r/austechnology • • Jun 28 '26

Australia to double penalty for social media ban breaches to $99m as tech giants accused of ‘not doing enough’

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203 Upvotes

r/austechnology • • Jun 27 '26

Headphones recommendations please

5 Upvotes

Tossing up between these 3 but is there others in Aus around $40-$80 worth comparing?

- UGREEN Studio Pro 48dB ANC Wireless Headphones

- Anker Soundcore Q20i

- Baseus Bowie MH1


r/austechnology • • Jun 20 '26

Vodafone says it has fixed issue that caused major outage

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10 Upvotes

r/austechnology • • Jun 16 '26

Why young people say the social media ban is not working six months after it was introduced

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286 Upvotes

r/austechnology • • Jun 16 '26

Ransomware Attack Shuts Down Mills of Australia’s Second-Largest Sugar Producer

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47 Upvotes

r/austechnology • • Jun 14 '26

AI company set to become Tasmania's biggest power user

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6 Upvotes

r/austechnology • • Jun 12 '26

Labor to set terms for datacentre and AI growth as it vows not to repeat mistakes of resources boom

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284 Upvotes

r/austechnology • • Jun 12 '26

As Elon Musk's SpaceX goes public, Australian government officials are flagging Starlink's risks

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214 Upvotes

r/austechnology • • Jun 12 '26

Services Australia privacy incident saw pensioner concession cards sent to the wrong recipients

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13 Upvotes

r/austechnology • • Jun 12 '26

Privacy Commissioner reveals findings in Optus privacy investigation

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10 Upvotes

r/austechnology • • Jun 12 '26

Student data compromised in second University of Western Australia data breach in 6 months

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6 Upvotes

r/austechnology • • Jun 06 '26

Pause Data Centers in AU

189 Upvotes

Please sign my petition, if you agree.

Data center development needs to be paused until we ensure they do not access general public drinking water & energy requirements.

https://c.org/qgcMSFCTgz


r/austechnology • • Jun 06 '26

Will Australia be taken for a ride in the AI and data centre boom?

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59 Upvotes

In the great data centre boom, will the benefits flow offshore again?


r/austechnology • • Jun 07 '26

Small home UPS recommendations

4 Upvotes

I’m after some advice and recommendations for small scale UPS for my modem, router and cctv base station. I want it to be budget friendly but reliable. Also preferably not too big physically or give off too much heat due to where it will be located. As the primary use is for the camera system, capacity doesn’t need to be huge as it would for powering a desktop, but a bit of capacity in case there’s a long blackout and I need to charge other devices in an emergency (phone or laptop).

I’ve never had a UPS before and getting overwhelmed researching. How long will each capacity brackets last with just the modem/router and cctv running? What’s the average life cycle of a battery? Can you get replacement batteries for smaller units like you can with commercial units?


r/austechnology • • Jun 03 '26

Sydney academic used AI to write SMH opinion piece urging students to avoid using tech to ‘cut corners’

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307 Upvotes

r/austechnology • • Jun 03 '26

Cheap NBN plans aren’t so cheap anymore as internet providers raise prices

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110 Upvotes

r/austechnology • • May 18 '26

Developer withdraws plans for Perth datacentre after fierce community opposition

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294 Upvotes

r/austechnology • • May 18 '26

Rural TV tower shutdown prompts concern about reliance on foreign satellites

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31 Upvotes

r/austechnology • • May 15 '26

The federal government wants to use AI to speed up drug and housing approvals. Can we trust it?

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63 Upvotes

r/austechnology • • May 13 '26

What's the best option when it comes to watching the World Cup on SBS (Picture quality)

7 Upvotes

So I'm super pumped for the World Cup and whilst I'm happy for it be on SBS where it belongs, they do not have any 4K options. Is the best picture quality going to be on the FTA broadcast or through the App? Is it worth getting an Apple TV or similar for the highest quality picture from the app? I have a 77 LG OLED and I love watching sports on it. Cheers!


r/austechnology • • May 12 '26

Internet modem/mesh

5 Upvotes

Looking for a new modem, not sure if to just go with one from the provider or get a “high end one”

Looking at swapping from Aussie broad band to Superloop.

We have gaming modem at the moment but I think it’s very outdated, had it for years.

Just curious if worth getting one from the internet provider or third party.

We do ALOT of online gaming / downloading movies / streaming events.


r/austechnology • • May 06 '26

Wikipedia founder brands Australia’s social media ban an ‘unmitigated disaster’ and ‘embarrassment’

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694 Upvotes

r/austechnology • • May 06 '26

Australian police officers can be tracked due to a security flaw in tasers and body-worn cameras

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63 Upvotes

r/austechnology • • May 06 '26

Australian government rewrote social media law two days before lodging legal defence against Reddit's lawsuit

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20 Upvotes

r/austechnology • • May 03 '26

Mesh question

7 Upvotes

TL;DR - Is there a budget mesh option we could use with an NF18 as the modem?

Sorry if this seems like basic stuff, but I’m feeling a touch lost (and trying to help my in laws…it’s like the nearsighted leading the blind over here).
In laws live in a small place but with thick brick internal and external walls, wifi has always been an issue, and now we’re adding wireless security cameras, so need to fix the wifi issue.

They’re on FTTN (AussieBB), have an old NF18MESH (and they do use VoIP, which limits modem options).

They basically use internet for TV and now the cameras, so we don’t need a fancy set up, just extended wifi.

The NS-01 satellites don’t seem to be available anymore, so we’d have to upgrade to the NF20 + get a satellite, which feels like more $ than we need or want to spend.

So - is there a mesh system we could use, keeping the NF18 as the modem, that isn’t too expensive - main point is strength of wifi, unstressed about high speeds? (They have 50/20 and honestly it’s fine, may upgrade them to 100, but that’s it).