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‘Shocked at how easy it is:’ Snapchat failing to stop teen users
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (131+ words) Snapchat is proving to be a problem for the government's landmark teen social media ban with families saying it is too easy to bypass its age restrictions, as Australia's eSafety Commissioner said ... Snapchat is proving to be a problem for…...
ACCC pushes Labor on powers to go after Apple, Google app stores
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (75+ words) ACCC pushes Labor on powers to go after Apple, Google app stores'AFR The competition watchdog has urged the Albanese government to get on with passing laws that would empower it to force Apple and Google to allow third-party app stores…...
Iran’s master class in how to shut down the internet
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (118+ words) Iran's master class in how to shut down the internet'AFR So complete was the blackout that even regime insiders and journalists, who had been issued with so-called "white" SIM cards, found themselves cut off. Experts who study digital repression said…...
Social media companies to be closely monitored to enforce under-16 ban
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (205+ words) Social media companies will need to demonstrate after just one day how many under-16 accounts they have banned and provide regular updates for six months. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Social media companies will…...
A looming energy crunch threatens to derail Australia’s data centre boom
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (213+ words) Data centres are ten times bigger and more power hungry than they used to be, and our ageing energy infrastructure cannot keep up. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Australia's data centre boom has barely…...
Teens start getting their Snapchat eviction notices
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (199+ words) An estimated half-million Australian teens will receive final notices about their Snapchat accounts being turned off, with details about how people can prove they are over-16. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Australian users of…...
Australia’s social media age laws are imminent: what you need to know
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (330+ words) Teenagers will soon be subject to new laws to get them off social media, but what is blocked, why are some sites excluded and will the laws work? Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Australia's…...
Ignoring bot traffic can be detrimental for business
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (844+ words) AI has made it easier and more economical for cybercriminals to increase the scale and sophistication of bot attacks against businesses such as online retailers." As AI-orchestrated bot attacks take a heavy toll on their targets, Australian businesses need the…...
Inside the weeks-long Optus failures that led to a Triple Zero crisis
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (228+ words) It has taken the country's second-largest telecoms group nearly seven weeks to come clean about how its troubles led to multiple fatalities this year. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. It's taken almost seven weeks…...
Why your new phone is not designed for women
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (196+ words) Capitalism, and Apple in particular, is not giving me what I want, but I could always behave like a good free market consumer, and switch companies. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. When Apple announced…...