SBS

Ep.421: ‘Songs in Sign Language’ reimagines Disney musical moments in ASL

The positive feedback to the project from the Deaf community in the United States has reached Australia, with advocates here hoping that it represents a positive step toward inclusion. After four ...

'What Needs Protecting?': Researcher Questions Purpose Of English Language Bill

A researcher and computational linguist says the government's push to make English an official language raises a question of ...

‘Maybe it’s useful to just say, we’re just people’: Kae Tempest

The lauded poet, playwright and rapper, touring Australia next month, came out in 2020 and has since spoken publicly about his transition.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

First Nations father teaches dying Indigenous language to sons through bedtime story

Gudjala man Braithen Knox is passing on his Indigenous language to his sons through a bedtime story about the Dark Emu. Gudjal language has fewer than 10 known speakers. Mr Knox wrote the children's ...
The Conversation

If AI can translate instantly, why learn another language?

From live speech translation in video calls to auto-dubbing on TikTok, the technology to dissolve language barriers has arrived. Real-time translation powered by artificial intelligence (AI) is now ...
Sydney Morning Herald

Ransom ‘paid’ to hackers who crippled online learning in Australia

The parent company of Canvas, the online learning platform used by hundreds of thousands of Australian students and teachers, has struck a deal with the cybercriminal gang that stole personal data ...
The Australian Financial Review

Australia leads rise of the small language model

While large language models have dominated mainstream artificial intelligence since ChatGPT arrived in 2023, their smaller equivalents are about to take centre stage. With long-term experience ...
The Guardian

As Aukus spending and delays blow out, will Australia’s nuclear submarines ever materialise?

The deal will cost Australia $368bn but the strongest signal yet has come that the US is not building enough subs for itself, let alone for Australia Follow our Australia news live blog for latest ...

‘Odd choices of words’: How an academic’s AI use was exposed by her peers

Western Sydney University has acknowledged that the opinion piece, published by this masthead, was AI-generated using the ...
The Guardian

Predators able to abuse children due to systemic weaknesses in NSW childcare, inquiry finds

Greens MLC Abigail Boyd – who chaired inquiry – says system ‘failing too many children, families and educators’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free ...
SBS

Alarm as Iran's 'sacrificing life' war campaign in Australia lets children sign up

Iran’s embassy has promoted a wartime volunteer campaign. Iranian Australians say they are "shocked" by the announcement. A wartime volunteer campaign backed by Iran's embassy in Canberra has sparked ...
Forbes

Convert Australian Dollar To United States Dollar

This is very much needed given the extreme volatility in global currencies lately. Sending money abroad is as easy as ever. You can send a variety of international currencies to multiple countries ...