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Journalist apologises for ‘fake news’ tweet
A JOURNALIST from the Washington Post shared a photo at a Donald Trump rally deemed “fake news”. The US President didn’t hold back.
Minister ‘likes’ pornography tweet
ANOTHER day, another Twitter-based political porn debacle — this time involving Health Minister Greg Hunt and a particularly unsavoury tweet.
How microwave cement stunt was meant to go
YOUTUBE prankster Jay Swingler has responded to global criticism of how he tried to cement his head in a microwave oven, and revealed how his stunt was meant to play out.
Prankster cements head in microwave, nearly dies
FIVE firefighters were “seriously unimpressed” when they were called to free a YouTube prankster who’d cemented his head into a microwave.
Journalist apologises for ‘fake news’ tweet
A JOURNALIST from the Washington Post shared a photo at a Donald Trump rally deemed “fake news”. The US President didn’t hold back.
Minister ‘likes’ pornography tweet
ANOTHER day, another Twitter-based political porn debacle — this time involving Health Minister Greg Hunt and a particularly unsavoury tweet.
‘Sex-trafficked’ teen’s cryptic clue
A PHOTO with a cryptic caption posted to social media could be the key to finding a missing teen believed abducted by traffickers.
Wife outs checkout thief hubby
A WIFE has sparked heated discussion online after asking for advice on how to deal with her husband, who brags about stealing from self-service checkouts.
Bitcoin bounty hunters to dob on pirates
A NEW piracy combating measure is using hidden Bitcoin bounties embedded in media files to help sniff out online pirates.
Code hidden in pirated fight streams
A STRANGE watermark found on illegal fight streams might spell bad news for pirates of the Mayweather-McGregor boxing match.
Bad to worse for Aussie pirates
EVEN with new site blocking measures coming into effect, rights holder are planning to individually sue persistent online pirates “later this year”.
We’re all at risk from Bitcoin
EVEN if you don’t know what Bitcoin is or have no intention of ever buying any, you’re at risk every time you go online.
Uber accused of corporate espionage
INCREDIBLE allegations levelled at Uber by federal agents with a judge describing its espionage team as “a plumber’s unit doing bad deeds”.
Strangest crime in TV history
JUST over 30 years ago, two television broadcasts were interrupted by hackers dressed as a 1980s TV character Max Headroom. The culprits and reason why remain unknown.
Hackers flood ISIS with porn
A GROUP of hackers has taken aim at Islamic State militants and brutally humiliated them with a rather scandalous cyber campaign.
YouTube’s fightback against sick trend
THERE is a growing number of perverted and sinister videos targeting kids on YouTube and the company is desperately trying to fix the issue.
Perverted new trend infiltrating YouTube
AS AN undercover online detective, Brett Lee has seen the worst the internet has to offer. Even he is shocked by the new trend infiltrating YouTube.
YouTube’s dark child exploitation secret
THERE is some dark, depraved and very strange content on YouTube and the company has announced a crackdown on a particularly sickening sub genre.
F-35 fighter caught ‘spying’
IS Australia spending $17 billion for the privilege of being spied upon? Norway has just caught its new aircraft secretly sending sensitive data back to the United States.
US ploy to block China threat
FRESH fears over security have seen the US trying to block China from investing in certain tech that will give the country access to non-public info.
Don’t fall for this fake Telstra e-mail
A SOPHISTICATED and convincing e-mail scam originating from China is targeting Telstra customers in Australia, police have warned.
‘Do pollies take us as total mugs?’
AUSTRALIA’S frustration with politicians over the citizenship debacle was summed up with one question on Q&A on Monday night.
The NBN effect for real estate
A NEW topic is topping the list of concerns for house hunters as broadband conscious buyers hunt out the best access technology.
More delays for NBN customers
EXPECTING to get access to the NBN imminently? You might have to be patient as the company halts connections which rely on old pay TV networks.
NBN outage hits Optus internet users
A MAJOR NBN outage struck Optus internet customers across the country overnight, just the latest in a series of setbacks to befall the network.