Removing copper connections from the National Broadband Network will come at a cost of more than $6 billion but tech experts say the move will be worth it.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
A fresh warning has been released about an online scam where fraudsters use fake Australia Post links to defraud sellers on Facebook Marketplace.
Aisling Brennan
An exodus to other Chinese apps, a jump in prominence but a dive in content: speculation is raging over what a US TikTok ban will mean for its Aussie users.
Telstra and Accenture are forming a seven-year joint venture to reinvent business processes through the use of artificial intelligence.
Derek Rose
Anthony Albanese has been urged to partner with Elon Musk’s Starlink service to boost the National Broadband Network’s capabilities.
Jessica Wang
The Prime Minister has made a sizeable $3bn injection into Australia’s internet network, which he says will deliver faster and better internet.
A teacher at a prestigious school that charges up to $39,000 a year will fight allegations he groomed a 15-year-old child for sexual activity.
Adelaide Lang
Bargain Chinese retailer Temu is working with the Australian consumer watchdog to make changes to its product lines.
Blair Jackson
Experts have raised concerns Australian legislators may not be able to keep up as cases of a “degrading” act pop up across the country.
Clareese Packer
The Carlton Football Club president said he was “outraged” and deactivated his X account after discovering a picture of a naked man had been posted.
Ryan Bourke
From sextortion to cryptocurrency investment scams, here are the fresh ways scammers are trying to get money from Aussies.
Cameron Micallef
Tech behemoth Meta says a technical error caused mental health support posts from Australian LGBTQIA+ groups to be pulled offline.
Complaints are already streaming in over the ABC’s New Year’s Eve program – as some social media users slam the coverage as “divisive” and a “disappointment”.
Blake Antrobus
US billionaire Elon Musk accused the Sydney masthead of “relentlessly lying” after it published a savage prediction about his future at Tesla.
Bizarre video of an Aussie reportedly captured by Russian soldiers in Ukraine - where he rants about wanting to “force” Chinese people to be vegan - has emerged.
Parents have been issued an urgent warning after a horrifying trend no child should ever be exposed to emerged online.
Alexandra Feiam
What do the Grinch, Gossip Girl and a popular Christmas carol have in common? They’re all subjects of Labor’s anti-nuclear attack ads aimed at Gen Zs.
One Australian woman’s defamation win in court this week has gone viral, with Harry Potter author JK Rowling praising the victory to her 14.2m followers.
Duncan Evans
Free speech advocates are celebrating a visa win for controversial right-wing American firebrand Candace Owens.
The belligerent owner of Facebook and Instagram could be slapped with huge tax charges if it walks away from paying news publishers.
Jessica Wang and Thomas Sargeant
Meta has suffered a major outage, with people across the globe reporting Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp being down.
Hundreds of calls for help were transferred to the wrong number or lacked key information after Telstra neglected to update a list of backup numbers.
Jack Gramenz
The man’s mobile phone was seized before he was charged by counter-terrorism detectives with allegedly threatening a Jewish community.
Clareese Packer and Aisling Brennan
Online behemoth Amazon has just announced the cut-off date for its Christmas Day delivery service.
