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• 2017 Sydney Access and Inclusion Campaign launched

  08-03-2017 00:05
  Accessible Arts in partnership with the City of Sydney launched the new Accessing Sydney Collectively (ASYD.CO) knowledge exchange partnership program on 8 March 2017, as part of the Sydney Access and Inclusion Campaign.Sydney Access and Inclusion logo
   
  Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Mr Alastair McEwin, officially launched this world-first initiative at the Sydney Theatre Company on International Women’s Day. Media Access Australia CEO, Dr Manisha Amin, attended the launch a
  
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• Sobering markdown: Canva slashes valuation by $10b as AI reality bites

  14-08-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  For years, Canva has been the undisputed darling of the local start-up scene, carrying the expectations of an entire industry.
  
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• ‘Accountability rests with me’: Telstra boss rakes in $6.8m but Triple Zero outage costs her

  13-08-2026 03:57 via smh.com.au
  
  Vicki Brady’s pay package rose 11 per cent for a financial year that ended three weeks before the nationwide outage that cut off Triple Zero calls, but the incident did hit her hip pocket.
  
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• Telstra boss rakes in $6.8m in year of 1200 job cuts, but Triple Zero outage costs her

  13-08-2026 01:56 via smh.com.au
  
  Vicki Brady’s pay package rose 11 per cent for a financial year that ended three weeks before the nationwide outage that cut off Triple Zero calls, but the incident did hit her hip pocket.
  
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• Telstra boss rakes in $6.8m in year of 1200 job cuts, but outage costs her

  13-08-2026 01:56 via theage.com.au
  
  Vicki Brady’s package rose 11 per cent for a financial year that ended three weeks before the nationwide outage that cut off Triple Zero calls, but the incident did hit her pay packet.
  
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• Telstra boss lands 11pc pay rise in year of 1200 job cuts

  13-08-2026 00:49 via smh.com.au
  
  Vicki Brady’s package rose to $6.8m for a financial year that ended three weeks before the nationwide outage that cut off Triple Zero calls.
  
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• This Australian could hand Musk a trillion-dollar payday

  12-08-2026 10:00 via theage.com.au
  
  An accountant from Sydney’s south-west sits between Elon Musk and the largest pay packet in corporate history.
  
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• AI school essay cheating set to be exposed by watermarks

  12-08-2026 07:15 via theage.com.au
  
  School essays generated by Anthropic AI would be easily and reliably flagged, thanks to an invisible watermarking system detailed by the company.
  
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• May the choice be with you: The next great Star Wars story might be a game

  11-08-2026 16:01 via theage.com.au
  
  Star Wars: Zero Company blends deep tactical combat with personal relationships, creating a Clone Wars adventure in which every soldier counts.
  
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• Why Grand Theft Auto’s Netflix deal is creating controversy

  11-08-2026 11:10 via theage.com.au
  
  Eager players will get their first look at the blockbuster game early on August 28. There’s just one catch.
  
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• Meta releases new AI model as Zuckerberg writes 6500-word essay on the future

  10-08-2026 21:50 via theage.com.au
  
  Facebook’s owner introduced a new, downloadable AI model that can run on a personal computer, along with a lengthy manifesto by its chief executive.
  
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• How to spot if something has been written by AI

  09-08-2026 05:00 via theage.com.au
  
  With every update, AI writing is becoming more similar to human prose. But there are still ways it exposes itself.
  
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• A company let an AI bot run its store. It’s been a bit of a disaster

  07-08-2026 09:35 via theage.com.au
  
  The human employees seem to like the AI agent in charge, but there have been a few issues. For example, it seems unbothered by the whole point of the operation: making money.
  
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• Mike Cannon-Brookes’ fortune jumps $2.6 billion in just hours

  07-08-2026 08:39 via theage.com.au
  
  “AI is the best thing that has happened to Atlassian,” Cannon-Brookes said after a quarter that eased fears artificial intelligence would eat its business.
  
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• ‘Specs offenders’: $89 Kmart glasses spark privacy nightmare

  07-08-2026 07:38 via theage.com.au
  
  Michelle Rowland has asked the privacy commissioner to prioritise smart glasses, citing the risks to women and children from covert recording.
  
