Web culture
Is logging off the new black?
Twenty years after Mark Zuckerberg and his mates started Facebook, tech watchers are beginning to ask: have we passed peak social media?
- by David Swan
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Opinion
Opinion
Google may be about to make the biggest strategy change in its history
Google is weighing up charging customers to use its AI products. We should be begging it to.
- by Matthew Lynn
Analysis
AI
Kate’s photo shows why editing is so tricky in the time of AI
Editing a PR photo is not remarkable, but these days a fear of AI fakes means things are more complicated.
- by Tim Biggs
Apple says don’t put your wet iPhone in a bag of rice. Do this instead
Apple has taken a stand on the decades-old remedy that covering a wet phone with rice will save it from water damage. It has offered a much simpler solution.
- by Tim Biggs
From inner-city squalor to ocean views: The Aussies making it big on OnlyFans
A lucky few are amassing considerable wealth selling tailored, adult content on the social media site – but at what cost?
- by Andrew Hornery
Opinion
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Will the internet die of boredom before we do? Let me Google that
If the intrusion into our secrets, plus the nastiness and the rest, is turning people off the internet, hallelujah.
- by Malcolm Knox
Matildas, Barbenheimer top Australians’ Google searches for 2023
From Coronation quiche to the Optus outage, Google’s data gives a look at what we’re searching for.
- by Tim Biggs
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Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin to bust: World’s biggest Ponzi scheme could cause more heartache for Australians
Thousands of Australians will be under scrutiny as liquidators look to claw back money “won” in the Ponzi scheme that burned more than $2 billion in investment.
- by Sarah Danckert
Google CEO says his company has improved the internet for everyone
As Sundar Pichai tells it, the tech giant has always been on the side of consumers as it paid billions of dollars to Apple and Samsung to make Google’s internet search engine the default option on their devices.
- by Nico Grant and David McCabe
Analysis
Is Google Search better than the rest? And is that fair?
As the US takes the tech giant to court in a massive antitrust trial, allegations that Google makes itself worse to earn more in ad money continue.
- by Tim Biggs
Text first, never leave a voice mail: The new phone etiquette
The unwritten rules of chatting on the phone differ wildly between generations. Here’s some guidance to help you navigate phone calls in 2023.
- by Heather Kelly