How well do you think the streets of Sydney would handle self-driving taxis? What about those same self-driving taxis navigating the Melbourne tram lines? Could you imagine it? Waymo is set to launch self-driving taxis and Ubers in Australia soon after talks with Transport NSW, and not everyone is happy with it. Also, Elon Musk has launched his very own version of the people's encyclopedia, Wikipedia, and Facebook Dating has been quietly dominating the online dating scene, and on both counts, we’re trying to figure out why. GUESTS:Dr Erica Mealy, senior lecturer in computer science at the University of the Sunshine Coast Professor Michael Cowling, lecturer and Director of the Apple Platform Hub for Innovation at RMIT This episode of Download This Show was made on Gadigal land, in Meanjin and in Naarm. 

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