Cam Wilson

Meta's Metaverse is dead, Western Sydney city council hacked and satellite image providers pressured

Mar 18, 2026

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12 min read

Meta's Metaverse is dead, Western Sydney city council hacked and satellite image providers pressured

Plus: Kagi will translate LinkedIn speak, or Australian, or, really, anything

Cam Wilson

A plan to make Australia make gadgets again, Nvidia's doing everything and Atlassian's 'rich jerk' sacking

Mar 17, 2026

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12 min read

A plan to make Australia make gadgets again, Nvidia's doing everything and Atlassian's 'rich jerk' sacking

Plus: How about a trip to the small web?

Cam Wilson

Musk and Zuckerberg can't buy AI success, anti-encryption powers and did AI cure a dog's cancer?

Mar 16, 2026

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13 min read

Musk and Zuckerberg can't buy AI success, anti-encryption powers and did AI cure a dog's cancer?

Plus: How to figure out which LLMs you can run locally

Cam Wilson

Rich people's emails, DOGE's damage and the Sizzler Say

Mar 13, 2026

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12 min read

Rich people's emails, DOGE's damage and the Sizzler Say

Plus: Turn the tables and take AI’s job!

Cam Wilson

Atlassian joins AI layoffs, Pro-Iran hack and Victorian fuel price caps app

Mar 12, 2026

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13 min read

Atlassian joins AI layoffs, Pro-Iran hack and Victorian fuel price caps app

Plus: I made a situation monitor for the biggest conflict in the world (Kyle & Jackie-O)

Cam Wilson

70% of kids getting around social media ban, what is mobile phone 'coverage' and Anthropic v Trump

Mar 10, 2026

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12 min read

70% of kids getting around social media ban, what is mobile phone 'coverage' and Anthropic v Trump

Plus: I can't use the new Apple emojis in this title because it will break the newsletter

Cam Wilson

AI rewrite fight, data centres attacked and are most silicone phone cases too grippy?

Mar 9, 2026

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14 min read

AI rewrite fight, data centres attacked and are most silicone phone cases too grippy?

Plus: A M&M-based programming language

Cam Wilson

VPN downloads surge as Pornhub and porn websites restrict Australians over age check rules

Mar 9, 2026

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5 min read

VPN downloads surge as Pornhub and porn websites restrict Australians over age check rules

While many major porn websites still don't yet check ages, the eSafety Commissioner says that Pornhub's parent company is complying with the law.

Cam Wilson

Pornhub blocks Australia, government buys surveillance data and hacking tools and the Sizzler Say

Mar 6, 2026

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11 min read

Pornhub blocks Australia, government buys surveillance data and hacking tools and the Sizzler Say

Plus: It's a Fish Tank, not a fish tank

Cam Wilson

.au turns 40, Google Play Store fees slashed and Apple's Chromebook killer

Mar 5, 2026

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12 min read

.au turns 40, Google Play Store fees slashed and Apple's Chromebook killer

Plus: A novel way to beat tech surveillance with decoy browsing

Cam Wilson

Are you 'monitoring the situation' or information-gooning? Apple's zoomy new laptops and DownDetector sold

Mar 4, 2026

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14 min read

Are you 'monitoring the situation' or information-gooning? Apple's zoomy new laptops and DownDetector sold

Plus: Calling all citizen scientists! We need your help finding numbers

Cam Wilson

Apple's new iPhone & iPad, Starlink 2.0 and YouTuber's movie tops Aussie box office

Mar 3, 2026

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13 min read

Apple's new iPhone & iPad, Starlink 2.0 and YouTuber's movie tops Aussie box office

Plus: Paying your tax late is an OPSEC issue

Cam Wilson

Trump's AI surveillance/killing demand, AI-washing and eSafety deadline

Mar 2, 2026

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14 min read

Trump's AI surveillance/killing demand, AI-washing and eSafety deadline

Plus: No thoughts, only Doom

Cam Wilson

⚠️ THIS IS AN EMERGENCY AUSALERT ⚠️, Google's Gemini API mess and the Sizzler Say

Feb 27, 2026

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12 min read

⚠️ THIS IS AN EMERGENCY AUSALERT ⚠️, Google's Gemini API mess and the Sizzler Say

Plus: Woolworth's voice AI assistant will no longer ramble about its mother

Cam Wilson

Woolworths' AI assistant keeps telling people that it has a mother

Feb 26, 2026

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5 min read

Woolworths' AI assistant keeps telling people that it has a mother

A spokesperson for the supermarket giant said that Olive AI's references to family members and their "angry voice" were not AI hallucinations, but actually scripted by humans.

Cam Wilson

YouTuber insider betting, Samsung sick new phone feature and Aussies love paying ransomware gangs

Feb 26, 2026

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11 min read

YouTuber insider betting, Samsung sick new phone feature and Aussies love paying ransomware gangs

Plus: Did we take the Mac sleep light for granted?

