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Industry body opens consultation on review of Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation
Not-for-profit DIGI, which represents digital industry giants such as Google and Meta, has opened a consultation to ...
eSafety recruits Roblox to Aussie child safety standards
A gaming platform popular with kids, Roblox, commits to Australian child safety measures by the end of 2025.
Mitsubishi Electric to acquire Nozomi Networks for US$1bn
Major Japanese electronics multinational Mitsubishi Electric (Mitsubishi) is set to acquire major industrial cyber ...
Google fined €2.95bn by EU for anti-competitive adtech practices
Google has been fined €2.95 billion (roughly A$5.26 billion) by the European Union for anti-competitive advertising ...
Meta made flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift and other celebs without permission
A Meta tool has been used to create dozens of flirty AI chatbots using the likeness of major celebrities, without their ...
ANZ email glitch prematurely notifies staff of redundancy
ANZ staff are shocked after an email glitch saw the bank prematurely notify a number of employees that their positions ...
OpenAI and Altman sued after ChatGPT assisted teen with suicide
OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman are facing a lawsuit after its ChatGPT generative AI chatbot assisted a young teen in ...
SETI Hackathon drives innovation at California’s Allen Telescope Array
The SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array (ATA) in northern California has hosted a three-day international “hackathon” ...
Australian man under house arrest ordered to send hourly selfies
An NSW man is facing strange bail conditions that require him to send a selfie to NSW Police every hour of the day.
Expert opinion: VPN providers are the real winners in the wake of UK’s under-16 social media ban
As Australia stumbles its way towards a similar ban, the same explosion in the use of VPNs by young people could happen ...
Palo Alto to acquire CyberArk in US$25bn deal
Major cyber security firm Palo Alto Networks has unveiled plans to acquire identity security firm CyberArk in a US$25 ...
Clorox sues Cognizant over 2023 cyber incident
Bleach and cleaning product maker Clorox has filed a lawsuit against IT service provider Cognizant following a 2023 ...
Prominent darknet market disappears, exit scam most likely answer
Drug market Abacus experienced a sudden boost of users following the seizure of rival market Archetyp – and now it’s ...