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Wikipedia founder storms out of interview

Wikipedia founder erupts at simple question

A simple question prompted Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales to angrily storm out of an interview.

Wikipedia founder storms out of interview

Wikipedia founder storms out of interview

A simple question prompted Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales to angrily storm out of an interview.

Melbourne sex worker Dallas Rayne, 34. Picture: Supplied

Sex worker takes aim at notorious men’s site

A self-styled escort ‘review’ website with more than 260,000 members has been branded a ‘breeding ground’ for misogyny and a danger to sex workers.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - Newswire Photos September 10, 2024: Snapchat , Instagram, YouTube, Roblox and tik tok and X (Twitter). The Albanese government says it will introduce legislation to enforce age restrictions on social media before the next federal election, but is still mulling over what that age it should be restricted to. Picture: NewsWire / Aaron Francis

Fresh blow coming for big tech

The Albanese government is asking for the public’s help as it mulls new rules for big tech.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - Newswire Photos September 10, 2024: Snapchat , Instagram, YouTube, Roblox and tik tok and X (Twitter). The Albanese government says it will introduce legislation to enforce age restrictions on social media before the next federal election, but is still mulling over what that age it should be restricted to. Picture: NewsWire / Aaron Francis

Aus’ big move on US tech titans

Labor is brainstorming ways to force tech firms to pay Australian media for content, with new details proposing tough penalties for those who don’t cough up.

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Aussies demand payback over telco issues

From frustrating outages to confusing advice, more Aussies than ever are demanding refunds, discounts or payments from their telcos.

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‘Criminal case’: Man rushes ChatGPT boss

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s public event in San Francisco took a bizarre turn when a man rushed the stage waving a document.

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - November 6, 2025: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister for Communications, Anika Wells meet with Florence (Flossie) Brodribb, Romany Brodribb (Flossie's mum), Dr Lila Landowski, Neuroscientist, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Inspiring’: PM praises Flossie’s example

Anthony Albanese has showed off a new friendship bracelet from Aussie student Flossie, who backs the PM’s impending ban on social media.

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A major Optus outage affecting more than 34,000 mobile services across the Hunter Valley has been linked to malicious damage to a communications tower in Hexham. Photo: Optus

Police probe ‘malicious’ Optus outage

Police are investigating malicious damage caused to an Optus tower that left thousands of residents without mobile service and some triple-0 calls potentially affected.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - August 26, 2025: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Director-General of Security of Australia Mike Burgess, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw, Minister for Foreign AffairsÃÂ Penny Wong, Minister for Home Affairs, Tony Burke hold a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

3 nations willing to kill on Australian soil

There are at least three foreign nations willing to carry out assassinations on Australian soil, ASIO boss Mike Burgess has warned.

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BoM backflip after wild backlash

The forecaster has not ruled out making further changes to the site, which was relaunched last week and has copped serious criticism.

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‘Sincerest apology’: Update on BoM bungle

The national weather agency has been flooded with complaints after launching its new website last week.

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TOPSHOT - Elon Musk looks on during a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House March 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Musk declares war on beloved website

Elon Musk has officially launched a competitor to one of the most-used websites in the history of the internet.

Mahmood Fazal and Jordan Shanks aka FriendlyJordies. Picture: Supplied

FriendlyJordies on ‘hiatus’ after alleged texts

The YouTuber has made explosive claims in a video after alleged texts purported an ABC journo said he wanted to “kill him”.

Aussies can claim $50m Facebook payout

More than 300,000 Aussies could be in line for bits of a $50m payout from US tech giant Meta in the aftermath of a privacy scandal. Here’s how to claim.

Amazon’s chief technologist has promised Australia won’t be left behind in the company’s global AI revolution, as it debuts groundbreaking new operational systems designed to revolutionise the way workers work.

Inside Amazon’s global AI revolution

Tech giant Amazon has unveiled ambitious plans for its robotics and AI rollout across the world – but there could be a challenge to its rollout in Australia.

Australian delivery drivers could soon start using smart glasses which map out directions and package movements using AI-powered vision, as tech giant Amazon unveils an ambitious future vision of its home delivery network.

Crazy way Amazon plans to change deliveries

Amazon has unveiled the future of home delivery – and there are signs the tech could make its way to Australia in the future.

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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...

Aussie uni reels from major cyber attack

From passport details and tax file numbers, to payroll figures and health information, hackers have hit an Australian university in a major cyber breach.

The redesign of one of the country’s most popular websites has sparked outrage, with users describing it as a 'sh*tshow', 'useless', 'disappointing' and 'unnecessary'. Picture: BOM

8 million Aussies hit with ‘atrocious’ sight

The redesign of one of Australia’s most popular sites has sparked outrage, with users describing it as a “sh*tshow”, “useless”, “unnecessary”.

Share prices in Alphabet have tumbled after a tweet from OpenAI.

Google loses $100 billion as rival launches

One tweet sent shares of Google’s parent company spiralling, as a rival company shakes things up in a major way.

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Scam warning as major Amazon outage fixed

The effects of a major Amazon outage lingered for 15 hours, and now cyber security experts warn scammers could have already swooped in.

Down detector shows mass outages linked to AWS. Picture: Down Detector

Exactly what happened during outage chaos

Millions of people were unable to use their favourite apps after an outage on Monday night in what was a troubling reminder.

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Down detector shows mass outages linked to AWS. Picture: Down Detector

Chaos as millions locked out of apps

Users around the world are unable to access their favourite platforms. The cause has been traced back to one tech giant.

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Tony Burke and Candace Owens

Burke’s claim after rogue US star banned

Immigration Minister Tony Burke says he made the decision personally to ban controversial American right-wing influencer from entering Australia.

A new ad on the government's looming social media ban has been released

$14m campaign revealed for Aussie first

The government has revealed details of a giant $14m campaign blitz ahead of a world-leading ban which comes into force later this year.

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the beginning of a bilateral meeting with President of Congo Republic Denis Sassou Nguesso (not pictured) in The Great Hall of People in Beijing on September 4, 2025. President Xi has held talks with almost 30 world leaders around the edges of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin and a huge military parade marking 80 years since World War II's end. (Photo by Lintao Zhang / POOL / AFP)

China-backed hackers targeting WFH Aussies

Australians who work from home have become the latest target for Chinese state-backed hackers, a disturbing new report has revealed.

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Christine Gadsby is Blackberry's chief security advisor. Picture: Supplied / NewsWire

Why security expert won’t ever text this

In a world where data is worth more than gold, a security expert has dropped a grim warning about how people use their phones.

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A cybercrime group threatens to expose personal details of 5.7 million Qantas customers unless Salesforce meets their urgent ransom demands by 3pm AEST today.

‘Should have paid’: Qantas ransom update

A notorious cyberhacker group threatening to leak the personal data of 5.7 million Qantas customers have issued a major update.

FILE - Chat GPT app icon is seen on a smartphone screen, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, file)

‘Deeply sorry’: 3000 Aussies’ data leaked to AI

The NSW government says it is “deeply sorry” after sensitive information of thousands of flood victims was uploaded to ChatGPT in a major data breach.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. NewsWire Photos. FEBRUARY 20, 2025. Josh Frydenberg attends the Sky News anti-semitism summit in Sydney. Picture: NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

‘Red alert’: Aus reacts to UK terror attack

Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg has delivered a furious, heartbreaking response to the terror attack on Jews in the UK, saying it’s a ‘red alert’ for Australia.

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