe.
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RT @paulsakkal: Labor will force big tech companies to pay for journalism under a new scheme that seeks to punish platforms such as Faceboo….
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Labor will force big tech companies to pay for Australian news after Facebook’s owner refused to continue deals delivering about $200 million annually to the media.
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Ah, yes. Another birthday, another free donut, scoop of ice cream, finger bun, Boost juice @ozbargain
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RT @bigyahu: As @swan_legend reports it’s cheaper to provide a tech startup culture free of discrimination and sexual harassment than to lo….
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Amid high-profile allegations of inappropriate behaviour making headlines, a new report shows women are simply leaving the technology sector altogether.
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The chief executive of a high-profile coding program for high school and university students has resigned after several investigations substantiated allegations of harassment, including against students who were at high school at the time.
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More than 200,000 students went through Grok Academy’s classes last year, and nine women have accused its CEO of misconduct.
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I’m going on strike with my colleagues at @theage and @smh to fight for fair pay and conditions, and to protect the public’s right to quality journalism. These are profitable publications and the work that we do is important. We deserve better. @withMEAA. #DontTorchJournalism.
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RT @withMEAA: Journalists at @smh, @theage, @FinancialReview, @brisbanetimes & @WAtoday are among the best in Australia. They deserve to be….
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RT @corporatefox: Nailed it @swan_legend. This is the reality of how gender bias blocks women despite all the diversity rhetoric - and wh….
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Funding to female entrepreneurs is at its lowest level in five years, and those in the sector are at odds over what to do next.
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This year I’m running the Melbourne half marathon and raising money for premature babies (a cause I am very familiar with, because I was one). They are doubling any donations made until June 30. Any donation much appreciated!.
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Why do American athletes always do this. You ain't a world champion, you're the champion of a domestic American league with one Canadian team
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RT @michaelkoziol: “This month, Google’s AI-based search variously told users to eat at least one small rock a day, to thicken pizza sauce….
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There’s a war raging about the future of artificial intelligence - and Melbourne-born Helen Toner is in the thick of it.
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