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Twitter’s next target? Television
TWITTER’S CEO has paid a visit down under to talk about the company’s future, taking on TV, predicting elections, and changing that 140-character limit.
Teen cyberbullying scourge revealed
DOCTORING images to humiliate classmates — some aged just 12 — is the latest vile trend of cyber bullies. These are some of the ways you can put a stop to it.
KFC’s NSFW social media fail
KFC Australia just posted a seriously cringeworthy tweet to promote an upcoming “hot and spicy” product. WARNING: NSFW.
‘It was harmless and just a little fun’
MELBOURNE “hotties” have hit back at a student who created a petition to destroy a “sexist” Facebook page, saying she has done more harm than good.
Twitter’s next target? Television
TWITTER’S CEO has paid a visit down under to talk about the company’s future, taking on TV, predicting elections, and changing that 140-character limit.
Teen cyberbullying scourge revealed
DOCTORING images to humiliate classmates — some aged just 12 — is the latest vile trend of cyber bullies. These are some of the ways you can put a stop to it.
KFC’s NSFW social media fail
KFC Australia just posted a seriously cringeworthy tweet to promote an upcoming “hot and spicy” product. WARNING: NSFW.
‘It was harmless and just a little fun’
MELBOURNE “hotties” have hit back at a student who created a petition to destroy a “sexist” Facebook page, saying she has done more harm than good.
World’s nerdiest legal battle
DID you know copyright does not protect the Klingon language, Vulcan’s pointy ears or phaser weapons from Star Trek?
Pirates fined but will never pay
JUDGE hands down heavy fines for piracy sites which hosted The Expendables 3, not that any of them intend on paying.
UK pirate faces severe jail term
IN A case that could send shock waves through the piracy community, the UK has come down hard on a man who circumvented blocks on illegal torrent sites.
Hacked Netflix accounts sold for 25c
AUSTRALIA is now the top target for ransomware in the southern hemisphere — and criminals are coming for your Netflix and PlayStation accounts.
Rookie mistakes expose Syrian hackers
THEY targeted top US officials and carried out hacks that wiped billions off the stock market. But it was the silliest thing that revealed their identity.
Jihadists’ ‘relax and reload’ plan
HOLY war supporters laugh off “wannabe hackers” Anonymous’ claims they will bring war to ISIS, unveiling a simple strategy.
Private pics of Jenner and Styles leaked
INTIMATE pictures of Harry Styles and Kendall Jenner have been leaked after a fan allegedly hacked into the iCloud account of Harry’s mum.
Paedophile ‘from another planet’
THE FBI has called a Melbourne man running a paedophile empire one of the most prolific online child sex offenders ever.
Serious change coming to adult websites
IT’S been labelled as “impossible” and “a dangerous precedent”, but will Australia follow this plan to change the rules around pornography?
When your video ends up on porn sites
When jilted lovers out for revenge post intimate photos of their former partners on porn sites, life for some, is never the same again.
‘Someone will end up in a body bag’
THERE are fears someone will “end up in a body bag” over a digital vigilante’s Facebook page purporting to out alleged police informants.
‘Wench’ insult no excuse, Senator
SARAH Hanson-Young got a nasty email from a disgruntled punter. What she did next should never have happened.
Lads hunting down paedophiles
A PAIR of London mates ambushed a paedophile and captured the moment on film. It’s not the first time and it won’t be the last.
Jihadists’ ‘relax and reload’ plan
HOLY war supporters laugh off “wannabe hackers” Anonymous’ claims they will bring war to ISIS, unveiling a simple strategy.
Is the NBN now a national joke?
OUR global internet ranking has slipped 30 places since Malcolm Turnbull took over as Comms Minister, fuelling the chorus of NBN critics.
‘Not good enough’: Wyatt Roy grilled
YOUNG Wyatt Roy copped a grilling on Q&A last night as one audience member took him to task over the NBN.
Could this technology save the NBN?
THE National Broadband Network has been under attack from all sides lately, but a new technology set to be trialled next month has execs excited.