Episodes 338
Avg. Duration 45m
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Since Nov 2014
Latest Episode Feb 2025

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Local insights on tech news, with feature interviews and regular guests. From multinational megacorps to the web underground, digital rights, games, cutting edge research, and all the ways technology intersects with everyday life. The Byte Into IT family includes: - Dan Morganti - Dan Salmon - Eric Jong - Lilly Ryan - Mike Bantick - Rowena Murray (Byte Producer) - Samantha Floreani - Vanessa Toholka (Byte Producer) - Lu Lin (RRR Talks Content Producer) The intro and outro theme is Soft Illusion and was generously provided by Andras. https://andras.bandcamp.com/track/soft-illusion

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S1E339 That's A Wrap!

Feb 06, 2025 0m

Although the podcast format of Byte Into It has now wrapped, this show continues to be broadcast on Triple R. You can now listen to new episodes on Triple R’s FM On Demand service at…

S1E336 AI and everything it means in this current context with Kate Crawford

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On this final episode of Byte Into IT for the year, the whole crew is in and they're joined by Kate Crawford, an internationally-leading scholar of artificial intelligence and its impacts. Her most…

S1E338 What does Quilting have to do with Data?

Nov 27, 2024 38m

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S1E337 Climate Salad, Yummy Yummy

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Vanessa, Dan, Eric, and Mike are joined by Alison Bird, program manager at Climate Salad. Bird is an advocate and connector in Australia’s growing climate tech scene, working with a range of…

S1E335 How human error is cybersecurity's weakest link and what happened at auIGF & SXSW 2024

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You’re due for an update, luckily Lily, Vanessa and Eric are here to upgrade your tech knowledge software! Jongkil Jay Jeong knows human error is the weakest link in the cyber security chain. He…

S1E334 Indie Games at the PAX Convention and AI tools used to improve train travel for Deaf People

Oct 23, 2024 52m

This week Rowena Murrey, Dan Salmon and Eric Jong chat with games composer and freelance reviewer Meghann O’Neill about all the indie games and they saw at PAX during Melbourne International Games…

S1E333 Digital Poverty, and can AI tools help clean toxic online spaces?

Oct 16, 2024 51m

Vanessa and Eric are joined by CEO of WorkVentures, Caroline McDaid, to discuss 'digital poverty' during Anti-Poverty Week. They are also joined by Eduardo Araujo Oliveira, Senior Lecturer in the…

S1E332 Impacts of AI on the Australian Audio Production and Music Industry

Oct 10, 2024 34m

Vanessa Toholka and Dan Salmon are joined by Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow at RMIT, Dr Sam Whiting, to discuss his four-year project on crisis in the Australian music industries, with a…

S1E331 Categorizing Live Music Data with 'Live Music Locator'

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Lilly Ryan chats with Nick Thorpe and Karen Stewart on 'Live Music Locator', the platform that compiles the where, when, and what for all the live gigs in City of Yarra.

S1E330 Children's streaming service usage and AI standards

Sep 11, 2024 46m

This week, Hosts Vanessa Toholka and Lilly Ryan are joined by Alexar Pendashteh to discuss AI standards. They're also joined by Dr. Jessica Balanzategui discuss Childrens use of streaming services…

S1E329 Melbourne International Games Week 2024

Sep 04, 2024 41m

This week, Vanessa Toholka and guest co-host Jack Knight take us through their Games Week ep! First up is Amy McNickle, one of High Score's co-curators, on High Score and Melbourne International…

S1E328 Can your smartwatch get hacked? Dr Bharanidharan Shanmugan answers the question we wish we didn't have to ask.

Aug 28, 2024 46m

Vanessa and Rowena invite Charles Darwin University professor Dr Bharanidharan Shanmugan onto the show to discuss their concerns about smartwatches and whether they're just as vulnerable to hackers…

S1E327 Game-changing Cognitive Screen on Dementia Risk and Tech Supporting Cognitive Health

Aug 14, 2024 44m

Dan Morganti, Dan Salmon and Eric Jong have Hamid Sohrabi on the phone revealing a new self-reporting tool that detects early onset of dementia. Susan Rossell from Swinburne also dials in to chat…

S1E326 Bhautik Joshi brings perspective to the state of generative AI in the future

Aug 07, 2024 37m

PhD graduate and engineer, Bautik Joshi, sits down with the Byte team to discuss what could really be in store with the world of AI. Following their experience at Adobe, CSIRO and Canva, Bautik…

S1E325 Why the school curriculum needs a reboot in teaching technology skills

Jul 31, 2024 45m

Dr Cath Latham provides some insight on the Australian National University's latest report regarding schooling and digital literacy. The team later investigate what Instagram's recent AI update may…

S1E324 Verity Harding: AI Needs You

Jul 24, 2024 48m

Lilly Ryan speaks with technology, politics and public policy expert Verity Harding on her book: AI Needs You: How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own.

S1E323 Nate Kinch's Critique on the Techno-Optimist Manifesto

Jul 17, 2024 46m

This week, Dan Salmon, Dan Morganti and Vanessa Toholka welcome socio-technology ethicist and founder of Trustworthy By Design Nate Kinch onto Byte Into IT to discuss Marc Andreessen's…

S1E322 Tom Howard: Wine Techologies and Keeping Safe Over Wifi Networks

Jul 03, 2024 47m

Hosts Vanessa and Rowena speaks to Tom Howard (Breeze) regarding a range of technologies involved with wine and agriculture industries. They also discuss security issues with WiFi networks.

S1E321 Revisting Robodebt & the Freedom of Information Act

Jun 26, 2024 37m

Lilly Ryan speaks to Justin Warren on his recent Freedom of Information Act win in the Federal Court regarding early Robodebt documents. Plus Dan Salmon dives into the week's tech news including the…

S1E320 Jo Eaton's Last Show: Digital Rights & Connecting Scientists with Children's Education

Jun 19, 2024 49m

The Byte Into It crew say goodbye to presenter Jo Eaton, discuss digital rights with chair of Electronic Frontiers Australia John Payne and chat with Jen Payne founder of STEMpals (stempals.org.au)

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