Technology

US singer Katy Perry will release her first new music since 2022's Where We Started. (AP PHOTO)

Katy Perry heading into space on all-female rocket trip

The passenger list for Blue Origin’s upcoming rocket launch into space has been released, and it includes some big names. 

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
Apple said it will roll out what it calls “age assurance”.

Apple launches new 'age assurance' technology for apps

Tech giant Apple says it will roll out what it calls ‘age assurance’, allowing parents to input a child's age when setting up a child's account on apps.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
The new improved Amazon Alexa will carry a monthly fee.

Hugely popular home AI system to carry new monthly fee

The popular system used in millions of homes will be able to buy concert tickets, order groceries and run through recipes ... but it will come at a cost.

Updated
Read more (5 min) →

Sign up to The Nightly's newsletters.

Get the first look at the digital newspaper, curated daily stories and breaking headlines delivered to your inbox.

Email Us
By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.
Security experts have increasingly issued warnings about the possible dangers posed by Chinese-made EVs.

ASIO chief had ‘conversation’ with Burke about EV risks

Intelligence chief Mike Burgess confirmed on Tuesday he had a “conversation” with Home Minister Tony Burke about his Chinese electric vehicle under Coalition questioning.

Updated
Read more (5 min) →
A prominent IVF clinic may have had its customers’ personal information stolen in a cyber breach.

Urgent warning as patients warned hackers may have stolen personal data

A major IVF provider has informed patients a cyber attack may have compromised their personal information, including medical records and treatments.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
KATE EMERY: When kids are old enough to stop listening to their parents (and not yet old enough to start listening again), it’s their friends who’ll feed them social cues about right and wrong, or AI.

The worrying ways AI is teaching your kids about race

KATE EMERY: When kids are old enough to stop listening to their parents (and not yet old enough to start listening again), it’s their friends who’ll feed them social cues about right and wrong, or AI.

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
Video
Alef flying car conducts sucsesful test flight.

Start-up conducts successful test of flying car

WATCH: US start-up Alef Aeronautics has shown the world a successful test of its electric flying car, with a future of flying vehicles now appearing much closer.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with Premier Roger Cook and Sam Lim at a press conference in King's Park, Perth.

WA Labor MP schooled in cyber-security after hacking claims

A WA MP has been given a lesson in cyber-security and handed a new phone after claiming he was hacked in December following a series of WhatsApp messages critical of Israel.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
The online safety regulator has fined Telegram for responding late to a legal notice. (AP PHOTO)

Telegram hit with huge fine for obstructing eSafety commissioner

Australia’s online safety regulator has fined messaging platform Telegram almost $1 million after it took five months to respond to requests about terrorism and extremist material.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation ASIO Director General Mike Burgess has warned Australia is on red alert for a surge in ‘high-impact sabotage’.

Australia on red alert for surge in ‘high-impact sabotage’

Future sabotage attempts on Australia’s critical infrastructure such as undersea cables could be ‘catastrophic’, the deputy chief of the parliament’s joint committee on intelligence and security has warned. 

Updated
Read more (5 min) →
Video
Apple iPhone 16e will go on sale in Australia within days.

How Apple’s new budget-friendly iPhone stacks up to current lineup

What is new, what is missing, and is this the best iPhone deal we’ve seen in years?  

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
A quadropod robot developed by  DEEP Robotics, a startup founded by a graduate of Zhe Da university.

The dazzling Chinese university behind DeepSeek

The institution that birthed the AI conqueror models itself on Stanford and is located in the tech hotspot of Hangzhou.

Updated
Read more (6 min) →
Apple CEO Tim Cook has teased a new product will be unveiled at its first launch event of 2025.

‘Most disappointing launch of all time’: Critics slam Apple

Apple launched a new product at an event that drew the eye of millions across the world on Thursday and many loyal customers and critics are not happy.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
The Goodman data centre in Sydney.

Big business places its bets on AI as data demand takes hold

JACKSON HEWETT: Goodman Group has supercharged its global building strategy, the latest company to invest heavily in AI infrastructure, as demand takes hold.

Updated
Read more (5 min) →
Apple CEO Tim Cook has teased a new product will be unveiled at its first launch event of 2025.

Apple is launching its ‘newest’ product, here’s what we know

Apple CEO Tim Cook sent the rumour mill into overdrive when he teased that the brand will unveil its ‘newest member of the family’ at its February 19 launch event. Here’s what we know.

Updated
Read more (4 min) →