Australian Tech

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Drivers with an iPhone 14 or newer — including the latest iPhone 17 models — will be able to connect to NRMA Roadside Assistance via satellite, even when they’re beyond mobile coverage.

I don't know why they say "technologies under-16s could face" when it's clear that all social media users in Australia will be subjected to them.

Google has co-operated with the ACCC, admitted liability and agreed to jointly submit to the Court that Google should pay a total penalty of $55 million. It is a matter for the Court to determine whether the penalty and other orders are appropriate.

AI companies have plans for Australia’s economy, education system and infrastructure. They may not be in our best interest.

The growth of domestic solar installations opens the possibility of hackers targeting their smart inverter devices as a way to cause widespread power-system failures

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We haven't decided on a provider yet. It turns out I can do my doom scrolling and other work on the city wifi until we do. Helps when I chew through my limited mobile data.

Anyone using this?

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Telstra is launching Australia's first satellite to mobile text messaging service.

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Meanwhile, a powerful antenna in Australia — the only one capable of sending instructions to Voyager 1 now *15.5 billion miles* from Earth — was about to go offline for critical upgrades.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29672951

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Video here (11m55s): https://youtube.com/watch?v=4rR57tXdOHQ

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The move came after employees working for OPTF were approached by the Victoria police and Australian federal police over several months including via help chat messages, letters and phone calls. Victoria police also visited the apartment of an employee late last year, asking questions about the app and its encrypted messaging, the company says.

Slightly old news (the announcement was made on 9 Oct) but I figured it's still worth posting so people can check out some Australian-made games.

There are several sources covering the same report with differing slants - I'd say this is one of the more negative pieces.

Was looking on the Telstra page teaching customers about the benefits of 5G and found this gem.

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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/17129254

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Petition EN6080 is the one that is posted to stopkillinggames.com, Ross Scott (Accursed Farms)'s campaign to end the practice of bricking games people have purchased, whenever the publisher doesn’t want to support it anymore.

From the auda talk - Future Scenarios: navigating the digital world in 2044

Show HN: Mapping almost every law, regulation and case in Australia

GPlates is desktop software for the interactive visualisation of plate tectonics.

I could not find any mentions of these problems online. The article itself has no technical detail.

Ah yes, cause monopolies have never been bad for the customer (looks at supermarkets).