Surprise new skills employers are looking for
An AI revolution is sweeping through the Australian workplace and one of the world’s biggest tech companies says hiring is going to change forever.
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‘Beware’: Chilling warning over AI scam
Police in one state have issued a major warning amid an emerging trend of disturbing scams.
How collapsed airline got it so wrong
Upstart airliner Bonza launched in Australia with budgie-smugglers and purple cocktails, but 18 months later the low-cost carrier collapsed. Here’s why.
‘Racial hatred’: Hanson under fire for post
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has been accused of “classical racial hatred” after she told another senator to “piss off back to Pakistan” in a fiery social media exchange.
How Australians lost $2.7bn to scams
A new report has revealed Australians lost a whopping $2.7bn to scams last year, with one group the biggest victims.
‘Be realistic’: Dutton’s big call on Musk saga
Peter Dutton has appeared to back Elon Musk’s X in the bitter fight to stop the platform from showing violent footage of a church stabbing.
‘Not helpful’: Warning on kids’ TikTok ban
Politicians, police and national security figures have all backed tougher age limits on social media, but researchers say otherwise.
Stabbed bishop takes side in Musk-PM war
Lawyers for Elon Musk’s X say the bishop who was allegedly stabbed in a Sydney church “strongly” opposes the video being removed from online, a court has heard.
‘Diabolical’ risk AI poses to our kids
Extremists, scammers and child abusers alike are exploiting artificial intelligence for harm, making ‘diabolic’ imaginary scenarios a reality.
Huge tech change for 20 million Aussies
Artificial intelligence is being rolled out across the suite of Meta apps that are used by millions of Australians every day.
‘Safe room for terrorists’: Tech giants slammed
Big tech companies aren’t doing enough to stop terrorists and extremists spreading dangerous content on their platforms, the nation’s top spy says.
Musk’s X must hide stabbing videos
Elon Musk’s X has been ordered to temporarily hide stabbing videos, but their battle will return to the Federal Court within days.
‘Narcissistic’: MPs hit out at Musk
Tech giants have been urged to do more to remove violent content off their platforms in the fallout of two horrific stabbing incidents.
Musk blasts church video take-down
Elon Musk has blasted the online watchdog over claims an order to remove content related to the Sydney church stabbing was ‘unlawful and dangerous’.
‘Extremely disruptive’: 28 Google staff fired
Google has fired an “extremely disruptive” group of staff after they took over the tech company’s offices for 10 hours.
Warning to online banking customers
An online banking customer has urged others to update their passwords after they couldn’t access their account.
Elite school staffer assaulted in jail: court
A former elite girls school IT worker has had a ‘traumatic’ month since being jailed for possessing child abuse material of girls as young as 10, a court has heard.
Whistleblower’s call on Meta’s news ban
A Facebook whistleblower says Australia should force Meta to the negotiating table amid ongoing uncertainty about the future of news online.
Bold claim about influencer who raped 14yo
A social media influencer who raped a 14-year-old boy twice in one night has ‘no sexual interest in children’, an expert concluded.
Major change to internet for millions
With Australians using more data than ever before across multiple devices, millions are now eligible for faster, more reliable internet.
Outage hits Telstra, thousands affected
A major outage rippled across Australia in the afternoon, with the country’s largest telco scrambling to deliver a fix.
Calls for Australia to crackdown on TikTok
The TikTok app, and its 8.5 million Australian users, face an uncertain outlook with growing concerns by governments over its safety.
Outrage over predator’s ‘horrifying’ sentence
A leading advocacy group has called for action on the “horrifying” sentence given to a pedophile who tried to groom a mum and her two underage kids.
Macca’s returns after nationwide outage
An IT outage at McDonald’s stores swept across the globe last night, leaving thousands hungry and disappointed .
Wild plan to send young crims to remote camps
Misbehaving youths could be sent out to remote camps to do manual labour under a bold proposal to curb youth crime.
Facebook snub to hurt all Australia: MP
The decision to walk away from local publishers would have ramifications for the entire community, Communications Minister Michele Rowland said.
Rise in scammers attacking one group
One group of Australians has become the target of social media scammers fleecing tens of millions of dollars every year.
‘Unfortunate’: Albo breaks silence on Kate drama
Anthony Albanese has weighed in on the photoshop fail drama that has gripped the world in recent days.
Bombshell as Optus network boss quits
One of Optus’ senior figures has dropped a bombshell four months after a widespread outage at the telco giant disrupted the lives of millions and shattered the company’s reputation.
‘Appalling’: Minister lashed for racist posts
The Northern Territory’s Police Minister has apologised for sharing racist, sexist, homophobic and anti-Semitic content on social media.
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