Facebook’s WhatsApp fined for EU privacy violations
The bloc is ramping up privacy enforcement against US tech companies.
‘Disgraceful’: Nurse’s vile posts slammed
A nurse made vile posts about women in an online group for so called pick-up artists, boasting how he manipulated them for sex.
What AFIC likes in US stocks
The near 100-year-old fund has revealed for the first time just what makes up its $48m international stock picks.
Why Warnie was right about Kyrgios
Nick Kyrgios, who returns to action at Flushing Meadows today, has always ignored advice. But there’s one bloke he should have listened to: Shane Warne.
‘We have the Google Maps of the brain’
Former Facebook Australia boss Stephen Scheeler is on a mission to unlock the secrets of the brain.
Don’t get sucked in by pushy property spruikers
To be a successful property investor you will need to spend time investigating the market — don’t just listen to what developers and their Facebook ads say.
ACCC wants merger reform to crush ‘killer acquisitions’
Facebook, Google and Apple have gone from inventors to ‘serial acquirers’, prompting the need for competition reform, says ACCC boss Rod Sims.
Reining in the digital giants
Just as the telco reforms in the 1990s drove investment and consumer benefits, regulating ‘big tech’ will underpin Australia’s transition to a digital economy.
ABC’s Four Corners stops social media posts
ABC flagship puts abrupt halt to comments on its social media platforms amid backlash to its Fox News story.
Facebook tests video, voice calls in main app
The tech giant is making it easier for some users to bypass its standalone Messenger app.
Will ‘Darwinism’ drive staff back into offices?
Attitudes to office working versus working from home – and the degree to which the balance is likely to tip towards the latter permanently – vary hugely by industry.
Fearing death but still living in denial over Covid-19
In the absence of an effective public health campaign, Facebook fibs were winning out over facts in the Central NSW town of Dubbo. But then the brutal truth became all too real.
Facebook plans workplace virtual reality
Technology companies are looking over new horizons to help us remain connected.
Facebook hit with renewed competition case
A US watchdog’s new lawsuit against Facebook aims to bolster allegations it is abusing a monopoly position in social media.
Banks fight their ground
The major banks are rushing to lift their game to fend off increasing encroachment by Apple, Square, PayPal and Facebook in the financial services sector.
Sims praises scrutiny of Facebook
Australia’s competition tsar Rod Sims says an investigation into Facebook’s completed acquisition of search engine Giphy is ongoing, after his UK counterpart flagged competition concerns.
It’s reality but not as we all know it
Taiwanese brand HTC seems to have beaten Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to the punch when it comes to staking out the metaverse.
Red tape and unions scare off compulsory Covid jabs
More US companies, including tech titans Google, Facebook and Microsoft, are mandating Covid-19 jabs but their Aussie offshoots are holding back.
Twitter question in China critic case
A defamation case against a strident China critic may determine if someone can be sued over replies to their tweets, a court has heard.
Australia is third highest target of cyberattacks
Accenture says Australia is the third highest target of cyberattacks.
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