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June 23, 2025 | Read online
# Billions of passwords, big tech report and finding out about WW3 through Truth Social Plus: Tech bringing footy to low vision fans
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# The News
### Eleventy trillion passwords have been released online but it’s just a number
By now you’ve probably seen the eye-popping headlines about 16 billion log-in credentials from pretty much every major service exposed online (Guardian). The source of this claim is a Cybernews report adding up 30 different exposed datasets. Bad, right? Except, as Bleeping Computer reports, there’s no proof that any of this is new data and not just previous leaks mashed together. Obviously, everyone should be using password managers, MFA, washing their hands after they pee etc., but forgive me for not being worried about eleventy trillion old passwords being leaked online.
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### Finding out about WW3 through Truth Social
The most reliable place to find out if the United States bombed another nation is Truth Social, the social media network used and part-owned by President Donald J Trump. On Sunday, Trump Truthed — that’s the verb — that the US had launched a “very successful attack on three Nuclear sites in Iran” several minutes before posting to X. But for much of today, Truth Social was offline (WIRED, $) with a group of Iranian-aligned hackers claiming to have DDoSed it (Mediaite). It’s back but — and I know how crazy it is to say this — Truth Social’s outage meant that there was some time when we were a little more unsure whether we were closer to World War 3.
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### End of an era for Australia’s best tech inquiry
Australia’s competition watchdog has released the conclusion of its legitimately world leading investigation into online platforms (ACCC). The ACCC’s half-a-decade-long Digital Platform Services inquiry looked into how companies like Google, Amazon and Meta use their dominance in search engines, social media platforms, app stores, voice assistants IoT, AI, and more, to lock users in and stop competition. It’s led to everything from Australia’s news media bargaining code and our new incoming competition regulation, to other flow-on effects like revealing that the US military buys data from Muslim prayer apps (Vice) when the ACCC published data that prompted an investigation.
The big players are in everything
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#### Leftovers
Critical vulnerabilities in Citrix Netscaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway Products (Australian Cyber Security Centre) Teen social media ban tech trial is supposed to provide answers, not political cover (Crikey, $) Google ditches million-dollar deals with publishers amid Labor inaction (AFR, $) A brief and biased history of [National Library of Australia’s] Trove Twitter bots (Tim Sherratt) So Atlassian is impersonating their users to convince organization managers to pay for their new product release (LinkedIn) Tesla rolls out robotaxis in Texas test (Reuters) BYD tests solid state battery it says can deliver 1,500 km EV range (Electrek) Children in England growing up ‘sedentary, scrolling and alone’, say experts (The Guardian) Defending the Internet: how Cloudflare blocked a monumental 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack (Cloudflare Blog) OpenAI pulls promotional materials around Jony Ive deal due to court order (TechCrunch) BBC threatens legal action against AI start-up Perplexity over content scraping (FT, $) Meta announces Oakley smart glasses (The Verge) Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify user (Semafor) The AI Slop Fight Between Iran and Israel (404 Media, archive) China tightens internet controls with new centralized form of virtual ID (CNN) The $1,999 Liberty Phone Is Made in America. Its Creator Explains How. (WSJ, gift link) The strange bedfellows driving — and winning — the war on porn (NBC News) YouTube’s new anti-adblock measures (iter dot ca)
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# Oh, Also
### Tech showing footy to low vision fans
Footy fans with limited vision are getting a hand with this cool new tech that allows them to watch the game using touch (EFTM). I’d seen this rolled out in the NBA, and now the AFL has launched its “touch and track” device which uses a metal ring that is dragged around a board using magnets. The ring’s movement follows the game, based on a real-time capture using cameras, and vibrates differently for things like goals, tackles, etc. Love that tech like make things like this possible.
New tech will help vision-impaired footy fans enjoy the game day experience | 9 News Australia
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# Bargains
Electrical & electronics
Click Power Station with PD67W USB Charger and 15W Wireless Charger for $20 at Bunnings Micro:Bit V2.2 GO Bundle for $25 at Zaitronics Soundcore A30i Noise Cancelling Earbuds for $27.30 at Allphones eBay Creative Pebble V3 Speakers for $49 at PC Case Gear TP-Link Archer AX1500 Wi-Fi 6 Router for $57 at The Good Guys SwitchBot Curtain 3 Automatic Curtain Opener (U-Rail or Rod Version) for $74 at Amazon AU 2x Reolink RLC-510WA Cameras for $167.18 at ReolinkAU Amazon AU Sonos Speakers at Harvey Norman Sonos Era 100 for $229.10 Sonos Ace for $423.30 Sonos Move 2 for $504.90 Panasonic DP-UB450GN 4K UHD Blu Ray Player for $239 at JB Hi-Fi Sony Headphones at The Good Guys WH-1000XM4 for $288 WH-1000XM5 for $385 GoPro Hero13 for $399 at Amazon AU Narwal S20 Pro Wet and Dry Vacuum and Mop for $649 at Narwal DJI Mini 4 Pro (DJI RC 2) for $992 at Amazon AU LG 86UR801C 86" 120Hz 4K UHD Smart Commercial Display TV for $1899 at Scorptec 85" The Frame Pro 4K Samsung TV for $3599 at Samsung Australian Government Portal
Computing
Lord of the rings XXL middle earth map desk mat for $19.95 at EB Games Dell Pro Wireless Keyboard & Mouse for $36 at The Good Guys Rapoo MT760Mini Bluetooth Wireless Mouse for $39.19 at LH-RAPOO via Amazon AU HGFRTEE 10.5" 1920x1280 IPS Portable Montior for $52.07 at Hgfrtee Direct Store AliExpress MAIWO 4 Bay USB3.0 External Multi-Bay 2.5/3.5" SATA Docking Station for $70.41 at Orico HDD Case store via AliExpress Lenovo 11E Yoga Gen 6 11.6" 2-in-1 Touch Laptop i5-8200Y 8GB 256GB Win11 Stylus (used) for $151 at Max Direct SOYO M4PLUS Mini PC, Intel N150, 16GB / 512GB, Win11 Pro for $195.50 at SOYO Global Official Store via AliExpress ASUS TUF GAMING B650M-E WIFI mATX Motherboard for $198 at Centre Com Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2 (11" 2.5K 90Hz, 8GB/256GB, Widevine L1, G100 Ultra) for $245 at Xiaomi Mi Store AliExpress Lenovo Xiaoxin Pad 2025 (11" 2.5K 90Hz, 8GB/256GB, Widevine L1) for $251 at 70mai-Goldway Store AliExpress BYO GPU PCs at Nebula PC 7500F for $688 7800X3D for $1098 R7 9800X3D for $1318 OKI MC853DN A3 Colour Multifunction LED Laser Printer for $1149 at Hot Toner Acer Nitro V 15 15.6" Intel i9-13900H/16GB RAM/512GB SSD/RTX4050 6GB Laptop for $1298 at Harvey Norman
Mobile
Boost Mobile prepaid SIM Kit 365-Day 290GB for $240 at Lucky Mobile Nothing Phone (2a) at Amazon AU Milk White Dual SIM 8GB/128GB for $399 Milk White or Black Dual SIM 12GB/256GB for $429 Apple iPhone 16 Pro 128GB for $1528 at Harvey Norman Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra 256GB for $1687 at The Good Guys Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max 256GB for $1903 at Centre Com
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