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News
Christie’s has auctioned off a digital collage by an artist named Beeple for nearly $US70 million, in an unprecedented sale of a digital artwork that fetched more money than physical works by many better-known artists.
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Opinion
The social media giant is a transnational monopoly network beyond control, argues Peter Martin.
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Any device connected to the internet exposes personal data to potential risk. Paul Haskell-Dowland and Steven Furnell explain how to minimise the threat.
The rapid shift to digital banking has hit charities and others who usually rely on the impulsive donation of spare change. But even adopting cashless technology might not help, explain Spencer M. Ross and Sommer Kapitan.
Google and Facebook face $10 million fines if they don’t follow the rules of Australia’s proposed media code to ensure they pay for news.
A government-backed ACCC push to make Google and Facebook pay publishers for Australian news risks backfiring on all parties including consumers, argues Richard Holden. He says that government itself should help subsidise journalism in the interests of democracy.
