Ben Grubb

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Facial recognition’s ominous rise: are we going too far too fast?

January 3, 2018 Ben Grubb 0

“We watch over you. Every single one,” says the narrator. This ensures a “safe and secure environment”, the narrator continues. These aren’t lines from a […]

Aussie whiz-kid Ben Pasternak eyes next project after selling video chat app Monkey to rival

January 2, 2018 Ben Grubb 0

Ben Pasternak, the 18-year-old serial Australian technology entrepreneur who dropped out of high school at 15 and now lives in New York, celebrated the recent […]

‘My parents haven’t given me a single cent’: great-nephew of Australia’s second richest person out to prove himself

December 18, 2017 Ben Grubb 0

How does the grand-nephew of Australia’s second richest person prove himself? By creating a tech start-up of course. Multiple, in fact. Nineteen-year-old Tamir Triguboff — […]

Health record details exposed as ‘de-identification’ of data fails

December 18, 2017 Ben Grubb 0

One in 10 Australians’ private health records have been unwittingly exposed by the Department of Health in an embarrassing blunder that includes potentially exposing if […]

Meet the cyber sleuth hackers love to hate

December 12, 2017 Ben Grubb 0

Internet criminals will stop at nothing to frustrate journalist Brian Krebs’ efforts to uncover or expose them. Earlier this year, an aggravated prankster signed him […]

‘Parcel pirate’ fear as Amazon arrives in Australia

December 7, 2017 Ben Grubb 0

Australians are all too familiar with parcels either not showing up at their homes on the date they are meant to, or having to travel […]

NBN’s critical HFC mistake revealed: prioritising activations over repairs

December 6, 2017 Ben Grubb 0

NBN Co’s announcement last week that it would cease selling services on its hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) network has revealed one of the biggest errors in […]

AAMI, Suncorp suspend online insurance quote feature over burglary fears

December 5, 2017 Ben Grubb 0

One of Australia’s largest home and contents insurers has suspended a new online feature that made private details about the security of peoples’ homes publicly […]

ACCC blasted over NBN speed monitoring delay, ‘inadequate’ tests

November 30, 2017 Ben Grubb 0

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has been slammed by telecommunications industry insiders over its almost 7-month delay to implement NBN speed test monitoring, as well as […]

Months-long NBN HFC delay could cost up to $790 million, Labor claims

November 29, 2017 Ben Grubb 0

Delays for millions of future NBN customers expecting to connect through their existing pay television or internet cables could cost taxpayers up to $790 million, a statement from Labor […]

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