you probably didn't hear that there were some pretty significant changes to Australia's privacy law passed late last year, but there's a bit changing in that area
https://thesizzle.com.au/p/2261-tech-s-w-and-ls-people-have-nfi-about-new-privacy-law-and-bush-paper-takes-on-google?last_resource_guid=Post%3A4445ff1d-4bcd-4aca-a997-e11e304246a4
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The global online safety groups that make up Meta's Safety Advisory Council have written a letter to the company protesting its recent content moderation changes, saying that the "policy shift risks prioritising political ideologies over global safety imperatives"
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Plus: Would you like to overstimulate yourself for fun?
READ: https://thesizzle.com.au/p/2261-tech-s-w-and-ls-people-have-nfi-about-new-privacy-law-and-bush-paper-takes-on-google
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joined TikTok last year, but surprisingly few people noticed?
His official account has posted close to 20 videos since mid-December, joining the growing number of Australian politicians joining the platform ahead of the election.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/31/anthony-albanese-joins-tiktok/
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wow only saw this from a few years ago. i need a shower
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love to read the news
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Plus: The first ever ‘cyber-farting’ UK court case
READ: https://thesizzle.com.au/p/2260-openai-learns-about-irony-telcos-sharing-coverage-and-aussie-led-company-funds-deepfake-porn-we
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what if we had a chatbot but it was just for the fellas?
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You can tell Australia and other Western Governments aren’t psyched about DeepSeek but the case to do something about it is pretty flimsy
read: https://thesizzle.com.au/p/2259-apple-ignore-chip-exploit-look-at-homepod-with-screen-australia-sus-on-deepseek-and-fuelling-ai
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"The National Reconstruction Fund has taken a $32 million stake in artificial intelligence start-up Harrison ai in a bid by the Albanese government to keep the revolutionary healthcare diagnostics company based in Australia."
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/labor-pledges-32m-to-keep-young-rich-list-ai-firm-in-australia-20250127-p5l7ed
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The government's flagship tech policy, the teen social media ban, went through some significant last minute changes — like deciding what ages to ban — according to internal documents, interviews with sources and public docs, bolstering criticism that the law was "rushed through"
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/29/teen-social-media-ban-labor-minimum-age-michelle-rowland/
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Why is Facebook banning posting about Linux? (And what took so long)
READ: https://thesizzle.com.au/p/2259-apple-ignore-chip-exploit-look-at-homepod-with-screen-australia-sus-on-deepseek-and-fuelling-ai
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can someone explain to me what "national security" grounds there could be to ban deepseek r1 if you can run it locally? it's not like it's reporting back to China, and there's nothing (legally) wrong with choosing to consume propangada, right?
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I appreciate that this POTUS Tracker not only includes the schedule as well as executive orders and legislation signed by Trump, but literally has a big map for tracking where he physically is:
https://potustracker.us/
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Plus: Why is a UK council selling a fire station to pay for Saas?
READ: https://www.thesizzle.com.au/p/2258-big-ai-s-worst-nightmare-is-a-chinese-hedge-fund-the-repebble-and-robodebt-for-landlords
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your reminder to turn off your weekday alarm tomorrow
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doubling my carbon footprint by generating images of Mario with large breasts
https://thesizzle.beehiiv.com/p/2257-hey-chatgpt-how-long-until-the-planet-boils-undersea-cables-cut-by-idiots-and-tech-companies-gi
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I have had this problem for six months: I get notifications whenever the Honey Badger adds a new Instagram story (often) but I did not opt in for this on any of my accounts, which means I can’t stop them without turning off all my IG notifications (which I don’t want to do)
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Plus: What reason did a 18 year old give a court for attacking a Telstra phone box?
READ: https://thesizzle.beehiiv.com/p/2257-hey-chatgpt-how-long-until-the-planet-boils-undersea-cables-cut-by-idiots-and-tech-companies-gi
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sometimes tech is about platforms and politics and power, and sometimes it's about cool gadgets — and I think the gadget side of the equation is letting tech down atm. let's see some cool wearables!
https://thesizzle.beehiiv.com/p/2256-meh-new-phones-but-cool-new-wearables-the-doorbell-from-hell-and-big-tech-caught-between-us-and
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