Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he will meet Apple Executive Chair Tim Cook in San Francisco on the issue of child safety and new technology, and that more than 20 countries have adopt…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Wednesday that the European Union will ban social media for children under 13 and require parental-controlled "mini accounts" with time lim…
Google announced that AI performance insights in Google Merchant Center are now generally available to businesses in Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, and the U.S., alongside a simplified Univers…
The Albanese government is considering giving AI companies default access to Australian creatives' works as it seeks a compromise with US tech giants, according to reporting by The Guardian. The propo…
Abigail Bradshaw, chief of one of Australia's top intelligence agencies, warned that AI attacks could exploit the country's outdated technology, saying "enormous" amounts of money are required to upda…
Nvidia signed deals to build AI factories in Australia, according to Stockhead. The report states the world's most valuable company chose Australia for the AI infrastructure push, while noting concern…
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said at a press briefing in Australia that only a "very vocal minority" of users prefer a chronological feed, arguing that a reverse-chronological feed gets "overwhelmed w…
Nvidia said on Thursday it plans to expand data centre computing capacity in Australia to up to 2 gigawatts of AI-related capacity by 2027 through partnerships with local firms Firmus, CDC, NEXTDC and…
Nvidia announced a partnership with unnamed Australian cloud and data center operators on Wednesday to build up to 2 gigawatts of AI computing capacity in Australia by 2027, with Nvidia supplying its …
Kim Jin-sang, president of the Korea Youth Work Agency (KYWA), said that blanket age-based bans on social media are not sufficient to protect children in the digital and AI era, emphasizing the need f…
Australia proposed the 'My Feed, My Way' initiative on Tuesday, which would require social media platforms to let users over 16 opt out of algorithmic feeds and see only posts from accounts they follo…
Australia's Labour government is preparing to introduce world-first 'digital duty of care' legislation that would allow the country's 21 million social media users to opt out of Big Tech algorithms, w…
Parksy, a commission-free parking marketplace founded in 2011 by Daniel Battaglia and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, has bundled four free AI-powered driver tools into one app, including an appea…
Nvidia forecast 70% fiscal 2028 growth and $673 billion in sales, while US data centers used an estimated 17 billion gallons of water in 2023, highlighting the physical and financial costs of the comp…
The AI boom has reignited Australia's nuclear energy debate, with proponents arguing that nuclear power could provide reliable, low-carbon electricity to meet the surging demand from data centers and …
Australia has banned generative artificial intelligence from official music charts, a decision announced by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) on August 25, 2026, making it the first…
Parents are increasingly restricting children's access to technology and social media, a trend highlighted by Jonathan Haidt's 2024 book 'The Anxious Generation' and Australia's 2024 ban on social med…
Australia's top music charts will ban wholly AI-generated songs under new rules effective Friday, the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) announced Tuesday, requiring music to be 'substan…
Goldman Sachs reported on August 19 that artificial intelligence is measurably slowing job openings growth across major developed economies, with US call center employment falling 39% below its histor…
Mexico is exploring ways to regulate social media use among children and adolescents, with President Claudia Sheinbaum inviting experts to her daily press conference and planning discussions with teac…