Technology

Communications Minister Anika Wells will on Tuesday release new guidelines to help big tech firms understand how they need to comply. 

Crackdown looming for child accounts on social media

Social media platforms have been told they will have to delete existing child accounts and block kids from re-registering or risk fines of almost $50 million.

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Zach Yadegari created a viral app that nets him an eye-watering sum each month.

Kid who learned coding at 7, now owns $2m-a-month app

Inspired by his love of online games, this 18-year-old became the CEO of a viral AI app which is raking in over $2 million a month. This is how he did it.

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Internet download speeds are about to get a whole lot faster for up to 2.77 million users.

Millions of Aussie set for free broadband boost

Almost one in every three NBN users will see their internet speed rise in the coming days but experts are warning consumers to check their hardware.

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PM speaks out on Kirk shooting, condemns political violence

Anthony Albanese has given a grim warning about social media after a prominent American right-wing activist was shot dead.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: AI could make the smartphone passe, what comes next?

AI could make the smartphone passe, what comes next?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Every major tech company is thinking about this million-dollar question: What comes after the smartphone?

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Apple CEO Tim Cook has spruiked his company’s iPhone Air as a ‘game changer’.

Apple’s Air is super thin and very expensive

The new iPhone weighs less than a carton of cigarettes and is thinner than any phone before it. But will cautious consumers accept the fat price tag?

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Apple CEO Tim Cook holds a next generation, as YouTuber Mr Beast looks on at Apple’s launch event.

The iPhone 17, Air and everything else Apple just revealed

THE WASHINGTON POST: Here’s the latest news and everything you need to know about Apple’s product launch ... and what it means for customers.

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The Apple iPhone Air during an event at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California.

We want better battery life. Apple’s just did the opposite

THE WASHINGTON POST: Apple’s splashiest new iPhone has a slim and lightweight design that only leaves room for a battery with less juice.

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The next generation iPhone 17 during an Apple special event at Apple headquarters.

Apple unveils ‘game changer’ iPhone 17, slimmer iPhone Air

Apple has rolled out its next generation of iPhones that includes an ultra-thin model.

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THE ECONOMIST: Business is finding better, less-knowing alternatives to AI’s god-like Large Language Models.

Why tiny AI brains are beating the chatbot giants

THE ECONOMIST: Business is finding better, less intelligent alternatives to Large Language Models like ChatGPT.

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US President congratulated Google’s Sundar Pichai.

Google CEO thanks Trump for antitrust resolution

‘Google had a very good day’: US President congratulates Google’s Sundar Pichai and Sergey Brin following Alphabet’s favourable antitrust ruling.

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China has expanded the global cyberwar with an ‘indiscriminate’ hack of passwords and accounts across the West.

Australian spy agency blames PLA for global cyber hack

The Australian Signals Directorate joined an international alliance of intelligence agencies to warn that China is conducting one of the most ambitious cyberattacks in its history.

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More than half a million remaining homes and businesses are set to receive full fibre upgrades.

REVEALED: Aussie suburbs to receive full fibre NBN upgrades

More than half a million homes and businesses across Australia yet to receive full fibre NBN connections will be getting upgrades in the coming months. SEE THE FULL LIST

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Physicians are using AI technology for diagnoses and more — but may be losing skills in the process.

Are AI tools making doctors worse at their jobs?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: It’s still not entirely clear why a doctor’s skills might decline so quickly while using AI.

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A federal judge’s remedy in Google’s search monopoly case has been criticised as a ‘nothing-burger’.

Google’s search monopoly fix is a ‘nothing-burger’

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Google could have been forced to correct its behaviour and open up competition, but that did not happen.

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