When his entire family was scammed, Jeff Sheppard started asking questions about who was responsible for his personal information falling into the wrong hands. He found they had been SIM swapped, a method of scamming where hackers get access to your phone number, swap the number over to their own SIM card, and then have access to a wide range of personal information. RadioU UOW · Who is really responsible? Australian banks fight to stop scammers In most cases, much of the responsibility falls to banks to set up security measures to stop Australians’ money being accessed by the wrong…
Author: Abbey Philpott
The global spread of artificial intelligence (AI) has sent shockwaves through the higher education sector. University of Wollongong (UOW) academics and students have questioned how universities should best navigate the legal and ethical issues raised by AI. UOW School of Law lecturer Dr Armin Alimardani researches AI and said the key issue with using generative AI is that it’s in its early stages of development and, therefore, has limitations and bugs. “The major problem is people asking generative AI a question and it may make up the answer, and many people don’t know that, and they will rely on those…
UOW students have been encouraged to put away their laptops and try their hand at surfboard painting, as one of the many free art workshops being held for UOW Live Art week. Matt King from Surf Paints regularly runs surfboard painting workshops in the Illawarra, using old repurposed boards donated by the local community. He says that these workshops encourage people to try out mindful art activities, which he believes is positive for the participants mental health. Matt King invited UOWTV reporter Abbey Philpott to get involved in the Surf Paints workshop. https://youtu.be/Ayi8l4Xjtgk The UOW Live Art week finishes…
The new moon is expected to be sighted tonight, which signifies the beginning of the sacred month of Ramadan for Muslim communities worldwide. The practice of fasting from dawn to dusk is one of the most holy rituals for Muslim people, so here is everything you need to know to understand why Ramadam is so important to the Muslim people in our communities. What is Ramadan? According to the National Geographic, Muslims believe that Ramadan signifies the time that the prophet Muhammad received a revelation in 610 AD which led to the writing of the Islamic holy book, the Quran.…
Winter sport enrolments and matches are well underway and, according to latest figures, it’s likely that some players will also be signing themselves in to the emergency room this season. Sports research and injury experts, however, don’t want the potential risk of injury to stop people from getting involved and they point to preventative measures people can take to avoid spending time on the injury bench. Which sports are the safest? More than 52,300 people Australian wide were hospitalised for sports injuries in 2019 and 2020, according the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), The graph below shows the…