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One Tech Tip: How to protect your communications through encryption

Cyber officials are advising people to use encryption in their communications after a sprawling hacking campaign

The Independent UK

ChatGPT down: OpenAI reports major outage across globe

OpenAI’s new text-to-video AI platform Sora also suffered outage

The Independent UK

Big tech firms like Meta forced to pay for news, under Albanese government’s ‘news bargaining incentive’ charge

Big tech companies would have to either do deals with news organisations to help fund journalism or pay a charge to the Australian government, under a new plan announced by the Albanese government on Thursday.

The Conversation

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A Meta outage hit Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and more. Here’s what we know so far

A major outage is affecting users of popular social media and messaging services including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp around the globe. All these platforms are run by the social media giant Meta.

The Conversation

OpenAI hit by outage after ‘technical issue’ impacts Meta social media apps

OpenAI said it is working to fix the issue.

Evening Standard

Meta ‘99%’ finished fixing ‘technical issue’ that caused widespread blackout

The outage was first reported at around 6pm.

Evening Standard

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Threads were down - here's what you need to know

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Threads are down or failing - Here's what you need to know

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Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp outage ‘99%’ resolved, says Meta

Social media firm apologises to those affected by blackout on Wednesday, after more than 100,000 complaints

The Guardian - UK

Meta resolves outage that left Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, more unavailable for hours

Nearly all of Meta's services, including Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Threads, and Messenger, are currently down.

Android Central

Should you ditch unencrypted messaging apps? Here's what experts say about the FBI's warning

The FBI recently warned Americans to strictly use encrypted messaging apps to keep their communications secure. But is it really something you need to worry about?

TechRadar

Facebook and Instagram were down — latest updates on massive outage

A number of Meta services suddenly went down including Instagram and Facebook.

Tom’s Guide

Are Facebook and Instagram down? Users report issues with social media sites

Users have reported issues with Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp today (Wednesday, December 11)

The National (Scotland)

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp all down as 'technical issue' causes massive Meta outage

Meta says ‘technical issue’ impacting some users' ability to access apps

Evening Standard

Meta down: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Threads not working in major outage

Apparent technical problem knocks all of company’s apps offline

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WhatsApp has fixed its "View once" feature – but has left more of your data at risk

A bug previously let WhatsApp users bypass the privacy protection. Here's all you need to know.

Evening Standard

Civil Service needs ‘innovators and disrupters’, McFadden says

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster cited Airbnb, WhatsApp and Spotify as examples of start-ups the Civil Service could emulate.

The Guardian - UK

‘It shouldn’t be that easy’: inside the illegal wildlife trade booming on social media

Social media sites have become crucial tools for the sale of endangered species and platforms should do more to combat it, say experts

The Independent UK

Voices: I resent writing Christmas cards – but I’d resent not receiving them even more

COMMENT: Writing Christmas cards can be a chore but there’s no magic in emails, and a WhatsApp one-liner just won’t do, writes Will Gore

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The Guardian - US

Revealed: the tech bosses who poured $394.1m into US election - and how they compared to Elon Musk

FEC filings offer only a glimpse of the money tech is pouring into Washington as it seeks to influence government

Tom’s Guide

FBI tells iPhone and Android users to stop texting each other amid major security breach

The FBI is warning Americans that they should use an encrypted messaging app instead of texting following a string of data breaches at US telecoms.

Your older iPhone could soon lose WhatsApp

WhatsApp is dropping support for some older iPhone models come May next year.

TechRadar

Got an older iPhone? WhatsApp won’t work on it for much longer

WhatsApp has warned users on iOS 15 or earlier that it will soon stop working with their iPhones.

Evening Standard

WhatsApp to end support for iPhone 5s, 6, and 6 Plus: what you need to know

A website investigating app beta versions has found that an upcoming version of Meta’s WhatsApp will disable three iPhone models

Tom’s Guide

Pakistan U-turns on VPN ban – but it's not all good news

A U-turn on Pakistan's VPN ban doesn't spell the end of online restrictions in the country.

AAP

Social media ban won't stop online risks, experts warn

Banning children from traditional social media platforms might not be as straightforward as Australian parents are being led to believe.

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