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X goes dark for thousands of Australians
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (330+ words) Tens of thousands of users across Australia were locked out of Elon Musk's social media platform X on Friday, after the site suffered a widespread outage affecting multiple countries. Australian users reported being unable to access timelines or load content…...
Say goodbye to wasted film - this device prints photos straight from your phone
1+ day, 28+ min ago (275+ words) If you love the vintage feel of an instant print-out but are always disappointed with the results " you'll want to keep reading. No more bad-lighting pictures wasting precious film, you can actually select your favourite snaps and print them on-the-go....
Why an app called Are You Dead? is resonating with lonely Aussies
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (484+ words) A bluntly named Chinese app called has gone viral, striking a chord with Australians confronting the growing reality of living alone. Despite its morbid name, Are You Dead? has topped the list of paid apps on China's Apple App Store,…...
One month on, social media ban doing little to protect children
1+ week, 1+ day ago (335+ words) One month after the government's landmark social media age restrictions came into effect, cyber security expert Susan McLean has told Sunrise the ban "really hasn't achieved much. McLean, who works closely with young people, revealed the ban for under-16s has…...
The chain of deadly failures in Optus Triple-0 outage
4+ week, 17+ hour ago (288+ words) A report into Optus's Triple-0 outage has uncovered a cascade of mistakes that left vulnerable Australians without emergency help when they needed it most. The failures occurred during a network upgrade in September, when Triple-0 calls failed for 14 hours. As…...
Reddit the first to challenge social media ban in landmark High Court battle
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (254+ words) Popular online forum Reddit is taking the social media ban to the High Court. The platform has fallen under the scope of the new Australian law which on Wednesday imposed restrictions on social media users under the age of 16. "While…...
These Telstra dupes can cut up to $208 per year off your phone bill
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (633+ words) We all love a good dupe " clothes, groceries, perfume " you name it, it's probably out there. But did you know Telstra, Australia's largest mobile coverage telco, also has several dupes? When you compare Telstra's lowest priced mobile plan of $39 per…...
Optus operator’s shock admission over Triple-0 failure
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (588+ words) Optus is under fire after leaked audio exposed an operator's confusion during a Triple-0 outage that left a South Australian woman dead. Exclusive audio obtained by 7NEWS reveals how South Australians were kept in the dark as Optus tried to figure…...
Sinister threat waiting to pounce as Australia hits launch on social media ban
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (737+ words) Cyber criminals will be looking to exploit any opportunity to hustle vulnerable Australians working through the country's new social media ban for children under 16, experts have warned on day one of the restrictions. More than one million accounts run by…...
Aussie kids cop social media ban as world-first rules kick in
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (408+ words) Millions of teenagers are now banned from social media as world-first laws aimed at better protecting children online come into force. Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, YouTube and TikTok are among the platforms which have agreed to enforce the rules, barring anyone…...