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Defectors from Elon Musk’s X are taking up with Bluesky.

Off with the pixies: Musk’s X defectors discover their utopia

Millions of former tweeters have taken their spotless minds and ridden, on a butterfly’s wings, to an alternative reality: Bluesky, the microblogging site for progressive idealists.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness

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My email address has been my identity. I can’t dispense with it lightly.

I never felt emotional about my email address, until they tried to take it from me

This shake-up by the telcos goes beyond practical inconvenience. It’s an emotional wrench – a loss of identity.

  • Vivienne Pearson
Under fire: Elon Musk’s endorsement of controversial posts has added to worries about the rise antisemitism on the platform.

X marks the spot where free speech comes at a cost

Unregulated big tech poses significant threats to the health of our democracy and social cohesion. So how can its power be reined in without killing free speech?

  • Lydia Khalil
Government Services Minister Bill Shorten has announced an overhaul of the MyGov system.

‘Government wallet’ to display Medicare card, driver’s licence in ‘one-stop shop’

The overhauled MyGov app would also allow Australians to verify their identity with banks, phone companies and utilities providers, without handing over identity documents.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Nick Bonyhady
Socrates was concerned that writing for damage discourse.

Socrates railed against the advent of writing – AI might have terrified him

From Socrates believing writing would bring about mass forgetfulness and ignorance, to the Catholic Church warning against the printing press, humanity’s great strides have always had their detractors.

  • John Weldon
Tim Moxey’s music school was set to have its best year ever until COVID forced it to close.

Australia’s creative economy is booming. But who is making all the money?

The creative economy in Australia is booming, but some parts of it pay much better than the rest of the economy, while others pay much worse, new study finds.

  • Karl Quinn
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OnlyFans creator Mishel Karen at Sexpo.

The DIY porn creators making $70k a month on their iPhones

The ranks of adult entertainers selling content on sites such as OnlyFans swelled during the pandemic, helping Australian creators take a share in billions of dollars in revenue.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Twitter chief executive Parag Agrawal (left) is managing a company through the turbulence of a purchase by Elon Musk (right) that was welcomed by co-founder Jack Dorsey (centre).

Twitter dominates headlines, but will its finances match its notoriety?

Twitter once fought to hold off Elon Musk from buying the company. Now that the market has fallen, he is trying to get out of the deal and the company is battling to force it through.

  • Nick Bonyhady
Beware his cute little eyes and perky beak, the Duolingo owl will use and abuse you.

Help, I’m addicted to Duolingo - und das ist nicht gut

I am trapped by a cartoon owl that hates me.

  • James Colley
Playing video games is just one form of gaming.

Children exposed to ‘extreme interactions’: time to make online safety a priority

We are living in the digital age where children are the crash test dummies and parents are the dumbstruck bystanders. But we must ensure our children can access the virtual world safely.

  • Chloe Shorten

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