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ACCC warns of fake NBN scammers Apple's 'hidden' job ad found online Australia blocks another 59 popular pirate sites Kit Kat accused of copying Atari game Breakout Two years and 100 million downloads later. Apple emerges unscathed from five-year ATO tax audit GOOGLE has announced lots of helpful new features to make your smartphone even smarter. Here’s everything coming to Android. Sonos customers react angrily to new privacy policy HBO has proved its anti-piracy efforts are no joke, with the company’s subsidiary partner bringing four Game of Thrones pirates to justice. Google was working on Google Assistant-powered headphones with the codename Bisto

Microsoft agrees to change Windows 10 update after Kaspersky antitrust battle Game of Thrones struck by fresh leak Bill Gates reduces Microsoft stake with $4.6bn donation Being Default Search on iPhone Costs Google $3B Teen Sent to Internet Addiction Camp Dies Within 48 Hours Aussie businesses targeted in spate of router attacks Aussie domain registrars sued over alleged fake invoice scam Australian Damien ‘kpii’ Chok earns around $A1 million in e-sport tournament Yet Another Reason Amazon Australia Is Going To Be Huge

Sydney man gets suspended jail sentence for giving 8000 people free Foxtel Microsoft patches first critical Linux on Windows bug The AEC is building an app for enrolment, polling info Cuscal glitch sees Woolies shoppers charged twice Password guru regrets past advice Podcast patent ruled invalid by court Game of Thrones hackers demand ransom Disney announced its intent to pull its movies from Netflix Researchers in the United States have unveiled a prototype of a battery-free mobile phone satellite navigation is pushing nations to delve back through history altering street signs, an adversary could confuse self-driving cars and cause their machine-learning systems to misclassify signs In Android 7.0, Google introduced a new feature called "Seamless Updates The British capital has painted optical illusions on its streets as part of a pilot program to get drivers to slow down,

Episode 545 - 03/08/2017

New Diesel and Petrol Vehicles To Be Banned From 2040 In UK US jury indicts Bitcoin ‘mastermind’ Alexander Vinnik Fact-checking site Snopes.com takes to crowd-funding as 'ridiculous' ad dispute saps cash Google Maps adds the International Space Station Agencies are still paying Microsoft millions to support old systems Kaspersky offers free anti-virus software Adobe to pull plug on Flash, ending an era Mac users face threat of 'Fruitfly' malware RIP MS Paint: iconic doodling program to be retired this year

Older PCs get cut from Windows 10 support Australian government to introduce laws forcing tech companies to decrypt communications Netflix now has 104 million subscribers worldwide Taiwan woman divorces husband who ignored her messages Man trapped in Texas cash machine sends 'help me' notes THE NASA ARCHIVE'S HUNDREDS OF VIDEOS ARE BEING POSTED ON YOUTUBE Misconfigured AWS bucket sees 2m Dow Jones user details exposed Free wi-fi for Adelaide's entire public transport network Apple iPhone 8: everything we know so far Game of Thrones demand so high it caused global outages Google Home launches in Australia and it speaks authentic ‘Strayan Revealed: how the K5 security robot ended up in a fountain Atari shows off Ataribox, its wood-panelled return to the video game hardware business Thousands agree to clean toilets for Wi-Fi because they didn't read the terms

ASIC impersonated in "largest-scale" Australian malware outbreak in past year": MailGuard Tesla to build giant battery in South Australia in 100 days or it's free Gangnam Style is no longer the most-played video on YouTube President Trump sued for blocking people on Twitter Sharing firm loses most of its 300,000 umbrellas NSW government backs $35 million startup hub for Sydney NBN’s copper bill hits $177.1 million

