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Newly published research has found clear evidence that openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, and queer+ (LGBTIQ+) Australian politicians were disproportionately targeted with personal abuse on social media at the last federal election. Given global trends, it’s unlikely to be any different this year.

Darissa A. Chavarria, 22, faces felony theft charges after police said she used her position as a babysitter to victimize families.

Why the Paris summit on artificial intelligence failed and how Silicon Valley is toeing the Trump administration’s line

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta has said it will lay an undersea cable stretching across five continents to carry data, including for developing artificial intelligence.

New government regulations on social media in Vietnam give authorities increased powers to prevent dissent and control the news, along with the tools to more easily track down critics and silence them

A witness has told Cassius Turvey's murder trial about Facebook messages she received from one of the people accused of killing the Indigenous teen.

When the Australian government passed legislation in November last year banning young people under 16 from social media, it included exemptions for platforms “that are primarily for the purposes of education and health support”. One such platform was YouTube.

The house fire which resulted in the death of Katie Tangey in a case of mistaken identity has been linked to Melbourne's tobacco wars. 

Project Waterworth, which involves cable longer than Earth’s circumference, to also reach South Africa and Brazil

The firm behind the legendary – and often-copied – envelope filter has called out Behringer for its new not-so-subtle stompbox

Apple and Meta are set for a showdown in the future over humanoid robots, as the Facebook parent has reportedly created a new team to work on the project some two weeks after the former unveiled its lamp-like robot that seems to be quite "expressive."