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Technology & Digital Safety

Social media ban isn’t the end of the world: How to help teens cope

In just over three months, under-16s will wake to find their social media identities have been wiped out. A parenting expert says there are five ways families should prepare.

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Telstra has issued a warning over popular encrypted messaging apps, as scammers up their game to dodge new text safety features.

New scam warning for popular apps

Australia’s largest Telco is warning Aussies against using these popular platforms, as scammers up their game to dodge new safety features.

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280,000 Aussies hit in cyberattack

Australia’s third-largest internet provider has been hit in a massive data breach, exposing details belonging to 280,000 customers.

Big financial data theft concept. An anonymous hacker is hacking highly-protected financial data through computers.

Scam tactic used to steal $10m from Aussies

Australians have handed over millions to scammers using this tactic, with residents in one state losing $10.8m since the start of the year.

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‘I didn’t have sex with my boyfriend’s dad’

An 18-year-old student says she is the “victim of a co-ordinated cyber attack” over a sick rumour that spread like wildfire across social media.

Skype to be axed in favour of Microsoft Teams

Iconic tech brand to be axed in weeks

It was one of the most well known – and used – bits of software in computers and phones and loved by many. But it will gone forever by May.

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Tech giant unveils controversial new age ID tool

Apple is set to launch a radical upgrade of parental controls to combat children accessing inappropriate content. SEE HOW IT WILL WORK

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130 scam websites a week taken down

Scammers are becoming increasingly sophisticated but the corporate watchdog is fighting back, taking down more than 130 scam websites a day.

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This is an example of a false fund ASIC investigated

130 scam websites a week taken down

Scammers are becoming increasingly sophisticated but the corporate watchdog is fighting back, taking down more than 130 scam websites a day.

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Bizarre adverts show new reality for Aussies

Labor’s attack ad featuring the likeness of the ficticious Griffin family has caused a stir among young voters.

Fake butcher profiles are preying on West Australians, promising cheap bulk meat deals on social media only to scam buyers out of hundreds of dollars.

If you see this, do not buy this meat

Fake profiles are preying on Australians in the midst of the cost-of-living crisis, with some people admitting they’ve lost over $500 in an instant.

Two AI chatbots converse with one another between devices. Picture: X

Moment AIs invent non-human language

An eerie video shows the moment a pair of AI chatbots decide to speak to each other in their own, non-human language.

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IVF patient data stolen by ransomware group

A ransomware group has claimed responsibility for stealing highly confidential patient information from an Australian fertility clinic.

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IVF patient data stolen by ransomware group

A ransomware group has claimed responsibility for stealing highly confidential patient information from an Australian fertility clinic.

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