Tom Williams

Senior technology journalist at Information Age, but no longer posting on X 👨‍💻 Formerly at @abcnews. Got a tip? [email protected]

[Tom Williams @tom__williams]

Gonna stop posting here. 👋

For more #technologynews and the occassional lol, follow me on...

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[Tom Williams @tom__williams]

@MKBHD I asked Google about this. Here's what they said: https://t.co/Yfy2KiXXGx

[The Lindsay McDowens Board Of Peace @doctormcdougall]

Thank you @tom__williams. Hopefully more parliamentarians are waking up to the threat of A1. A2 is probably not much better.

https://t.co/eJFcfjWNzM

[Information Age @InfoAgeAu]

The Australian government plans to ban children under the age of 16 from having #socialmedia accounts, with Prime Minister @AlboMP announcing the reforms will be considered by state and territory leaders at a meeting of national cabinet.

Read more: https://t.co/zGmM3l2qni

[Tom Williams @tom__williams]

New: Australians have admitted to using their #smartglasses while driving and to film other people without their consent, raising concerns over public safety and privacy according to a new @MonashUni study led by Dr @fakaviani.

Full story on @InfoAgeAu: https://t.co/CqY0Yiauz9

[Tom Williams @tom__williams]

Wanna search and then become increasingly frustrated by the full list of more than 1,200 organisations (including a bunch of #tech companies) which didn't pay tax in Australia in 2022-23? 🔍

Try out the searchable table I made in this story 👇

https://t.co/TeJWtwUcRp

[Information Age @InfoAgeAu]

Heavily marketed hearing health features for @Apple's #AirPods Pro 2 headphones are now the latest innovations from the technology giant which have launched in the US but remain unavailable in Australia due to a lack of regulatory approval.

Read more: https://t.co/13EicTF0bW

[platinum rags @platinumragss]

In Australian dollars, that (roughly) equates to $31,210,773,462,863,364,000,000,000,000,000,000.00. Piece by me for ABC:
https://t.co/03lA3iPXVB

[Information Age @InfoAgeAu]

Australia’s national science agency @CSIRO is calling for industry partners to help take its flexible #solar panel technology to market as it opens a new “cutting-edge” facility in Melbourne’s south-east.

Read more: https://t.co/vU50gCyXlQ

[Tom Warren @tomwarren]

everyone: where's Nintendo's Switch 2?

Nintendo: you will listen to our alarm clock and music app and be happy

[Tom Williams @tom__williams]

New from me: Members of Australian law enforcement have called for changes to privacy legislation which would allow them to use #AI-powered facial recognition and decryption to more easily identify victims and perpetrators of child sexual abuse 🚨

https://t.co/ULOD0u2bLX

[Tom Williams @tom__williams]

New from me: Members of Australian law enforcement have called for changes to privacy legislation which would allow them to use #AI-powered facial recognition and decryption to more easily identify victims and perpetrators of child sexual abuse 🚨

https://t.co/ULOD0u2bLX

[Information Age @InfoAgeAu]

A six-month trial of @Microsoft’s #Copilot AI assistant by the Australian Public Service ran into “adoption challenges” and generated concerns from some workers about impacts on jobs and the environment, according to a report by the @DTA.

Read more: https://t.co/qBE2oJel8K

[Tom Williams @tom__williams]

Billionaire Richard White says he needs to focus "on @WiseTechGlobal and its growth, and on my family" as he resigns from the company and from the board of @techcouncil_aus following allegations of inappropriate behaviour.

@InfoAgeAu story: https://t.co/xfDcXPdI9N

[Information Age @InfoAgeAu]

The former CEO of collapsed Australian #cryptocurrency exchange Mine Digital, Grant Colthup, has been charged with fraud after an investigation by corporate regulator @asicmedia found a customer did not receive millions in Bitcoin they had paid for.

More: https://t.co/HtIg7eaaYQ

[Tom Williams @tom__williams]

TikTok's parent company ByteDance has fired an intern after they allegedly “maliciously interfered” with a research project involving #AI 👨‍💻

The company rejected claims that the intern's alleged actions caused more than $15 million in damage.

Full story: https://t.co/ZyLla8hyUL

[Tom Williams @tom__williams]

New: 1.1 million “near tech” workers could be reskilled to help close Australia's cyber skills gap, according to the 10th annual Digital Pulse report 👨‍💻

Deputy PM @RichardMarlesMP says tech needs “an uplift in the workforce”.

#auspol

More on @InfoAgeAu: https://t.co/xQgGqGXNyC

[Daniel @growing_daniel]

incredible things are happening in the facebook AI slop arena

[Tom Williams @tom__williams]

Experts say #AI is both helping (and hindering) when it comes to comedy😜

I asked veteran comedy writer @JoeToplyn, @GoogleDeepMind scientist and AI improviser @MirowskiPiotr, and @wdanusha from @Sydney_Uni about what the tech can (and can't) do for us.

https://t.co/yxlQiL94ft

[Information Age @InfoAgeAu]

More than $9 million worth of #cryptocurrency linked to the accused mastermind of a communications app allegedly used by organised crime figures has been seized by the @AusFedPolice.

Read more: https://t.co/SPN87I3mXD