Man’s alleged vile messages to ‘child’
A man is alleged to have sent sexually explicit messages to an online user he believed was a 14-year-old girl, unaware that police were monitoring his movements.
Internet
Fine print prompts huge exodus
Users of Facebook’s WhatsApp are being faced with an ultimatum: Give us your data and your mate’s too or rack off.
‘Dark ages’: Australia’s worst internet
Labor claims the NBN is so bad in one part of Australia that people are going without internet for days, sending residents ‘back to the dark ages’.
Glitch in govt contact tracing app
Users report major problems with the Service NSW app, which is used for contact tracing and mandatory for many businesses.
Cop $111k fine for a Facebook comment
Internet trolls have been put on notice, with the government announcing plans to fine individuals up to $111,000 for abusive online comments.
State slammed over response to cyber hack
The NSW government has been savaged over its response to a cyberattack that exposed the personal data of hundreds of thousands of residents.
‘I want to just die’: 40 women sue Pornhub
Pornhub is accused of ignoring devastating pleas for help from sex trafficking survivors until charges were laid against a fugitive producer.
‘Scary’ side-effect of Google outage
Billions of people around the world rely on Google’s online services – and that’s never more apparent than when they go down.
MasterCard and Visa dump porn site
The credit card companies will stop processing payments to Pornhub as it faces increasing scrutiny over the content it hosts.
Inside porn trap that snared NRL star
The sinister tactics an Australian porn site uses to take advantage of vulnerable young men have been exposed by those who appear in videos.
Aussie terrorist’s sick emails exposed
A seemingly innocuous email was among the first signs of a twisted individual’s plan that resulted in one of the worst mass shootings in world history.
What Aussies Googled in 2020
Google has revealed Australia’s top searches over the past year – and despite battling bushfires and a pandemic, the winner isn’t what you’d think.
Aus Post apologies for ’offensive’ message
Australia Post has apologised after users spotted an “unauthorised” message had appeared on its website over the weekend.
Google could ‘restrict Aussie features’
The search giant is reportedly working on restricting features, as a new disinformation code has been slammed by some.
Surprise discovery after Amazon outage
When Amazon’s huge servers stopped working in one region it wasn’t just a problem for IT workers. Some people couldn’t vacuum their house.
Ugly old building’s hidden new power
It’s probably your suburb’s most boring landmark, and multi-billion dollar tech giants can’t wait to move in with a hi-tech overhaul .
Late night email could cost $2.2bn
A former judge said it was “incredible” an email from lawyers for Crown Resorts was sent in the middle of the night, and not a year ago.
YouTube back after global outage
YouTube has confirmed you can start procrastinating again after a global issue made it unable to stream videos.
Airbnb host’s disgraceful comment
A Victorian teen says an Airbnb host made a shocking comment to her that was an instance of racism more blatant than anything else she’d experienced.
Cops say 60yo man groomed boy for sex
The Sydney man, who will front court on Thursday, thought he was talking to a 14-year-old boy online. Instead, it was police.
New clue to who could win election
Google search data predicted the 2016 election, but if they are to be believed again this time, things aren’t looking good for Donald Trump.
Elon Musk delivers internet ‘game changer’
A plan to provide super fast internet all around the world is starting to get into the public’s hands, and they’re nerding out over the early results.
‘Unacceptable’ problem telcos won’t fix
Telcos are facing a potential crackdown as complaints surge, with one industry head calling on competitors to make a simple change.
Schools evacuated over email threat
Some year 12 students have had their HSC exams disrupted after a number of high schools were evacuated over a threatening message.
NBN slashes prices for superfast internet
NBN Co will offer heavily discounted internet plans, slashing prices by up to $24 a month, in an attempt to snare more customers.
New price tag for ‘inferior’ NBN
The cost of the NBN has climbed again for a network that is becoming less affordable for people to access.
Law that could break up Google
The US Justice Department and 11 states have come out swinging against Google in a case that seeks to end the company’s dominance.
Right-wing extremist threat grows
Australia’s domestic spy agency says extremists have seized upon COVID-19, believing it reinforces conspiracies at the core of their ideologies.
Four word CV that led to full-time work
Jasmyn Maddern lost a job on her first day due to COVID. In need of work, she ditched the fluff in resumes and “cut to the chase” – to stunning effect.
Customers rage at major bank outage
Customers have expressed their fury at NAB after a major outage brought services down across the country. It is now scrambling to fix the problem.
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