News Archive

January 2022

Aussie Celebs Caught in the Crossfire of Meta's Scam Ads on Facebook!

30 March 2023
Outrage Mounts as Social Media Giant Comes Under Scrutiny - It’s time for Meta to take responsibility and protect consumers from fraudulent and harmful content on their platform.
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Queensland MP Calls Upon eSafety To Take Action Against “Criminal Posts" And Have Them Taken Down ASAP

30 March 2023
What do you get when you cross a Queensland MP with an online safety watchdog? A proposal to crack down on "criminal posts" with the help of eSafety! That's right, folks, our quirky MP is not messing around when it comes to keeping the internet a friendly place.
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Apps in Australia Gather Information About Finances and Housing Which Could Be Sold to Advertisers

30 March 2023
Companies are able to collect personal data from a range of sources including location tracking, contacts, email addresses and online searches.
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UK Drops Console Concern Over Microsoft-Activision Deal

30 March 2023
The Competition and Markets Authority said it would not make financial sense for Microsoft to make "Call of Duty" exclusive to its Xbox console, and it would instead still have the incentive to continue to make the game available on PlayStation.
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Gov Flags Possible Tech Sector Liability for Cyber Security

30 March 2023
In a time where data breaches are becoming more commonplace and technology companies are taking up more space in our lives, it's essential that these companies be held accountable for the protection of their customers' personal information.
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Tech Giants and The Digital Markets Act

22 March 2023
Google and Apple, have lobbied intensively against the DMA
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New Zealand says it will ban TikTok on devices with access to its parliamentary network

22 March 2023
Arrangements would be made for staff who needed to use TikTok “to perform their democratic duties”
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Centrelink and ATO voice identification system complete with security flaws

22 March 2023
A security vulnerability has been discovered in a widely-used cloud application, which could put millions of users at risk.
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Amazon To Axe 9000 More Jobs

22 March 2023
The latest cuts focus on Amazon's highly-profitable cloud and advertising divisions
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White House official says door is open for further cyber talks with New Zealand

22 March 2023
United States continues its diplomatic push in the Pacific
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Meta’s new app - P92

16 March 2023
Will rival both Twitter and Mastodon
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Inside the elaborate scams plaguing Facebook groups and Marketplace

16 March 2023
Facebook Marketplace has recently become a go-to destination for people to buy and sell personal goods. An attractive option because Facebook doesn't charge any sort of fee for listing on the service.
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FUJIFILM Business Innovation to acquire MicroChannel Services

09 March 2023
Australia is a very important market for us.
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Microsoft hits the brakes on Bing AI Chatbot after it compares reporter to Hitler

09 March 2023
The chatbot was sent into a rage following an extended conversation with the reporter.
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New Biden Cybersecurity Strategy Assigns Responsibility to Tech Firms

09 March 2023
The expected good-faith efforts from companies to voluntarily report intrusions in their systems and regularly patch their programs to fix newly discovered vulnerabilities has failed
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Labor government’s cyber powers plan faces Senate block

02 March 2023
Coalition and the Greens concerned about changes that will expand the reach of the “step in” powers.
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Meta rolls out new language model amid Big Tech’s AI push

02 March 2023
The battle continues to dominate the AI technology space
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‘Didn’t work in Australia, and it won’t here:’ Google blocks Canadian news

02 March 2023
Google blocks news content for some Canadians in response to government bill.
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Businesses stop playing and start using ChatGPT

02 March 2023
Australian chief executives have revealed programs under way to incorporate generative artificial intelligence, through ChatGPT, into working practices, with marketing work, computer coding and snappy last-minute presentations already passing the test at some big-name companies.
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