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‘Happy to pay’: Google rival breaks ranks

Microsoft has given the federal government a major boost, pledging to soften the blow if Google carries out a threat to leave the Australian market.

Internet

Bold idea to replace Google

A bold idea has been raised after Google threatened to cut off its all-powerful search engine to Australians if new media laws were introduced.

Internet

Google lashed: ‘Mao would have approved’

Chairman Mao ‘would have approved’ of Google and Facebook’s threat to cut off its customers, a high-profile inquiry has heard.

National

What Google, Facebook changes really mean

Google is threatening to close down its search engine in Australia, while Facebook wants to prevent you from sharing news. Here’s what this all really means.

Internet

Google’s search video backfires

An annoying video Google has promoted in search has backfired on the tech giant, with Aussies now turning to other engines to get their results.

Internet

Google’s cringey ‘coffee shop’ comparison

An annoying pop-up has turned up on Google but the tech giant’s whinge that it is your friend seems a bit rich.

Internet

Annoying pop-up on Google explained

If you’ve searched for anything in Google over the past few days, you would have been this message. And people are far from happy.

Social Media

Google’s new tactic in media war

Australian internet surfers have woken up to Google’s latest intervention this morning as the tech giant ramps up its fight against the federal government.

Internet

Google’s ‘dominant’ grip on Australia

Aussies have been warned Google holds a ‘remarkably dominant’ grip over the web, after the tech giant threatened to deny its service to Australians.

Security

New way scammers are rorting Aussies

Scammers trying to cheat Australians out of their money are getting creative. Now the federal government has warned of a new method being used.

Dating

Surprising baby trend on the rise

The future of dating is changing and it is expected to trigger a surprising trend among new parents and newborns.

Internet

Google’s move to ‘punish all of Australia’

Google has been lashed by people across the political spectrum after it issued an ‘extraordinary’ threat to Australian internet users.

UPDATEDInternet

Moment Google vows to shut Aussies out

This is the moment Google made a bold threat to Aussie internet users in a move showing it was ‘prepared to punish the whole of the country’.

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ExclusiveTravel Updates

Reason many Aussies can’t book Airbnb

Hundreds of Australian Airbnb bookings were blocked after the company instituted a new screening system that would flag certain reservations.

Internet

Hidden message in website redesign

Hours into Joe Biden’s Presidency, the White House website has received some symbolic makeovers.

Social Media

X Factor singer slams ‘heartless’ scams

A former X Factor singer has called scammers a ‘waste of space’ for using his name and a family tragedy to con people into donating to fake fundraisers.

Social Media

Man charged with ‘sextortion’ of 245 girls

A man has been charged with the ‘sextortion’ of 245 girls after he allegedly pretended to be a social media celebrity and then blackmailed them.

Internet

Cheeky move likely to enrage Hanson

Quick-thinking internet users have pounced after Pauline Hanson’s domain expired, with users now directed to the last place you’d expect.

Internet

Aussie arrested in dark web sting

European prosecutors have arrested an Australian man on suspicion he was operating a huge illegal dark web marketplace.

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Social Media

‘Unfair’: Trump’s Twitter ban problem

Social media giants act quickly to ban things they don’t agree with a minister says as she demands more clarity over free speech rules.

Social Media

Internet a ‘magnet’ for idiots: Shorten

The internet has been a blessing but there’s a part of it that has become a ‘sewer’, Labor MP Bill Shorten says.

NSW & ACT

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.

Internet

‘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’.

BreakingMobile Phones

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.

Social Media

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.

Hacking

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.

Internet

‘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.

Internet

‘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.

Internet

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.

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