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  • 3 Dec 2019
    • Technology
    • Singapore

    As Facebook caves to Singapore censorship, the writing is on the wall

    Kirsten Han
    The tech giant’s capitulation, while unsurprising, sets an ominous precedent that others would be happy to follow.
  • 27 Nov 2019
    • Technology

    The Nazi in your feed: Regulating social media and hate speech

    Sarah Logan
    A boundary-pushing comedian calls out tech giants for ignoring social responsibility as they profit off disinformation.
  • 8 Nov 2019
    • China
    • Technology

    Beijing’s cryptic blockchain gambit

    Elliott Zaagman
    The technology has enormous potential to support good governance. The Party may have something else in mind.
  • 18 Oct 2019
    • Trade
    • Technology

    Are free trade deals expanding a digital divide?

    Rahul Nath Choudhury
    E-commerce is a big feature of regional trade talks, but developing countries should be wary of the pitfalls.
  • 23 Aug 2019
    • Technology
    • Southeast Asia

    Deep fakes could have real consequences for Southeast Asia

    Erin Cook
    <p>In a fractuous political climate, video manipulation threatens to play havoc with democracy.</p>
  • 21 Aug 2019
    • China
    • Technology
    • Hong Kong

    Battleground states: Twitter and Facebook ban Chinese-linked accounts

    Sarah Logan
    It’s not only the complications of international politics here, but the commercial desire to keep platforms “social”.
  • 20 Aug 2019
    • China
    • Technology

    All may not be smooth along China’s Digital Silk Road

    Chan Jia Hao
    Tech transfers allow emerging economies to leapfrog a development stage but may not guarantee competitive advantage.
  • 23 Jul 2019
    • Technology

    Cyber threats go beyond hackers and scams but to democracy itself

    Sian Troath , Zac Rogers , Maryanne Kelton
    As awareness of digital vulnerabilities grows, fostering resilience against exploitation across open societies is key.
  • 15 Jul 2019
    • Global Issues
    • Technology

    Remembering the Moonwalk

    Morris Jones
    It was the moment humans first stepped on another world, yet after the Apollo missions, why haven’t people been back?
  • 4 Jul 2019
    • Technology

    The “new era” of digital authoritarianism

    Dirk van Graver
    A growing online divide has curbed freedom of expression and opinion but it’s not time to surrender to a “splinternet”.
  • 24 Jun 2019
    • Technology

    The transformative potential of big data

    Miah Hammond-Errey
    But collecting ever more information might just end up posing ever more difficult questions.
  • 18 Jun 2019
    • Global Economy
    • United States
    • China
    • Technology

    Are we ready for a rare earths trade war?

    Jeffrey Wilson
    As China holds extraordinary power over material essential to high-tech products, Australia is key to diversification.
  • 5 Jun 2019
    • Pacific Islands
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Technology

    The Pacific’s social politics

    Alastair Davis
    Damaging rumours might flash across phones, yet the answer to social media trouble lies not in bans but engagement.
  • 28 May 2019
    • Global Economy
    • United States
    • China
    • Technology

    Huawei and the decoupling dilemma

    Darren Lim , Victor Ferguson
    If Washington wants to liberalise China’s economy, it must also accept China’s deeper integration with global markets.
  • 21 May 2019
    • United Nations
    • China
    • Technology

    China’s Digital Silk Road and stopping divergent technology standards

    Chan Jia Hao
    Existing international organisations cannot afford to diminish their multilateral role of connecting nations digitally.
  • 3 May 2019
    • China
    • Technology
    • United Kingdom

    Huawei reaches into Britain

    Kerry Brown
    A British minister’s harsh career lesson might also expose the Western mindset of perpetual technological superiority.
  • 30 Apr 2019
    • Emerging Threats
    • Digital Disruption
    • Technology

    Paradigm shift: Understanding propaganda in the digital age

    Zac Rogers , Emily Bienvenue , Maryanne Kelton
    Digital age propaganda represents a new form of public manipulation with endless possibilities.
  • 9 Apr 2019
    • Asean
    • Climate change
    • Technology

    Can technology save ASEAN’s food supplies from climate change?

    Frederick Kuo
    A pressing need to feed a big population with little agricultural land and shirking fish stocks could spur innovation.
  • 28 Mar 2019
    • China
    • Technology

    Stockholm Syndrome: social media can shape China’s foreign policy

    Thomas Olsen-Boyd
    Social media is sometimes deployed as a weapon but public attitudes can – and have – cut both ways for Beijing.
  • 13 Mar 2019
    • Technology

    If 5G takes a little longer in Australia, all the better

    Zac Rogers
    The online environment is fundamentally toxic and piecemeal solutions will continue to fail to protect the vulnerable.
  • 11 Mar 2019
    • Sustainability
    • Australia
    • Technology

    An Australian model for the renewable-energy transition

    Andrew Blakers
    Australia is on track for deep and rapid greenhouse emissions reductions. Most countries can follow the same path.
  • 22 Feb 2019
    • Technology

    The new Middle Eastern space race

    Morris Jones
    <p>Israel’s mission to the moon is indicative of a trend where spaceflight in the Middle East is linked to politics.</p>
  • 21 Feb 2019
    • United States
    • China
    • Technology

