Elderly couple on mobile phones. | Newsreel

Brain app supporting thousands worldwide

An award-winning  Australian app focused on brain health has now been downloaded more than 100,000 times in more than 200 countries. BrainTrack, a Dementia Australia
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Young person on mobile phone. | Newsreel

Stop the scroll call from mental health groups

Mental health organisations have suggested limiting infinite scroll features as one measure to improve the safety of social media platforms for young people. In a
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Woman shopping for clothes online. | Newsreel

Queenslanders lift online spend by 5 percent

Queenslanders love to shop online, with new data showing e-commerce grew more here than any other mainland state last quarter. The latest Australia Post report on the
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Telstra ID check fail exposes 168,000

Telstra exposed thousands of customers to potential scams over a 12-month period after failing to perform required ID checks. An Australian Communications and Media
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Creators want recognition in AI tools

Australian content creators are calling on laws compelling artificial intelligence (AI) developers to declare the origin of the information on which they train the
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Elderly couple using an computer tablet. | Newsreel

Older Australians connected, but concerned

More than 80 percent of older Australians use technology, but are concerned about the security of their personal information. New research by not-for-profit aged care
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Telstra reveals details of thousands of silent numbers

Telstra has mistakenly revealed the details of more than 140,000 unlisted telephone numbers. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found Telstra
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Mental health falls as social media rises

The mental health of young Australians, particularly women and girls, began to fall sharply in the early 2010s, coinciding with the launch of Instagram and Snapchat. New
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$2 billion cloud for all our secrets

The Federal Government will spend $2 billion over the next decade to establish secure data storage for the country’s defence and intelligence organsations. Prime
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Man on computer sharing data. | Newsreel

Banks urge re-think on data sharing platform

A national data-sharing program which has cost government and banks hundreds of millions of dollars to implement and maintain is being used by less than one percent of
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