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Investigation
Why scammers target the holiday period to launch disturbing Google ad attacks
Attention-grabbing images of bruised and battered celebrities, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, are being used to funnel millions of people to bogus investment sites.
- by Aisha Dow
Latest
Murder suspect caught on Google Street View ‘loading body into car boot’
Police renewed their investigation into the disappearance of a Cuban man in the Spanish hamlet of Tajueco after Google published the image two months ago.
- by James Badcock
Fellow tech entrepreneur guilty of murdering Bob Lee in San Francisco
Cash App founder Bob Lee, a revered Silicon Valley master coder, was stabbed to death in 2023.
- by Malathi Nayak
Fake reviews have made online shopping a nightmare. Can Reddit help?
More sceptical, savvy consumers are turning to community-based platforms for what they perceive to be more straightforward, reputable advice.
- by Lauren Ironmonger
Analysis
Phones
The high-end Chinese phones taking on Apple, Google and Samsung
The latest phones from Oppo, Nubia and Xiaomi offer huge performance, fast charging and competitive prices. Some exceed what’s on offer from Apple and Samsung.
- by Tim Biggs
Updated
Social media
Pay up by January 1 or face huge penalties, government tells Zuckerberg
Labor plans to legislate a yearly charge in the tens of millions of dollars on big social media platforms to fund journalism.
- by Paul Sakkal and Calum Jaspan
Opinion
Social media
To bring Facebook into line, the government’s going nuclear
The Albanese government is raising the stakes in its attempt to push tech giants to pay Australian media companies for content.
- by Elizabeth Knight
The most searched recipes of 2024 prove we don’t really give a Google about good food
From the viral cucumber salad to a suggestive-sounding cocktail, this year’s top-10 recipes show that when it comes to setting recipe trends, TikTok rules.
- by Andrea McGinniss
Analysis
Competition
Will new competition laws make your digital life cheaper?
An EU-style regime aims to stop big tech locking down their platforms. But we are still a long way from making smartphones a truly open ecosystem, like home computers.
- by Tim Biggs
Bigger in Texas: The furious battle to topple the world’s most valuable company
In Austin, Texas, the race is on to develop the hottest and most coveted technology of the moment.
- by Don Clark
Opinion
Language
Is our language going down the toilet? My word!
The word of the year, dare I say it, is a symptom of our enshittified vocabulary.
- by Cherie Gilmour
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