A silent ban: rehab ads blocked by Google
Private drug and alcohol rehab centres in Australia are becoming harder to find online after Google decided to ban their......
New Zealand to make platforms to pay for news content
New Zealand is looking to introduce a bill where Google and Facebook would pay media outlets for news content. The......
Google wins High Court defamation case
This week, the High Court has ruled Google is not a publisher of the websites it links to in search......
Artificial Intelligence Chat-bots Might Be Self-Aware: Is Dystopia that far away?
Putting the Deus back in Ex Machina. The ethics of advancement in AI programming has been highlighted over the past......
Beware personalisation – it’s out to steal your privacy
So many apps want to hear about you, your friends, your interests – in the name of personalisation. It’ s......
Google and Facebook offer olive branch in stoush
A new code signed by Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, RedBubble and TikTok aims to fight online disinformation. It comes after......
The End of Googling? Google Threatens to Shut Down Search Over News Media Bargaining Code
Australians may be forced to find a new search engine. In a Senate hearing today, Mel Silva, the managing director......
At A Glance: Wednesday 9 December
Headlines today: COVID-19 Statistics and restrictions; Vaccination approved in the US; New legislation to force tech giants to pay media......
Experts warn a Google merger with Fitbit would give them too much power
Ownership of private data, monopolisation and a move into the health industry are key concerns being raised about Google’s proposed......
ACCC proposes draft code of conduct to force digital tech giants to compensate, remunerate Australian news media companies
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released a draft mandatory code of conduct to make multinational digital technology......