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Pokémon Go wants to make 3D scans of the whole world for 'planet-scale augmented reality experiences'. Is that good?

  • Written by Marcus Carter, Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, SOAR Fellow., University of Sydney

In 2016, the mobile game Pokémon Go sent hundreds of millions of players wandering the streets in search of virtual monsters. In the process it helped popularise augmented reality (AR) technology, which overlays computer-generated imagery on real-world environments.

Now Pokémon Go is set to take AR to a new level. A new feature within...

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People are marching to stop deaths in custody. Could suing the police help?

  • Written by Laura Griffin, Lecturer, La Trobe University
People are marching to stop deaths in custody. Could suing the police help?James Ross/AAP

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names of deceased people.

An Indigenous teenager is suing the state of NSW, alleging he was assaulted by police, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.

But this is a rare example.

Amid the Black Lives Matter protests and focus on Indigenous justice here...

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how American slave-owners started again in Australia

  • Written by Paige Gleeson, PhD Candidate, University of Tasmania
how American slave-owners started again in AustraliaLorne sugar plantation in Mackay, 1874State Library Queensland

Scott Morrison says “we shouldn’t be importing” the Black Lives Matter movement. But in the 1800s, Australia imported plantation owners from the American South.

Prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War, the American south produced almost all of the world’s...

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Energy giants want to thwart reforms that would help renewables and lower power bills

  • Written by Daniel J Cass, Research Affiliate, Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
Energy giants want to thwart reforms that would help renewables and lower power billsDarren England/AAP

Australia’s energy market is outdated. It doesn’t encourage competition and that’s holding back the transition to renewable energy. Important reforms to modernise the market are on the way, but big energy companies are seeking to use the cover of COVID-19 to prevent the change.

This is bad for consumers, and for...

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  6. Mr Morrison, you can cut 'green tape' without harming nature – but it'll take money and gumption
  7. Labor's branch stacking scandal is a problem for the whole party. Not just Victoria.
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  10. Finding beauty in code – 5 ways digital poetry combines human and computer languages
  11. Councils often ignore residents on social media. How can digital platforms ensure they have a say in planning?
  12. Social media platforms need to do more to stop junk food marketers targeting children
  13. Foreign Minister Payne pledges continued fight against Chinese 'disinformation'
  14. Steve Bracks and Jenny Macklin installed to run crisis-ridden Victorian ALP
  15. 2 new COVID-19 cases in New Zealand, but elimination of community transmission still stands
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  19. Trust, democracy and COVID-19: A British perspective
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  23. The number of climate deniers in Australia is more than double the global average, new survey finds
  24. how Australia's wine industry can adapt to climate change
  25. Karm Gilespie's case cannot be separated completely from strained Sino-Australian relations
  26. Almost 90% of astronauts have been men. But the future of space may be female
  27. Australia's decisive win on plain packaging paves way for other countries to follow suit
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  30. Removing monuments to an imperial past is not the same for former colonies as it is for former empires
  31. is time travel possible for humans?
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  38. Universities and government need to rethink their relationship with each other before it's too late
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  40. experts react to plans to release 2 million fish into the Murray Darling
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