Australia social media ban: Why isn’t gaming included?

Katy WatsonAustralia correspondent , Perth Getty Images Critics say gaming platforms should be included in Australia’s ban on social media for under-16s Wednesday afternoons have become a ritual for 15-year-old Sadmir Perviz. It’s a circuitous route from home in Perth to the Fiona Stanley Hospital – but it’s worth it, he says, to sit down…

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NHS units investigated for historical child abuse in Sussex

Nick JohnsonSouth East investigations team BBC Det Insp Cheryl Lewendon suspects more victims could come forward Warning – this story contains distressing content and references to alleged child abuse Police investigating historical child abuse at two former NHS mental health units in West Sussex say they have spoken to 12 alleged victims – and believe…

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For the First Time, AI Analyzes Language as Well as a Human Expert

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since Aristotle, who wrote that humanity was “the animal that has language.” Even as large language models such as ChatGPT superficially replicate ordinary speech, researchers…

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ClickFix Attacks Still Using the Finger

Introduction Since as early as November 2025, the finger protocol has been used in ClickFix social engineering attacks. BleepingComputer posted a report of this activity on November 15th, and Didier Stevens posted a short follow-up in an ISC diary the next day. I often investigate two campaigns that employ ClickFix attacks: KongTuke and SmartApeSG. When…

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