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Crafting site bans users’ Trump love-in

A popular online crafting community is banning content that “constitutes support” for Donald Trump or his team, in another hit on freedom of speech.

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Up to 50 million Instagram influencers, bloggers and celebs have had their contact details leaked online. Picture: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Warning over mystery database

A massive database containing contact information of millions of Instagram influencers, celebrities and brand accounts has been found online.

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US warns of China’s new sinister spies

First it was Huawei. Now the US Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning that our little spies in the sky may be double-agents.

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FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2018, file photo, an information board for employees' shuttle bus is on display near the Huawei office building at its research and development centre in Dongguan in south China's Guangdong province. The policy differences between the two major political parties vying for power at Australian elections on Saturday, May 18, 2019, have been described as the widest divide at a federal contest in 26 years. The Liberal-led coalition government has upset Beijing by blocking Chinese companies from buying a cattle empire and Sydney electricity provider and by banning Chinese technology giant Huawei from Australiaâ€™s 5G telecommunications network rollout this year. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Google’s shock ban stuns Huawei

Tech giant Google has just imposed a devastating ban on Huawei’s mobile phones, which are used by millions of people.

Trump declares emergency: China threat

US president Donald Trump has taken another shot at China by doing something Australia controversially announced last year.

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TWAM-20190504 EMBARGO FOR TWAM 4 MAY 2019NO REUSE WITHOUT PERMISSION FEE APPLIESRussian President Vladimir Putin speeches during his meeting with french businessmen at the Kremlin, on April 18, 2019 in Moscow, Russia. Vladimir Putin receieved top businessmen from France during an annual meeting with members of Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI France Russie, or CCIFR). (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)

Putin signs ‘internet warfare’ plan

Despite widespread protests, Russia has moved forward with a plan to isolate its internet in a move some see as a precursor to cyber war.

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Australia ‘ready for cyber attack’

THE federal government is on high alert as a wave of cyber attacks sweep across the globe, apparently exploiting a flaw exposed from the US National Security Agency.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russia's oil company Rosneft's CEO during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on April 1, 2019. (Photo by Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik / AFP)

Russia’s ‘terrifying’ plans for Australia

America is still reeling from covert attacks at the hands of suspected Russian agents — now it’s our turn, and the assault has already begun.

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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 11: Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill April 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. This is the second day of testimony before Congress by Zuckerberg, 33, after it was reported that 87 million Facebook users had their personal information harvested by Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm linked to the Trump campaign. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Facebook records exposed on Amazon

Facebook is grappling with another startling data leak with 540 million records found in plain sight on a public Amazon server.

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Secrets in scammer’s creepy handbook

From cheesy pick-up lines to fake sex dreams, the handbook of an online dating scam artist reveals the sick lies they use to trick people.

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Disturbing secret behind this photo

If you see this woman pop up on Tinder do not start talking to her. She may look like a pretty girl, but you will regret ever meeting her.

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Google slammed over privacy invasions

The global pressure on Google has intensified, with US politicians attacking the tech titan’s continual collection of data even after users believed they had opted out.

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Google knows your ‘secret interests’

Google has been accused of spying on millions of Aussies by building profiles containing “intimate lifestyle details” including our “secret interests”.

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China’s deeply disturbing list

A database has been compiled containing the personal details of 1.8 million Chinese women. One key data set is extremely disturbing.

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Putin’s internet isolation plans spark furore

Thousands of Russians who fear the country’s internet could be cut off from the rest of the world have taken to the streets in protest as politicians push for an online “iron curtain”.

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Password sharers, please take note

For years, content providers like Netflix and Stan weren’t bothered by casual password sharing. But that has changed.

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Update your Google Chrome now

Google and security experts are warning Chrome users to update their browser immediately after a scary vulnerability was detected.

YouTube implement this feature for child safety

As the Momo challenge lingers, YouTube have taken this proactive step to ensure a safer online environment for children.

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Momo Challenge: What you need to know

Mums issuing warnings of dangerous online trend affecting kids worldwide have been told their claims are nothing but a hoax by experts.

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‘Take it down’: Bitter fight over map

An Australian charity has been told to take down this map “before someone is killed” after an incident in the early hours of the morning.

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FILE - This Feb. 19, 2014, file photo shows the Facebook app icon on an iPhone in New York. Apple says it has banned a Facebook-made app that paid users, including teenagers, to extensively track their data. The app, Facebook Research, tracked peopleâ€™s phone and web activity in exchange for payments. A report in the tech blog TechCrunch on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, says Facebook paid about $20 a month in exchange for people letting it track their phone activities. While Facebook says this was done with permission, the company has a history of defining â€œpermissionâ€ loosely and obscuring what sort of data it collects. (AP Photo/Karly Domb Sadof, File)

Controversial snooping powers extended

More Australian state and federal agencies will be able to force tech companies to crack open communications under changes to new powers.

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Hundreds of women love this man

Around the world, hundreds of women have fallen in love with this man who seems like the perfect catch. He wants it to stop.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with his Moldovan counterpart at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 30, 2019. (Photo by MAXIM SHEMETOV / POOL / AFP)

Putin to cut off Russia’s internet

Russian citizens must brace themselves: No Netflix. No Spotify. No PornHub. President Putin is about to unplug the internet. And it’s all part of disturbing preparations for war.

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Billionaire’s warning on internet changes

Australia’s top tech billionaires have slammed controversial new internet changes they say will cost local business.

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Watch out for this ‘emergency’ text scam

An unsettling new scam has emerged where victims get a text begging for help, but when they call back they are subjected to a very distressing recording.

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China probed in parliament hack attack

Australia’s top cyber security agency is investigating an alarming breach of the federal parliamentary computing network.

14-year-old who caught Apple napping

At the heart of Apple’s shocking FaceTime bug, which allowed just about anyone to turn an iPhone into a live microphone, stands a 14-year-old boy.

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Why you need a My Health Record

With many people opting out of the controversial system, others warn not having one could be a matter of life of death as the deadline to opt out ends today.

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FILE - This Feb. 19, 2014, file photo shows the Facebook app icon on an iPhone in New York. Apple says it has banned a Facebook-made app that paid users, including teenagers, to extensively track their data. The app, Facebook Research, tracked peopleâ€™s phone and web activity in exchange for payments. A report in the tech blog TechCrunch on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, says Facebook paid about $20 a month in exchange for people letting it track their phone activities. While Facebook says this was done with permission, the company has a history of defining â€œpermissionâ€ loosely and obscuring what sort of data it collects. (AP Photo/Karly Domb Sadof, File)

Apple busts Facebook for ‘mind blowing’ app

Apple has shut down a sneaky Facebook app which collected emails, social media activities, private messages and just about anything else from users.

(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 12, 2018, a Huawei sign is seen during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. - Canada's Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale on Friday, January 18, 2019 said Canada won't be browbeaten by Beijing as it mulls whether or not to ban Huawei equipment from new telecommunication networks. His comments come after China's ambassador to Ottawa, Lu Shaye, on Thursday, January 17, 2019 warned of

Charges laid against tech giant Huawei

Chinese tech giant Huawei and its chief financial officer have been officially charged by the US Department of Justice over allegedly violating sanctions.

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