The ACCC has begun proceedings against Kogan in the Federal Court on the basis that the online retailer made false or misleading claims about a 10% discount promotion.
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Aussie startup darling Canva made it public that their user database had been compromised over the weekend.
The breach has resulted in the usernames, emails and passwords being compromised and the company asking users to change their password immediately via an email.
On May 24, we became aware of a security incident. As soon as we were notified, we immediately took steps to identify and remedy the cause, and have reported the situation to authorities (including the FBI)
Canva have advised the users were salted & hashed meaning they’re not immediately accessible had they been in plain-text but doesn’t make them bullet proof either.
Anyone who’s signed up for the online graphic design tool should take steps to update their details immediately.
Source: Canva Status
Mini Melbourne is a world-first resource brought to life for the Metro Tunnel Education Program. In partnership with the Victorian Department of Education and Training, we have created 600,000m2 of Melbourne’s city centre in Minecraft.
Apparently there’s this thing called Minecraft that people go nutso over so this is kinda a big deal for them.
The Vic government, as a part of the new Metro Tunnel project, have released Mini Melbourne as an interactive education resource for teachers.
The Minecraft recreation includes a multiplayer game called the “Metro Tunnel Archaeology Adventure” (catchy I know), where players explore the excavated areas of the Metro Tunnel in search of items of archaeological significance.
Source: Mini Melbourne | Resources for teachers | Library | Metro Tunnel
Today, we are excited to be launching our first air delivery service in North Canberra . Our service allows customers to order a range of items such as fresh food, hot coffee or over-the-counter chemist items on our mobile app, and have them delivered directly to their homes by drone in minutes.
Initially a Google X-Moonshot project like Waymo & Loom, Wing has been running trials for over 18 months and completed nearly 3000 test deliveries.
Available to residents in Grace, Palmerston & Franklin Wing drones will embark on a world first in delivering goods after receiving CASA approval today.
Initially product offerings will be slim, with launch partners including Bakers Delight, Guzman Y Gomez, Drummond Golf and Capital Chemist. More are expected and a callout to local businesses has been raised as the service continues to grow to other ACT suburbs such as Harrison and Gungahlin.
Interestingly the drones flightpath and a large part of the approval by CASA require them to avoid major roads and aren’t allowed to cross them or get too close to people whilst flying, hence the extravagant winch system.
Customers whom sign up to use the service will also be required to undergo training on how to receive a delivery as a part of the regulatory requirements.
Source: Wing launches commercial air delivery service in Canberra
Plans to build an Apple store at Federation Square will not go ahead, after heritage authorities refused an application to demolish an existing part of the square.
After a roller coaster ride of events, Apple’s plans to build a new flagship store in Melbourne’s Federation Square it have all come crashing to an end.
Apple have confirmed they will not proceed with their plans after Heritage Victoria’s refusal to allow the demolition of an existing structure.
Whilst the blocking of the build will undoubtably be a win for many who saw it as the commercialisation of a public space, it will leave many lamenting the fact Melbourne remains without a CBD based Apple store.
Source: Apple store plans shelved after heritage authorities say ‘no’
You can play the role of a ‘picker’ at Amazon’s Melbourne warehouse.
The ABC (yes the Australian one) has created a game that illustrates the conditions Amazon Australia workers are put under in their Melbourne based fulfilment centre.
The interactive news piece is an incredible piece of work that highlights some of the atrocities contract workers are expected to endure.
Food for thought.
Anthony Agius & Raj Deut discuss Australia’s insistence on forcing companies to provide a backdoor with the fear of imprisonment as both major political parties swing their di#ks in parliament haggling over the downfall of us all in the “Assistance and Accessibility Bill”.
In addition to that rant-fest they look at how Tumblr plans on staying relevant after banning porn, Ant gives Raj an EV 101 lesson with the purchase of his Hyundai Ioninc, the Quora & Marriott hacks are put under the microscope and we all throw out our now crappy old useless 4K TVs as Japan’s NHK starts broadcasting 8K!!
Join James Croft, Raj Deut, and Anthony Agius as we chat about Facebook: the place where everyone goes to become a monster, we chat about Red Dead 2 and whether that game is fun or not? I dunno. Maybe. You ride horses a lot. Sometimes I think it’s fun. But sometimes I’m browsing Twitter while my horse is automatically running itself into the back of a wagon. Is that a fun game? Why am I looking at a phone while I’m playing a fun game? Should I just be doing something completely different, like learning another language, or reading about how to maintain proper form when doing a barbell squat? Should I be outside running around the block getting fit? Should I be making wise investment choices? Examining the mysteries of the universe? Figuring out how to re-sand this table? I don’t know how I’m supposed to do that. I don’t even have any sandpaper!
A gamer in Melbourne has had his assets frozen in connection with a cheat for Grand Theft Auto Online, raising questions about the reach of copyright law and the policing of online civility.
This is a cracking read & raises so many great discussion points around the reach of copyright, cheating in online games, profiting from selling cheat-enabling software and the stifling of the mod-ing community out of fear of legal action.
Spend the five minutes to read through, it’s an incredibly well written piece and well worth it.
Source: He Developed a Video Game Cheat. Then His Home Was Raided. – The New York Times
Released on behalf of the US, UK, Canada & NZ the Australian government has decided it will carry the torch for thinly veiled threats to tech companies whom they want to:
…create customized solutions, tailored to their individual system architectures that are capable of meeting lawful access requirements.
Now they’ve also begun warning that there could be repercussions for failing to provide the access their after essentially saying they’ll just make up laws to enforce it:
…we may pursue technological, enforcement, legislative or other measures to achieve lawful access solutions,”
It’s interesting that Australia’s essentially falling on the sword here on behalf of everyone else, or more precisely the US & UK. Perhaps pumping out press-releases “down under” come under less global scrutiny, perhaps its a pat on the back for standing up and telling the world we have no respect for the laws of mathematics. Either way they refuse to call it a back door, ignore the gross misuse and abuse by government employees of existing systems, let alone this new one and play down the huge privacy implications every citizen is affected by.
Source: ‘Five Eyes’ governments call on tech giants to build encryption backdoors — or else | TechCrunch