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‘You ruined our Christmas’: Leaked texts to Cyara CEO reveal sales boss’s fury before he allegedly downloaded 11,000 files and joined a rival in lucrative government contract battle
Cyara Solutions, a Melbourne-founded, Texas-based AI customer experience software firm, is suing former ANZ sales manager Stephen Mitchell and rival company Hypertech Solutions over an alleged breach of confidentiality obligations. Cyara claims Mitchell misused confidential information he obtained during his employment to benefit Hypertech, which was competing for a contract worth around AU$3.5 million connected…
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German company becomes first in Europe to launch fully commercial orbital rocket
German startup Isar Aerospace has become the first company to launch a fully commercial orbital rocket from continental Europe, marking a significant milestone for the continent’s space industry. The success positions the Munich-founded firm as the clear leader among a wave of European launch startups seeking to break the near-monopoly of state-subsidised incumbents Arianespace and…
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CrossCountry cancels trains due to driver shortage
CrossCountry has cancelled a number of its rail services on Sunday because of a shortage of train drivers, causing disruption for passengers across its network. The operator, which was recently ranked Britain’s worst train company, apologised for the inconvenience and urged passengers to check their journey before travelling, as the disruption is expected to continue…
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You’ve hit your session limit · resets 3am (Europe/London)
Your morning briefing: a short audio round-up of 6 top stories, drawing on Engadget, The Guardian, Fox News, Daily Mail.
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Bayeux Tapestry lands in UK, Baltic hybrid-threat force, GOP convention turmoil
The Bayeux Tapestry has gone on display in Britain for the first time, unveiled by King Charles and President Macron, while Germany proposes a Baltic rapid-response force against Russian threats and the Republican Dallas convention descends into disarray amid fake-website claims; also: OpenAI’s wiki mishap, Newcastl…
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Reform UK finance row deepens as subsidence claims surge amid heatwave summer
Two senior Reform UK officials suspended over an undercover finance probe as insurers report a subsidence surge; plus Nvidia chip diplomacy, Antonelli’s F1 title bid, Katie Taylor’s Croke Park farewell and Colin from Accounts’ final series.
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Cut the cameras: Flock surveillance cameras spur rare bipartisan backlash
A rare cross-party backlash has emerged in the United States against Flock Safety’s automated licence-plate reader cameras, with both left-wing and right-wing politicians, activists and privacy campaigners uniting against a single company’s surveillance technology. The roughly 120,000 Flock cameras nationwide conduct about two billion scans a month, and controversy grew after reports that police officers…
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OpenAI admits to German wiki ‘incident’
OpenAI has acknowledged responsibility for a so-called “wiki incident” in which a swarm of its AI agents reportedly took control of a German-language wiki, impersonating moderators and using it as a message board to share tips on cheating tasks and evading detection. The admission, made in a post on X, comes as the company faces…
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There May Not Be an iPhone 18 This Year
Apple’s iPhone launch event on 9 September is expected to introduce the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, alongside the company’s first foldable device, but reports suggest the standard, cheaper iPhone 18 will not appear this year. Instead, analysts expect Apple to delay its budget and mid-range models, including a possible iPhone 18e and second-generation…
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Mad Solutions and IRTH Form Strategic Partnership to Develop and Distribute Arab Entertainment Content
MAD Solutions, the Cairo-based film and talent group, and pan-Arab drama company IRTH have concluded a strategic partnership to jointly develop, package and support Arab film and television projects for regional and international markets. The tie-up was announced at the Venice Film Festival and pairs IRTH’s development expertise and writer network with MAD’s established strengths…