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Meta agrees to huge payout for Aussies

Tech giant Meta has agreed to pay out a whopping sum to Australians who were impacted by a major privacy scandal.

We put Image Playground, which is available as part of Apple Intelligence, to the test to create some Aussie imagery.

Aussie cane toads, kangaroos and sharks stump Apple Intelligence

Image Playground is one of the most fun new features of Apple Intelligence, but how good it is in coming close to reality? We put it to the test.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. APRIL 24, 2024: Reece P Kershaw, Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police & Mike Burgess, ASIO Director-General address the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Spy alliance’s dire warning on Aussie kids

The world’s most powerful spy alliance has issued a rare warning amid concerns young Aussies and minors are being radicalised online at an alarming new rate.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, DECEMBER 18, 2023. Screen grabs from supplied viedo. A motel in a quiet Adelaide suburb has been targeted by neo-Nazis who staged a protest in broad daylight. Six members of the neo-Nazi group Nationalist Socialist Network were captured on video walking down Main North Rd in the northernAdelaide suburb of Pooraka on Sunday before stopping at the Pavlos Motel. The balaclava-clad men were then seen performing Sieg Hail salutes, also known as Nazi or Hitler salutes, in the carport ofthe motel while being led through chants by a man carrying a megaphone. Picture : NCA NewsWire

Nazi threat sparks call for hate database

An inquiry into the rising threat of right wing extremism has delivered a set of options to roll back the hatred, including a new national hate crimes database.

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Facial recognition warning you need to hear

Chilling CCTV warning Aussies need to hear

Facial recognition technology is used at your favourite venues across the country, and Aussies have no idea.

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New move to protect Aussies from scammers

SMS scammers pretending to be banks, government services and other companies will be crippled by a new SMS ID register.

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COMPOSITE 4:3 - Australia's four big banks Commonwealth, Westpac, NAB, ANZ. Picture: NCA Newswire

Banks failing against email scams, report

New research has revealed most Aussie banks are failing to fully protect customers from email and phishing scams.

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Disturbing stat about Aussie workers

Australian workers are falling for bogus phishing attacks at almost twice the global rate, concerning research shows.

Cyber crime is increasingly targeting small businesses and private schools.

Worrying trend emerging in cybercrime

A new report has revealed a worrying increase in cybercriminal attacks on wealthy private schools, using sinister techniques to hack sensitive data.

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Bunnings releases CCTV after being slammed

Bunnings has released horrific security footage from its stores after the retailer was slammed over its use of cameras.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: NewsWire Photos: MARCH 06 2024: A general view of an Optus store in Sydney after Optus apologised to its customers and paid a $1.5 million fine after Australiaâs communications watchdog found large-scale breaches of public safety rules relating to triple-zero and emergency services.. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Major relief for Aussies with stolen data

Hundreds of thousands of Australians who had their data stolen can breathe a sigh of relief.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 19, 2024:Generic photos of Centrelink on Edwards Street ,Norwood .Picture: NCA NewsWire / Mark Brake

Aussies warned of new Centrelink scam

Australians have been warned about a cruel scam website that claims to promote a “cost-of-living bonus payment” from Centrelink.

Shoppers have posted to social media about scammers posing as Woolworths requesting personal information. Picture: Supplied via NCA NewsWire

Major new support for scam victims

Victims of scams could have an easier time getting compensation with the federal government announcing the latest crackdown on fraudsters.

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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

Millions of Aussies warned over vile scam

An urgent warning has been issued after hundreds of Australians were targeted in a terrifying extortion scam.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos October 11, 2024: SOCIAL MEDIA SUMMIT DAY 2: The Honourable Michelle Rowland, MP, Federal Minister for Communications. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dean Martin

Age limits first step in big tech battle

The Albanese government says it’s holding ‘big tech to account’ and age limits for kids on social media are the first step.

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Aussies’ private information sold for profit

Australians’ private information is being shared hundreds of times a day with online advertisers who resell and distribute it to unknown parties, putting people at risk of targeted scams.

