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Mark Zuckerberg’s latest token gesture has fallen flat, and nobody is surprised. In fact, nobody even noticed the fact-checker was there in the first place.

So long Meta fact-checking, we hardly noticed you

JAMIE DUNKIN: Mark Zuckerberg’s latest token gesture has fallen flat, and nobody is surprised. In fact, nobody even noticed the fact-checker was there in the first place.

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Shaun White at CES.

Obvious trend emerges out of the world’s biggest tech show

I am at the world’s biggest consumer tech show … And all the gadgets keep telling me I look tired.

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Young mother shares stark warning about TikTok sweeping teenage girls

Young mother shares stark warning about new TikTok trend sweeping up teenage girls

‘Social media often sets unhealthy beauty standards, particularly for young people.’

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Blue Origin’s new Glenn launch vehicle is set to take Jeff Bezos back into the space race.

Can Jeff Bezos match Elon Musk in space?

After 25 years, Blue Origin finally heads to orbit, and hopes to become a contender in the private space race.

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Danish police say officers saw four large drones over the Koege Marina before the craft flew off. (AP PHOTO)

Danish police probe sightings of large drones over port

Police are investigating the sighting of around 20 drones over a key port that later disappeared over a bay at high speed.

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Australians are being urged to improve their cyber hygiene in 2025.

The cybercrime web catching Aussies & top protection tips

Australians are being urged to improve their cyber hygiene in 2025 after millions had their personal information leaked online this year in a spate of high-profile and far-reaching data breaches.

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The world's richest man Elon Musk has hit out at Nine Entertainment’s Sydney Morning Herald. (AP PHOTO)

‘Boring them to death’: Musk attacks Australian newspaper

X owner Elon Musk has delivered a brutal takedown of an Australian newspaper, predicting they will lose their readership over ‘relentless lying’.

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How exactly will teens be kept of social media?

‘No silver bullet’: Big challenge in Albo’s social media ban

Australia’s world-leading move to ban under-16s from social media was one of the biggest political decisions of 2024, but it left one crucial question unanswered – how to enforce it?

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The Probe has made the closest-ever approach to the sun, surviving up to 982 degrees Celsius. (AP PHOTO)

NASA spacecraft safe after 'close' encounter with Sun

NASA's Parker Solar Probe, has come within 6.1 million km of the solar surface, the closest-ever approach by a spacecraft.

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There could be serious risks in turning to generic generative AI services for therapeutic help.

Chatbot therapy: can generative AI treat loneliness?

Researchers are creating artificially intelligent companions to help people get through challenges but that does not necessarily cut humans out of the picture.

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Albania has banned TikTok for a year following the stabbing death of a teenager.

Country bans TikTok for a year after killing of teen

Albania says TikTok has an unhealthy influence on children, so it is blocking its use for a year as part of a plan to make schools safer and to monitor the effects of the ban.

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ASIO’s Mike Burgess and other law officials are warning parents to stay vigilant.

Urgent police warning for kids on TikTok during holidays

Police fear extremists will prey on children, in the same way child sex offenders groom kids online these holidays, and are warning parents.

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A large number of young people being radicalised online is a major point of concern.

Alarming new data links terrorism and child abuse material

New research reveals that the majority of Australians who view child sexual abuse material online — often on mainstream social media platforms — also view fringe or radical content in a ‘considerable overlap’.

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Smart watches are particularly popular with fitness freaks.

Smart watches may be exposing wearers to ‘forever chemicals’

They have become hugely popular devices that many of us wear day and night. But your smartwatch could be exposing you to ‘forever chemicals’, scientists have warned.

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The Mad Men era is ending as AI comes for advertising industry.

Farewell Don Draper: AI is coming for advertising

Omnicom’s takeover of Interpublic signals an industry in trouble

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