‘iPhone 17 Air’ Dummy Model Features MagSafe and Action Button
Australian tech enthusiast Sonny Dickson today shared photos of dummy models for all four iPhone 17 models launching later this year.

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Dummy models are often based on leaked designs and dimensions, and they allow accessory makers to prepare cases for upcoming iPhone models.

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Tesla hit with Australian class action over ‘phantom braking’
Law firm alleges the electric vehicle company has been dishonest in its marketing, backed out of its promises and has not ensured its products are safe. ⌘ Read more

Top 10 Acts of the Aussie Pop Music Invasion
While it can’t really compare in size or impact to the 1960s British Invasion led by the Beatles, there was something that happened during an eclectic time in American pop music history in the late 1970s and early 1980s, which has come to be known as the Aussie Invasion. A diverse collection of Australian bands […]

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March of the EVs: Cheap Chinese cars to flood Australian roads
Names like Jaecoo, Deepal and Zeekr wouldn’t be familiar to most Australians, but their cars will soon join the likes of BYD in shaking up the local auto scene. ⌘ Read more

Falling vaccination rates in Trump’s America hit CSL
The Australian biotech giant’s profits have taken a hit from Americans’ reluctance to get vaccinated, sending its shares downward. ⌘ Read more

Healthcare and finance the hardest hit by cyberattacks
At least half of the Australian population has now been affected by a data breach from cyberattacks. ⌘ Read more

The high-stakes race to become the next TikTok as ban looms
Most Australians have likely never heard of RedNote, or Lemon8. That’s likely to change. ⌘ Read more

Nintendo Switch 2, new Mario Kart revealed
A trailer for the new system quietly appeared online in the early hours of Friday morning Australian time; confirming features - and a new Mario Kart - which have been rumoured for months. ⌘ Read more

Australian company behind woolly mammoth meatballs axes 30 per cent of workforce
Cultured meat start-up Vow’s novel meat products have made headlines globally – but the company has hit a roadblock. ⌘ Read more

@johanbove@johanbove.info But which one(s)? 🤔🤔 Serious question; my neighbor next door swears by the BBC and ABC (I’m Australian); but honestly even those news sources are full of political rhetoric and non-facts (opinions, etc) – I have yet to see a single news source of actual facts and nothing more.

It’s new and risky, but Gen Z workers are ‘all in’ on AI
Gen Z Australians are ‘all in’ on generative AI and are embracing tools like ChatGPT in the workplace at speed and without fear, according to new research. ⌘ Read more

Software start-up likened to Atlassian defies funding slump, raising $27.5 million
Australian start-up funding continues to tank, but not for this company, which wants to emulate the success of local tech billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar. ⌘ Read more

Thousands of Australian Facebook users to share $50 million after privacy scandal
Meta has agreed to a record settlement with Australia’s information commissioner, ending years of legal proceedings over Facebook’s infamous Cambridge Analytica scandal. ⌘ Read more

North Korean IT workers ‘have infiltrated Australian businesses’, experts warn
Remote tech workers are using fake identities to work for Australian companies and wire money back to North Korea, human resources executives are being warned. ⌘ Read more

Stem cell bank for pets is landing in Australia, would you use it?
Most Australians now consider their pets to be on the same level as their spouses or children, and now they can access similar levels of healthcare. ⌘ Read more

Could more Australians ditch blockbuster films these holidays?
The traditional holiday movie season is facing stiff competition this year, with a study highlighting that a new trend is picking up a bigger audience and a larger share of the publicity. ⌘ Read more

The Chinese hack that has Australia on high alert
A notorious Chinese hacking group has stolen a vast amount of Americans’ metadata, and Australian officials are worried. ⌘ Read more

A social media ban for under-16s passes the Australian Senate and will soon be a world-first law
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_Stephan: The Australians seem to have learned what American politicians have not, or will not. The weaponization of misinformation has distorted the thinking of every generation, but particularly the young. It distorted our election in the United States, and is a destructive force in a dem … ⌘ Read more

‘Egregious’: Google facing two Australian class actions
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Australia To Ban Under-16s From Social Media After Passing Landmark Law
Australia will ban children under 16 from using social media after its senate approved what will become a world-first law. From a report: Children will be blocked from using platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook, a move the Australian government argue is necessary to protect their mental health and wellbeing.
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‘White lightning’: WiseTech CEO drama not an issue for market watchers
The Australian software giant looks on track to shrug off its governance issues, with analysts tipping WiseTech Global to deliver the goods for investors. ⌘ Read more

Buoyed by Trump win, US pro-crypto lobby group opens Australian outpost
‘Stand With Crypto’, a lobby group backed by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, is hoping to capitalise on a wave of momentum from Donald Trump’s decisive US election win. ⌘ Read more

