A barrister has scored a victory after A Current Affair told “atrocious lies” about her in a broadcast that implied she had stolen a famous dog.
Adelaide Lang
Is it possible to bring order to the lawless social media state which X has become under the ownership of billionaire Elon Musk? Social media academic Dr Dana McKay discusses on this week’s Court in the Act.
Tim Clarke
Atlassian co-chief executive Scott Farquhar will step down from the Australian software giant he co-founded 23 years ago, leaving Mike Cannon-Brookes as the sole CEO of the Nasdaq-listed company.
Cheyanne Enciso
Peter Dutton has appeared to back Elon Musk’s X in the bitter fight to stop the platform from showing violent footage of a church stabbing.
Courtney Gould
Alphabet has reported first-quarter revenue that exceeded analysts’ expectations, buoyed by growth in its cloud computing unit.
Julia Love and Davey Alba
Atlassian co-CEO Scott Farquhar is stepping down from the Australian software company he co-founded over two decades ago, a surprise move that rattled investors.
Raptor dinosaurs were previously thought to be the size of a human but the discovery of a new footprint reveals it is substantially bigger.
Savannah Meacham
Anastasia Dedyukhina spent a lot of time on her smartphone when she worked in digital marketing; so much so that she wasn’t sure if she was selling a product or if she was one.
Renée Onque
Tech giant Google reported $2 billion Australian revenue in the year to December but the company’s advertising business went backwards in a subdued market.
Matt Mckenzie
Politicians, police and national security figures have all backed tougher age limits on social media, but researchers say otherwise.
Eleanor Campbell
The phrase ‘like father, like son’ suggests that children might inherit some of their personality from their parents – alongside their looks. But has a study proved this wrong?
Jonathan Chadwick
A woman has faced a $7,500 charge for acting cruelly towards a dog she was grooming.
Madeleine Achenza
Lawyers for Elon Musk’s X say the bishop who was allegedly stabbed in a Sydney church “strongly” opposes the video being removed from online, a court has heard.
Steve Zemek
Extremists, scammers and child abusers alike are exploiting artificial intelligence for harm, making ‘diabolic’ imaginary scenarios a reality.
Ellen Ransley
Police are hunting a former TV star after he allegedly failed to show for court and they’re calling on the public to help them catch the runaway.
Duncan Evans
As social media giants come under the microscope, Australia is actively considering one thing to protect kids online.
A cold front is set to blast through much of Australia this week, with millions waking up for Anzac Day dawn services likely to feel the bite.
Social media giants are being put under the microscope amid growing calls for them to co-operate with Australia’s intelligence and law-enforcement agencies.
Courtney Gould and Ellen Ransley
Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie hit back at Elon Musk after he labelled her an ‘enemy of the people of Australia’ amid his legal stoush with the Australian government over extremist content shared on X.
Remy Varga and Max Corstorphan
Big tech companies aren’t doing enough to stop terrorists and extremists spreading dangerous content on their platforms, the nation’s top spy says.
Australia’s top spy and police officer are opening up another front in the stoush with big tech companies, accusing them of failing to obey the laws on encrypted messaging and fanning flames of division.
Katina Curtis
The Premier’s department is developing a ‘threat intelligence platform’ to shield agencies from the rising risk of cyber attacks — both foreign and homegrown.
Jake Dietsch
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has blasted Senator Ralph Babet for sharing the banned video that has ignited a social media war between Elon Musk and the Federal Government
Dan Jervis-Bardy
The Prime Minister and the tech billionaire have traded barbs as a fight over social media platform X escalates.