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Joseph LamAudience growth producer

Joseph Lam is an audience producer, responsible for growing readership and amplifying The Australian’s journalism across multiple platforms. Based in Sydney, he has previously been the masthead’s technology journalist, general news reporter and digital producer. Joe is from Central Queensland and joined the national daily in 2019, having trained as a combat engineer in the ADF. Follow his work on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook @editorialjoe

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law enforcementTechnology

AFP to use AI to infiltrate foreign crime rings

The nation’s federal police force says AI is being used to help interpret, understand and translate intelligence from foreign crime rings.

Joseph Lam

legal affairsLegal Affairs

Even when Apple doesn’t control apps, ‘it retains control’

Lawyers for Epic Games have argued that even when Apple doesn’t control app distribution it retains power of who gets access to iOS users.

Joseph Lam

PROPERTYProperty

TAFE NSW's $80m Institute of Applied Technology in Kingswood, Sydney, which was developed by Gray Puksand.

New teaching world with virtual reality TAFE project

A $80m state of the art TAFE with virtual reality training for tradies has opened about 50km from Sydney’s CBD.

Joseph Lam

app storesTechnology

(FILES) This illustration picture shows a person logging into Epic Games' Fortnite on their smartphone in Los Angeles on August 14, 2020. Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, won a major US court battle against Google on December 11, when a jury decided that the search engine giant wields illegal monopoly power through its Android app store. Epic sued Google and Apple in 2020, accusing the tech titans of abusing control of their respective shops selling apps and other digital content for mobile devices powered by iOS or Android software. (Photo by Chris DELMAS / AFP)

Epic dredges up 14-year-old emails in its case against Apple

Epic Games says Apple engaged in anti-competitive behaviour and to help its case referred to Google emails about app placement – while winning court approval to reveal Apple user numbers.

Joseph Lam

financial schemesTechnology

CAREERS: Man having meeting with a financial advisor. Businesswoman showing him a graph.

Avon calling: business climbs to a new level

Social media has become the new ‘front door’ for multi-level marketing schemes with people using the platforms to sell product to and recruit friends of friends for financial gain.

Joseph Lam

telecommunicationsTechnology

Aussie Broadband cops new blow in Superloop takeover bid

Telecommunications group Superloop wants rival Aussie Broadband to sell down its 19 per cent stake after rejecting its $466m takeover bid.

Joseph Lam

search enginesTechnology

2/11/2023 Gina Cass-Gottlieb is the chair of the ACCC, speaking during the Economic & Social Outlook Conference in Melbourne. Aaron Francis / The Australian

Call for quality test of big tech’s search engines

The competition watchdog is putting search engines on notice, announcing plans to scrutinise the competitive nature and quality of popular services including Google and Bing.

Joseph Lam

EXCLUSIVECompanies

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 21: Pedestrians walk past an Optus store in the CBD on November 21, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. Optus' CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin stepped down on Monday after an extended outage last week caused millions of Australians to be disconnected from the network, with no access to emergency numbers for hours. The outage followed a hack that saw millions of customers' data shared online last year. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

Inside the battle to find Optus’s next chief executive

The telecommunications union warns a lack of stability at Optus is ‘clearly impacting its ability to deliver’ as Canadian investment giant Brookfield circles.

Jared Lynch and Joseph Lam

Technology

14/03/2024. Ali Chebbani in front of his TikTok-famous burger foodtruck in Roselands in Sydney's Western suburbs. Mr Chebbani, who worked at McDonald's as a teenager, started selling burgers from his Bankstown driveaway in 2020 during lockdown. His business went viral on the platform allowing him to turn it into a foodtruck and, soon, a new Marrickville restaurant. Britta Campion / The Australian

TikTok sensation Chebbo’s Burgers on why a ban would crush business

Chinese social media platform TikTok has become a marketing tool for many Australian businesses and a ban would severely impact operations, content creators say.

Joseph Lam

takeoverTechnology

Appen loses $154m Innodata bid

Innodata has pulled its Appen offer with the company claiming the proposal was meant to remain confidential.

Joseph Lam

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