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PNG developing a framework for under-age social media ban
12+ hour, 57+ min ago (95+ words) Papua New Guinea could soon put an age limit on social media use following Australia's move to ban under-16s from some platforms. The Department of Information and Communications Technology is preparing a framework to decide which platforms are not suitable…...
Could AI Become Too Powerful to Control?
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (130+ words) Behind The News ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation TENNISElena Rybakina has claimed victory in the quarter final of the US Open, and in doing so has claimed the world number one ranking, ending Aryna Sabalenka's 99-week streak at the…...
Small businesses fighting to stay open amid 'insidious cost creep"
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (797+ words) ABC South East SA Francene Martin says she did not have one customer during a Sunday trading day. (Supplied: Francene Martin) Small business owners in rural and regional communities say they are under constant pressure from the rising costs of…...
Ex-chief psychiatrist 'rendered unemployable' gets licence conditions removed
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (725+ words) Aaron Groves has been unable to find work since the proceedings began, due to the conditions on his licence. (ABC News: Laura Beavis) Tasmania's former chief psychiatrist has avoided further disciplinary action, after he admitted to prescribing schedule eight drugs…...
Meta Settlement
1+ week, 48+ min ago (363+ words) KUSHI, REPORTER: Wren, we're going to get coffee. Want to come? TATENDA CHIBIKA, REPORTER: Oh, my gosh, is that Beyoncé? PERSON: What? Oh, my gosh! What? Let's go. Let's go! Faster! In 2006, Facebook introduced a sophisticated algorithm which tracked users…...
Why a social media algorithm is like a 'recipe' and how it might soon change
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (471+ words) Social media companies would be required to give users a choice to turn off their algorithm through pop-up messages, under draft laws to be unveiled by the government later this week. The federal government is trying to tackle online harm,…...
Social media algorithms under the spotlight
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (101+ words) ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation You might remember the early days of social media, where you could only see family and friends, and the accounts that you follow. The federal government is this week debating whether to force tech…...
Plan to keep older people close to family in search of funding
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (1117+ words) Kilkivan nonagenarians (from left) Phyllis Hopf, John Devereux, Mary Devereux, Athol Bevan, Dawn Choate, Lesley McArthur and Mavis O'Neill celebrate John's 90th at a country hall in September. (ABC Wide Bay: Peta Johansen) The Kilkivan and District Community Care Association is…...
Going on and on: Surely the ageing process wasn???t meant to be this exhausting
1+ week, 4+ day ago (172+ words) But even if I could afford a super-elongated life span, and even if I wasn’t demented, I’m not sure I would want it. I am surely not alone. Many Australians today will have their own reservations about the prospect of…...
Should We Get Rid of Algorithms on Social Media?
1+ week, 5+ day ago (66+ words) Behind The News ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation SPACE WALK In space, astronauts from NASA and the European space agency are carrying out maintenance on the International Space Station. They call these little missions "space walks" and this one…...