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A paper note taped to a chair at the entrance of the Children’s Hospital at Westmead on Thursday.

‘It’s chaos’: Surgeries delayed, staff resort to pen and paper amid Sydney hospital IT outage

A paper note taped to a chair at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead on Thursday alerted staff and visitors to the code yellow emergency.

  • Angus Thomson

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Inflght Wi-Fi means you’ll always be connected. That’s not a good thing.

The exciting future of air travel is somewhere I don’t want to go

Airlines are spruiking non-stop connectivity on flights as a major selling point. But even billionaires don’t want it.

  • Ben Groundwater
Australians rely on underwater cables to connect us to the internet, but most people have never seen the span of the network or how it works, until now.
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This tiny cable runs Australia's entire internet and communication network

Australians rely on underwater cables to connect us to the internet, but most people have never seen the span of the network or how it works, until now.

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AI or a chip off the old block?

Cybercriminals are targeting private schools with ransomware attacks.

Private school students’ personal data proves prime target for hackers

Cybercriminals see private schools as increasingly attractive extortion targets and are threatening to publish sensitive data on the dark web.

  • Matthew Knott
Lifeline’s text line will receive a funding boost from the NSW government.

Warnings for older mobile phones, medical devices as 3G shuts down

Tens of thousands of older mobile phones and other devices will cease to work from Monday, when the nation’s 3G network is finally shuttered.

  • Mary Ward
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New ‘nutrition labels’ to combat AI deepfakes

Amid mounting concerns about deepfakes and AI-generated misinformation, one tech giant thinks it has an answer.

  • David Swan
Delays and cancellations to Jetstar flights in and out of Brisbane on Saturday appear to be the legacy of Friday’s worldwide IT glitch.

Brisbane Jetstar flights cancelled, delayed after IT glitch

Passengers should brace for delays and cancellations following Friday’s IT outage, while some Brisbane supermarkets also remain offline.

  • Tony Moore
IPH Ltd is under a trading halt after reporting a “cyber incident” to the ASX.

How this small non-profit group beat a malicious cyberattack

Hackers attempted to commit credit card fraud against UN Women Australia, but its chief executive says the group managed to beat the attackers with the help of its technology partners.

  • David Swan
A cache of sensitive files has been associated with a Russian-linked hacking group.

Russian gang behind hack exposing family violence victims, government agencies

The Black Basta ransomware gang is behind the major hack that has hit about 200 Australian organisations and federal government agencies, cybersecurity experts say.

  • Sherryn Groch