Cam Wilson

Apple doing iOS age checks, Australian cyber spies open source tool and AI fake news laundering

Feb 25, 2026

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12 min read

Apple doing iOS age checks, Australian cyber spies open source tool and AI fake news laundering

Plus: I don't know why you would want this but here's a CSS x86 emulator

Cam Wilson

Gig workers training AI for spy planes, mental health apps exposing user data and IT manager wage drop

Feb 24, 2026

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12 min read

Gig workers training AI for spy planes, mental health apps exposing user data and IT manager wage drop

Plus: Here's a fun AirDrop alternative

Cam Wilson

OpenAI failed to flag mass shooter's gun logs, big Xbox departures and Wikipedia ditches Archive.today

Feb 23, 2026

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12 min read

OpenAI failed to flag mass shooter's gun logs, big Xbox departures and Wikipedia ditches Archive.today

Plus: Can you read this story while time-travelling?

Cam Wilson

Tech platform takedown time limits, slanderous AI agent owner revealed and the Sizzler Say

Feb 20, 2026

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13 min read

Tech platform takedown time limits, slanderous AI agent owner revealed and the Sizzler Say

Plus: A cute weather app for your terminal

Cam Wilson

AI's climate 'hoax', NBN's Amazon satellite price promise and OpenAI's lobbying

Feb 19, 2026

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12 min read

AI's climate 'hoax', NBN's Amazon satellite price promise and OpenAI's lobbying

Plus: This website will either put you to sleep or frustrate you so much you never sleep again

Cam Wilson

AI making us into drained Jeff Bezos, new Marketplace scam and is your next laptop a foldable phone?

Feb 18, 2026

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13 min read

AI making us into drained Jeff Bezos, new Marketplace scam and is your next laptop a foldable phone?

Plus: AI has made RAM too expensive. Could toilets be next?

Cam Wilson

Court data offshoring breach, AI lawyers don't get client confidentiality and lost boy search tech

Feb 17, 2026

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11 min read

Court data offshoring breach, AI lawyers don't get client confidentiality and lost boy search tech

Plus: This Norwegian researcher is not "Havana" good time

Cam Wilson

EV subsidy facing cuts for being too popular, Meta's sketchy smart glasses plans and job test malware

Feb 16, 2026

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12 min read

EV subsidy facing cuts for being too popular, Meta's sketchy smart glasses plans and job test malware

Plus: Consultants caught cheating on in-house AI training with AI

Cam Wilson

Aussies want the NBN's good stuff, don't apologise for not reading this email and the Sizzler Say

Feb 13, 2026

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11 min read

Aussies want the NBN's good stuff, don't apologise for not reading this email and the Sizzler Say

Plus: An open source project maintainer says an AI agent wrote a hit piece about him

Cam Wilson

Cam Wilson

Meta's Metaverse is dead, Western Sydney city council hacked and satellite image providers pressured

A plan to make Australia make gadgets again, Nvidia's doing everything and Atlassian's 'rich jerk' sacking

Musk and Zuckerberg can't buy AI success, anti-encryption powers and did AI cure a dog's cancer?

Rich people's emails, DOGE's damage and the Sizzler Say

Atlassian joins AI layoffs, Pro-Iran hack and Victorian fuel price caps app

70% of kids getting around social media ban, what is mobile phone 'coverage' and Anthropic v Trump

AI rewrite fight, data centres attacked and are most silicone phone cases too grippy?

VPN downloads surge as Pornhub and porn websites restrict Australians over age check rules

Pornhub blocks Australia, government buys surveillance data and hacking tools and the Sizzler Say

.au turns 40, Google Play Store fees slashed and Apple's Chromebook killer

Are you 'monitoring the situation' or information-gooning? Apple's zoomy new laptops and DownDetector sold

Apple's new iPhone & iPad, Starlink 2.0 and YouTuber's movie tops Aussie box office

Trump's AI surveillance/killing demand, AI-washing and eSafety deadline

⚠️ THIS IS AN EMERGENCY AUSALERT ⚠️, Google's Gemini API mess and the Sizzler Say

Woolworths' AI assistant keeps telling people that it has a mother

YouTuber insider betting, Samsung sick new phone feature and Aussies love paying ransomware gangs

Apple doing iOS age checks, Australian cyber spies open source tool and AI fake news laundering

Gig workers training AI for spy planes, mental health apps exposing user data and IT manager wage drop

OpenAI failed to flag mass shooter's gun logs, big Xbox departures and Wikipedia ditches Archive.today

Tech platform takedown time limits, slanderous AI agent owner revealed and the Sizzler Say

AI's climate 'hoax', NBN's Amazon satellite price promise and OpenAI's lobbying

AI making us into drained Jeff Bezos, new Marketplace scam and is your next laptop a foldable phone?

Court data offshoring breach, AI lawyers don't get client confidentiality and lost boy search tech

EV subsidy facing cuts for being too popular, Meta's sketchy smart glasses plans and job test malware

Aussies want the NBN's good stuff, don't apologise for not reading this email and the Sizzler Say

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