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Facebook’s head of global affairs Nick Clegg says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s proposed ban on social media for teenagers won’t work.
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Politics
Latika M Bourke

Social media ban a ‘whack-a-mole nightmare’ for parents

Facebook’s head of global affairs Nick Clegg says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s proposed ban on social media for teenagers won’t work.

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A tech billionaire and an engineer have completed the first private space walk.
World
Staff Writers

Tech billionaire completes risky first private spacewalk

A tech billionaire who stepped out on the first private spacewalk has declared that "Earth sure looks like a perfect world" as he emerged from a spacecraft.

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Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, June 1, 2023.
Politics
Dan Jervis-Bardy

Labor launches ‘misinformation’ crackdown on tech giants

Social media companies would face fines for allowing ‘harmful’ misinformation and disinformation under laws to be introduced to Parliament on Thursday.

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Children of a certain age face being unplugged from social media under proposed bans. (Steven Saphore/AAP PHOTOS)
Technology
Caleb Runciman

Digital industry highlights dangers of teen social media ban

An association supporting the world’s biggest tech companies has warned the Government of ‘unintentionally pushing our kids’ into dangerous parts of the internet if Labor tries to ban teens from social media.

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THE ECONOMIST: AI will not fix Apple’s sluggish iPhone sales any time soon.
The Economist
The Economist

AI will not fix Apple’s sluggish iPhone sales any time soon

The technology is not yet ready for prime time on phones or other devices

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Huawei has unveiled its Mate XT tri-fold smartphone hours after Apple showed off its iPhone 16.
Technology
Staff Writers

Amazing tri-fold phone set to challenge Apple's iPhone 16

A tech giant has presented its unique tri-fold gadget, raising the stakes in its battle with Apple to dominate the global smartphone market.

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Meta has admitted to scraping the public profiles of Australians to train AI tools.
Technology
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Privacy law calls as Meta admits farming Aussie photos

Experts are calling for changes to privacy laws after Meta revealed Australian photos from Facebook and Instagram were being used to train AI tools.

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Social media company X Corp is fighting a $610,500 fine and the possibility of further penalties. (AP PHOTO)
Technology
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

X Corp says Twitter doesn’t exist so it shouldn’t have to pay fines

American legal experts have taken the stand in Federal Court as lawyers for the social network known as X argue it should not have to pay Twitter's fines.

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The NASA Europa Clipper spacecraft is scheduled to investigate and perform flybys of Europa, Jupiter's moon, where data suggests a global ocean of water lies beneath the icy surface which may be habitable for life.
Technology
Marcia Dunn

NASA on deadline to launch troubled spacecraft

NASA has confirmed it is pushing ahead with plans to launch a spacecraft in October despite questions being raised over its reliability.

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The new iPhone 16 is here.
Technology
CNBC

Huge overhaul to most popular Apple products

Apple has revealed the new iPhone 16 alongside a major overhaul to some of the tech giant’s most popular products, with some of the new items available to pre from Tuesday.

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Australian kids would be banned from accessing social media platforms such as Instagram or Facebook under proposed new legislation.
Australia
Katina Curtis

National move to legally ban kids from social media

Children across Australia would be banned from social media with the Federal Government preparing to legislate a minimum age to protect them from online harm.

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Malicious code can also be hidden in ads that appear on mainstream websites consumers routinely visit. 
Technology
CNBC

How your Google search puts you at risk of ‘malvertising’

The number of hackers using online ads for malicious purposes is on the rise. Here’s what you need to look out for.

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X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk (pictured) has been suspended in Brazil. But Brazilians don’t seem to care.
Technology
The Washington Post

Why locals don’t care that X has been banned in Brazil

Brazil was an early and enthusiastic adopter of Twitter, but when a Supreme Court justice ordered X be banned, the reaction was not what you’d expect.

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Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic will on Thursday announce plans to regulate tech companies designing and deploying AI.
Technology
Dan Jervis-Bardy

Minister flags crackdown on ‘risky’ artificial intelligence

A sweeping Artificial Intelligence Act will be considered by the Federal Government as it moves to rein in the technology’s potentially dangerous uses before they get out of control.

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Meta vice president and global head of safety Antigone Davis speaks at the inquiry.
Technology
Caleb Runciman

Meta bosses cop intense grilling from MPs over online safety

Meta executives have denied trying to handball internet safety assurances for children to app stores, amid criticism that their algorithms were pumping dangerous content to Aussies on Facebook and Instagram.

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