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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA -NewsWire Photos APRIL 12 2023 - A general view of a person seen on a mobile phone in the Pitt Street Mall in Sydney CBD. Picture NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

Horrifying trend among kids emerges

Parents have been issued an urgent warning after a horrifying trend no child should ever be exposed to emerged online.

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 06: Dr. Craig Wright arrives at the Rolls Building, part of the Royal Courts of Justice on February 06, 2024 in London, England. The Australian-born and English-resident computer scientist, Dr. Craig Wright, claims to be the mythical founder of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, and asserts authorship of the 2008 white paper, a foundational document for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) is urging the court to declare otherwise, arguing that this legal intervention seeks to mitigate the potentially adverse effects of lawsuits initiated by Wright. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Infamous Aussie crypto figure dealt big blow

An Australian man who planted himself into one of the great mysteries of the digital age has been found in contempt of court.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, October 29 2024. GENERIC. Stocks. Finance. Economy. Stock price ticker of the Australian Stock Exchange, ASX, at their offices on Bridge Street. Picture: NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers

ASX falls to fresh four-week low

The ASX 200 has continued to suffer major headaches amid falling iron ore prices – with the market falling to a fresh four-week low.

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The Australian government has succesfully passed a bill to ban social meda use for children and teenagers under 16. Picture: NewsWire

Albo’s boast after ‘shenanigans’ on new laws

Australia has effectively passed some of the world’s strictest regulations for social media use, which will put teens and social media giants on notice.

FEDERAL BUDGET 2024: AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - General view editorial generic stock photo of Australian cash money currency. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Nicholas Eagar

Huge warning over dodgy GST refunds

The Australian Taxation Office has issued a major warning amid their crackdown of business owners trying to cheat the GST system, following a huge spike in fraudulent claims.

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Most trusted Aussie brands revealed

Despite using privacy-invading facial recognition cameras, a major retailer has held its spot as the No.1 most trusted Australian brand.

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - November 29, 2024: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Senator Katy Gallagher hold a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Exactly right’: Albo’s tongue-in-cheek remark

The Prime Minister has jokingly backed a suggestion that tech companies would comply with a new under-16 social media ban if they received one thing.

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Telecommunications giant Telstra will acquire Boost Mobile for almost $140 million - giving former prime minister Paul Keating a huge payday.

Former PM‘s huge payday from sale to Telstra

Former prime minister Paul Keating is expecting a huge payday as Telstra acquires Boost Mobile, the company he co-founded in 2000.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos September 19, 2024: Social media apps on phone. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

‘Knock it on the head’: Major tech crackdown

The tech giants that dominate our app use could face large new fines and bans on anti-competitive dominance.

COMPOSITE 4:3 - Australia's four big banks Commonwealth, Westpac, NAB, ANZ. Picture: NCA Newswire

Banks failing against email scams, report

New research has revealed most Aussie banks are failing to fully protect customers from email and phishing scams.

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Disturbing stat about Aussie workers

Australian workers are falling for bogus phishing attacks at almost twice the global rate, concerning research shows.

Australia Post says consumers shoudl only use trusted parcel tracking apps, like its own, as Black Friday sales are fertile ground for scammers. Picture: Supplied

Scam warning ahead of Black Friday sales

Australia Post says consumers need to be on guard for scams as Black Friday sales ramp up and criminals target unsuspecting victims.

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12-06-2024 - Wisetech CEO Richard White (pictured), Guzman y Gomez CEO Steven Marks and Square Peg co-founder Paul Bassat (facilitated by Andrew Hunter, Managing Director Investment Banking Morgan Stanley Australia).

