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Google announces glasses are back and search is getting an AI makeover

At annual I/O conference, company debuts a product for everyday consumers to create autonomous AI agents

The Guardian - US · May 20

1975 was declared International Women’s Year. 50 years on, the ‘revolution in our heads’ is still being fought

In December 1972, the same month the Whitlam government was first elected, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 1975 as International Women’s Year (IWY). This set in train a series of world-changing events, in which Australia was to play a significant part.

The Conversation · Jan 27, 2025

Faceswap deepfakes are a growing problem that’s costing creators millions—but social media services are doing little to stop it

People are stealing content from creators, using AI to make small changes, and profiting on social media and porn sites.

Fortune · Jun 7, 2024

The Whitlam government gave us no-fault divorce, women's refuges and childcare. Australia needs another feminist revolution

Australia’s history of women and political rights is, to put it mildly, chequered. It enfranchised (white) women very early, in 1902. And it was the first country to give them the vote combined with the right to stand for parliament.

The Conversation · Mar 28, 2023

Fifty years ago, the new Whitlam government removed the luxury sales tax on the pill. It changed Australian women's lives

Amid the scale and sweep of the list of decisions made by the Whitlam government in their first week in office, most people remember the big changes: freeing all draft resisters from prison, or official recognition of Communist China.

The Conversation · Dec 1, 2022