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A thousand new employees in 12 months: Canva’s propulsive growth
The Australian design software maker has ticked over $2.5 billion in annual revenue as it looks to shore up support from Wall Street. ⌘ Read more

The hundreds of millions in tax incentives for Australian start-ups that went south
The R&D tax offset has served as a life raft for some of Australia’s most prominent technology start-ups, though in some cases it wasn’t enough. ⌘ Read more

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Australians don’t care who owns the NBN, they just want better broadband
The federal government is pushing for new laws that would keep the NBN in public hands, but will it lead to cheaper or better internet? ⌘ Read more

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‘Our community is important’: Canva responds to pricing backlash
The Australian software company says it has listened to its customers, some of whom were incensed by a 300 per cent price increase. ⌘ Read more

AI hype, 3G shutdown drive bumper smartphone sales
Australians are back buying new smartphones, with the new iPhone facing stiffer competition from AI-enabled Android rivals. ⌘ Read more

‘Land of dreams’: The Australian high-flyers on edge as Trump and Harris duke it out
Australia’s tech insiders are enjoying a surge in optimism from the Fed’s bumper rate cut, but all eyes are now on the US election. ⌘ Read more

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Meta admits Australians cannot opt out of ‘predatory’ AI data scrape
Senators are calling for stronger privacy laws to give Facebook users the ability to block the company from using their posts to train its AI models, as users can in the EU. ⌘ Read more

No, your mobile phone is not giving you brain cancer
A World Health Organisation review of more than 5000 studies, led by Australian scientists, found no increased risk of several cancers associated with mobile phone use. ⌘ Read more

The Facebook problem that only hurts Australians
Frances Haugen made global headlines when she blew the whistle on Facebook. She says the company treats Australia differently to other markets. ⌘ Read more

Xero outage hits small businesses nationally
The outage has caused chaos for thousands of Australian businesses and their accounting teams. ⌘ Read more

Aussie-first tech for holistic treatment lands in Perth
An Australian-first technology holistically helping mental and physical recovery has landed in Perth. ⌘ Read more

Telstra lifts prices amid cost-of-living crunch
More than a quarter of Australians have struggled to pay their phone bill in the past 12 months, survey data shows. ⌘ Read more

Inside the AI ‘deepnude’ apps infiltrating Australian schools
The websites are currently legal in Australia, but many do not have adequate controls preventing them from generating images of children. ⌘ Read more

Free fibre-to-your-home upgrades a game-changer for Australians
As part of the NBN Co initiative, SpinTel is offering free FTTP upgrades to eligible customers, playing a pivotal role in this national digital transformation. ⌘ Read more

Facebook, Instagram are using your data – and you can’t opt out
If you’re one of the millions of Australians using Facebook or Instagram, Meta is using your data to train its AI – and unlike people in the European Union, you can’t stop them. ⌘ Read more

Thirteen is too young to be on social media. We have an idea to fix that
At present, there is no minimum age requirement under Australian law to access social media. That needs to change. ⌘ Read more

Privacy watchdog sues Medibank over cyber hack
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner alleges Medibank breached privacy laws and exposed its customers to risk of identity theft, extortion and financial crime. ⌘ Read more

Australian at the centre of the high-stakes battle over AI has a warning for the world
There’s a war raging about the future of artificial intelligence - and Melbourne-born Helen Toner is in the thick of it. ⌘ Read more

Australians may be caught up in suspected Ticketmaster hack
Notorious hacker group ShinyHunters claims to have stolen the personal details and credit card information of millions of customers around the world. ⌘ Read more

MediSecure patient data up for sale on Russian hacking forum
A hacker claiming to have the stolen data of thousands of Australian patients is selling it for $US50,000. ⌘ Read more

Communications watchdog suing Optus over data breach
Some 10 million customers had their information stolen in what was one of the worst cyberattacks in Australian history. ⌘ Read more

Communications watchdog suing Optus over data breach
Some 10 million customers had their information stolen in what was one of the worst cyberattacks in Australian history. ⌘ Read more

Husband-and-wife team sell tech firm in $373m deal
Once young rich listers, Collis and Cyan Ta’eed are now responsible for one of the largest acquisitions in Australian tech history. ⌘ Read more

What next for Scott Farquhar, the godfather of Australian tech?
The billionaire head of the ‘Atlassian mafia’ has the chance to further re-shape Australia’s technology sector, according to those closest to him. ⌘ Read more

‘The days of paying women less than men are over’: Tony Burke
Employment Minister Tony Burke says the gender pay gap is now at its “lowest ever level”.

