Telstra faces demands from the government as to why it took hours to make an alert over a major outage as police investigate if a death is linked to the issue.
Telstra has been forced to carry out hundreds of welfare checks after an hours-long outage that disrupted everything from phone services to trains.
Social media giants have faced intense questioning over whether they're doing enough to stem the tide of online hate on their platforms.
Australian news outlets are under threat from a growing number of hungry tech companies, including artificial intelligence firms which do not pay for content.
Tougher laws will be introduced to address widespread non-compliance with Australia's world-first social media age restrictions.
A jury was shown extensive text messages, memes and web searches that led to a fresh-faced teen boy facing trial accused of planning terrorist bomb attacks.
More platforms that generate naked images of real people have been pulled offline in Australia in the lead up to a potential ban on the services.
Locked out of accounts, charged unfairly or unable to get help, a study has found most Australians suffer online disputes every year.
Digital platforms are being flooded with AI-generated misinformation and many Australians are not checking before spreading it further.
A major telco insists millions of customers still had access to emergency services despite its network going down for a large part of the day.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says Britain will ban under-16s from using various social media apps.
Workers need to stress less about the impact of artificial intelligence on their jobs, Google's Australian managing director says, and adapt to the disruption.
There is no verdict on the benefits of barring under 16-year-olds from using social media, months after the controversial changes came into effect.
Australians are continuing to turn to global e-commerce providers as rising costs weigh on household budgets, heaping more pressure on local retailers.
A man who doctored intimate images with AI before threatening to publish them will serve time in the community after successfully appealing a prison sentence.
Most households are not accessing the full speed of their broadband connections, research shows, and the reasons are surprising.
The Albanese government has drawn scorn from political rivals after tabling its response to the Murphy report on gambling reform in the shadow of the budget.
A group of 13 women and children are set to return to Australia after years spent in a Syrian refugee camp following the fall of Islamic State.
The Reserve Bank governor was only talking about hypotheticals when saying extra government spending makes it harder to control inflation, the treasurer argues.
A judge has lambasted a man who manipulated intimate images with AI then graphically threatened eight women, before sentencing him to jail time.
The sweeping changes to the controversial gaming platform came after Communications Minister Anika Wells called for an urgent meeting.
Restrictions on gambling ads have drawn pointed criticism from harm reduction advocates, who say there are too many loopholes that will still hurt Australians.
A Silicon Valley tech boss has warned of the consequences should AI fall into the wrong hands as he signed an agreement with Australia on related safety.
The Liberal Party needs to reach new voters in the digital realm if it is to stand any chance at the next election, federal leader Angus Taylor says.
A used car startup has netted its founder a nine-figure payday after selling his business to Toyota but it won't put the handbrake on his drive.
The communications minister has requested an urgent meeting with controversial gaming host Roblox, while her opponent has labelled her too slow to act.
Governments must work together to tackle the dangerous rise of sovereign citizens, with spontaneous acts of violence that kill cops on the rise, a report warns.
Australian laws banning children from social media have the world talking but two months in, experts say they are far from foolproof.
Standing outside police recruitment events, armed with 'you shouldn't be a cop' flyers, Tom Raue hopes to change Australians' minds.
Technology giants are not doing enough to tackle the worst examples of child sexual abuse material online, according to Australia's online safety boss.
Australians are hooking up to faster broadband connections by the thousands and the technology is changing the way they consume entertainment.
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