Byte Into It
Listen to Byte Into IT – 12 November 202501:00:0012 November 2025

Dr Marta Yebra, Director of ANU's Bushfire Research Centre of Excellence, discusses her groundbreaking interactive bushfire flammability map that combines satellite data, machine learning, and Indigenous fire knowledge to help Australians navigate increasingly unpredictable fire seasons shaped by climate whiplash. Associate Professor Li Ping Thong from RMIT's School of Design unpacks Instagram's strategic redesign, explaining how the platform's new navigation prioritising reels and direct messaging reflects a deliberate shift to compete with TikTok whilst potentially disrupting longtime users' muscle memory. The episode also covers ACMA's overhaul of carrier outage notifications, a massive trove of nearly 2 billion stolen credentials added to Have I Been Pwned, and speculation that Half-Life 3 may finally be announced on 18 November.

Playlist for Byte Into IT – 12 November 2025

About this program

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:

  • Alex Shermon
  • Daniel 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 podcast intro and outro theme is Soft Illusion and was generously provided by Andras.

https://andras.bandcamp.com/track/soft-illusion