A report into the gender pay gap for more than 5,000 Australian companies has been revealed.

“The days of secretly paying women less than men are now over,” Mr Burke said during Question Time.

“That’s as a result of particular changes that had been made by law by this government.

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Mortgage stress risk hits record high
More Australians are struggling to pay their mortgages than ever before, but it’s not just because rates and the cost of living are higher, new research shows. ⌘ Read more

Anthony Albanese is ‘really out of touch’ with Australians
Institute of Public Affairs’ Daniel Wild says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is “really out of touch” with Australians.

Mr Wild joined Sky News host Rita Panahi to discuss the Prime Minister’s decisions to attend the Taylor Swift concert and then a Katy Perry private concert.

“The problem he’s got here is a pattern of behaviour,” he said.

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Smith’s Kiwi tormentor makes surprise call
One of Steve Smith and Australia’s great tormentors, New Zealand fast bowler Neil Wager, has announced his retirement after missing selection for the opening Test in Wellington. ⌘ Read more

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Labor has ‘misread’ the Dunkley community: Steve Price
Sky News host Steve Price says the Labor Government have “misread” the Dunkley community “completely”.

Mr Price’s comments come as the Dunkley by-election is set to happen on Saturday.

“The people who live in Dunkely are the best example I think you can get of aspirational middle-class Australians who want the best for their families,” Mr Price said.

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ScoMo’s final warning to Aussies
Scott Morrison will warn against a ‘drift of secularism’ and encourage Australians to reconnect with traditional Christian values in his final speech as a federal politician. ⌘ Read more

‘Groundbreaking’ first revealed for Cirque du Soleil show
The forecast for Cirque du Soleil’s revolutionary new show is: rain. ⌘ Read more

Albanese government is ‘ambiguous and weak’ on Israel-Hamas conflict
The Australian’s Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan says the Albanese government is “ambiguous and weak” on the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Mr Sheridan told Sky News host Steve Price that Hamas is an illegal proscribed terrorist organisation “under Australian law”.

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The Voice a ‘textbook case in how to tank a referendum’: Joe Kelly
The Australian National Affairs Editor Joe Kelly says Anthony Albanese’s approach to The Voice to Parliament was a “textbook case in how to tank a referendum.”

Mr Kelly’s comments come amid reports the Prime Minister allegedly ignored advice against having a Voice referendum.

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Albanese wants to ‘hold on’ to younger voters: PM spotted going to Taylor Swift concert
The Australian’s National Editor Dennis Shanahan says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wants to “hold on” to younger voters after he was spotted going to a Taylor Swift concert.

Mr Shanahan joined Sky News host Peta Credlin to discuss Mr Albanese’s reputation after attending the concert.

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‘THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY’: Massive lie Aussies have fallen for
It’s the cornerstone of Aussie life, sometimes called the Great Australian Dream – but figures show that only one section of society is benefiting. ⌘ Read more

‘Majority of Australians’ in support of nuclear energy
Nuclear for Australia Founder William Shackel says a “majority of Australians” support nuclear energy.

A new poll shows that 55 per cent of voters are in support of a move to replace retired coal-fired power plants with small modular nuclear reactors.

Mr Shackel told Sky News host Chris Kenny that it is now “on the politicians” to listen to the voters.

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Labor’s plan for Navy ‘more than doubles’ number of surface combatants
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy says Labor’s plan for the Australian Navy “more than doubles” the number of surface combatants which will be available to Australia.

The Royal Australian Navy, after the completion of the additional vessels, will hold three Hobart class air warfare destroyers, six Hunter class frigates (reduced from nine), 11 new ‘off-the- … ⌘ Read more

Increase in Defence spending will see an ‘acceleration’ in acquiring surface combatants
Defence Minister Richard Marles says the increase in Defence spending will see an “acceleration” in acquiring surface combatants.

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You’re right @ullarah@txt.quisquiliae.com I just watched Australia Post Outrage: Did She Need To Go? and I do believe I’ll start adding this to my “watchlist” – I don’t use Youtube specifically (because privacy eroding garbage); but the content this guy produces is awesome! 👌

Scotty from marketing really needs to be fired! Can we even fire Prime Ministers besides calling an election? 🤔 The more you dig into our #Australian #Government the more you realize just how fucking corrupt they all are and have been over so many years. How?! 🤦‍

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@freemor@freemor.homelinux.net Something cut of your link? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/25/australian-childrens-author-mem-fox-detained-by-us-border-control-i-sobbed-like-a-baby

@freemor@freemor.homelinux.net Something cut of your link? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/25/australian-childrens-author-mem-fox-detained-by-us-border-control-i-sobbed-like-a-baby