Tom Williams
@tom__williams
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Senior technology journalist at Information Age, but no longer posting on X 👨💻 Formerly at @abcnews. Got a tip? [email protected]
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Joined April 2010
Gonna stop posting here. 👋. For more #technologynews and the occassional lol, follow me on. Threads: Bluesky: LinkedIn:
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RT @doctormcdougall: Thank you @tom__williams. Hopefully more parliamentarians are waking up to the threat of A1. A2 is probably not much b….
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RT @InfoAgeAu: The Australian government plans to ban children under the age of 16 from having #socialmedia accounts, with Prime Minister @….
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PM says platforms 'doing harm' to young people.
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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:
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Filming others without consent and using while driving.
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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 👇.
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ATO releases new tax transparency report.
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RT @InfoAgeAu: Heavily marketed hearing health features for @Apple's #AirPods Pro 2 headphones are now the latest innovations from the tech….
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Apple’s hearing aid, hearing test updates not available Down Under.
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RT @maddymorwood: 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….
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Russia has slapped Google with a fine of $US20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 for blocking state media channels on YouTube.
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RT @InfoAgeAu: Australia’s national science agency @CSIRO is calling for industry partners to help take its flexible #solar panel technolog….
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Promises 'incredible opportunities' for Australian manufacturers.
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RT @tomwarren: everyone: where's Nintendo's Switch 2?. Nintendo: you will listen to our alarm clock and music app and be happy https://t.co….
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RT @tom__williams: New from me: Members of Australian law enforcement have called for changes to privacy legislation which would allow them….
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Law enforcement calls for new laws, decryption amid CSAM ‘tsunami’.
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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 🚨.
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Law enforcement calls for new laws, decryption amid CSAM ‘tsunami’.
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RT @InfoAgeAu: A six-month trial of @Microsoft’s #Copilot AI assistant by the Australian Public Service ran into “adoption challenges” and….
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Workers share concerns and ‘clear opportunities’.
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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:
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Australian billionaire also resigns from Tech Council board.
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RT @InfoAgeAu: The former CEO of collapsed Australian #cryptocurrency exchange Mine Digital, Grant Colthup, has been charged with fraud aft….
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Former boss of collapsed firm Mine Digital faces court.
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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:
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TikTok owner claims employee acted "maliciously".
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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:
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Digital Pulse finds 'near tech' Aussies could bolster cyber security, AI.
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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.
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Comedians, improvisers, and researchers test what's possible.
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RT @InfoAgeAu: More than $9 million worth of #cryptocurrency linked to the accused mastermind of a communications app allegedly used by org….
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'Close associate' of alleged crime platform mastermind also arrested.
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RT @josephfcox: New from 404 Media: someone put facial recognition on Meta's smart glasses to instantly dox strangers. You look at them, se….
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The technology, which marries Meta’s smart Ray Ban glasses with the facial recognition service Pimeyes and some other tools, lets someone automatically go from face, to name, to phone number, and...
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