Technology

Mark Zuckerberg could be drawing parallels with his hero Augustus Caesar with his strategies involving Meta.
The Economist
The Economist

Why is Mark Zuckerberg giving away Meta’s crown jewels?

The reasoning behind ‘Augustus Caesar’ hitting the warpath over open-source AI.

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Research shows 55 per cent of Australians experienced a problem with a telco in the past 12 months.
Australia
Samantha Lock

Customers feel ‘overwhelmed’ as big telco’s ignore complaints

Most of the one-in-two Australians who experience problems with their telco opt not to complain because they feel ‘overwhelmed’.

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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson has warned a whole host of technology could be taken offline when 3G is switched off, including some Eftpos and vending machines.
Technology
Bryce Luff

Why some EFTPOS terminals could suddenly stop working

‘It is vital businesses take action to find out if they will be affected.’

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KFC has revealed AI voice ordering technology is being trialled at five locations in Greater Sydney. File image.
Food
Hayley Taylor

The Aussie state where KFC is using AI to take drive-thru orders

‘The new technology is being embraced by team members,’ KFC said.

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A leaked email of Jovan Thomas’ apology after the “mistake” reply-all message to staff.
World
Ailish Delaney

Man’s shocking reply-all email that cost him his job

The former victim's advocate is now suing his old employer.

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Technology
Kat Wong

Tech giants on notice over 'wilful blindness' to abuse content

Tech titans are under pressure to better tackle online child sexual abuse content after an internet safety watchdog found their approaches were ‘alarming but not surprising’.

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Humidity forecasts over North America and the northeast Pacific Ocean.
Technology
Sanaa Hobeichi

How AI is set to change the future of weather forecasting

A new system for forecasting weather and predicting future climate uses artificial intelligence (AI) to achieve results comparable with the best existing models while using much less computer power.

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Global superstar Taylor Swift became the most high-profile celebrity to be subjected to such material earlier this year. 
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Politics
Ellen Ransley

‘Not far enough’: Calls for harsher laws for deepfake porn

Survivors and advocacy groups have called on the Federal Government to strengthen its proposed deepfake legislation, warning of the risk if it doesn’t.

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The Apple VisionPro could transform TV viewing.
TV
Wenlei Ma

The one thing that could kill double-screening for good

When was the last time you watched a whole movie or TV series at home without being distracted by your phone?

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Young girls ‘selling self-made abuse pics’ on Insta, lawyers target Meta amid AI deep-faked photo scandal
Technology
Rebecca Camber

Young girls ‘selling self-made abuse pics’ on Insta

Police have discovered a disturbing new trend on Instagram where schoolgirls as young as 15 are allegedly selling ‘self-generated child sexual abuse material’ to paedophiles.

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A software update sent by CrowdStrike disrupted airlines and other critical services globally. (AP PHOTO)
World
Staff Writers

Aussie CrowdStrike boss’ deeply’ sorry to users affected

CrowdStrike is back in operation as its customers wait for a more detailed explanation of what went wrong, with the company's CEO summoned to the US Congress.

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Chief security officer Shawn Henry said the Texas-based cybersecurity company had “failed” its customers and partners, describing the global systems outage as a “gut punch”. 
Technology
Remy Varga

‘We failed’: CrowdStrike issues apology after global outage

The chief security officer of CrowdStrike has issued a grovelling apology after a faulty software update knocked out 8.5 million computers globally, telling customers ‘we failed’. 

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KATE EMERY: The real lesson from the CrowdStrike debacle is not what you think
opinion
Opinion
Kate Emery

Real lesson from CrowdStrike debacle is not what you think

KATE EMERY: The biggest lesson from arguably the single-biggest IT outage in history is not what you think.

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Airline passengers were among the worst affected by the massive tech outage.
Australia
Andrew Brown

CROWDSTRIKE OUTAGE: Government in emergency recovery talks

Australia remains in the "recovery stage" from a massive global tech outage as government agencies hold emergency recovery talks.

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Nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices were affected by the global tech outage.
World
Staff Writers

CROWDSTRIKE OUTAGE: 8.5m Microsoft devices hit as phishing rampant

Cybersecurity experts warn malicious actors are trying to exploit the global tech outage, which affected nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices.

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