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Hermit kingdom, nuclear nation ... If the media keep calling North Korea names, it will only prolong conflict

  • Written by: Bronwen Dalton, Associate professor, Management Discipline Group UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney

As US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meet at a summit in Vietnam, we are again seeing the same kind of language used in relation to North Korea. The country is constantly described as the “hermit kingdom” and words like “nuclear threat” enter the headlines.

The US president himself called Kim...

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Royal commission on the abuse of disabled people to be announced soon

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The Morrison government is about to establish a royal commission into violence and abuse of people with a disability.

The aim is to have the terms of reference finalised before the election. The disability area is a shared one, so the royal commission would be set up jointly with the states and territories.

As of late Wednesday, Queensland,...

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Your period tracking app could tell Facebook when you're pregnant. An 'algorithmic guardian' could stop it.

  • Written by: Flora D. Salim, Associate Professor in Computer Science, RMIT University
Your period tracking app could tell Facebook when you're pregnant. An 'algorithmic guardian' could stop it.The way it is now, we have almost no way to know how our data are being shared and used.Shutterstock

Most of us know tech platforms such as Facebook and Google track, store and make money from our data. But there are constantly new revelations about just how much of our privacy has been chipped away.

The latest comes from the Wall Street Journal,...

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