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Company says it has made decision ‘with a heavy heart’ in response to proposed media bargaining code Facebook has followed through on its threat to ban Australians from seeing or posting news content on its site in response to the federal government’s news media code. The tech giant’s Australian and New Zealand managing director, Will …

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Military spies called ‘world’s leading bank robbers’ One of trio had been charged with hacking Sony Pictures in 2014 The US justice department has accused three North Korean military intelligence officialsof a campaign of cyber-attacks to steal $1.3bn in crypto and traditional currencies from banks and other victims. Related: North Korea is a bigger cyber-attack …

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The announcement is in response to Australia’s proposed Media Bargaining law, which would force the company to pay publishers for content Facebook announced on Wednesday that it would restrict publishers and users in Australia from sharing or viewing Australian and international news content. The move comes in response to Australia’s proposed Media Bargaining law, which …

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Two of the three creators of Why Are You Like This chose these funny items for this column (they told Mark Samual Bonanno he had to sit out) The last time two women did this list, they split it into two halves and said while they are both girls, they are not the same. Well, …

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The growth and spread of misinformation poses a fundamental threat to Australian society, experts say. The government’s cautious approach to countering it won’t work Australia: fertile ground for misinformation and QAnon When Michael Marom steers his Telstra-branded company car past the site of a planned 5G tower on the streets of Mullumbimby, it draws a …

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Options for couples with different skin tones and a bearded man or woman also part of iOS 14.5 More than 200 new emojis will arrive on iPhones with the release of the next operating system update, including a vaccine-ready syringe, a flaming heart and a vast array of options for couples with different skin tones. …

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Lawsuit claims ‘disregard for health and safety requirements’ and retaliation against employees who raised alarms New York is suing Amazon, claiming the company failed to provide workers with a safe environment at two warehouses in the state as Covid-19 infections surged nationwide. The suit from Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, landed just days after …

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Matt Hancock should spend less time watching Hollywood films and more time studying the Asian country’s innovative approach to misinformation Matt Hancock, we learned recently, got a few pointers on how to shape the UK’s vaccine strategy from the 2011 movie Contagion. I don’t know if that is something I would boast about if I …

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Labor says the payments are ‘offensive’ given the cost of the NBN has blown out by $6bn and there’s been a nationwide recession The government-owned company responsible for building and operating the National Broadband Network paid its staff and executives $77m in bonuses between July and December last year, new documents reveal. New data released …

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Need your hair cut? Cake served? No problem! Lockdown has led millions to discover the work of Joseph Herscher and friends, whose absurdly complicated ‘labour-saving’ machines reveal the potential for magic in the everyday “It’s one thing to maim myself,” says Joseph Herscher. “But maiming someone else? I’m not sure I could live with that. …

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