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Charging your phone using a public USB port? Beware of 'juice jacking'

  • Written by: Ritesh Chugh, Senior Lecturer/Discipline Lead – Information Systems and Analysis, CQUniversity Australia
Charging your phone using a public USB port? Beware of 'juice jacking'AL Robinson/Shutterstock

Have you ever used a public charging station to charge your mobile phone when it runs out of battery? If so, watch out for “juice jacking”.

Cybercriminals are on the prowl to infect your mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers and access your personal data, or install malware while you charge...

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why dying inspires so many writers and artists

  • Written by: Claire Hooker, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Health and Medical Humanities, University of Sydney
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This is one of our occasional Essays on Health. It’s a long read.

It may seem paradoxical, but dying can be a deeply creative process.

Public figures, authors, artists and journalists have long written about their experience of dying. But why do they do it and what do we gain?

Read more: On poetry and pain

Ma...

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Been to Dubai lately? It's a city where top-down placemaking serves its political masters

  • Written by: Julian Bolleter, Deputy Director, Australian Urban Design Research Centre, University of Western Australia
Been to Dubai lately? It's a city where top-down placemaking serves its political mastersJulian Bolleter, Author provided

Dubai became known for its gargantuan architectural gymnastics and mega shopping malls earlier this century. Today it is increasingly being recognised for its manufactured urban precincts, and large-scale events and festivals. Behind this shift has been an approach to urban development that prioritises the...

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What is the place of the performing arts fair in the age of the internet?

  • Written by: Peter Tregear, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne

Review: Platform Papers 62: Performing Arts Markets and their Conundrums, by Justin Macdonnell (Currency Press)

The performing arts may be a public good that serve to enrich Australia’s cultural imagination, but they are also a product competing for audience share and government, corporate and private support.

Established in 1994, the Australia...

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