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A massive data bungle has resulted in the biometric data of students in one state being collected by Microsoft Teams “for weeks” before the Education Department was alerted.

Students rocked by Teams data bungle

A massive data bungle has resulted in the biometric data of students being collected by Microsoft Teams “for weeks” before the Education Department was alerted.

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Dark trend spells downfall for humanity

There is a very dark trend making waves online that experts say spells disaster for our future.

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Apple executive sparks $265 billion meltdown

A revelation by an Apple employee caused chaos on Wall Street as Google suffered one of the most painful days in corporate history.

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Huge change as ‘scourge’ costs Aussies $2bn

One state is set to bring in new laws to combat a “scourge” of cybercrime after Aussies lost more than $2bn last year alone.

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One thing you should never ask Chat GPT

AI apps like ChatGPT are rising in popularity, but one expert warns people might be using them for all the wrong reasons.

AI giant’s massive move on Google

AI giant’s massive move on Google

OpenAI is interested in buying the super popular Chrome web browser if Google is forced to sell it by a US Judge.

QLD Courts & Law

A judge has ruled that American gaming personality Billy Mitchell (left) was defamed by Australian YouTuber Karl Jobst (right).

‘Smell of victory’: Donkey Kong champ’s boast

A judge has ruled that an American gaming personality and former Donkey Kong champion has been defamed by an Australian YouTuber.

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Apple Maps is undergoing a big revamp to feature Indigenous names and people groups across Australia.

‘Welcome to Gadigal land’: Apple’s bold overhaul of Aussie maps

Tech giant Apple will formally recognise the Indigenous lands of Australia and New Zealand in a groundbreaking revamp of its ubiquitous Maps product. And it’s not optional.

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New details after 9000 court docs leaked

Aussies will need to wait about a week before finding out what data was viewed by a hacker following a major breach of a state government website.

Pledge as US tech giants target Aussies

US tech giants Meta, Google, Amazon and X are targeting Australia’s online laws, but Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he will stand up for Aussie parents.

Elon Musk arrives for US President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

‘Wrong way around’: Musk post roasted

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is facing backlash after hitting out at Australia’s $3.8bn investment to “finish” the NBN rollout.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 27: Andrew Tate (L) and Tristan Tate (R) arrive in the United States after a travel ban on them was lifted, at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on February 27, 2025 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The influencer brothers were arrested in late 2022 and charged with human trafficking, alleging that they participated in a criminal ring that lured women to Romania, where they were sexually exploited. Andrew Tate was also accused of rape. Alon Skuy/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Alon Skuy / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

‘Manfluencer’s’ far-right threat revealed

Controversial “manfluencer” Andrew Tate is facing rape and sex trafficking charges and Aussie experts warn his rhetoric also overlaps with far-right radicalism.

‘Time they paid’: Call to tax tech titans

Tech giants such as Meta, Amazon, Uber and Microsoft could be hit with a hefty tax under a new election policy demand put forward by the Greens.

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Horror number of creeps targeting Aussie kids

A shocking new survey suggests more than 40 per cent of Aussie kids have been contacted by strangers online.

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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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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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA NewsWire Photos - SEPTEMBER 20, 2021: COVID-19 and bad weather has kept most Canberrans inside as the ACT records 7 new cases. Storm clouds gather over Parliament House in Canberra.Picture: Newswire/Gary Ramage

Man charged over alleged threats to MP

A man has been arrested and charged after allegedly threatening a federal parliamentarian over social media.

NSW & ACT Crime

Journalist Antoinette Lattouf has taken to social media to welcome the arrest of a man who allegedly sent her a harassing email. Picture: Instagram

Man arrested over email to ex-ABC host

A man has been charged with sending a “harassing, racially charged email” that “called for violence and harm” to a former ABC journalist.

Meta plans giant deep sea internet cable across world. Picture: Meta

Map reveals Meta’s staggering plan

Meta has unveiled its plan to build the world’s longest underwater cable spanning 50,000km and a staggering five continents.

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Australia’s world-first move to stop scammers

Australia is fighting back against cyber security threats, and this world-first move against scammers is leading the way.

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A huge and “very dangerous” and “life-threatening” storm is battering Sydney, with the State Emergency Service warning residents of several major suburbs to stay indoors as conditions worsen. The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Metropolitan, Central Tablelands and parts of Hunter, Illawarra, Central West Slopes and Plains, Lower Western and Upper Western Forecast Districts about 11.20 on Monday morning. “Thunderstorms are forming on a surface trough in a moist unstable air mass in inland NSW, assisted by an upper trough moving across the state,” the warning read.

Update after thousands hit by major outage

A major internet provider has issued an apology after a widespread outage left thousands of homes and businesses without broadband services.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos February 06, 2024: A generic photograph of people on their phone in Sydney.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Christian Gilles

Aussies warned of Valentine’s Day scams

Aussies looking for love are being warned to stay vigilant this Valentine’s Day after one state lost $8.9m to “romance scams”.

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Terrifying reality in Aussie scam crisis

At a secret location in Sydney, experts have revealed the terrifyingly simple way Australians are being fleeced more than any other country by scams.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JANUARY 29, 2025: A person looks at downloading the Deepseek AI app on a smartphone. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

Albo’s big move against Chinese AI app

The Chinese-owned AI app that caused a $1 trillion hit to prominent tech stocks has been banned on government devices over national security fears.

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CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - September 12, 2024: Australian Greens Senator Dorinda Cox and Senator David Shoebridge hold a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Call for action over election deepfakes

A Greens senator has lashed Labor for not enacting “essential guard rails” on AI deepfakes ahead of this year’s federal election.

A US billionaire investor has casually dropped a bombshell claim about the true goal of AI - and it’s not good news for us.

‘Crash wages’: Billionaire’s shock allegation

A US billionaire investor has casually dropped a bombshell claim about the true goal of AI – and it’s not good news for us.

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Google to rename Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America following Trump move

Google’s huge call after Trump demand

Google was under no obligation but its decided to fall in line with a contentious Donald Trump call all the same.

This photo illustration shows the DeepSeek app on a mobile phone in Hong Kong on January 28, 2025. Fears of upheaval in the AI gold rush rocked Wall Street, following the emergence of a popular ChatGPT-like model from China, with US President Donald Trump saying it was a

Twist after China move obliterates US giants

US markets bled hundreds of billions of dollars after the release of a revolutionary Chinese AI — but one company has emerged as the surprise winner.

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