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Scoop: another expert has resigned from Australia's teen social media tech trial, as some on its advisory board describe an increasingly acrimonious relationship with the trial's organisers and question the significance of its findings.
How Australia’s teen social media ban tech trial was derailed by expert turmoil and secrecy
Expert participants had high expectations for the government’s $6.5 million Age Assurance Technology trial. Now, some have quit their advisory roles and others are questioning how seriously to take its results.
www.crikey.com.au
August 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Scoop: another expert has resigned from Australia's teen social media tech trial, as some on its advisory board describe an increasingly acrimonious relationship with the trial's organisers and question the significance of its findings.
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Are we really comfortable with trading away one of the few financial benefits Australian creatives have left?
We can't throw Australian creatives and their work into the maws of Big Tech
Are we really comfortable with trading away one of the few financial benefits Australian creatives have left?
www.abc.net.au
August 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Are we really comfortable with trading away one of the few financial benefits Australian creatives have left?
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last week I wrote about submissions made to the productivity commission by tech giants. today, the productivity commission released their report, basically suggesting to let AI companies have at it. it seems they're extremely happy to bend over to big tech
Tech giants are urging Australia not implement privacy law reform and AI regulation that would get in their way. Quelle surprise, @floreani.bsky.social writes.
Amazon, Google and Meta want laxer privacy and AI rules. Australians very much do not
www.crikey.com.au
August 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
last week I wrote about submissions made to the productivity commission by tech giants. today, the productivity commission released their report, basically suggesting to let AI companies have at it. it seems they're extremely happy to bend over to big tech
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Truly extraordinary Google AI results. Amazing.
July 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Truly extraordinary Google AI results. Amazing.
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The Age Assurance trial published a risk document this week (I am not sure why) outlining risks with the trial. One was around public trust. Their measures included transparency and communications.
They rarely respond to media inquiries and have been complaining about leaks, so how is that going?
They rarely respond to media inquiries and have been complaining about leaks, so how is that going?
July 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The Age Assurance trial published a risk document this week (I am not sure why) outlining risks with the trial. One was around public trust. Their measures included transparency and communications.
They rarely respond to media inquiries and have been complaining about leaks, so how is that going?
They rarely respond to media inquiries and have been complaining about leaks, so how is that going?
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The scary thing about the data breach of the Tea app where people’s government IDs were leaked is that multiple governments are passing laws requiring people to provide their ID to random apps and websites to prove they’re 18+.
We are going to see some incredibly embarrassing leaks in the future.
We are going to see some incredibly embarrassing leaks in the future.
Women's dating safety app Tea hit by data breach impacting thousands of photos
Tea, a dating safety app which allows women to anonymously give men red or green "flags," says it had more than 70,000 photos stolen in a data breach.
www.usatoday.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The scary thing about the data breach of the Tea app where people’s government IDs were leaked is that multiple governments are passing laws requiring people to provide their ID to random apps and websites to prove they’re 18+.
We are going to see some incredibly embarrassing leaks in the future.
We are going to see some incredibly embarrassing leaks in the future.
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Coming to Australia in December lol www.pcgamer.com/hardware/bri...
Brits can get around Discord's age verification thanks to Death Stranding's photo mode, bypassing the measure introduced with the UK's Online Safety Act. We tried it and it works—thanks, Kojima
The UK's new act blocks access to adult content without identification. Turns out, you only need a copy of Death Stranding and a phone to get around it.
www.pcgamer.com
July 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Coming to Australia in December lol www.pcgamer.com/hardware/bri...
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July 23, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Excellent talk by Scott, especially in light of these times when tech is being used in increasingly dystopian and dehumanising ways.
Hey friends! I did a TEDx talk and it's now up on the TED Conferences YouTube. It's possibly the best and most important talk I've ever done.
I would ask that you watch it, and please SHARE it broadly and widely. Thank you! youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg #AI #Tech #TED
I would ask that you watch it, and please SHARE it broadly and widely. Thank you! youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg #AI #Tech #TED
Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman | TEDxPortland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
July 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Excellent talk by Scott, especially in light of these times when tech is being used in increasingly dystopian and dehumanising ways.
Ordered! I have been wanting to get The Colour of Spring and Spirit of Eden on CD for a long time, they are such brilliant albums.
Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden / The Colour Of Spring / The Party's Over
2025 CD reissues. In digisleeve with booklet.
Pre-orders shipped, now in stock
burningshed.com/tag/Talk_Talk
#musicfeed #musicsky
2025 CD reissues. In digisleeve with booklet.
Pre-orders shipped, now in stock
burningshed.com/tag/Talk_Talk
#musicfeed #musicsky
June 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Ordered! I have been wanting to get The Colour of Spring and Spirit of Eden on CD for a long time, they are such brilliant albums.
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US tech companies rip us all off in the same way, no matter where we live - so it's only natural for Australia to import the EU's Digital Markets Act to take on Big Tech downunder.
Apple to Australians: You’re Too Stupid to Choose Your Own Apps
Apple has released a scaremongering, self-serving warning aimed at the Australian government, claiming that Australians will be overrun by a parade of digital horribles if Australia follows the Europe...
www.eff.org
June 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
US tech companies rip us all off in the same way, no matter where we live - so it's only natural for Australia to import the EU's Digital Markets Act to take on Big Tech downunder.
