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Sydney Mardi Gras has overhauled its festival app with Safety Circles, a Fan Wall and Strobe tools to boost safety and connection.

LoopMe plugs 23m Australian audience profiles into Evorra's marketplace, enabling AI-powered segment building and activation across channels.

Snap unveils a 45-minute interactive digital safety course for teens and parents, plus expanded Snapchat arrival alerts to boost protection.

Australians are being warned to sharpen digital habits as AI‑driven phishing and social engineering outpace traditional cyber defences.

Constant Contact doubles down on AI-driven tools while keeping email the core link between small businesses and their customers.

myFirst expands its kid-focused tech range and Circle app, offering smartphone-style features with tighter safety controls for families.

Australians are turning to AI for romance and emotional support as dating app scams soar, with social engineering behind most threats.

Dark web 'fraud superstores' expand slick services but LexisNexis research finds AI liveness and deepfake checks still foil many scams.

Australian children spent an average of 132 minutes a day on TikTok in 2025, topping global peers just before the under-16 social media ban.

Moltbook, the all-bot social network, faces scrutiny after researchers reportedly accessed its live database and user emails without checks.

Snap launches an interactive course to teach teens and parents practical digital safety skills on bullying, sextortion and illicit drugs.

Most Australians doubt the under-16 social media ban has made the internet safer, with many expecting teens to bypass the new rules.

Canva integrates with ChatGPT to auto-apply Brand Kits, letting teams generate editable, on-brand designs directly from chat prompts.

Alibaba Cloud will power immersive AI-driven replays and fast media search for global broadcasters at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games.

New research finds most people doubt under-16 social media bans will curb online harm, expecting teens to bypass rules and limits.

Avast rolls out Deepfake Guard for Windows and takes Scam Guardian global on mobile in a push to combat rising video-led fraud.

Brightcove maps 2026 AI push and major UX overhaul, promising faster innovation, richer accessibility tools and smoother video operations.

Australian couples who play video games together each week report significantly higher relationship satisfaction, new survey data suggests.

Hireup launches a national campaign starring its own community, challenging tokenistic disability portrayals across Australian screens.

Snap locks 415,000 suspected under-16 Snapchat accounts in Australia and renews calls for stricter app store-level age checks.