It's not been your traditional Australian Federal election and the lack of clear winner in the days after we all trooped off for a vote and sausage seems to have people riled up. So riled was the Australian Information Industry Association that it called for the introduction of an electronic voting system, boldly claiming that "Australia was ready".
Sadly, more than a few security-minded people are less than enamoured, with Rageev Gore professor at the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, saying "if you ask any security expert in the world if we should be using online voting they will invariably say no."
What everyone can agree on is the intense coolness of NASA's latest feat: the Juno spacecraft making its precision hit to get into orbit around Jupiter. After the Mars Lander, we expect big things from NASA and it continues to deliver.
Also delivering is Snapchat, but to a slightly older audience than expected. New stats show that users of the ephemeral photo sharing service (that's totally not for sexting anymore) are getting older. Time for the millennial to find the new cool thing...
...which might be Pokemon Go, the augmented reality game that's caused businesses around Australia to grind to halt as people stalk the office hunting for Pokemon. We're hooked, that's for sure.
Girt by CNET Podcast 79
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Electronic Voting
- Australia is ready for electronic voting, says internet industry body
- Critical iVote security flaws expose risk of online voting fraud
- NSW Electoral Commission downplays iVote flaw
NASA's jovial tricks
- By Jove! Juno enters Jupiter's orbit, and you get to take the pictures
- Google Doodle celebrates NASA satellite Juno reaching Jupiter
- Real-life sci-fi scenario: Could Juno find life on Jupiter?
Snapchat more hip replacement than hip
- There's no escape: Your parents are using Snapchat
- Election turns to Snapchat to target kids these days
Pokemans are GO!
- Pokemon Go launches on iOS and Android
- A Pokemaster's journey is dangerous: Australian police issue warning about Pokemon Go
The Lion King remake brings renewed life to a Disney classic: Jon Favreau's version offers incredibly lifelike characters, but at what cost?
SDCC, the biggest convention ever, had a very small start: What started as a gathering in a basement has exploded into one of the world's biggest cultural blowouts.
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