    The tremendous impact of a US-China investment and technology war

    Michael Thawley
    The impending bifurcation of the world internet economy will disrupt many industries, companies and national economies.
  • 20 Feb 2019
    • Cyber Warfare
    • Cyber Security
    • Australia
    • Technology

    Responding to cyber attacks: resilience and transparency is key

    Dirk van Graver
    Yes, Australia’s security was tested, but keeping it secret won’t help the public accept inevitable dangers to networks.
  • 18 Feb 2019
    • Technology

    Mark Zuckerberg and the revolt of the public

    Martin Gurri
    The social media network is a battleground in a sociopolitical conflict, prompting fractures and heresies within elites.
  • 6 Feb 2019
    • Diplomacy
    • Technology

    Facebook’s first 15 years and lessons for diplomacy

    Damien Spry
    <p>Diplomacy has not found facebook to be an easy or effective way to improve engagement across borders.</p>
  • 10 Dec 2018
    • Pacific Islands
    • Technology

    Dimly lit renewable energy initiatives for the Pacific

    Alexandre Dayant , Michael Nguyen
    <p>Population, technical capacity and economies of scale stand in the way to&nbsp;renewable energy in the region.</p>
  • 28 Nov 2018
    • Technology

    Asia’s space sale

    Morris Jones
    Spaceflight across Asia has advanced tremendously in recent decades, and a new trend is evolving.
  • 22 Nov 2018
    • China
    • Technology

    Beijing’s online gaming clampdown

    Elliott Zaagman
    Chinese government regulations may be irreversibly damaging some of its most innovative and profitable industries.
  • 30 Oct 2018
    • United States
    • Technology

    Disinformation campaigns and US elections

    Sarah Logan
    Alerted and (hopefully) alarmed, the new US tactic to scare off Russian interference won’t stop online trolls at home.
  • 17 Oct 2018
    • North Korea
    • Technology

    Daylight robbery: cyber escapades of North Korea

    Elise Thomas
    Everyone knows Pyongyang’s criminal hackers are hard at work – but what nobody knows is how to stop them.
  • 17 Oct 2018
    • China
    • Technology

    China: how big tech is learning to love the party

    Elliott Zaagman
    The Communist Party has cemented its presence in leading tech firms, heralding a new age for private companies.
  • 16 Oct 2018
    • United States
    • China
    • Technology

    Decoding the bombshell story for China

    Samm Sacks
    Right or wrong, claims Beijing hacked computer chips has accelerated a push to cut out China from US supply chains.
  • 6 Sep 2018
    • China's Economy
    • China
    • Technology

    China’s tech bubble

    Elliott Zaagman
    As debts mount and liquidity begins to dry up, it will soon become clear how much the growth of tech start-ups was fact.
  • 17 Aug 2018
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Electric vehicles and industrial policy 

    Colin McKerracher
    A dramatic shift in the global automotive market sees electric vehicles, once viewed as toys, gaining momentum.
  • 2 Aug 2018
    • Technology

    Drones, clones, and camera phones

    Mark F. Briskey
    How the use of surveillance technology balances civil liberties and public safety depends on the government in charge.
  • 26 Jun 2018
    • Australia
    • Technology

    Exceptional access: Australia’s encryption laws

    Dirk van Graver
    The search is for a technical solution that reconciles the national security imperative with personal privacy.
  • 25 Jun 2018
    • Technology

    The technology shock

    Richard Yetsenga
    We should resist the tendency to treat the changes we are seeing as one-offs.
  • 5 Jun 2018
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Technology

    What a partial internet shutdown would mean for PNG

    Kasek Galgal
    While the downsides of Facebook are obvious, it is not clear that a temporary ban is the answer.
  • 17 May 2018
    • Technology

    Digital Asia links: ode to the Belt n’ Road, rumour quasher, more

    Sarah Logan
    <p>Sarah Logan with digital updates from across the region.</p>
  • 3 May 2018
    • Asia
    • Technology

    Asia: jobs policy vs the machines

    Alexandre Dayant
    Only politicians can stem labour-market inequality arising from new technologies.
  • 24 Apr 2018
    • Asia
    • Technology

    Attack of the Twitter bots

    Vivienne Chow
    <p>A surge in social media followers across Asia has raised questions about self-censorship.</p>
  • 23 Apr 2018
    • Technology

    5G dreaming

    Sarah Logan
    China has framed 5G as a technological arms race.
  • 20 Apr 2018
    • Defence & Security
    • Technology

    Drones level the battlefield for extremists

    Alexander Harper
    Non-state actors using drones that cost a couple of grand to build are now pitted against some of the world’s most expensive and sophisticated weaponry.
  • 18 Apr 2018
    • China
    • Japan
    • Technology

    Is Japan’s rare earth discovery fool’s gold?

    Frederick Kuo
    It is one thing to be in possession of an unrivalled deposit of unmined ore, and quite another to unlock its vast potential.
  • 5 Apr 2018
    • Technology

    Facebook’s May day

    John Gooding
    Upcoming EU regulations will have a huge effect on how data-fuelled tech giants do business. 
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