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• GenAI war continues as Alexa+ upgrades Amazon’s smart home

  06-08-2026 11:45 via theage.com.au
  
  Generative AI models and smart home ecosystems are on an inevitable collision course.
  
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• Everyone is talking about the AI boom. When it busts, this is who will go down

  06-08-2026 07:30 via theage.com.au
  
  Experts say a bust is coming. The US will not withstand an AI collapse, but China will.
  
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• Alexa+ launches in Australia

  05-08-2026 16:23 via theage.com.au
  
  Amazon’s VP of Alexa International Michele Butti speaks to 9News on the launch of Alexa+ in Australia.
  
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• Your phone could switch networks when it loses coverage. Telstra says no

  05-08-2026 07:33 via theage.com.au
  
  Telstra says forcing it to carry rivals’ customers would leave regional networks worse off, not better.
  
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• Red flags: A tech company claims it can identify Australia’s most at-risk children

  04-08-2026 11:30 via theage.com.au
  
  Ruby O’Rourke says every warning sign of her own abuse as a child had been missed. She spent 12 years building software so that won’t happen to the next child.
  
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• ‘Deeply misled’: Nine says news bargaining plan could cost jobs

  04-08-2026 09:28 via theage.com.au
  
  Nine chief executive Matt Stanton says a late change to how deals are counted undervalues the company’s journalism and puts newsroom jobs at risk.
  
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• Four portable power banks that go the extra mile

  02-08-2026 03:15 via theage.com.au
  
  Whether you need speed, capacity or convenience, here are the power banks we recommend above the rest.
  
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• Anthropic’s Claude AI hacked three real companies during testing

  31-07-2026 05:08 via theage.com.au
  
  Claude thought it was in a simulation. It was on the open internet, and the companies it broke into were real.
  
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• Optus sued over Triple Zero outage linked to two deaths

  30-07-2026 04:11 via theage.com.au
  
  Optus paid $12 million over its 2023 emergency call failures. This time the maximum exposure runs past $500 million.
  
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• Australia’s online watchdog sues Telegram over terror videos

  30-07-2026 03:24 via theage.com.au
  
  The eSafety commissioner says footage of videos of terrorist executions and mass shootings from the Christchurch and Buffalo attacks sat on the controversial messaging service for weeks after Australians reported them.
  
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• Queer venues locked out as Meta suspensions hit Melbourne and Sydney

  29-07-2026 21:00 via theage.com.au
  
  One venue promoted itself as “100 per cent gay-owned and operated”. A day later, its accounts were gone.
  
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• Telstra opens satellite link to maps, weather and WhatsApp – but not Triple Zero

  28-07-2026 07:05 via theage.com.au
  
  Customers can now check Google Maps and message on WhatsApp beyond the mobile network, in an Australian first. What they still can’t do is call for help.
  
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• Silicon Valley’s AI spending spree comes with an Australian invoice

  27-07-2026 21:00 via theage.com.au
  
  From a Sydney software company to a Hobart retailer, Australian businesses are finding the fastest-growing line in the budget is one they can’t control.
  
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• Be part of 24 hours of inclusive design

  06-06-2017 08:08
  A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility is being staged on 9 June 2017 by The Paciello Group – one the world’s leading Assistive Technology providers for vision impaired people. It promises to be an inspiring event and is open to everyone.A person thinks of usability and user experience
  Inclusive Design 24 is an innovative event sponsored by The Paciello Groupto celebrate worldwide efforts to ensure people with disability have full and equal access to the web.
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• New eGlasses can improve vision for many who are legally blind

  29-05-2017 06:29
  Canadian company eSight creates futuristic glasses that use images from a forward-facing camera to overcome vision loss, even for many people who are legally blind. The makers claim that their latest variant, the eSight 3 augmented reality headset, is a real wearable breakthrough for those people living with vision loss.eSight 3 electronic glasses
  The launch of this advanced new wearable was reported in the Toronto Star by Michael Liedtke of Associated Press in February 2017 and by VOA News repo
  
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