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The Australian government says it is moving ahead with imposing a ‘digital duty of care’ on Big Tech companies such as Google, Meta, TikTok, and X, opening public consultation on Friday after delaying the proposed legislation earlier this year.
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Govt ramps up Big Tech 'duty of care' reforms
Australians asked for their views on delayed legislation.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
The Australian government says it is moving ahead with imposing a ‘digital duty of care’ on Big Tech companies such as Google, Meta, TikTok, and X, opening public consultation on Friday after delaying the proposed legislation earlier this year.
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Qantas is doubling down on digital transformation, with plans to add over 420 AI, software development, and data specialists over 3 years as its second-ever Product Innovation Centre (PIC) opens in increasingly airline-friendly Adelaide by March next year.
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Qantas taps Adelaide Uni grads for Product Innovation Centre
More than 420 AI, mobile specialists will call Adelaide home.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Qantas is doubling down on digital transformation, with plans to add over 420 AI, software development, and data specialists over 3 years as its second-ever Product Innovation Centre (PIC) opens in increasingly airline-friendly Adelaide by March next year.
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OPINION: "Warnings last week from ASIO about sabotage threats marked an important shift in tone," write Deakin University's @ihsanylmz.bsky.social & Nicholas Morieson.
"And they raise important questions about how the Australian government should respond."
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"And they raise important questions about how the Australian government should respond."
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The threat of sabotage from China is growing
That’s not an excuse to erode Australians’ freedoms.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
OPINION: "Warnings last week from ASIO about sabotage threats marked an important shift in tone," write Deakin University's @ihsanylmz.bsky.social & Nicholas Morieson.
"And they raise important questions about how the Australian government should respond."
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"And they raise important questions about how the Australian government should respond."
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Australia has joined 71 other signatories to back the United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime, a global effort designed to synchronise cybercrime related legislation and “narrow the operating space” for organised crime by facilitating multinational criminal investigations.
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Australia signs landmark UN Convention Against Cybercrime
Global cybercrime enforcement pact took five years to negotiate.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Australia has joined 71 other signatories to back the United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime, a global effort designed to synchronise cybercrime related legislation and “narrow the operating space” for organised crime by facilitating multinational criminal investigations.
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Generation Alpha has revealed bold intentions to rewrite the rules of work when they enter the workforce, insisting they won’t partake in long daily commutes to work or send emails.
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Gen Alpha refuses long commutes and email
The workplace is set for a serious shakeup.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Generation Alpha has revealed bold intentions to rewrite the rules of work when they enter the workforce, insisting they won’t partake in long daily commutes to work or send emails.
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Leading AI researcher Anthropic has issued a dire cybersecurity warning after a state-sponsored threat actor reportedly tricked its AI chatbot into executing a large-scale cyberattack.
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World’s first large-scale cyberattack executed by AI
Chinese threat actor hijacks chatbot for espionage.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Leading AI researcher Anthropic has issued a dire cybersecurity warning after a state-sponsored threat actor reportedly tricked its AI chatbot into executing a large-scale cyberattack.
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The Australian government’s workforce is facing “a potential digital talent shortfall of more than 8,000 people in the next five years”, according to a report released on Thursday by the commonwealth’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA).
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Australian government facing 'digital talent shortfall'
Public service needs 8,000 more tech workers by 2030.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The Australian government’s workforce is facing “a potential digital talent shortfall of more than 8,000 people in the next five years”, according to a report released on Thursday by the commonwealth’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA).
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A Melbourne-based software developer has lost an unfair dismissal case after the Fair Work Commission found there were “significant challenges” working with him and that he was “corrosive to a positive environment” in the workplace.
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Software developer fired for being 'too difficult'
Loses unfair dismissal case.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
A Melbourne-based software developer has lost an unfair dismissal case after the Fair Work Commission found there were “significant challenges” working with him and that he was “corrosive to a positive environment” in the workplace.
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Chief artificial intelligence officers will be appointed to every federal agency in 2026 as generative AI causes a “fundamental shift” in government operations, according to an AI Plan for the Australian Public Service (APS) released by the federal government on Wednesday.
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Chief AI officers coming to Australian govt agencies
Labor announces AI Plan for public service workers.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Chief artificial intelligence officers will be appointed to every federal agency in 2026 as generative AI causes a “fundamental shift” in government operations, according to an AI Plan for the Australian Public Service (APS) released by the federal government on Wednesday.
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One of Australia’s oldest and most recognisable online food delivery platforms, Menulog, will close its doors later this month after 19 years in operation.
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Menulog to quit Australia after 19 years
Competition proves too tough to survive.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
One of Australia’s oldest and most recognisable online food delivery platforms, Menulog, will close its doors later this month after 19 years in operation.
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As retailers gear up for their annual Black Friday sales, shop attendants and their managers are refreshing skills for handling angry customers – and based on successful pilot tests at The Reject Shop, one Australian firm knows virtual reality can help.
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Retailers tap VR to manage angry customers
As holiday retail surges, workers confront shopper aggression.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
As retailers gear up for their annual Black Friday sales, shop attendants and their managers are refreshing skills for handling angry customers – and based on successful pilot tests at The Reject Shop, one Australian firm knows virtual reality can help.
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Seven lawsuits have been filed against OpenAI alleging the company’s generative AI chatbot ChatGPT is “dangerously sycophantic and psychologically manipulative” and led users to experience delusions and in some cases take their own lives.
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OpenAI faces lawsuits over ChatGPT suicides
Families allege chatbot manipulation led to mental distress, deaths.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Seven lawsuits have been filed against OpenAI alleging the company’s generative AI chatbot ChatGPT is “dangerously sycophantic and psychologically manipulative” and led users to experience delusions and in some cases take their own lives.
