Three hours into Facebook’s Australian news blackout on 17 February 2021, a concerned employee sent a note to colleagues at the social media company. “Australian news ban took down pages that are not news sources,” the note pointed to blocked government pages, fire and emergency services, official health pages, and domestic violence charities. “We should be proactive here, not reactive, ...

Pauline Hanson sent a “spiteful” and “malicious” text message to the wife of former One Nation senator Brian Burston claiming that he considered her to be an “old bag” and was “infatuated” with one of his staff members, a court has heard. A defamation trial brought by Burston against Hanson began in the federal court on Monday over a series ...

After much anticipation, whatsApp users are finally getting the option to switch from an Android phone to an iPhone. The instant messaging app on Tuesday announced the new capability in beta. The update has enabled users to transfer their WhatsApp account information, profile photo, individual and group chats, chat history, media, and settings from an Android phone to an iPhone. ...

TikTok said it has completed migrating information on its US users to servers at Oracle, in a move that could address US regulatory concerns over data integrity on the popular short video app. The move, which Reuters first reported, comes nearly two years after a US national security panel ordered parent company ByteDance to divest TikTok because of fears that ...

A new government order restricts employees from using third-party, non-government cloud platforms, including Google Drive and Dropbox, and virtual private network (VPN) services, including NordVPN and ExpressVPN. The order passed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) has been circulated to all ministries and departments; all government employees must comply with the directive, Gadgets 360 has learned. The new move by ...

Chucking a sickie has taken on a new meaning over the past two years, but calling in sick to work is easier than ever. A game-changing phone app designed by three pharmacists will allow Australians to get a sick note without leaving their beds. The app, Sicky, connects patients with pharmacists for a free health assessment via video call. Patients ...

A single mum has been hailed as a model parent after she took extraordinary steps to force her son to apologize to a girl he had bullied in class. From Warwickshire in the UK, Samm Jane shared a TikTok video detailing the incident — which quickly went viral. The mum of three boys said she received a call from the ...

An advocacy group for Australian Muslims has complained to Twitter with the Queensland Human Rights Commission, accusing the site of failing to take action against accounts that incite hatred on the platform. The Australian Muslim Advocacy Network (Aman) argues that as a publisher Twitter is responsible for content posted by a far-right account cited in the manifesto of the extremist ...

Five Spider-Man movies (and one Venom film) are coming to Disney+ Hotstar on July 1. On Monday afternoon, the Disney Star-owned streaming service announced that the Tobey Maguire–Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy — that’s Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), and Spider-Man 3 (2007) — would soon be available on Disney+ Hotstar. Additionally, Disney+ Hotstar is also getting the first Andrew Garfield ...

An Australian grocery startup has seemingly ditched a rapid delivery pledge as it faces ballooning food prices and rider costs. Delivery firm Milkrun, which operates in Sydney and Melbourne, appears to have scrapped its 10-minute delivery pledge as it admits to losing around $10 per order during a particularly trying time for startups. The news comes as founder and chief ...