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Pentagon denies reports of clash with Space X over Starlink price hike
5+ hour, 30+ min ago (703+ words) Reuters has reported the Pentagon clashed with Elon Musk's Space X over hiked-up costs to use its satellite internet network in the first few weeks of the Iran war. (Reuters: Joe Skipper) Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell has hit back at…...
Optus planned for 13-day outage but forgot to tell town's customers
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (793+ words) Coleambally residents will be without service for close to two weeks after Optus failed to notify them of a planned outage." (ABC News: Christopher Gillette) Residents in the rural Riverina town of Coleambally were not told about a 13-day planned…...
Advocates scramble to find funding for regional tech help service
1+ week, 1+ day ago (585+ words) Regional Australians struggling with mobile or internet connectivity may need to seek help from telco providers, after an independent support service lost its federal funding. The federal government cut funding for the Regional Tech Hub in the 2026 budget. The National…...
ABC Radio Australia launches Whats App Channel pilot to connect with new Pacific audiences
1+ week, 2+ day ago (283+ words) ABC Radio Australia has launched a Whats App channel as the network experiments with new ways to connect with audiences in the Pacific. During a six-month pilot, the network will share stories in the channel highlighting ABC Radio Australia's Pacific…...
Rising concern at 'risky' rural reliance on foreign satellite technology
1+ week, 6+ day ago (973+ words) Councils in western Queensland are frustrated that television towers are breaking down more often and are harder to fix." (ABC Western Qld: Jay Carstens) Phone, internet and council-run TV services across western Queensland are shifting to satellite technology as ground…...
Melbourne lord mayor warns government AI data centres could 'cook the planet"
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (872+ words) The City of Melbourne has voted unanimously to explore the "responsible utilisation" of AI infrastructure and data centres, citing environmental consequences. Last November, Premier Jacinta Allan said she wanted Victoria to be "ruthless" about attracting more data centres. Melbourne's Lord…...
Thousands spent on antennas and boosters fails to improve mobile coverage
2+ week, 1+ day ago (867+ words) ABC South East SA Marten and Sarah Jak have lived in Waitpinga for decades. (ABC South East SA: Caroline Horn) A Waitpinga resident says he is frustrated after being told not to expect any improvements in mobile phone coverage in…...
WA teens say anonymous 'alt' accounts used to bypass social media ban
2+ week, 3+ day ago (668+ words) Broome students say there are multiple ways to get around the social media ban. (ABC Kimberley: Rachel Jackson) Teenagers in Western Australia's north say students are hiding behind fake accounts to post malicious content." They say the accounts are often…...
Chat GPT's Goblin Problem
3+ week, 2+ day ago (49+ words) Behind The News'Australian Broadcasting Corporation Well, Chat GPT users have been reporting a strange pattern, whereby one particular mythical creature would keep popping up in chats. These mentions became so frequent that Open AI has now announced changes to its…...
Signal praises Apple over security fix in new i Phone update
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (575+ words) Apple has issued a security update for i Phones and i Pads." (ABC News: Abbey Haberecht) Encrypted communication app Signal has praised Apple for releasing a new i Phone security update it says will prevent notifications from being "inadvertently-preserved". Apple…...