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ChatGPT caricature trend raises fresh ID fraud fears

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Daon warns viral ChatGPT caricature craze is handing fraudsters a richer dossier of personal data to fuel scams and social engineering.
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Snap launches digital safety course for teenagers, parents

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Snap unveils a 45-minute interactive digital safety course for teens and parents, plus expanded Snapchat arrival alerts to boost protection.
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Instagram denies breach after 17m user records leak

Thu, 15th Jan 2026
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Instagram denies a data breach after a dataset on 17m users appears on hacking forums, blaming old leak scraps and a fixed reset bug.
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xAI raises USD $20 billion to expand Grok AI platform

Sat, 10th Jan 2026
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Elon Musk's xAI raises USD $20 billion, turbocharging Grok model training and GPU build-out as rivalry in frontier AI heats up.
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Series hits 1m iMessage posts as users shun public feeds

Tue, 23rd Dec 2025
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iMessage-based social app Series tops 1m posts and 10,000 daily users as young people drift from public feeds to private chats.
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Series appoints humanoid robot Uri as Chief Marketing Officer

Fri, 3rd Oct 2025
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Series appoints humanoid robot Uri as Chief Marketing Officer, harnessing AI and robotics to revolutionise marketing and student engagement in social networking.
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DataPro+ launches AI-powered hub for global data centre jobs

Fri, 19th Sep 2025
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DataPro+ launches AI-powered hub offering 7,500+ global data centre jobs and exclusive networking for industry professionals and newcomers.
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Series launches with USD $3m to revolutionise networking

Sun, 6th Apr 2025
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Series, a new social platform aimed at Gen Z, has launched with USD $3 million funding, utilising AI to enhance connections among college students.
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Women's Leadership Summit celebrates diversity & empowerment

Thu, 16th May 2024
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leadership
The third annual Women's Leadership Summit by STACK and IPI Partners in Fort Worth championed women's empowerment and industry innovation through impactful networking and discussions.
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New networking platform Hono launches to connect high achievers

Wed, 15th May 2024
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Hono, a new networking platform founded by 17-year-old twins Alexander and Ethan Blewman, aims to connect high achievers for societal impact.
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The Aussie stats behind LinkedIn's 100 million APAC membership swell

Thu, 11th Aug 2016
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8 million Australian professionals are now on LinkedIn, whose membership numbers across the APAC region have just swelled to more than 100 million.
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22-year-old social network whiz passes away

Mon, 14th Nov 2011
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Ilya Zhitomirskiy, 22-year-old co-founder of open source social network Diaspora, has passed away just ahead of the network's planned launch.
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Millennial means business

Sun, 1st Mar 2009
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Many companies are struggling to adapt their business to serve a new wave of consumers from the millennial generation.