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(FILES) SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as he speaks during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on June 16, 2023. Musk, the owner of social media platform X, formerly Twitter, said the site is considering suing the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) over accusations of anti-Semitism, which he blames for falling revenue. Musk late on September 4, 2023, accused the US-based Jewish organization of making unfounded complaints against him and X that have scared away advertisers. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)

Elon Musk’s big legal loss to Australia

A court has ruled on whether the Elon Musk-owned X Corp must comply with an infringement notice issued when the company was called Twitter.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - 17 JULY 2024: Cbus Super sign at 1 William Street, Brisbane. Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Hunt

Aussie finance sector’s big AI move

An industry-first agreement will look to protect one Australian fund’s workers in the age of ChatGPT with a new “gold standard”.

Doglato owner Oscar Valejjo is still counting the costs after his social media accounts were hacked by scammers. Photo credit: Jack Boswell.

Staggering cost of cyber attacks revealed

The eye-watering cost of cyber attacks on small businesses across the country has been revealed, with one business owner revealing he was forced to start again.

Popular electric vehicle manufacturer BYD responds to claims Atto 3 has a sim card that can ‘call you’ without knowing.

Chinese owned EVs ‘are listening to you’

The Australian government “don’t know” what capabilities are hidden inside Chinese-made EVs, but one owner claims to have uncovered a secret.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - Newswire Photos September 10, 2024: Snapchat , Instagram, YouTube, Roblox and tik tok and X (Twitter). The Albanese government says it will introduce legislation to enforce age restrictions on social media before the next federal election, but is still mulling over what that age it should be restricted to. Picture: NewsWire / Aaron Francis

Parents’ bold answer to social media ‘cancer’

Parents are begging to raise social media age restrictions even further than 16, warning that “tech companies now own our children”.

(FILES) In this file illustration photo taken on January 25, 2021 shows the application Clubhouse on a smartphone in Berlin. - Clubhouse, the invitation-only audio chat app, exploded in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic, with people unable to get together for in-person conversations. Now, the trendy platform launched less than a year ago -- which made headlines by quickly earning China's scorn -- is looking to establish itself as the standardbearer for digital audio. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

‘Gold rush’: Your data used to train AI

An Australian expert has warned about how little Aussies know about their data being used to train AI.

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‘Prey’: Terrifying truth of Meta-verse

If your Instagram or Facebook account is hacked, don’t expect to get help without coughing up some cash – and the scam itself is terrifying.

Minister’s reaction to Meta’s big move

Meta has added stronger protections for underage users on its Instagram platform, but the government has said that won’t change its plan to crackdown on age restrictions.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA : NewsWire Photos - SEPTEMBER 18 2024; Australian Federal Police are at the home of Jay Je Yoon Jung, an unassuming 32-year-old karaoke-loving technical dynamo who lives at home with his parents in Sydney. Police have again infiltrated a criminal platform and outsmarted organised crime with the Australian-based Yoon Jung charged with the creation of a secret app for criminals and violent enforcers. 700 AFP members executed 71 search warrants and provided support during two days of action across four Australian states and territories. This police activity has seen 38 people arrested and the global takedown of a dedicated encrypted communications network. Picture: NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Cops storm home of ‘computer geek’

The alleged mastermind behind an encrypted messaging platform allegedly used by the mafia is a 32-year-old “computer geek” who lives with his parents, police say.

CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - September 17, 2024: ACT Independent Senator David Pocock holds a doorstop at Parliament House in Canberra with scam victims calling on the government to fast track and strengthen new scams legislation Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Cruel detail at heart of Aussie scams

Aussies scammed out of millions of dollars have revealed the one change they want and the cruel detail at the heart of their pursuits for relief from their banks.

PM’s social media ban like ‘whack-a-mole’

As the PM shores up plans for a social media ban for Aussie teenagers, Facebook’s head of global affairs has called the proposal a ‘whack-a-mole nightmare’ for parents.

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Big question Amazon can’t answer

Amazon executives are being grilled on the company’s murky development of AI and how audio recordings from inside homes are used.

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

Major change coming to driver’s licence

The new program will allow Aussies to securely use their phone to share personal information, instead of handing over sensitive documents such as their passport.

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Scammer swindles $900k from small business

There’s a disturbing trend of sophisticated scams swindling huge sums of money from honest Aussies, with the latest steal involving genuine-seeming invoices.

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