Category: Technology

SBS launches free-to-air 24-hour multilingual news channel

SBS has launched SBS WorldWatch, a free-to-air 24-hour multilingual news channel that features bulletins from worldwide broadcasters as well as its own SBS’ Arabic and...

LinkedIn releases video series explaining how its algorithm works

LinkedIn has launched a video series to provide more transparency on how the platform’s feed algorithm works to improve users’ overall experience. The initiative aims...

Consumers call to protect Aussies from crypto scams

As a top priority for the incoming Labor government, consumer advocates are pressing it to oversee the unregulated crypto business. CHOICE, Australia’s leading consumer advocacy...

YouTube takes down 9,000 channels, 70,000 videos for trivialising Ukraine invasion

YouTube has deleted over 70,000 videos and 9,000 channels related to the Ukraine-Russia conflict for violating content guidelines, which forbid creators from denying or trivialising...

ACCC warns of doubled internet rates with NBN Co’s new proposal

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) apprised that internet rates could double in a decade if NBN Co’s newly proposed pricing model moves forward....

Sims says Facebook should be designated under media bargaining code

Due to its failure to negotiate with some news sites, including SBS and The Conversation, Former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chair Rod Sims...

Google announces release of latest core algorithm updates

Google has announced the release of its broad core algorithm updates to improve ranking processes, altering how sites appear on search results pages. “We’re releasing...

TikTok launches new series of summertime online safety tips

TikTok has released new cyber safety guidelines and a cybersecurity toolkit called “TikTok Summertime Safety Tips” in collaboration with ConnectSafely, the Family Online Safety Institute...

DC Attorney-General sues Facebook’s Zuckerberg for data breach

Mark Zuckerberg, head of Facebook-owner Meta, is being sued by the US District of Columbia over the Cambridge Analytica leaks that compromised the personal data...

Tech professionals urge Labor to work on rebooting digital economy

Australia’s peak body for innovation technology has called for a Digital Economy Minister to be appointed within the Labor cabinet as urgently as possible to...

Canva continues operations in Russia despite ongoing war

Australian tech company Canva, which has over 60 million active users and is worth at least $37bn, continues to provide Russians access to its free...

Elon Musk puts Twitter deal on hold due to fake accounts

Elon Musk has tweeted that his $A64 billion cash deal for Twitter is “temporarily on hold” as he waits for the social media company to...

ATO cracks down on over 40,000 Aussies for tax fraud

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is cracking down on thousands of taxpayers over an $850 million tax fraud that is being promoted on social media....

Liberal Party targets big tech companies for better online safety

The Liberal Party of Australia has promised that, if the Coalition is returned to government, big tech companies will have to enhance their devices with...

Instagram Algorithm to Put More Focus on Original Content

Today, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri has announced that Instagram is making update to the way that it ranks content, in order to put more focus...

New mental health app to revolutionise online therapy

A small Australian start-up has launched a brand new and innovative mental health app that provides 24/7 support to its users, revolutionising the world of...

RMIT FactLab & JNI use digital analysis to tackle election misinformation

A groundbreaking collaboration has been made between the Judith Nielson Institute for Journalism and Ideas (JNI) and RMIT FactLab, creating a cutting edge disinformation detection...

University of Queensland launches online election spending tracker

The University of Queensland has launched a unique online tracker to map social media spending trends of election candidates during the federal election campaign. Experts...

Aust Gov invests $44M to build four AI and digital capability centres

The Australian Government is investing $44 million to establish four Artificial Intelligence and Digital Capability Centres, driving the commercialisation of Australia’s leading AI research by...

ResApp screening coughs for COVID-19 returns promising trial results

Early results of the ResApp trial of more than 700 people have been released but are still to be peer-reviewed. The trial, which was funded...