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Google's new gadgets are part of the me-too competition between the tech giants

  • Written by David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
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Google and Microsoft have a history of trying, and mostly failing, to be as good at hardware as they are in software. As Google announced new products, Microsoft was busy abandoning some of its own.

Microsoft has decided to give up on its fitness tracker, the Microsoft Band. After only 2 years, Microsoft has pulled the...

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To stop domestic violence, we need to change perpetrators' behaviour

  • Written by Tony Fletcher, PhD Candidate/Senior Clinician, University of South Australia
imageThe logic is that violence is a choice, so men can be reasonably expected to stop.luxorphoto/Shutterstock

Behaviour change programs for domestically violent men are designed to address abusive and violent behaviour. Unlike anger management programs, the focus is on changing the perpetrator’s desire to control his partner by targeting his...

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How can we meaningfully recognise cities as Indigenous places?

  • Written by Libby Porter, Vice-Chancellor's Principal Research Fellow and Associate Professor, RMIT University
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Australian cities are inherently diverse places, but that diversity can lead to conflict between different values about what cities should and can be. Our series, Conflict in the City, brings together urban researchers to examine some of these tensions and consider how cities are governed and for whom.

The return of land to Indigenous custodians in...

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Who won today's vice-presidential debate? Does it matter?

  • Written by Bryan Cranston, Online Lecturer in Politics, and PhD Candidate in Politics and History, Swinburne University of Technology
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Republican Mike Pence won today’s vice-presidential debate with his Democratic opponent, Tim Kaine. We know this because the Republican National Committee tweeted it an hour before the debate began.

During the debate we helped fact check and monitor the conversation in real time @GOP. The consensus was clear after the dust...

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  1. Review: Bugs on the Menu at the Environmental Film Festival
  2. Weekly Dose: metformin, the diabetes drug developed from French lilac
  3. FactCheck: Is suicide one of the leading causes of maternal death in Australia?
  4. Politics podcast: Simon Birmingham on the new VET student loan scheme
  5. Lockerbie experience is no model for the effective prosecution of MH17 bombers
  6. Banks make millions in delaying interest rate cuts
  7. Business Briefing: Trusting business to take care of your data
  8. Trimming the excess: how cutting down on junk food could help save the environment
  9. Lessons from South Australia's blackout: we need to make infrastructure more resilient to climate change
  10. Philanthropic foundations cost taxpayers – and so should be made accountable
  11. US election: what impact do celebrity endorsements really have?
  12. Mellow yellow? The mood and cognitive effects of curcumin from turmeric
  13. Opening doors and minds: the Open House phenomenon
  14. New VET loan scheme to exclude shonky providers
  15. Bank inquiry won't take royal commission off the political agenda
  16. AFL and NRL grand final TV ratings show codes still rely on their traditional heartlands
  17. Big four bank chiefs face parliamentary committee: experts react
  18. The uncanny and Changwon Sculpture Biennale
  19. Has auto-translation software finally stopped being so useless?
  20. South Australian blackout: renewables aren't a threat to energy security, they're the future
  21. Inconsistency bedevils Australia's prosecution of war criminals
  22. What's the link between hay fever and asthma, and how are they treated?
  23. Australian corporate social responsibility reports are little better than window dressing
  24. Victoria needs a big-picture transport plan that isn't about winners v losers
  25. Simpler account switching would help keep our banks honest
  26. Governments and central banks should stop trying to stimulate the economy
  27. Women should be told about their breast density when they have a mammogram
  28. Marine parks and fishery management: what's the best way to protect fish?
  29. Why ‘green cities’ need to become a deeply lived experience
  30. Is protectionism a 'siren song' to the poor or to the wealthy?
  31. Why health implants should have open source code
  32. From Shakespeare in Hindi to tackling human trafficking: the best of OzAsia festival
  33. 'No jab, no pay' disadvantages migrant children
  34. Consumers don't understand smartphone contracts
  35. How to Think About 1.5 Degrees
  36. Health Check: what should breastfeeding women eat?
  37. The Conversation working with The ABC
  38. R D tax incentives need to be simple and underpin investor confidence
  39. Shrinking Mercury is all it's cracked up to be
  40. Yes, some Australian private schools are overfunded – here's why
  41. Art for innovation's sake? Lessons from our Canadian cousin
  42. Volatility, thy name is Trump
  43. 'We must keep the lights on': how a cyclone was used to attack renewables
  44. Wyatt Roy's trip to Iraq was nothing short of irresponsible
  45. How can Australia build on a century of struggle over Indigenous citizenship?
  46. 20 years on, what impact has the Nobel Prize for medicine had on our immune systems?
  47. The Nobel Prizes’ controversial push for popularity
  48. The story behind Australia's marine reserves, and how we should change them
  49. The superannuation myth: why it's a mistake to increase contributions to 12% of earnings
  50. Religion and the US election: does faith matter anymore?
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