Embattled tech billionaire snubs shareholders

A tech billionaire has failed to front shareholders at his company’s annual general meeting following sensational allegations about his personal life.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 03, 2024: Stock image - Bunnings Warehouse hardware store. Picture: NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Major ruling on Bunnings cameras

Cameras capturing the faces of shoppers at one of Australia’s biggest retailers breached privacy laws, the Privacy Commissioner has ruled.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, October 29 2024. GENERIC. Stocks. Finance. Economy. Stock price ticker of the Australian Stock Exchange, ASX, at their offices on Bridge Street. Picture: NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers

ASX closes in on record high

The Australian sharemarket traded strongly on Friday off the back of further rate cuts from the US central bank.

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Unresolved telco complaint cases spike

The number of complaints made to the telcos which bounce back unsolved has spiked, with one state copping the brunt of the issues.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, October 29 2024. GENERIC. Stocks. Finance. Economy. Stock price ticker of the Australian Stock Exchange, ASX, at their offices on Bridge Street. Picture: NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers

China stimulus does little to lift ASX

The struggling Chinese economy has few rays of hope for Australian miners, as the big iron ore producers sink the ASX to a loss on Monday.

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Richard White and glamorous lawyer Zena Nasser. Picture: Supplied

Besieged billionaire CEO stands down

After weeks of embarrassing headlines, billionaire Richard White has stood down from key roles of the major tech company he founded.

Workers at the Broken Hill Community Credit Union broke into the building during a major blackout to help customers get cash. Picture: Supplied

Bank staff ‘break in’ to help customers

As customers of banks were left high and dry in Broken Hill’s blackout, staff of the locally-owned bank went to extremes to help customers.

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Renewed optimism leads to ASX rally

The ASX 200 has rallied strongly following strong falls on Friday, after a spate of good economic news

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos November 3, 2021: General scenes from the Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

ASX continues record breaking week

The ASX has closed at another record high this week, driven by stronger than expected Australian economic news.

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‘Fiddling’: Surcharge crackdown lashed

A crackdown on card surcharges has been criticised as “fiddling around the edges while Rome burns”.

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AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - General view editorial generic stock photo image of Australian cash money currency. Picture: NewsWire / Nicholas Eagar

Push to axe sneaky fee costing Aussies $4bn

A Sydney MP is pushing for an overhaul of 20-year-old regulations that cost Aussies billions of dollars every year.

Reset Australia Policy Director Rys Farthing and Executive Director Alice Dawkins, investigate digital risks and online harms. MUST Credit Benjamin Horgan.

Aussies’ private information sold for profit

Australians’ private information is being shared hundreds of times a day with online advertisers who resell and distribute it to unknown parties, putting people at risk of targeted scams.

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(FILES) SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as he speaks during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on June 16, 2023. Musk, the owner of social media platform X, formerly Twitter, said the site is considering suing the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) over accusations of anti-Semitism, which he blames for falling revenue. Musk late on September 4, 2023, accused the US-based Jewish organization of making unfounded complaints against him and X that have scared away advertisers. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)

Elon Musk’s big legal loss to Australia

A court has ruled on whether the Elon Musk-owned X Corp must comply with an infringement notice issued when the company was called Twitter.

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Aussie’s life upended by single Facebook rule

A dad who had his life completely upturned in an instant is facing “hell” as he battles the social media giant.

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Big electricity plan for one Aussie state

Hot on the heels of promising state-owned petrol stations, one premier fighting for his job has made another huge pledge.

Doglato owner Oscar Valejjo is still counting the costs after his social media accounts were hacked by scammers. Photo credit: Jack Boswell.

Staggering cost of cyber attacks revealed

The eye-watering cost of cyber attacks on small businesses across the country has been revealed, with one business owner revealing he was forced to start again.

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‘I’m not a moron’: Barnaby fires up over EVs

Barnaby Joyce has clashed with a senior Labor MP about the possibility of China controlling its electric vehicles in Australia.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MAY 4, 2024: Optus signage on George Street in the Sydney CBD. Federal budget stock images. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

‘Inadequate’: Damning Optus outage finding

Optus has been slammed in a damning Senate report into last year’s massive outage, with a committee finding the Aussie telco “failed millions”.

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