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Robot Dogs, Teslas, and Rescue Helicopters: The UN AI Summit Was a Lot
The tenth annual “AI for Good” summit, organised by the United Nations’ International Telecommunication Union (ITU), gathered public- and private-sector representatives in Geneva to debate how artificial intelligence might be steered towards benefiting humanity rather than harming it. Held against a backdrop of Washington testimony on superintelligence risks and shifting US export controls on chips,…
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Police Debunk Fatal Outage Claim as Telstra CEO Faces Executive Scrutiny
A nationwide Telstra network outage on Wednesday disrupted critical Australian infrastructure, affecting train services, payment systems, and emergency triple-zero call capabilities. The incident highlighted serious publ
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Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle’s claim an Aussie died during Telstra outage debunked by police – as cops condemn the public airing of a family’s grief
A claim by Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle that a South Australian woman died during the nationwide Telstra outage because of a failed Triple Zero (000) call has been ruled incorrect by police. Liddle said her office had received a report on Wednesday of a “tragic death following an apparent failure to connect to Triple Zero…
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The Far Side’s Greatest Sci-Fi Strip Is Also Its Most Brilliant
This Collider opinion piece by Collier Jennings argues that the finest science-fiction entry in Gary Larson’s long-running comic strip The Far Side is also its cleverest. The writer sets out why the strip, a Sunday-paper fixture of the late 1980s and early 1990s, was so well suited to science fiction: like the genre itself, Larson’s…
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‘Human Headline’ Derryn Hinch dies in his sleep aged 82
Derryn Hinch, the veteran radio and television broadcaster and former Australian federal senator known as the “Human Headline”, has died aged 82. His longtime colleague and personal assistant Annette Philpott confirmed that he died at home in his sleep on Thursday night following a lengthy period of ill health, telling the Daily Mail that the…
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Bernie-backed Maine Democratic Senate hopeful squirms over past Graham Platner support
Troy Jackson, a former Maine gubernatorial candidate and potential Democratic candidate for the US Senate, struggled to defend his earlier support for Graham Platner during an interview on MS NOW on Thursday. Jackson had been one of Platner’s earliest backers and had campaigned alongside him, but he later filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission…
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Megan Rapinoe blames Trump for distracting US players ahead of World Cup loss to Belgium
Following the United States men’s national team’s exit from the 2026 FIFA World Cup after a defeat to Belgium, former US women’s national team player Megan Rapinoe has attributed part of the blame to President Donald Trump. Speaking on her podcast, Rapinoe argued that the controversy surrounding Trump’s involvement in the tournament served as a…
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Live-Action ‘Naruto’ Remake Officially Begins Search for Team 7
Lionsgate has officially begun pre-production on a live-action film remake of the hugely popular anime and manga franchise Naruto, launching a global search for the actors to play its central trio, known as Team 7. The project is being developed by Destin Daniel Cretton, the Marvel director behind Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten…
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An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100 million fundraise
Lyzr, a three-year-old enterprise AI-agent startup based in Jersey City, New Jersey, has raised a $100 million Series B at a valuation of roughly $500 million — and, according to Bloomberg, it let its own AI agent run the fundraise. The system, named SivaClaw, reportedly fielded questions from more than 130 investors, drafted investment memos…