David Braue

Melbourne

Technology Writer at Zyzzyva Magazine

Technology Writer at Information Age (ACS)

I put the right words in the right order. Tech journo (https://t.co/qYABodL2fX). Aesthete. Pedant. Loves photography, films, music, guitar, drones. Known to rant.

Articles

Netflix to reveal Australian TV ratings

1 week ago | ia.acs.org.au | David Braue

Streaming giant Netflix will enable collection of detailed Australian audience numbers for the first time, joining OzTam’s Streamscape ratings program in a move that will end years of strategic obfuscation and help it better fight free-to-air (FTA) giants for advertiser dollars.
Elon Musk doesn’t care what the Australian govt says

1 week ago | ia.acs.org.au | David Braue

It’s making over $20 million monthly from Australian customers, but the Elon Musk-run satellite firm Starlink has joined social-media firm X in blatantly ignoring Australia’s laws, with ACMA formally warning Starlink after it missed four key reporting deadlines.
Victoria taps AI to streamline admin, skills recognition

2 weeks ago | ia.acs.org.au | David Braue

Victoria’s state government will extend its Digital Jobs program and double down on artificial intelligence, committing $14 million to streamline licensing, and other approvals as the state fights to pivot forward in the face of a challenging economic climate and nationwide R&D slump.
Fintechs are being breached - and it’s not their fault

2 weeks ago | ia.acs.org.au | David Braue

They’re the guardians of our most sensitive and confidential information, but new research has found that no matter how careful they are, 41.8 per cent of financial technology firms have suffered data breaches due to vulnerabilities at other companies they don’t control.
Biotech buys bankrupt DNA data firm 23andMe for $400m

2 weeks ago | ia.acs.org.au | David Braue

Pharmaceutical giant Regeneron has promised to prioritise the “ethical use” of the sequenced DNA data of more than 15 million former customers of bankrupt DNA testing firm 23andMe, which Regeneron has agreed to acquire for $400 million ($US256m).
Telstra has been lying about its mobile coverage: TPG

2 weeks ago | ia.acs.org.au | David Braue

Telstra has illegally gained a market advantage by systemically overstating the coverage of its mobile network for over 15 years, rival TPG Telecom has alleged as it airs the results of an analysis that suggests a large part of Telstra’s network only offers coverage using specialised equipment.
Australia’s fibre broadband penetration lags the world

3 weeks ago | ia.acs.org.au | David Braue

The effects of Australia’s politicised broadband policy are continuing to show in newly released world broadband rankings, with both the penetration and growth rate of fibre broadband services lagging OECD averages as the re-elected Labor government works to fast-track its last upgrades.
Australia’s social media age limit being copied overseas

1 month ago | ia.acs.org.au | David Braue

Banning under-16s from social media has been contemplated worldwide and legally blocked in many jurisdictions, but the success of Australia’s laws is emboldening overseas legislators to keep trying as concern over social media harms grows.
Jury awards Meta $259m from Israeli spyware firm

1 month ago | ia.acs.org.au | David Braue

Meta has ramped up its rhetoric after spyware developer NSO Group was ordered to pay the tech giant $259 million ($US168 million) in damages, five years after a cyberattack that saw the Israeli company’s intrusive Pegasus spyware installed on the phones of over 1,400 WhatsApp users.
Last-minute telecoms policy couldn't save Coalition

1 month ago | ia.acs.org.au | David Braue

The Coalition’s telecommunications policy – quietly delivered as a press release two days before the election – was probably a non-issue in its election drubbing, but its revival of a 2013 corker by former PM Tony Abbott shows how far the party’s tech policy hasn’t evolved.