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Snapchat accused of reinstating banned teen accounts,stonewalling complaints

Parents say Snapchat is the weak link in Australia’s social media ban,with age checks easily bypassed and reporting limited to a child’s own family.

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Adam Gilmour,CEO of Gilmour Space,is photographed next to the test vehicle they intend of launching this year at the company’s facility on the Gold Coast.

Adam’s last rocket blew up. Taxpayers are betting $75m the next one will go better

Super funds and the federal government are backing Gilmour Space Technologies,six months on from the launch of the company’s first rocket,which crashed after 14 seconds.

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WiseTech Global CEO Zubin Appoo and KIK CEO Louise Nobes.

‘Fresh face’:WiseTech backs scandal-hit Grok Academy with $8.7m

Both organisations are attempting to move past turmoil that has engulfed them over the past 18 months.

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Steven Miller,Area Vice President Microsoft Australia&New Zealand with Joseph Mitchell,Acting Secretary,ACTU. Photo credit Dan Gray.
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Unions score rare win over AI rollout with Microsoft agreement

The deal follows a wave of AI-linked job cuts at major Australian employers including CBA,Atlassian and WiseTech.

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SXSW Sydney will not go ahead in 2026. Its first event was in October 2023,which saw Bow and Arrow (pictured) perform at its Tumbalong Park launch.

SXSW Sydney axed two years before taxpayer-funded,multimillion-dollar deal expires

The “festival of festivals” was lauded as an “unparalleled coup” for the city by industry heavyweights – but the gamble didn’t pay off.

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A person walks past screens at the LG Electronics booth during the CES tech show Tuesday,Jan. 6,2026,in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

In Trump’s America,smart robots and AI mask an uncomfortable future

The world’s largest gadget show promised a future in which technology handles everything. Outside the Las Vegas bubble,reality had other plans.

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A person walks past screens at the LG Electronics booth during the CES tech show Tuesday,Jan. 6,2026,in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

The new TVs vying for your living room (and wallet) in 2026

From pencil-thin OLEDs to screens the size of a small car,there are some genuinely impressive displays coming – albeit at somewhat terrifying prices.

  • David Swan
Jensen Huang,chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp.,speaks during the 2026 CES event in Las Vegas,Nevada,US,on Tuesday,Jan. 6,2026. Siemens and Nvidia announced an expansion of their strategic partnership to develop industrial and physical AI solutions to bring AI-driven innovation to industrial workflow. Photographer:Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg
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From dishwasher to world’s ninth-richest man:Nvidia boss faces his future

Jensen Huang has a simple lesson from running the world’s most valuable company:“Don’t get fired,and don’t get bored”.

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LEGO smart bricks are shown during a LEGO news conference ahead of the CES tech show Monday,Jan. 5,2026,in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Lego unveils ‘smart bricks’,its biggest innovation in 50 years

Eight years of development have produced a computer small enough to fit inside a classic 2x4 brick. But do kids really need a microphone and speaker chip inside it?

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A TV show is mothballed after allegations about its co-host in other workplaces cloud its release.

Why a groundbreaking new TV show disappeared without a trace

Choosing high-profile tech boffin James Curran as co-host proved to be disastrous.

  • David Swan