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In this Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016 photo, a supporter of the China national soccer team with his face painted in the China's national color during the soccer match against South Korea for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

What we are not asking China

CHINA’S been buying up Aussie land, funding our pollies and attacking our computer systems. What exactly do they want?

Young businesswoman pulling male colleague's tie while seducing him at desk in office

Porn site accounts exposed in hack

OVER 800,000 users of the porn site Brazzers have had their personal details exposed in a major security breach.

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IS plans to eclipse Sydney siege

IS plans to eclipse Sydney siege

IS is trying to spark a terror attack in Australia that would eclipse the Sydney Siege, a counter-terrorism expert has warned.

’Your fridge is spying on you’

’Your fridge is spying on you’

WHAT happens when the smart technology in your kitchen appliances becomes too intelligent it actually poses a risk to your privacy?

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Free games luring kids to porn

Free games luring kids to porn

IT LOOKS innocent, but one of the most popular free gaming sites has a dark underbelly. This is a wakeup call for parents.

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Six Qld schools added to porn site hit list

19 schools added to porn site hit list

THE porn site maliciously “hunting” schoolgirls is back and even more schools have been added as targets. We have the full list.

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Police secret weapon arrests 370

HE’S the modern-day Sherlock so effective even criminals respect him. And he isn’t even a fulltime cop. Check out his amazing superpower.

Hidden danger of sharing kids’ pics

Hidden danger of sharing kids’ pics

JUST because everyone is sharing photos of babies and kids, doesn’t mean it should be done — OR that it’s safe.

Why we type annoying letters

Why we type annoying letters

EVER wondered why you have to spell out those two words online to prove you’re not a robot? You’re actually part of a cool project.

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census

ABS faces Origin-sized challenge

HOW many people still need to do the 2016 Census? Here are the numbers in terms of figures we all understand — State of Origin crowds.

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Victoria probes electronic voting

Victoria probes electronic voting

DESPITE the online disaster from the national Census, Victoria is pushing ahead with public hearings on electronic voting.

Tiahna Prosser was unaware she was hot property on an Australian online pornography sharing site.

Aussie schoolgirl porn site removed

A WEBSITE targeting female students at more than 70 Australian schools has been taken down after an underage girl came forward.

Duncan Young, ABS

ABS slammed as Census site crashes again

THE reputation of the ABS has been dealt another blow, with the Census website unavailable yet once more this morning. Here we go again.

Simferopol, Russia - July 9, 2014: Google biggest Internet search engine. Google.com domain was registered September 15, 1997.

Gmail in trouble for reading emails

A US judge has ruled that Google scanning your emails for advertising purposes is not defensible as standard practice.

‘I’m scared my boss might see’

‘I’m scared my boss might see’

MADELEINE was just 15 when she unwittingly fell victim to a predatory, middle-aged photographer. Now the photos are online.

‘It’s as if I got classed as a porn star’

‘It’s as if I got classed as a porn star’

NAKED pictures of a Queensland teen have been posted online, after it was revealed men were offering “bonus points” for them.

What to do if you’re a porn site victim

What to do if you’re a porn site victim

A TEAM of former police detectives has advice for any Australians caught up in the online pornography ring. Here’s what you should do.

$450,000 of your money is gone for good

$450,000 of your money is gone for good

FRAUDSTERS put in place an elaborate scam that has claimed the most high profile Australian scalp yet.

Sex on laptop computer. Pornography

School porn ring investigated

STATE and federal police will investigate an online porn sharing site that has targeted girls at least 70 schools across the country.

Uni Students - IBM Census

Students make mockery of Census

AS the ABS spends days getting its $9 million census server back to full operation, two students have built a version four times better — for $500.

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Why everyone is hating on IBM

Why everyone is hating on IBM

THE government is looking for who to blame for the big Census fail and it’s certainly not the first time they’ve been screwed by IBM.

Ballot boxes in the seat of Batman. Saturday, July 2. 2016. Picture: David Crosling

Other victim of the Census fiasco

THE “appalling incompetence” of Census night has dealt a terminal body blow to a plan Australians were just starting to support.

FBI’s dark warning for Silicon Valley

FBI’s dark warning for Silicon Valley

THE director of the FBI has a warning for Silicon Valley and wants to resolve a major issue before “something terrible happens”.

Sellers wait for customers as they look at their phones in central Istanbul, Monday, July 18, 2016. Warplanes patrolled Turkey's skies days after a failed coup, officials said Monday, in a sign that authorities feared that the threat against the government was not yet over. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Social media faces pressure to censor

FACEBOOK and Twitter are being urged to act faster to shut down graphic images and video in the wake of terror attacks and fatal shootings in Europe and the US.

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Federal Election

How would we actually vote electronically?

How would we actually vote electronically?

MALCOLM Turnbull and Bill Shorten have backed electronic voting to stop election delays but how do you actually cast a ballot online?

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This image released by Magnolia Pictures shows a scene from the documentary,

The atomic bomb of cyber warfare

IN 2010 nuclear facilities in Iran were secretly brought down with an unrecognisable computer code that has changed the face of global warfare.

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Phishing scam targets GoT pirates

SOME ISPs have reportedly been tricked by a phishing scam, passing it on the customers believed to have downloaded GoT.

DENVER, CO - JULY 01: Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the 2016 Western Conservative Summit at the Colorado Convention Center on July 1, 2016 in Denver, Colorado. The Summit, being held July 1-3, is expected to attract more than 4,000 attendees. Marc Piscotty/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Donald Trump has a powerful new weapon

DONALD Trump just got the ammunition he needed to revive his faltering presidential campaign, thanks to the one person Americans dislike.

Federal Election

Antony Green says AEC seat count is not right. Picture: ABC

How we can avoid this election mess next time

ABC numbers man Antony Green says Australia needs to consider a different method of voting to speed up the long wait for results.

Federal Election

Why can’t we vote online?

Why can’t we vote online?

IT MIGHT mean the end of the sausage sizzle but would this way of voting be worth it if we got the result in minutes, not weeks?

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