Teens s*xtorted but promising scam signs, Saudi owns your Pokémon Go data and Google ends affiliate hijacking

Plus: I regret to inform you about another cool Raspberry Pi use case

We're in a gizmo slump, new Chinese AI thing getting hype and police ignore surveillance safeguards... again

Plus: in defence of running a government agency on a single Excel spreadsheet

No, Ukraine is not hacking Elon Musk's X, National Library shuts out historian's API access and gaming wrap

Plus: a fun, anonymous and encrypted way to have a yap

Apple's Siri headache, Australia's new EVs and charging problems; Reddit's moderation tools don't like Luigi

Plus: What if you were on your phone?

Private weather forecasters rely on government tech, Aussie digital services tax & using AI to catch 'un-American' behaviour

Plus: Using AI to catch politicians on their phones in parliament

Facebook, YouTube limit Cyclone Alfred info, Mobile World Congress shows Peak Phone and the return of Digg

Plus: Could Trump kill physical media?

Gina Rinehart and Aussie publisher's AI plans, YouTube ban carve-out attack and should we trust our data to foreign companies?

Amazon set to be NBN satellite provider, 2025 might be the year of self-driving cars and chip warfare

Plus: vale the "man with the golden arm"

Firefox data use backlash, Trump juices crypto and new Australian internet rules

Plus: RIP to Skype

New AI models underwhelm, Apple's step towards OS-level age verification & estimates final wrap

Plus: Do kebabs get worse the closer you get to a train station? A GIS investigation.

Amazon's AI Alexa catch-up, Apple's government run-ins and podcasts on YouTube and in politics

Plus: How to easily scrub personal information from Google

Amazon stops book downloads, allows sleep surveillance, Estimates wrap-up and Microsoft's shitty free Office

Plus: How snake venom and crab blood prove why we need weird research