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Aussies lost over $3 bn to scammers in 2022

How Australians lost $2.7bn to scams

A new report has revealed Australians lost a whopping $2.7bn to scams last year, with one group the biggest victims.

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(FILES) South African businessman Elon Musk arrives at the Tenth Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California, on April 13, 2024. Electric vehicle maker Tesla will ask its shareholders to vote again on a $56 billion compensation package they had approved in 2018 for CEO Elon Musk before it was squashed by a US court earlier this year. In a filing with federal regulators on April 17, 2024, Tesla Chair Robyn Denholm said the board of directors stood by the original package and argued that the company's

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Shocking way X makes money

The fallout of two stabbing events has shone a spotlight on how big tech companies make a profit off their platforms.

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(FILES) South African businessman Elon Musk arrives at the Tenth Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California, on April 13, 2024. Electric vehicle maker Tesla will ask its shareholders to vote again on a $56 billion compensation package they had approved in 2018 for CEO Elon Musk before it was squashed by a US court earlier this year. In a filing with federal regulators on April 17, 2024, Tesla Chair Robyn Denholm said the board of directors stood by the original package and argued that the company's

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Shocking way X makes money

The fallout of two stabbing events has shone a spotlight on how big tech companies make a profit off their platforms.

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Single image sums up ridiculous debate

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Image proves we just don’t get it

As politicians rally for “social decency” and wage a mudslinging war with Elon Musk, a far greater issue threatens to slip under the radar.

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The posts are aimed at drowning out information about the protests.

X-rated tactic to hide Chinese unrest

Researchers say an influx of racy Twitter posts written in Chinese are a ploy to stop news about an uprising of protests spreading.

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Jordan Peterson has complained to Qantas about the airline delivering 'moral lessons' on a recent flight during his tour of Australia.

Peterson tees off at Qantas ‘propaganda’

Jordan Peterson has complained about a routine in-flight message delivered by the “corporate behemoth” during his tour Down Under.

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7.3m Aussies caught in WhatsApp leak threat

An anonymous online poster claims to have information of almost 500 million WhatsApp users, with more than 7.3 million Aussie users caught up in the threat.

People walk past a shop front for Australia's largest health insurance company Medibank, in Sydney on November 11, 2022. - Russian hackers carried out a cyberattack on Medibank that breached the data of 9.7 million people, including the country's prime minister, police said 11 November. (Photo by Muhammad FAROOQ / AFP)

Medibank bosses could face pay cuts

Australia’s financial regulator has suggested the pay of Medibank’s top executives should be docked after a recent cyber attacker.

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Aussie man asks if it’s ‘OK to be straight?’

An Australian man who took to TikTok to ask if it was ‘actually OK to be a white, straight male’ has not got the response he was probably aiming for.

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A close-up on an abstract design of a display, which is warning about a cyber attack. Multiple rows of hexadecimal code are interrupted by red glowing warnings and single character exclamation marks. The image can represent a variety of threats in the digital world: data theft, data leak, security breach, intrusion, etc...

Where hackers will strike next

An expert has revealed where data thieves are likely to target next as authorities say they will crack down on companies storing private information.

Elon Musk’s $2billion ad exodus

Elon Musk hit by $2 billion blow

Elon Musk is facing a fresh blow after his Twitter takeover, with the platform already taking a $2 billion hit since he became the new boss.

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WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 29: Andrew Bogut looks on during game one of the NBL Semi Final series between the Illawarra Hawks and the Sydney Kings at WIN Entertainment Centre on April 29, 2022 in Wollongong, Australia. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

Aussie basketballer ‘shadow-banned’ on Instagram

An Instagram post – sourced from a government website – has seen an Australian basketball champion punished by social media moderators.

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Could an Apple, Google Twitter dump prompt Tesla phone ?

Elon Musk threatens Apple, Google

Could a Tesla smartphone be on the cards? Elon Musk says he’ll have no choice but to make one if Google and Apple kill the Twitter app.

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Pictures: Daniel Andrews; Jeff Kennett / Twitter

Photoshop claim on Dan’s voting pic

A former premier has accused Daniel Andrews of editing a photo he shared on social media of his family voting early.

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