Daniel Croft

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Born in the heart of Western Sydney, Daniel Croft is a passionate journalist with an understanding for and experience writing in the technology space. Having studied at Macquarie University, he joined Momentum Media in 2022, writing across a number of publications including Australian Aviation, Cyber Security Connect and Defence Connect. Outside of writing, Daniel has a keen interest in music, and spends his time playing in bands around Sydney.

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ChatGPT will now refer to The Washington Post in its answers

Users of OpenAI’s ChatGPT are set to receive more news and information from The Washington Post following a “strategic partnership” between the two companies.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Wed, 23 Apr 2025

Major UK retailer M&S discloses cyber incident

Major British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has revealed that it has been impacted by a cyber incident, resulting in outages for contactless payment systems on ...

SECURITY • Wed, 23 Apr 2025

Meta trials AI for under-16 age verification on Instagram

Meta has begun using AI on Instagram to monitor the ages of its users, ensuring that those under 16 are using age-appropriate accounts.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Tue, 22 Apr 2025

Florida pushes controversial social media backdoor bill

Florida lawmakers are looking to mandate encryption backdoors on social media platforms to allow law enforcement to access user accounts.

SECURITY • Tue, 22 Apr 2025

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Optus forced to delay ‘straight-to-mobile’ Starlink

Optus has been forced to delay the introduction of its “straight-to-mobile” service with Starlink, which will eventually allow users in remote areas to make calls via ...

TECH • Tue, 22 Apr 2025

Uber accused of subscribing users without knowledge

Uber has been accused by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of misleading its users regarding its Uber One subscription service.

TECH • Tue, 22 Apr 2025

Trump administration may ban DeepSeek in US, restrict purchase of Nvidia chips

The Trump administration is reportedly weighing up a ban on China’s DeepSeek AI in the US and considering restricting its purchase of AI chips from Nvidia.

GOVERNMENT • Thu, 17 Apr 2025

Exclusive: SafePay claims breach of Aussie fire protection services firm

Threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on an Australian fire protection service firm, listing the company on its dark web leak site and allegedly having exfiltrated ...

SECURITY • Thu, 17 Apr 2025

Exclusive: Aussie lottery broker confirms cyber attack

Australian online lottery ticket vendor TheLotter has confirmed cyber attack claims made by a threat actor earlier this month.