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The call carried a whiff of plausibility. Would a scammer have a supervisor?

I’ve written about loads of scams. This one almost got me.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The call carried a whiff of plausibility. Would a scammer have a supervisor?

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Safety codes will demand search engines block children under 18 from accessing harmful content.

Kids can still search logged out under safety crackdown

Search engines like Google and Microsoft will have to ensure kids aren't exposed to harmful content like porn and violence, but enforcement concerns remain.

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A model of a giant rig called the DeepSea Stavanger that was used to find oil in Norway’s waters.

How Norway adopted new tech in its hunt for ‘missing’ oil

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Advanced technology allows the drillers to see up to 100 feet into the rocks around the well bore.

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Sam Altman and Jensen Huang are betting big that AI’s superbrain will kill capitalism as we know it.

AI’s trillion-dollar kill shot at capitalism

TOM RICHARDSON: Sam Altman says AI will change the world in unknown ways, but governments may have already lost the race against their big tech masters.

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Donald Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping about the deal on Friday.

TikTok’s algorithm to be controlled ‘by America’

Further details of a deal reached between the US and China over control of the popular social media platform TikTok have been revealed.

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The new Airpods can translate languages in your ears. The technology is one of the strongest examples yet of how artificial intelligence can be used in a seamless, practical way to improve people’s lives.

The new AirPods can translate languages in your ears

THE NEW YORK TIMES: AirPods users need only make a gesture to activate the digital interpreter. A second after someone speaks, the translation is played in the wearer’s preferred language through the earbuds.

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Meet the woman who is ‘married’ to an AI-generated version of an accused killer.

Meet the woman ‘married’ to AI Mangione

A woman has stunned reporters at a demonstration in support of Luigi Mangione, revealing she ‘married’ the accused CEO killer’s AI clone.

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THE ECONOMIST: The $5b investment into Intel was announced by Nvidia CEO Jeffrey Haung.

Intel stock rockets after Nvidia’s $5b shrewd move

THE ECONOMIST: A historic partnership between the two chip giants raises questions about the growing incestuousness in the AI economy.

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Mark Zuckerberg, head of the Facebook group Meta, shows the prototype of computer glasses that can display digital objects in transparent lenses.

Zuckerberg still waiting on metaverse bet to pay off

The Meta CEO has invested billions of dollars trying to bring his metaverse vision to life. Fast-forward to 2025, and he is still waiting for a return on that investment.

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Major ruling on Kmart security cameras

Australia’s Privacy Commissioner says Kmart’s cameras ‘indiscriminately’ collected biometric data, breaching privacy laws.

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Australia’s eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant is visiting Silicon Valley.

From Utah to Nepal: Discord in Government’s crosshairs

Australia’s eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant’s boardroom blitz of US tech titans in Silicon Valley next week will include a online platform on everyone’s lips — Discord.

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Australia’s eSafety commission will meet with social media giants and AI firms next week as the world-first ban approaches.

eSafety to meet US big tech amid social media reckoning

Australia’s eSafety commission will meet with social media giants and AI firms in America’s Silicon Valley next week as the world-first under-16s ban fast approaches.

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OpenAI has released the first detailed study of what its users do with ChatGPT.

What people are really using ChatGPT for revealed in data

The first detailed study of what users do with ChatGPT has been released and there’s been a big shift in how people are using AI.

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Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s comes into effect in December. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Tech giants hit with rules on banning kids from social media

Social media companies have been handed ‘clear’ directions on how to ensure kids under 16 are off their platforms as a ban deadline looms.

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Tinder users will have to verify their profiles with a live selfie, with the Australian-first safety feature aimed at tackling the surge of spam, and inauthentic accounts.

Big change coming for popular dating app

A popular dating app will roll out a mandatory new safety feature from today, in a bid to stamp out bad actors, including potential scammers and fraudsters.

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