Company says users targeted in Australia, UK, US and elsewhere by political spam network across more than 50 platforms Meta shut down close to 9,000 Facebook and Instagram accounts, groups and pages associated with a Chinese political spam network that had targeted users in Australia and other parts of the world, the company has revealed. …
For seven years I was a compulsive ‘sharent’, chronicling my daughter’s life on social media. Then she told me how much she hated it … In 2010, the year Mark Zuckerberg said privacy was no longer a social norm, my child was born. I had no intention of doing anything online that would compromise my …
Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don’ts of photographing the full super moon Here’s when to see the ‘super blue moon’ this week Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast With a ‘blue’ moon rising tonight, the second supermoon of August 2023, many people will …
Announcement by the Elon Musk-owned social media platform has experts concerned over misinformation ahead of 2024 election The social media company formerly known as Twitter said Tuesday it would now allow political advertising in the US from candidates and political parties, reversing previous policies and raising concerns over misinformation and hate speech ahead of the …
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Scams and data thefts could be caused by individuals overriding chatbot scripts, NCSC says The UK’s cybersecurity agency has warned that chatbots can be manipulated by hackers to cause scary real-world consequences. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has said there are growing cybersecurity risks of individuals manipulating the prompts through “prompt injection” attacks. Continue …
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Almost 30,000 workers signed petition against return-to-office mandate in May Amazon’s CEO has told workers “it’s probably not going to work out” for them at the tech company unless they are prepared to come into the office at least three days a week. Andy Jassy made the statement in a meeting where he made clear …
The head of Recreate Games talks about the inspiration behind the studio’s forthcoming cartoon brawler – which features many of the team’s own pets I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: there’s nothing quite like a kitten wielding a crossbow. Party Animals gives you an array of adorable pets to dress up and …
We’ve lived in more places than we can remember, but home is where the games are I have moved house. Again. There are now new, different rooms to fill with all the things and machines that keep a family functioning. Some of them, as ever, are games consoles. I wrote recently about the place that …
With Elon Musk in command, it can be hard to tell if changes at X are a mistake or a direct order from the boss. Plus, linkrot is coming for your movies and video games • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here There are roughly three categories …
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Artificial intelligence is on track to shake up work. So what should the next generation of workers be trying to pursue? Teenagers deciding their future this year have a lot to contend with. In England, those who sat their A-levels suffered the biggest results drop on record while the top grades in GCSEs also fell. …
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