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Alfred Bui
6 Social Media Platforms Issued With ‘Please Explain’ Notice on Extremist Material
TikTok was exempt however.
Mar 18, 2024
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Alfred Bui
4 hours
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Companies
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Aldgra Fredly
Meta Sets Final Date to Shut Down CrowdTangle Monitoring App
CrowdTangle says it has entered into “maintenance mode.”
Mar 15, 2024
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Aldgra Fredly
Mar 15
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Australia News
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Monica O’Shea
EVs Take Charge: More Than 180,000 EVs Now on Australian Roads
EV sales in Australia more than doubled in 2023, a March 15 report reveals.
Mar 15, 2024
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Monica O’Shea
Mar 15
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Crime and Public Safety
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Rex Widerstrom
Medibank Data Breach Led to Over 11,000 Cybercrime Incidents, Police Say
Victoria Police say they want an expansion of state laws to allow them to ’search and seize' data from cloud services.
Mar 14, 2024
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Rex Widerstrom
Mar 14
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UK News
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Chris Summers
High Court in London Rules Craig Wright Is Not Bitcoin Founder
The High Court in London has ruled against Craig Wright, who claimed he was the founder of bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto.
Mar 14, 2024
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Chris Summers
Mar 14
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Tech News
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Rex Widerstrom
‘Omnipresent’: Australia Signs 6G Agreement With US, UK
The technology isn’t likely to be available until 2030, while doctors still urge caution on the long-term effects of exposure to 5G radio waves.
Mar 14, 2024
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Rex Widerstrom
Mar 14
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Australia News
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Isabella Rayner
Australia Has ‘No Plans’ to Follow US TikTok Ban
Security experts have noted several concerns with TikTok, particularly how it collects the data of young individuals and Gen Z users.
Mar 14, 2024
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Isabella Rayner
Mar 14
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Digital Privacy
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Rex Widerstrom
Widespread Sharing of Personal Data Will Grow the Economy: Deloitte
Australia has accumulated 48,000 petabytes worth of personal data, and one group believes it’s time to make this data more readily available.
Mar 10, 2024
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Rex Widerstrom
Mar 10
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New York News
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Epoch Newsroom
14-Year-Old Awarded $10,000 Prize in ‘Kindness Is Cool’ Gan Jing World Event
Samuel said he planned to use his $10,000 to build a film company to tell the stories of senior citizens.
Mar 09, 2024
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Epoch Newsroom
Mar 09
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Social Media
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Jana J. Pruet
Dozens of State AGs Call on Meta to Take ‘Immediate Action’ After ‘Dramatic Increase’ in Account Takeovers
Compromised accounts allow the threat actor to access the user’s personal or business information, private messages, and contacts.
Mar 09, 2024
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Jana J. Pruet
Mar 09
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Australia News
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Rex Widerstrom
ANALYSIS: Cashless Transition Steamrolls Ahead After Major Bank Closes All Branches
Australians made $746 million in digital payments in 2018—that number soared to $93 billion in 2022.
Mar 08, 2024
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Rex Widerstrom
Mar 08
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US Crime News
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Katabella Roberts
Americans Lost Record $12.5 Billion to Online Crime in 2023: FBI
FBI officials warned the real cost to Americans could exceed $12.5 billion, noting not all online scams are reported.
Mar 08, 2024
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Katabella Roberts
Mar 08
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Companies
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Reuters
Hacker Forum Post Claims UnitedHealth Paid $22 Million Ransom in Bid to Recover Data
Mar 05, 2024
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Reuters
Mar 05
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National Security
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Andrew Thornebrooke
New Bill Seeks to Force ByteDance to Divest TikTok
‘America’s foremost adversary has no business controlling a dominant media platform in the United States,” says Rep. Mike Gallagher.
Mar 05, 2024
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Andrew Thornebrooke
Mar 05
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Business & Markets
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Tom Ozimek
OpenAI Pledges to Use AI For Good of Humanity After Elon Musk Lawsuit Alleges Sinister Motives
OpenAI has signed a pledge to use artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity after Elon Musk sued the company, accusing it ulterior motives.
Mar 04, 2024
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Tom Ozimek
Mar 04
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Companies
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Naveen Athrappully
Apple Fined $2 Billion by EU for Abusing Market Dominance
The company’s actions potentially led to numerous iOS users paying higher prices for music streaming services.
Mar 04, 2024
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Naveen Athrappully
Mar 04
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Tech News
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Jon Sun
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Lynn Xu
Japan, Taiwan Prioritize Co-founding Chipmaking Facility to Deter CCP
The Japanese government has granted ‘unprecedented, bold support’ for the advanced chipmaking base.
Mar 04, 2024
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Jon Sun
Mar 04
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Australia News
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Rex Widerstrom
Media Outlets Call On Government to Go to War with Meta After Content Deals Axed
The Australian government is wrestling with the difficult question of how to respond to Meta’s cancellation of content deals, and may yet force it to negotiate.
Mar 04, 2024
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Rex Widerstrom
Mar 04
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US News
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Rachel Acenas
Fallout from Massive Cyberattack Against one of Largest Health Care Companies in US
Mar 01, 2024
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Rachel Acenas
Mar 01
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Artificial Intelligence
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Tom Ozimek
Elon Musk Sues OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman Over Microsoft Link
Mr. Musk claims OpenAI has shifted its approach to being profit-focused after aligning itself with Microsoft.
Mar 01, 2024
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Tom Ozimek
Mar 01
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