Tom Williams
Senior Technology Journalist at Information Age (ACS)
Senior technology journalist at @InfoAgeAu, by @ACSnewsfeed. 👨💻 Formerly at @abcnews. Got a tip? [email protected]
Articles
-
Mar 11, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Tom Williams
Queensland IT worker Serge didn't think his 4G phone would be impacted by the gradual shutdown of Australia's 3G networks — until one day when his device suddenly couldn't make or receive calls. "I was sort of in a bit of a panic," he said. "I'm pulling my hair out. I'm connected to 4G. Everything seems to be working.
-
Mar 5, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Tom Williams
In short: The UK's advertising watchdog has backtracked on its controversial banning of a Calvin Klein ad featuring musician FKA twigs (real name Tahlia Barnett), following a review. The Advertising Standards Authority now believes Barnett "had not been presented as a stereotypical sexual object" in the ad, but it will remain banned in places children might see it. What's next?
-
Feb 29, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Tom Williams
NASA's successful mission to smash a spacecraft into a small asteroid moon in 2022 is likely to have "completely reshaped" its target, according to new research. Here's what scientists believe happened, what it tells us about the moonlet known as Dimorphos, and what Europe's Hera mission is likely to find when it travels there in the coming years.
-
Feb 22, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Tom Williams |Caitlin Rawling
Elon Musk's SpaceX used its Falcon rocket to blast the 4.3-metre tall Odysseus lander into space just over a week ago, on its 370,000 kilometre trip. "[It] will enable humanity to explore the Moon, Mars, and beyond, bringing us one step closer to making life multi planetary," SpaceX wrote on Musk's social media platform X. NASA is paying Intuitive Machines $US118 million ($181 million) to get its latest set of experiments to the Moon.
-
Feb 8, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Tom Williams
Many modern cars allow us to stream music, get directions and send messages through the internet, but they can also collect a lot of data about their drivers and where they're going. One of the world's largest car companies, Toyota, was this week accused of "collecting extensive customer data" and potentially sharing it with third parties, including insurance companies and debt collection agencies.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 774
- Tweets
- 4K
- DMs Open
- Yes
RT @doctormcdougall: Thank you @tom__williams. Hopefully more parliamentarians are waking up to the threat of A1. A2 is probably not much b…
RT @InfoAgeAu: The Australian government plans to ban children under the age of 16 from having #socialmedia accounts, with Prime Minister @…
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