by Surur
1 week
The Australian government appears to have capitulated in its battle with Facebook. In a statement on Facebook’s website Campbell Brown, VP, Global News Partnerships, wrote: ”After further discussions with the Australian ...
by Surur
1 week
The major technology companies and social networks in Austalia have signed up for the Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation, a voluntary code of practice by the Digital Industry Group Inc (DiGi), a non-p...
by Surur
2 weeks
Microsoft has turned into one of the most ardent advocates for the proposed Australian media code, which would see Google and Facebook pay news publications a share of their profits. The proposal has been called a link tax which w...
by Surur
3 weeks
Australia is currently in the process of passing regulation which would force Google and Facebook to pay publishers for linking to their news articles, a controversial proposal which appears to go against the whole ethos of the we...
by Surur
4 weeks
Google has threatened to leave Australia after a new law, currently in the process of being passed, would force the company to pay a license fee to newspapers and publishers in the country. The license fee, which Google can not ot...
by Surur
1 month
Google and the Australian government are currently embroiled in an argument over whether the company should pay to use snippets from Australian news websites in their Google Search results. Google would need to pay a license fee n...
by Lewis White
4 months
Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S exclusive horror game The Medium has been denied classification in Australia. Reported by Kotaku, Bloober Team’s upcoming dual-reality horror adventure is currently banned from releasing in ...
by Anmol
11 months
Just a couple of weeks back we reported that France has asked Google to pay publishers for using their content in search results. Now, the Australian government is working on implementing a similar law for both Facebook and Google...
by Anmol
11 months
The coronavirus outbreak has taken the world by storm and as countries are scrambling to contain the virus, tech companies have another battle at their hands. Due to the nature of the virus, companies have asked their employees to...
by Anmol
12 months
Facebook isn’t the best company to turn to when it comes to user privacy and the company is still dealing with the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal that happened back in 2018. While Facebook was held accountable ...
by Ash
1 year
Infinity Ward has announced that 100% of proceeds from all purchases of the Outback Relief Pack in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will go towards helping out victims of Australian’s bushfires. All proceeds across all platforms...
by Pradeep
1 year
Microsoft is celebrating Computer Science Education Week with free coding workshops for kids across the US, Canada, UK & Australia. In the coming years, technology jobs are expected to grow significantly, but most schools don...