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ANZ email glitch prematurely notifies staff of redundancy

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 ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 29 Aug 2025
OpenAI and Altman sued after ChatGPT assisted teen with suicide

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 ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 27 Aug 2025
SETI Hackathon drives innovation at California’s Allen Telescope Array

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” ...

Stephen Kuper Wed, 13 Aug 2025
Australian man under house arrest ordered to send hourly selfies

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.

Daniel Croft Tue, 12 Aug 2025
Expert opinion: VPN providers are the real winners in the wake of UK’s under-16 social media ban

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 ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 05 Aug 2025
Palo Alto to acquire CyberArk in US$25bn deal

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 ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 01 Aug 2025
Clorox sues Cognizant over 2023 cyber incident

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 ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 23 Jul 2025
Prominent darknet market disappears, exit scam most likely answer

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 ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 17 Jul 2025
Grok gets NSFW companion and a US$200m Pentagon contract

Grok gets NSFW companion and a US$200m Pentagon contract

Observers are unsure if the US military leadership will take advantage of a scantily clad anime girl or a cartoon panda

David Hollingworth Tue, 15 Jul 2025
X begins to delete Grok AI’s anti-Semitic and racist posts

X begins to delete Grok AI’s anti-Semitic and racist posts

Grok’s activity over the last few days, which saw it refer to itself as “MechaHitler”, reportedly followed Musk updating ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 10 Jul 2025
Microsoft brags about AI-driven savings and profit following major staff cuts

Microsoft brags about AI-driven savings and profit following major staff cuts

In a rather tone deaf statement, Microsoft has gloated about a majorly profitable quarter and spike in AI productivity, ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 10 Jul 2025
Reset the clock! War Thunder fan posts restricted Harrier data to game forum

Reset the clock! War Thunder fan posts restricted Harrier data to game forum

Gamers once again prove they will go to any length to win an argument, especially when it comes to proving someone wrong ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 24 Jun 2025
Tabcorp fined $4m after breaking anti-spam laws

Tabcorp fined $4m after breaking anti-spam laws

TAB cops fine after sending over 5,700 messages to VIP customers without an option to unsubscribe.

David Hollingworth Tue, 17 Jun 2025