Australia to Deploy Cyber Experts to Pacific Islands
30 November 2023
The government has allocated $26 million for the setup of "rapid assistance" teams that will respond to cyber crises in the Pacific.
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Facebook and YouTube warned by India to enforce rules to deter deepfake technology
30 November 2023
The warning was delivered by deputy IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a closed-door meeting, where he emphasised the need for companies to update their usage terms and comply with regulations introduced in 2022.
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Apple to Adopt Messaging Standard for Better Communication with Android Devices
23 November 2023
Google praises Apple's move and pledges to work together.
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FBI Alerts Organisations to Guard Against Scattered Spider Hackers
23 November 2023
These skilled hackers use fake profiles and impersonations to trick victims.
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Google sends 36% of advertising revenue from Apple's Safari web browser to Apple
23 November 2023
The trial, which began in September, has been largely shielded from public view. Google has paid over $26bn to various companies, including Apple, to secure its position as the default search engine.
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Telco boards must adhere to cyber risk management programs or risk penalties
23 November 2023
The updated regulations aim to strengthen critical systems against cyberattacks and grant the government the authority to intervene and provide guidance during incidents.
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Baby DNA stored for DECADES in U.S. government labs
16 November 2023
New Jersey police were found to obtain samples for a case without a warrant.
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Booths becomes first UK supermarket to eliminate self-service checkouts
16 November 2023
Following customer feedback, the supermarket chain has brought back fully-staffed checkouts in all but two of its 28 stores.
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Australia’s biggest ports operator back online after Cyber incident
16 November 2023
DP World Australia, one of the country's largest port operators, has resumed operations at all its facilities after a cyber security incident.
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Optus Outage caused by bad routing data
16 November 2023
Optus outage disrupted 10 million customers, shut down Melbourne’s trains, and stopped some people making calls to emergency services.
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Tragic Accident: Industrial Robot Mistakenly Crushes Worker in South Korea
16 November 2023
Machine apparently identified man inspecting it as one of the boxes it was stacking.
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Kmart fined $1.3 million for sending 200,000 marketing emails to people who unsubscribed
09 November 2023
ACMA chair says no excuse for disregarding privacy. All e-marketing businesses should comply with rules.
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Senate Committee Warns AI's Impact on Integrity, KPMG Files Complaint
09 November 2023
An AI tool, Google Bard, was responsible for generating false allegations of serious wrongdoing in a submission by a group of academics.
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Guardian accuses Microsoft of reputation damage with AI-generated poll
09 November 2023
The poll was taken down after readers expressed anger.
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UK's Online Safety Bill Becomes Law, Prompting Concerns over Privacy and Messaging Services Threatening to Withdraw
02 November 2023
Critics have expressed worries about potential privacy issues. Messaging services like WhatsApp have even threatened to withdraw from the UK due to the implications of the act.
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US States Take Legal Action Against Instagram and Meta for Harming Youth Mental Health
02 November 2023
The lawsuit accuses Meta of deceiving the public about the dangers of its platforms and intentionally luring young people into addictive social media use.
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New Subsea Cable System in South Pacific to Provide More Connectivity Between Australia and the United States
02 November 2023
Google and Vocus will establish three diverse Australian landings along with dual cable paths to the US, substantially improving the resilience of Australia’s critical connections to the world…
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Google Defends Important Dominance in US Trial Default Search Engine
02 November 2023
U.S. antitrust fight focused on billions of dollars Google paid to maintain search engine dominance.
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U.S. President Biden Signs Executive Order to Create A.I. Safeguards
02 November 2023
The President aims to assert the United States' leadership in AI regulation.
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