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A Chinese woman has been handed a near 12-year prison sentence in the UK for her role in a Bitcoin laundering scheme that impacted more than 128,000 victims.
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Crypto ‘goddess’ jailed over $9b Bitcoin fraud
Chinese national lands 12-year sentence in UK.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A Chinese woman has been handed a near 12-year prison sentence in the UK for her role in a Bitcoin laundering scheme that impacted more than 128,000 victims.
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Apple is facing criticism and confusion after the technology giant announced a new special-edition accessory called the iPhone Pocket, which some consumers have described as an expensive remake of its classic iPod Socks.
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'Crazy prices': iPod Socks return as $230 iPhone Pocket
Apple debuts controversial new accessory.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Apple is facing criticism and confusion after the technology giant announced a new special-edition accessory called the iPhone Pocket, which some consumers have described as an expensive remake of its classic iPod Socks.
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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is teaming up with experts at @monashuniversity.bsky.social to sabotage the AI technology behind an uptick in deepfakes and abuse material.
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AFP fights deepfakes with poisoned AI data
New Silverer tool sabotages image-generating algorithms.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is teaming up with experts at @monashuniversity.bsky.social to sabotage the AI technology behind an uptick in deepfakes and abuse material.
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Workers are increasingly “gatekeeping” their own knowledge out of fear AI could one day replace them, a new report has found.
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Knowledge ‘gatekeeping’ now rife in the workplace
Workers fear AI will replace them.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Workers are increasingly “gatekeeping” their own knowledge out of fear AI could one day replace them, a new report has found.
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Tech giant Meta is not only failing to block scam ads but is knowingly taking billions from scammers each year, according to leaked internal audits that found the company is feeding users 15 billion scam ads per day – and even more to those that click on one.
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Meta relies on scam ads for 10% of its revenues: internal audit
Rather than ban scammers, tech giant charges them higher rates.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Tech giant Meta is not only failing to block scam ads but is knowingly taking billions from scammers each year, according to leaked internal audits that found the company is feeding users 15 billion scam ads per day – and even more to those that click on one.
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Australia has invested $54 million in Melbourne-born brain-computer interface company Synchron, the federal government’s National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) announced on Thursday.
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Australia invests $54m in brain-computer firm Synchron
Melbourne spin-out plans 'next-gen' device and local hub.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Australia has invested $54 million in Melbourne-born brain-computer interface company Synchron, the federal government’s National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) announced on Thursday.
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Three cybersecurity professionals have been accused of moonlighting as ransomware criminals following a hacking spree which yielded nearly $2 million in illicit funds.
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The cyber professionals moonlighting as hackers
Trio charged following ransomware spree.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Three cybersecurity professionals have been accused of moonlighting as ransomware criminals following a hacking spree which yielded nearly $2 million in illicit funds.
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Tesla shareholders have overwhelmingly approved an unprecedented pay package for founder, CEO, and world’s richest person Elon Musk, worth $US1 trillion ($1.5 trillion) if he achieves performances targets over the next decade.
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Tesla investors approve Musk's $1 trillion pay package
CEO could become first trillionaire if new goals are met.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Tesla shareholders have overwhelmingly approved an unprecedented pay package for founder, CEO, and world’s richest person Elon Musk, worth $US1 trillion ($1.5 trillion) if he achieves performances targets over the next decade.
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Exclusive: The directors of CSIRO's digital and manufacturing research arms have resigned amid ongoing turmoil and job cuts at Australia’s national science agency.
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CSIRO's Data61, manufacturing heads quit
Jon Whittle, Marcus Zipper depart national science agency.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Exclusive: The directors of CSIRO's digital and manufacturing research arms have resigned amid ongoing turmoil and job cuts at Australia’s national science agency.
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Australia is “not on track” to meet the federal government’s goal of 1.2 million technology‑related jobs by 2030, according to new economic data from its Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR).
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Australia 'not on track' to meet 2030 tech jobs target
Government data finds potential downward trend.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Australia is “not on track” to meet the federal government’s goal of 1.2 million technology‑related jobs by 2030, according to new economic data from its Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR).
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Microsoft will offer refunds after admitting that it “fell short of our standards” by failing to inform users of the Microsoft 365 productivity suite that they could have stayed with a cheaper version of the suite that did not include the tech giant’s Copilot AI features.
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Microsoft to refund subscribers over misleading 365 pricing
Repents days after ACCC sues.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Microsoft will offer refunds after admitting that it “fell short of our standards” by failing to inform users of the Microsoft 365 productivity suite that they could have stayed with a cheaper version of the suite that did not include the tech giant’s Copilot AI features.
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Extending local content obligations to streaming platforms could “poke the bear” by provoking a tariff-minded US government, an expert has warned as new rules force streaming services to commit millions to Australian shows, movies, and documentaries.
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Govt forces streamers to meet Australian content quotas
Netflix, Amazon, Disney+ will look a lot more like free-to-air.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Extending local content obligations to streaming platforms could “poke the bear” by provoking a tariff-minded US government, an expert has warned as new rules force streaming services to commit millions to Australian shows, movies, and documentaries.
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OPINION: "This emerging AI divide presents several risks if it calcifies, including disparities in learning and work, and increased exposure for certain people to scams and misinformation," write @admscentre.org.au researchers.
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Australia is facing an ‘AI divide’
National survey shows tech uptake is uneven.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
OPINION: "This emerging AI divide presents several risks if it calcifies, including disparities in learning and work, and increased exposure for certain people to scams and misinformation," write @admscentre.org.au researchers.
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