Australian families are making big money from posting their children on social media - but at what cost?
Katie Hampson
Telstra is upgrading 1000 of its public phones to improve disaster resilience for at-risk communities.
Sarah Steger
One in five young people think it’s normal to be able to track a romantic partner whenever they want. That’s one of the ‘dangerous’ findings from new research released by the e-safety commission.
Jessica Evensen and Oliver Lane
Families across the State will now have easy access to hundreds of dollars of cost-of-living relief thanks to the launch of a new in-person digital kiosk.
Jessica Antoniou
Duolingo has been riding a years-long wave of popularity but its shift to artificial intelligence has sparked fears about its quality and worried linguistics experts.
Thousands of WA students as young as eight are regularly using social media — many without their parents’ knowledge — exposing them to scamming, sextortion and addiction.
Rhianna Mitchell
The NBN is upgrading its internet speeds to propel Australia into a new age of streaming and there are some key things to do right now to prepare.
Duncan Evans
The countdown has begun for an Aussie company’s dream to lift-off into space and begin competing with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
Two popular fitness devices have been recalled amid fears the products may cause burns to the wearer.
Alexandra Feiam
A new security measure will be issued at Westfield shopping centres across the country nearly a year on from the fatal Bondi Junction attack.
Clareese Packer
A woman has been told she is $100 million better off after collecting Oz Lotto's largest jackpot for a single winner.
Staff Writers
One person could overcome the very steep odds of winning a life-changing $100 million when the biggest Oz Lotto jackpot in more than a decade is decided.
Farid Farid
Becka Hume-Cook first suspected her son had an addiction when he was seven years old. Two years later, she dreads the short, one-word answer she gets when she asks how his day was.
Ella Loneragan
Company workers aren’t the only ones facing an AI tidal wave, with one state announcing a new $28m drive to embed the tech revolution into its public sector.
A consumer advocate has revealed what he says is a “Telstra tax” Aussies are paying for the telco’s premium service, a claim rejected by the country’s biggest provider.
Blair Jackson
An Aussie cop’s extraordinary spray towards two young men pulled over for speeding – where he blasts one as an “absolute goose” and urges him to “grow some brains” – has been captured on video.
Hannah Wilcox
Tasmanian devils, eastern quolls, fallow deer and other wild animals are being tracked using artificial intelligence to free up conservationists' time.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
More schools across Australia will have greenhouses to grow their own fruit and veg thanks to a non-profit group and global technology giant.
Qantas probing potentially massive data breach involving the private details of its customers being leaked to strangers.
Neale Prior and David Johns
A groundbreaking new app has shot to the top of the charts in Australia, ending its first day as the most-downloaded free app in the country.
David Johns
A new satellite to mobile text messaging service has landed in Australia, that is accessible when you’re mobile coverage is out of range.
Emma Kirk
Australia Post has issued an urgent warning to their customers, as a new scam fuelled by advancing technology sweeps across the nation.
Georgie Kibel
A shocking new survey suggests more than 40 per cent of Aussie kids have been contacted by strangers online.
Aussies would be able to make calls and texts from wherever they can see the sky or during natural disasters in less than three years.
Jessica Wang
Veteran breakfast TV host Sam Armytage has snapped on air over an issue she says flies in the face of Australia’s standing as a “modern country”.
Ryan Bourke
It’s been a wild 2024 at the Aussie box office, but cinema operators say a new dawn is rising for the beleaguered movie business.
With the rising cost of living stretching budgets further than ever, cost-conscious Aussies are cutting back. It’s left one key industry in a battle to survive.
Medical research is Professor Timothy Jones’s life passion, and because of his inspirational work, he’s been listed on this year’s King’s Birthday Honours list.
Artemisia Blythe
A row over croc culling between Bob Katter and Terri Irwin has intensified, with the maverick MP questioning the animal conservationist over her knowledge of the iconic Aussie reptile.
Rhiannon Lewin
The State Government has named its new chief scientist to succeed Peter Klinken, who retires after more than a decade in the role.
Cheyanne Enciso
New research by the CSIRO has found Australia’s food systems are not giving all Australians access to the food needed to be healthy, leading to huge hidden costs.
A senior defence analyst has said Australia needs to safeguard itself against the possibility of a “protracted war,” urging Labor for more defence investment.
E-scooters could be banned for good in some Aussie cities as doctors raise the alarm over the terrible injuries they are seeing from crashes - with one warning of “lasting, lifelong effects”.
More than 25,000 Australian videos featuring misinformation have been removed from YouTube and TikTok as tech giants turn to AI tools to identify issues.
Australia’s biggest telco failed to provide emergency call service for a period of time last year during a software upgrade, the nation’s media regulator has found.
Artificial intelligence technology use could rise in Australia after a major telecommunications provider teamed with an AI-powered search engine.
Telstra boss Vicki Brady has stood by its claim of providing three million square kilometres of coverage following allegations from rival Vodafone it misled consumers by inflating how far its network reached.
Online criminals have compromised thousands of websites, including those of Australian businesses, in an attempt to steal users' passwords.
The consumer watchdog is calling on businesses to share data to combat financial scams, as the value of money lost to criminals soars.
Adrian Black
One of Australia’s largest lenders has sounded the alarm on a common security measure widely used by the banking sector – saying it may not be as secure as people think.
Cameron Micallef
