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Cold emailing: A ritual could turbocharge your career
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (624+ words) July 3, 2026 " 5: 01am I have this weird little ritual where every week I email someone who's out of my league, out of the blue. I call this Shoot Your Shot Wednesday (SYSW) and it looks something like this: The Sunday before, I…...
Social media ban blowback
1+ day, 10+ min ago (30+ words) SMH. com. au Parents say they are concerned about delays in strengthening the social media ban. Updated July 2, 2026 " 6: 23am, first published 6: 22am...
Telstra's claimed coverage slashed by almost 1 million km
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (576+ words) June 30, 2026 " 4: 23pm Telstra has slashed the size of its claimed mobile network coverage by almost a third under new government rules forcing telecommunications companies to measure and report signal strength using a common standard. Previously, each telco used different metrics to…...
ACCC accuses Amazon of introducing ads to Prime using unfair contracts
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (120+ words) SMH. com. au June 30, 2026 " 9: 24am The consumer watchdog is taking Amazon to court for burying allegedly unfair terms in the contracts of Prime subscriptions, which the ecommerce behemoth used to show ads to Prime Video's Australian customers. Amazon introduced ads to…...
Whats App invites users to reserve usernames as it makes major change
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (352+ words) June 30, 2026 " 6: 35am Whats App users will soon get the option of going by usernames instead of phone numbers, the company said, announcing plans to address a privacy blind spot. The app said it has started allowing users to reserve unique usernames,…...
Search giants must protect children from harmful content or cop $50m fine
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (533+ words) June 26, 2026 " 2: 46pm Search engines from Saturday must have reasonable methods to determine the age of their users, and limit the risk of children being accidentally exposed to inappropriate content, or face potential fines of up to $49. 5 million per breach. The rules…...
NSW residents score victory in battle against data centre
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (469+ words) June 26, 2026 " 5: 00am In the battle between data centres and NSW residents, the humans have claimed a victory. An application for a data centre to be built in the heart of the Blue Mountains is set to be withdrawn following an outcry…...
Say "yes" to stress-free international data roaming
1+ week, 2+ day ago (656+ words) June 23, 2026 " 10: 17am You've just landed after a 15-hour flight from Sydney. Ahead of you are passport-control lines, an unfamiliar airport, tired children and a late-night transfer with your hotel address buried somewhere in an app. All you want is to call…...
New data centre is a "threat to peace, say Katoomba locals
1+ week, 3+ day ago (492+ words) June 23, 2026 " 5: 00am A data centre proposed for North Katoomba that will employ just five people has incensed locals, including the Blue Mountains mayor, who has called the development a "pile of crap. The $4. 8 million development, which will probably be decided at…...
Vodafone suffers nationwide outage
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (46+ words) Vodafone users across the country are still reporting issues more than eight hours into a widespread network outage. Updated June 18, 2026 " 4: 41pm, first published 4: 39pm...