Episode 541 - 06/07/2017

Unpatched systems caught in latest ransomware attack two Aussie companies affected Google will stop scanning Gmail to create targeted ads US woman shoots boyfriend in YouTube stunt Apple releases first public beta of iOS 11 iPhone Anniversary Edition gives analysts pre-party jitters Foxtel seeks to block changing pirate sites Virus halts speed red light fines in Vic Google faces record EU antitrust fine of more than $1.4 billion Nintendo announces mini Super Nintendo console with stellar line-up of classic games Opal card implanted in skin: Sydney transport bosses threaten to deactivate card Nokia’s revamped 3310 was just the start of a new push from the company to attract customers London Metropolitan Police's 18 000 Windows XP PCs Is a Disaster Waiting To Happen Researchers Create New Probiotic Beer That Boosts Immunity

Episode 539 - 22/06/2017

Apple Mac computers targeted by ransomware and spyware Australia's small banks offer Samsung Pay Turnbull govt wants to force companies to break encryption Microsoft includes Windows XP in its June Patch Tuesday releases This new technology can help predict if you're going to die Bidding for vintage Apple sneakers starts at $15,000 Taylor Swift returns to Spotify on the day Katy Perry's album comes out coinbase-digital-currency-exchange-has-outage-as-trading-soars google-targets-travel-market-with-flights-service google-trends-data-reveals-brits-are-seriously-confused-postelection Autonomous supermarket on wheels prototype goes on display in China

Dropbox will open Australian point of presence hosted in Equinix data centre Kogan to sell NBN services from Vodafone Kaspersky takes Microsoft to court in Europe in Windows Defender antitrust complaint Now you can buy Instagram followers from a vending machine Apple will share its secret iPhone screen-repair machines Apple's iOS 11 update ends support for iPhone 5 and 5C Foxtel launches fresh website-blocking injunction for 17 piracy sites Crypto Asset Fund looks to raise $400 million to buy into blockchain frenzy Amazon, Kickstarter, Reddit and Mozilla are staging a net neutrality online protest

Microsoft Outlook users hit by Office 365 outage ATO settles with HPE over SAN failure that caused several outages ACCC lets Telstra, TPG and other telcos pass high-speed broadband tax to customers Apple continues smartphone war to Google with new video advert campaign across social media IS terror guide encourages luring victims via Gumtree, eBay The curious case of the Disney hacking hoax Gmail enterprise users get earlier phishing detection, malicious link and external reply warnings NBN’s new pricing model comes into effect to provide a ‘discount’ rate for big users Amazon Is Refunding Up To $70 Million In-App Purchases Made By Kids Man Fined $4,000 For 'Liking' Defamatory Posts on Facebook Mary Meeker's 2017 Internet Trends Report Hollywood Is Fighting Billionaire Sean Parker's Plan To Let You Rent Movies Still in Theaters For $50 Hackers hold Sydney start-up's customer database for ransom

Guest: Lidija Davis - techmeme.com Australian businesses lose $1.7 million to hacking scams Please DDoS us, asks Melbourne data centre provider Micron21 WannaCry workaround: French researchers find way to unlock without ransom 'Fuelling a mental health crisis': Instagram worst social network for young people's mental health Bitcoin hits $2,000 trading high point Australia gets national guidelines for driverless car trials facebook-signs-buzzfeed-vox-others-for-original-video-shows movie-and-tv-pirates-targeted-in-malware-attack-using-completely-overlooked-technique number-of-homes-in-nbn-limbo-balloons new-malware-worm-spreads-using-leaked-nsa-exploits

WannaCry could spark lawsuits, but Microsoft not to blame Old Windows PCs can stop WannaCry ransomware with new Microsoft patch Windows XP is still the third most popular operating system in the world Next big update for Windows 10 revealed as the Fall Creators Update Tinder fights one-man dating platform It might be time to say goodbye to the MP3 - so let's look back at its life Australia could ban laptops on international flights The-cyber-attack-WORSE-WannaCry google-io-2017-in-challenge-to-siri-google-assistant-is-coming-to-iphone postwannacrypt-us-government-moves-to-weaken-nsa-secretkeeping hackers-reportedly-hold-disney-film-for-ransom man-thanks-iphones-siri-for-saving-his-life-in-explosion Apple to Announce New MacBook, MacBook Pro, and Possibly MacBook Air at WWDC Apple Rumored to Discontinue iPad Mini