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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.

ExclusiveAt Work

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”.

Small Business

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.

Security

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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UPDATEDSocial Media

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”.

Security

‘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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Hacking

‘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.

Social Media

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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UPDATEDCrime

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.

Hacking

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.

Social Media

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.

updatedTechnology

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.

Security

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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Security

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.

Security

Update on major Aussie cyber breach

A Sydney university has given an update on the investigation into a major breach of its IT network that affected thousands.

Asia

Sign of where Australia’s priorities lie

The new Immigration and Home Affairs Minister has only been in the job for five minutes but is already heading overseas to visit a key ally.

Security

Tech giant’s big move on dodgy apps

A mobile phone giant has revealed its latest move on cyber security as experts raise alarm bells over a rise in malware attacks.

Security

‘Sorry’: Update after blue screen of death

The boss of the company now synonymous with the “blue screen of death” fiasco has “personally” apologised for the worldwide outage.

Internet

Massive threat issued to tech giants

The eSafety Commissioner has officially put the tech giants on notice: Do more to protect Aussie kids or cop massive fines.

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‘Blue screen of death’ company accepts fate

The company responsible for the “blue screen of death” that left millions of people stranded says it’s “absolutely” prepared for compensation claims.

Internet

Tech outage effects could linger for weeks

Computer systems at businesses across the Australian economy could be dealing with the fallout from the Microsoft outage for weeks to come.

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Security

Blue Screen of Death workaround revealed

After a faulty update plunged computers and tech systems all over the world into chaos, a workaround to the dreaded “Blue Screen of Death” has been revealed.

UPDATEDSecurity

‘Be careful’: Chilling warning amid IT crisis

Minister for Home Affairs Clare O’Neil says there have been reports of phishing scams amid the CrowdStrike IT outage.

UPDATEDInternet

What services are still out across Australia

Many people are still struggling after a global IT outage left airlines, banks and businesses scrambling.

Security

Aussies up in arms over tech outage

Hysterical Aussie shoppers have warned each other to “stock up on toilet paper” as a global tech outage causes chaos at supermarkets across the country.

Security

Outage a warning for ‘cyber warfare’

A major tech outage dubbed the “biggest the world has ever seen” could be a “dress rehearsal” for what a cyber terror attack could look like, an expert has warned.

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Porn driving spike in nude AI attacks

Sparked by a string of deepfake porn and sexually explicit images created at Australian high schools, experts say unfiltered AI tools have collided with misogyny.

Kids

‘No, Alexa!’: Mum stops AI at vital moment

Home assistants and chatbots powered by AI are going rogue, with chilling examples emerging.

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Internet

Warning as tax scams on the rise

Authorities have warned taxpayers to be aware of tax scams targeting Aussies as they submit their tax returns.

Security

Tricky scammer move exposed

Telstra cybersecurity experts have warned scammers are more likely to target Aussies on particular days. Here’s what you need to watch out for.

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