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how cyber criminals are increasingly targeting the tourism market

  • Written by: Joe Burton, Senior Lecturer, New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science, University of Waikato
how cyber criminals are increasingly targeting the tourism marketDistributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are up 16% in the last year.Shutterstock

Imagine if a hacker shut down the baggage handling system of one of the world’s busiest airports. Or took control of a fleet of autonomous delivery trucks and re-routed them to disrupt rush hour traffic in a major metropolis. What if the hacker then demanded...

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To appreciate its power, think of design as a drug

  • Written by: Agustin Chevez, Adjunct Research Fellow, Centre For Design Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
To appreciate its power, think of design as a drugWhat impact is your room having on you?Shutterstock

The search for some concoction or contraption to improve our performance at work is nothing new. Lawyers, bankers and other professionals have famously used performance-enhancing drugs to gain a competitive advantage.

But the design of a workspace can actually have similar effects on those who...

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sign and spoken language share the theatre stage

  • Written by: Andreea S. Calude, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Waikato
sign and spoken language share the theatre stageSign and spoken language share the stage in a theatre production, with Deaf actors performing in their first language. Michael Smith, CC BY-SA

This article was co-authored by Kellye Bensley.

Would you go and see a bilingual or multilingual show if you only spoke one of the languages staged? What if by going, you could open your mind not just to a...

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HealthEngine may be in breach of privacy law in sharing patient data

  • Written by: Paul Maluga, Sessional Academic, Solicitor, Macquarie University
HealthEngine may be in breach of privacy law in sharing patient dataOnline users are not able to give totally informed consent if their permission is sought for multiple things at once.christin hume unsplash

This week it was reported an online medical appointment service, HealthEngine, was sharing patients’ private information with a firm of solicitors specialising in personal injury claims.

As reported,...

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