Casey Tonkin

A lifelong technophile and science fiction geek, Casey joined Information Age in 2019. With interests in AI, space travel, and post-humanism, Casey is always on the hunt for the overlap of science-fact and science-fiction.

Advice

Tech talent demand is pushing up IT salaries in Australia, especially for cloud engineers and cyber specialists

- April 20, 2021 2 MIN READ

Salaries for IT professionals are still on the rise despite slow wage growth in Australia, a new survey has found. Recruitment firm Robert Walters has published its annual salary guide which once again shows high demand for local technologists as digital transformation ramped up over the past year. Managing director of the company’s Asia Pacific operations, David… Read more »

Gaming, gamer
Topic

The video game sector says Australia’s migration rules are starving the industry of talent and growth

- April 15, 2021 3 MIN READ

The local video game industry wants to make skilled migration easier in order to attract and retain talented workers. Speaking at a parliamentary committee hearing into the skilled migration program on Monday, industry representatives lamented the opportunities gone begging because of a system that is not fit-for-purpose. Dr Jens Schroeder, a director at the Interactive… Read more »

Cryptocurrency

How a simple Apple App Store scam stole $1.3 million worth of bitcoin from one cryptocurrency investor

- April 7, 2021 2 MIN READ

A man lost 17.1 bitcoin – worth $1.3 million today – in an Apple app store scam that serves as a warning to people wanting to track their cryptocurrency on smart phones. Over the course of a few years, Phillipe Christodoulou banked up the bitcoin, watching as its value started to climb last year, according the Washington Post.… Read more »

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