
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.27.2025 × New Apple technology could allow social media apps to tell whether users are under 16. Company’s plans to introduce ‘declared age range’ technology for apps later this year could play a role in Australian social media ban
#PublicHoliday #Tech × #New Year's Eve #New Year #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania ×

#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2025 × ‘It’s very lonely’: what are Australia’s university students missing out on?. Many start their studies hoping to find friends, themselves and intellectual stimulation. More and more are finding they’ve been sold something else
#Education #Tech × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania ×

#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2025 × Four WiseTech board directors quit over ‘differing views’ of Richard White’s role. Tech company’s share price plummets after latest market update and resignations of Lisa Brock, Richard Dammery, Michael Malone and Fiona Pak-Poy
#Tech × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania ×

#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2025 × Telegram fined nearly $1m by Australian watchdog for delay in reporting about terrorism and child abuse material. Telegram took 160 days to provide information, with the delay obstructing online safety scrutineer from doing its job, commissioner says
#Tech × #Australia #Insular Oceania ×

#theguardian.com. × #Feb.22.2025 × Social media bans for teens: Australia has passed one, should other countries follow suit?. A block for under-16s would soothe many parents’ concerns, but experts are divided over the evidence in support of it, and how it might work in practice
#Tech × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania ×

#theguardian.com. × #Feb.21.2025 × Neighbours cancelled for second time as Amazon backs out. Long-running Australian soap will be ‘resting’ from December, after streaming giant withdraws from production
#Tech × #Amazon #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania ×

#theguardian.com. × #Feb.20.2025 × Meta and Google opt out of Sydney Mardi Gras amid move away from DEI in US. Former sponsors walk away from 2025 event – while organisers say they do not meet partnership requirements
#Tech × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania × #Google

#theguardian.com. × #Feb.18.2025 × One of Cassius Turvey’s alleged murderers sent concerned messages after another boy allegedly beaten up by her co-accused, court hears. Sister of another boy allegedly attacked in days before 15-year-old was killed tells jury about Facebook messages checking up on his welfare
#Tech × #Facebook #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania ×

#theguardian.com. × #Feb.18.2025 × Man charged after allegedly harassing journalist Antoinette Lattouf after ABC radio stint. In an Instagram post, journalist says she ‘was about to just block and delete —but that day, I was done’
#Tech × #Instagram #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania ×

#theguardian.com. × #Feb.17.2025 × Labor moving too slowly on making big tech pay Australian media for news, Coalition and Greens say. Trump tariff threat fuels concerns the news bargaining incentive announced in December could be delayed
#Tech × #Australia #Insular Oceania ×

#theguardian.com. × #Feb.14.2025 × Police raid home of Sydney nurse taken to hospital after allegedly threatening Israeli patients on video. Israeli influencer Max Veifer posts video on Instagram stating: ‘The police are asking me for the unedited version. I have nothing to hide. Here it is’
#Tech × #Instagram #Australian continent #Australia #Asia #Insular Oceania × #Israel

#theguardian.com. × #Feb.14.2025 × ‘Everyone knows the Centrelink song’: how we learned to love – and remix – hold music. It’s been called the ‘sound of purgatory’ but Opus 1 has enjoyed a new life in performance art, in a beer commercial and now on TikTok
#Showbiz #Tech × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania × #music

#theguardian.com. × #Feb.08.2025 × Facebook is home to plenty of toxicity – but one Australian group shows kindness can go viral too. When Covid hit, people were anxious and frightened. So Catherine Barrett started a page – the Kindness Pandemic – to let them know they weren’t alone
#Tech × #Facebook #Australia #Insular Oceania ×

#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2025 × Billionaire’s record $100m donation to University of Sydney aims to increase diversity in Stem sector. Tech founder Robin Khuda wants to make ‘positive societal impact’ by increasing opportunities for women in sector where he made his fortune
#Education #Tech × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania ×

#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2025 × DeepSeek banned from Australian government devices over national security concerns. Home affairs minister Tony Burke says decision follows advice from intelligence agencies and is not impacted by AI chatbot’s country of origin, China
#Tech × #China #Australian continent #Australia #Asia #Insular Oceania ×

#theguardian.com. × #Feb.01.2025 × As DeepSeek upends the AI industry, one group is urging Australia to embrace the opportunity. Recruiting top graduates could stop other countries pulling ahead in artificial intelligence race, tech council says
#Tech × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania × #Australia Group

#theguardian.com. × #Feb.01.2025 × Australian lawyer caught using ChatGPT filed court documents referencing ‘non-existent’ cases. Immigration minister says such conduct must be ‘nipped in bud’ as lawyer referred to office of the NSW Legal Services Commissioner for consideration
#Tech × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania ×
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