1+ hour, 53+ min ago   (660+ words) Australia Post customers have been warned over a $1.99 "delivery fee" that is being used to "trick" people into handing over their personal information. The new scam is using the low-dollar prompt to lure Aussies into complying, a cybersecurity company revealed....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (26+ words) Logging off: Kids' social media ban now feels almost certain'Yahoo News Australia The House of Lords has backed a ban on under-16s using social media....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (979+ words) The self-described "Bush Legend" on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram is growing in popularity. These short and sharp videos feature an Aboriginal man " sometimes painted up in ochre, other times in an all khaki outfit " as he introduces different native animals…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (706+ words) A morbidly named mobile app has climbed to the top of Apple store's paid charts in China, offering a stark reminder of how bleak modern life can feel for both young and old alike. The Are You Dead? app, called…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (49+ words) Scrolling through social media will soon be a thing of the past for under-16s with a world-first ban due to come in force. A world-leading ban on social media for under 16s is almost set to come into effect, changing the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (392+ words) Kids are expected to find workarounds to keep their accounts after the under-16 social media begins, but Labor has put tech companies on notice as the deadline approaches. The world-leading age restrictions come into effect next Wednesday, with children set…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (378+ words) A number of high-profile websites, including X and ChatGPT, have gone down for some users due to problems affecting major internet infrastructure firm, Cloudflare. Thousands of users began reporting issues with the sites, as well as other services, to outage…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (389+ words) One of the key fighters for European's privacy - a former MEP, Patrick Breyer wrote last Thursday that Denmark has updated the European Union's chat control proposal, opting to mandate a voluntary search for sensitive material in private chats, instead of…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (178+ words) A major Optus outage is affecting more than 34,000 mobile services across the Hunter Valley, with some customers potentially unable to connect to triple-0. An Optus spokesperson said technicians were onsite working to restore services as quickly as possible. "Mobile voice…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1057+ words) NEW YORK " Melanie Sepulveda, a Staten Island teacher, had her doubts about the new "bell-to-bell" cellphone ban in New York schools. In the past, she watched students drift through the hallways at I.S. 27 Anning S. Prall, looking at their phones and feet....