IBT Staff

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is making an explicit trade-off between inflation and financial stability concerns. And this could be weighing on Australians’ wages.

May 17, 2018

Since the early 2000s, the boom in mobile technology has seen the spread of video games from desktop PCs to the pockets of young people everywhere. But with that spread has come new hazards, in the form of online social gambling.

May 16, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced the United States’ intent to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

May 15, 2018

The Financial Services Royal Commission has exposed some irresponsible lending by Australia’s biggest banks. The question is whether the information brought to light by the commission will further push down property prices?

May 15, 2018

The romanticized image of entrepreneurs is a picture of youth: a 20-something individual with disruptive ideas, boundless energy and a still-sharp mind. But is this right?

May 12, 2018

Although our thirst for alcohol dates back to the Stone Age, nobody has figured out a good way to deal with the ensuing hangover after getting drunk. Until now.

May 12, 2018

Right now, your computer might be using its memory and processor power – and your electricity – to generate money for someone else, without you ever knowing. It’s called “cryptojacking.”

May 09, 2018

North Korea’s domestic news media remains carefully choreographed and managed by the ruling Korean Workers’ Party.

May 09, 2018

In late April, the top federal cybersecurity agency, US-CERT, announced that Russian hackers had attacked internet-connected devices throughout the U.S., including network routers in private homes.

May 07, 2018

The legalization of cannabis in Canada is on the horizon. Canadian provinces are taking different approaches to how it will be sold to the public.

May 07, 2018

Despite some basic potential flaws, AI can be a useful tool for spotting online propaganda – but it can also be startlingly good at creating misleading material.

May 04, 2018

One of the biggest reveals of Facebook’s F8 developer conference so far has been that it is planning on getting into the dating game.

May 04, 2018

Nike’s having its #MeToo moment – and it illustrates plainly what’s still missing from our discussion of sexual harassment in the workplace.

May 03, 2018

Some people spend time in the gym daily but are still not losing weight. What is the problem?

May 02, 2018

The Labor Party faces a byelection in the seat of Perth after first-term MP Tim Hammond announced he was leaving politics because of the difficulties of being separated from his young children.

May 02, 2018

The meeting between North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and South Korea’s Moon Jae-in is certainly one of the most dramatic and momentous events in the recent history of East Asia.

Apr 30, 2018

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit this week to the Trump White House will be awkward. His host is a president who has referred to African states as “shithole countries.”

Apr 30, 2018

Former Cambridge Analytica employee Christopher Wylie blew the whistle last month. But what are the implications for our kids?

Apr 27, 2018

A global trade war is brewing as the U.S. and China slap tariffs on each other’s products. These actions have prompted significant concern and discussion about the wisdom of this action.

Apr 27, 2018

The government is scrapping its $A8.2 billion planned increase in the Medicare levy, declaring a stronger budget outlook means it is not needed to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Apr 27, 2018

President Donald Trump is vowing to crack down on deceptive transshipment. That is the practice of moving cargo from one country to another by way of a third nation to evade trade restrictions.

Apr 27, 2018

Scientists have known for a long time that as climate change started to heat up the Earth, its effects would be most pronounced in the Arctic. This expectation has become a reality.

Apr 27, 2018

The TPP was on track to become the world’s largest free trade zone by joining Pacific Rim countries that collectively produce about 40 percent of global economic output. But Trump railed against the accord.

Apr 25, 2018

Tragic fatalities are raising overdue questions about whether people and places will be ready when driverless car technology moves from beta-testing to a full-throttled rollout.

Apr 25, 2018

Research shows that nearly 1 in 5 university students are affected with anxiety or depression.

Apr 25, 2018

Obviously some E. coli can be deadly for people. But not all strains of these bacteria make you sick. In fact, you have a variety of strains of E. coli in your intestines right now.

Apr 25, 2018

There is growing evidence that sweeteners may have health consequences of their own.

Apr 24, 2018

New research suggests that the relationship between organic and conventional farming is more complex. The flow of influence is starting to reverse course.

Apr 24, 2018

The awarding of the 2018 Pulitzer Music Prize to Kendrick Lamar for his album "DAMN." has attracted considerable controversy.

Apr 24, 2018