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This weeks first guest is Australian Computer Society’s CEO, Andrew Johnson. Discussing the findings of their recently released Digital Pulse report on the ICT sector for 2019. Next, Paramythia creative head Lou Blitsas and performer Georgia Walters join us in the studio to speak about a Fringe Festival show called A Meme Stole My Girlfriend.

This weeks guests include Dr. Robert Hassan on his new book, Uncontained, looking at digital distractions and the experience of time. Followed by comic, Sam Hargreaves discussing his one-man-show Blly vs the Internet.

Discover how your behaviour can be predicted via the use of location services with Dan, Vanessa and Lucy. 

Get your head around all things data with Warren and Laura. Discover the best what to share and not to share and how your data is or isn't used in our modern digital world.

Discover how to protect your human rights and the latest news on opting out of the MyHealth government data retention. This week's episode is brought to you by Laura, Warren and Dan.

Get you game on and listen in as Dan and Warren discuss tech news, the upcoming Victorian election alongside the importance of coding and design for all and a new iteration of Pokemon Go.

Simon, Joe and Vanessa discuss Minecraft in education in lead up to the education and games summit and look at life beyond smartphones.

Fabian Malabello tells us about the upcoming event "High Score: Composition and Sound Art for Gaming", and Simone McCrae shares her tips for Melbourne International Games Week.

This week Vanessa speaks with digital accessibility expert Andrew Arch from Intopia Digital, and with Jessica Brereton Head of Wearable Technologies Australia about the conference currently running in Melbourne.

Joe & Warren decode the new Triple R website and discuss Cyber Attacks.

Byte Into It - 12 September 2018

Tyler and Vanessa in the studio this week to bring you all of the recent news in tech, startups, computing, gaming and the internet. This episode we have an in depth discussion about China's new 'social credit' system trials, and how it could impact the future of privacy and freedom. Vanessa then walks us through her recent visit to Tokyo, and speaks about some of the interesting combinations of technology and art that she witnessed while she was there.

This episode of Byte Into IT we have both Dan Salmon and Dan Morganti to chat about everything that's happened in the tech world this week. We speak about how to make the NBN work for gamers with Robbie Fordyce and David Cumming of UniMelb research. Then we have a general discussion about our attitude towards CEOs, and whether the good they do outweighs the bad.

Dan and Warren in studio this week to walk us through all the recent news in technology. James Noble comes in to speak about the upcoming Adobe Conference in Sydney. Then the Artistic Director of Raymus Studios, Bruce Raymus, tells us about the new digital experience they have been working on at Federation Square

Vanessa and Tyler on mic this episode of Byte Into IT with special guest Brad helping out on the panel, covering the week in technology, startups, gaming and everything inbetween. Our first interview is with David Renouf of LOKE Digital, a local company making custom made loyalty apps for businesses around the world. We then speak to Adric and Andy of the Connected Community Hacker Space, who bring in a bunch of cool gadgets that they and others have made in the space.

Simon and Warren jump in the studio this Wednesday to bring us all the recent news in technology, computing, the internet and startups. Fi Slaven, program director of Go Girl, Go for IT, comes in to speak about their program and all of the vocational avenues into IT that are available to Victorian school girls. We then get a call from UNSW's professor of artificial intelligence Toby Walsh, who sparks a conversation about the future of AI and tells us about his new book: 2062: The World That AI Made.

Dan M and Jo come in to the studio this episode to bring all the 3RRR listeners their weekly fix of tech, computing, internet and startup news. We speak to Dr. Niels Wouters of the Microsoft Research Centre for Social Natural User Interfaces about the new Biometric Mirror test developed at the University of Melbourne. Then the creative director of Mountains Studio; Ken Wong, comes in to discuss their recent Apple Design award and what to expect in the future from their game studio.

This week on Byte Into It we have Warren and Cassie in the studio to bring us all the recent news in technology, computing, the internet and tech startups. We speak to Anna Reeves and Ahmed Salama about the upcoming second season of That Startup Show. Mike and Josh of the Virtual Reality Cinema in Collingwood then come into the studio to tell us about their first program; a director's spotlight on Lester Francois of StudioBento.

This episode on Byte Into IT we have Tyler and Vanessa in the studio for another week of news and interviews regarding technology, startups, gaming and innovation. Judy Anderson and Scott Handsaker of Above All Human conference tell us all about the speakers you will hear at the event, and the intense curation behind the event. Vanessa and Tyler then have an in-depth chat about the pros and cons of the new 'My Health Record' system, and whether or not to opt-out.