Social media platforms will need to take down unlawful content within three hours of being notified about it, a proposal from India's government says.
Staff Writers
Australia’s online watchdog has remained tight-lipped on a key success of the social media ban, citing possible immunity.
Nathan Schmidt
The effects of an Optus software outage on Monday have lingered well into Tuesday for some 35,000 customers, the telco says.
Blair Jackson
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Mitchell continues to weaken, but it has left its mark with lashings of rain overnight in one Aussie state.
Alexandra Feiam
Tasked with identifying common medical conditions and recommending treatment, artificial intelligence can deliver deadly advice.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
The massive Roblox platform is allegedly exposing young people to child abuse and suicide content, just months after escaping a social media ban.
Australia’s Communications Minister has demanded an urgent meeting with popular online gaming app Roblox over concerns the platform is being infiltrated by predators targeting minors.
Andrew Greene and Caitlyn Rintoul
The BOM’s $96.5m website makeover is “not a failure” despite months worth of updates still on the way, the weather bureau’s boss has said.
Waters off Albany delivered an unexpected scientific surprise last week when a marine researcher came across one of the world’s rarest fish species.
Amy Towers
Optus customers are once again experiencing mobile service outages across the country.
Hannah Cross
Optus customers have taken to social media to complain about another outage, as the telco offered an apology for the disruption.
Angie Raphael
Some investors worry personal AI agents will soon shop for properties, jobs or cars on your behalf, cutting traffic to popular websites may slow. Experts have a different theory.
Tom Richardson
Residents have been issued a dire warning as Tropical Cyclone Mitchell smashes part of one state, with more destructive conditions forecast.
A challenging strategic environment has the Australian Defence Force looking to “new frontiers”.
Australia is on high alert this weekend, with a tropical cyclone expected to fuel severe storms, flooding and damaging winds across multiple states.
Andrew Hedgman
Amazon's 4Q results come as the company is slashing about 16,000 corporate jobs in a second round of mass layoffs.
Get off your phone: ‘Scrollisions’ are becoming a blight on society as our eyes become locked on our screens, says Gary Martin.
Gary Martin
The UK government has announced plans to work with tech giants Microsoft on a deepfake detection initiative.
Technology giants are not doing enough to tackle the worst examples of child sexual abuse material online, according to Australia's online safety boss.
Kids will be able to clamber aboard an ocean research vessel and explore the world beneath the waves in an immersive Scitech exhibition set to open later this year.
Bethany Hiatt
In a Thursday morning earnings call the CEO of Google-parent Alphabet said software companies can use AI to enhance their businesses and had one big warning around AI’s development.
Eight major platforms are failing in their duty to detect and prevent child sexual exploitation and abuse, according to the Australian internet watchdog’s latest transparency report.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Australia is set for a day of weather extremes on Friday, with heatwaves in the south and a tropical low sparking severe storms in the north.
Alexandra Feiam and Andrew Hedgman
The cash injection will help the WA business push its namesake Cloud-based drilling operations platform into fast-growing offshore markets.
Sean Smith
