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Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager who died in 2006, becomes the first saint of the internet age.
South Korea bans mobile phones in classrooms nationwide
The move to ban the ubiquitous devices from classrooms received bipartisan support from MPs, who passed the bill on Wednesday.
Meet MAX, the 'chilling' new development in Russian social media
Russians are being pushed onto a new messaging service linked to the Kremlin, and experts warn people can expect them to be watching everything.
Falsely banned Meta users devastated at losing sentimental memories
Dozens of readers have contacted the ABC saying their digital lives have been up-ended by the mass Meta suspensions. Experts say now is the time to back up your treasured memories.
Cyber attack exposes details of more than 200,000 iinet customers
A list of about 280,000 active email addresses and roughly 20,000 active landline phone numbers have been extracted from iiNet's order management system.
NZ authorities' warning over Aussie's controversial 'ethical' internet
New Zealand's financial watchdog has issued a warning about an embattled internet scheme founded by an Australian with a colourful past.
Own a Dreame robot vacuum? Don't use public WiFi to control it
A major Chinese robot vacuum maker's smartphone app has a critical security flaw leaving it susceptible to leaking user data and credentials if targeted by hackers.
A Bollywood legend thanks piracy and embraces $2 films
Aamir Khan says audiences downloading his films illegally have helped grow his popularity far beyond India's borders, while a technological revolution is helping pave a way forward for domestic fans.
This school principal turned himself into a deepfake AI. What's next?
The AI revolution is well underway in Australia's schools but what does that mean for the way students learn and think?
Authors warn AI copyright exception a 'free pass' for Big Tech to steal work
The Productivity Commission's interim report on AI has triggered a fierce backlash from the literary community.
We can't throw Australian creatives and their work into the maws of Big Tech
Are we really comfortable with trading away one of the few financial benefits Australian creatives have left?
'Ethical internet' founder suspends customer refunds in crisis meeting
Embattled startup Lightweb suspends refunds to customers indefinitely in the wake of ABC reporting on its founder's identity.
Starlink rival NBN Co–Amazon co-op potentially a boon for users
Australia is to get another satellite internet provider in 2026, giving SpaceX's Starlink some long-awaited competition, as NBN Co partners with Amazon to roll out high-speed broadband using 3,200 low Earth orbit satellites.
Identity of Australian behind 'ethical' internet horrifies customers
As many as 2,000 people lined up to give this man their money — and then they learned his true identity.
Jim Chalmers is pitching himself as a Goldilocks on artificial intelligence
The government is trying to strike the right balance between preventing mass redundancies forced by AI, while also preventing Australia falling behind those countries rapidly embracing the technology.
eSafety commissioner says YouTube 'turning a blind eye' to child abuse
In a report released on Wednesday, Australia's internet watchdog said both YouTube and Apple had been unresponsive to questions about the number of reports of child abuse material on their platforms.
Laws to criminalise AI child abuse apps to be introduced to parliament
MP Kate Chaney is set to introduce a bill to criminalise the use of AI tools purpose-built to create child sexual abuse material, with the independent saying the urgent issue cannot wait for the government's wider response to artificial intelligence.
US, China in battle to own first artificial general intelligence
The AI battle between China and the US is less about profits and return on investment, and more about geopolitics — national machismo, security and defence.
Stop Killing Games movement asks if you can ever 'own' digital content
Across the internet in recent weeks, influencers, streamers and video game fans have been calling for laws to "stop killing games". This is what to know about the movement.
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Astronomer's chief HR officer resigns after Coldplay concert saga
Kristin Cabot was listed on the tech company's website as chief people officer, but her picture has since been removed.
Elon Musk's Starlink global outage caused by software failure
Starlink is said to have 200,000 users in Australia and 6 million globally.