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Healey seeks G20 defence funding cooperation before UK Budget
Chancellor John Healey has called on G20 counterparts to boost international cooperation on defence funding, using talks in North Carolina to push for joint mechanisms to strengthen collective economic resilience. He cited the impact of the Iran conflict on energy prices as evidence that no single country can absorb such shocks alone, framing the push…
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‘Scary’: how misinformation and AI hallucinations are infiltrating Australia’s parliament
A Guardian Australia investigation has found that Australia’s parliamentary inquiry system is being flooded with AI-generated submissions containing hallucinated content, including invented studies and fabricated research wrongly attributed to real academics. Some committee reports have cited submissions in which most sources appear to be AI “hallucinations” — plausible but false content generated by large language…
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MP backs campaign to save activity centre
Campaigners fighting to reopen the former Scout Dike outdoor activity centre near Barnsley have gained the backing of local MP Marie Tidball, who has launched a petition urging Barnsley Council to let a community consortium take over the site. The centre, which has hosted school, scout and guide trips for over six decades, closed last…
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Massive fire sparked by a balloon destroys popular Bali restaurant as tourists run for their lives
A fire tore through the popular beachside restaurant Chez Gado Gado in Seminyak, Bali, on Sunday night after a waitress lighting a birthday candle accidentally ignited a nearby helium balloon. The venue was packed with diners, including several birthday parties, when the balloon exploded and set the thatched roof ablaze, forcing tourists and locals to…
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They were once the most unthinkable Pauline Hanson voters of all. Now, young people and migrants explain to PETER VAN ONSELEN why they have shifted their vote – to One Nation
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson drew a notably young and ethnically diverse crowd at a campaign event in Pakenham, Victoria, in a sign that the party’s support base is broadening ahead of the state election due in November. The visit came a day after One Nation’s win in the Secret Harbour state by-election in Western…
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New York governor to 3D printed gun leader: ‘tell Cody I will get ahead of him’
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has publicly hit back at Cody Wilson, creator of the first 3D-printed gun, after he unveiled a tool designed to bypass a New York law banning 3D-printed firearms. Speaking on the Decoder podcast, Hochul vowed to stay ahead of Wilson’s efforts, defending the state’s ban as necessary to prevent unregulated,…
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul thinks AI should be ‘less evil’
New York Governor Kathy Hochul discussed a wide range of technology policy issues in an interview on The Verge’s Decoder podcast, touching on artificial intelligence regulation, data centre construction, gun control and online surveillance. The conversation comes during an election year in which tech policy has taken on outsized importance, with Hochul having taken firm…
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Putin meets his ally Chinese President Xi Jinping as they discuss Ukraine amid growing fears Russia is about to escalate war
Vladimir Putin met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday as part of a two-day Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) summit, with the two leaders touching on Ukraine amid mounting concern that Russia could be preparing to escalate the war. The Kremlin said Ukraine was not the central focus of the talks, but the…
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JUDAS PRIEST’s ROB HALFORD And IAN HILL Support New Fundraiser For Ukraine
JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford and bassist Ian Hill have teamed up with the Steel Wings Foundation, a Ukraine-based heavy metal charity, to launch a new fundraising campaign supporting its work on the ground in Ukraine. Halford has donated a range of personal items as prizes, including bracelets, a cross and tour picks he has…