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"I don't think the ban is viable," said Lisa Given, professor of information sciences at RMIT University, who has closely analysed the government's social media age restriction policy.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
With six months until teen social media ban, experts don't think tech is viable
Children as young as 15 were repeatedly misidentified as being in their 20s and 30s during government tests of age-checking tools, sowing new doubts about whether the teen social media ban is viable.
www.abc.net.au
June 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
"I don't think the ban is viable," said Lisa Given, professor of information sciences at RMIT University, who has closely analysed the government's social media age restriction policy.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
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My plans for a major retail emporium are being threatend by wholesalers who won't let me steal the stock.
May 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
My plans for a major retail emporium are being threatend by wholesalers who won't let me steal the stock.
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TIL: When the Original Star Wars Trilogy finally aired on Chilean TV in 2003, the network spliced custom beer commercials into the films themselves to avoid cutting to commercial breaks.
these additional scenes turn Obi-Wan & Luke into raging space alcoholics who are constantly shotgunning booze.
these additional scenes turn Obi-Wan & Luke into raging space alcoholics who are constantly shotgunning booze.
May 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
TIL: When the Original Star Wars Trilogy finally aired on Chilean TV in 2003, the network spliced custom beer commercials into the films themselves to avoid cutting to commercial breaks.
these additional scenes turn Obi-Wan & Luke into raging space alcoholics who are constantly shotgunning booze.
these additional scenes turn Obi-Wan & Luke into raging space alcoholics who are constantly shotgunning booze.
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Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses. www.wired.com/story/why-ca...
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
www.wired.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses. www.wired.com/story/why-ca...
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It’s not a real data breach unless it causes people serious harm. Words to that effect are rife throughout privacy reforms that continue to prioritise the responsible organisation over the impacted individuals www.ashurst.com/en/insights/...
April 20, 2025 at 5:38 AM
It’s not a real data breach unless it causes people serious harm. Words to that effect are rife throughout privacy reforms that continue to prioritise the responsible organisation over the impacted individuals www.ashurst.com/en/insights/...
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For about a year, I worked with a retired British academic named Alasdair Spark to solve a mystery: where did the original photo from the end of The Shining come from, and where/when was it captured?
Last week, we finally found the answer.
www.instagram.com/p/DID43LBNPD...
Last week, we finally found the answer.
www.instagram.com/p/DID43LBNPD...
April 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
For about a year, I worked with a retired British academic named Alasdair Spark to solve a mystery: where did the original photo from the end of The Shining come from, and where/when was it captured?
Last week, we finally found the answer.
www.instagram.com/p/DID43LBNPD...
Last week, we finally found the answer.
www.instagram.com/p/DID43LBNPD...
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I am watching the movie Heat and I wanted to check if the actress is a young Angelina Jolie so I went to google and-
April 19, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I am watching the movie Heat and I wanted to check if the actress is a young Angelina Jolie so I went to google and-
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Accurate.
February 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Accurate.
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If predictions come true it will be another year of deteriorating housing affordability: prices will rise at twice the rate of disposable income, something that that has been going on for 25 years and created what we all see now as a crisis.
The lip-service and hypocrisy behind Australia's housing crisis
If predictions come true it will be another year of deteriorating housing affordability: prices will rise at twice the rate of disposable income, something that that has been going on for 25 years and created what we all see now as a crisis.
www.abc.net.au
February 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
If predictions come true it will be another year of deteriorating housing affordability: prices will rise at twice the rate of disposable income, something that that has been going on for 25 years and created what we all see now as a crisis.
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Very funny the companies arguing for relaxed copyright law to steal everyone else's work may suddenly be running to it.
OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
https://www.ft.com/content/a0dfedd1-5255-4fa9-8ccc-1fe01de87ea6
https://www.ft.com/content/a0dfedd1-5255-4fa9-8ccc-1fe01de87ea6
OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
White House AI tsar David Sacks raises possibility of alleged intellectual property theft
www.ft.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Very funny the companies arguing for relaxed copyright law to steal everyone else's work may suddenly be running to it.
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OnlyFans model creates SFW content on PornHub, publishes post to LinkedIn explaining that she gets a much higher rate on PornHub vs YouTube ($1,000 per million views on Pornhub versus YouTube’s $340), and then LinkedIn takes down her post and bans her.
www.404media.co/why-this-onl...
www.404media.co/why-this-onl...
Why This OnlyFans Model Posts Machine Learning Explainers to Pornhub
Justice Alito should watch this Pornhub video about calculus.
www.404media.co
January 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
OnlyFans model creates SFW content on PornHub, publishes post to LinkedIn explaining that she gets a much higher rate on PornHub vs YouTube ($1,000 per million views on Pornhub versus YouTube’s $340), and then LinkedIn takes down her post and bans her.
www.404media.co/why-this-onl...
www.404media.co/why-this-onl...
Survived Australian Post, just in time for New Years. Sounds glorious! Many thanks! @vennart666.bsky.social @burningshed.com
December 31, 2024 at 3:52 AM
Survived Australian Post, just in time for New Years. Sounds glorious! Many thanks! @vennart666.bsky.social @burningshed.com