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A new study has some grim findings on what social media use is doing to tweens.

Study links tweens’ social media use with future depression

Researchers followed thousands of pre-teens for three years, generating unique insights into how social media is shaping kids.

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Social media influencers are targeting people and pushing financial advice without a licence or registered product.

‘Finfluencers’ on notice as ASIC warns of high-risk advice

The corporate watchdog has issued warnings to 18 social media influencers suspected of promoting unlicensed financial products, amid concerns flashy online lifestyles are luring Aussies into bad investments.

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The Washington Post:  An iOS redesign and smarter AirPods are coming soon, but questions about Apple Intelligence linger.

Turning point in look, feel and function for Apple users

The Washington Post: An iOS redesign and smarter AirPods are coming soon, but questions about Apple Intelligence linger.

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THE ECONOMIST: AI failures, trade wars and regulatory challenges leave the company vulnerable

Apple’s crunch time: AI failure, tariffs, legal fights bite

THE ECONOMIST: AI failures, trade wars and regulatory challenges leave the company vulnerable

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Artificial intelligence will dominate several software updates across Apple’s smartphones, tablets and computers unveiled overnight.

Huge Apple overhaul will change way iPhone handles calls, messages

Artificial intelligence will dominate several software updates across Apple’s smartphones, tablets and computers unveiled overnight.

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Elon Musk’s tweets played a pivotal role in Donald Trump’s election win. Now they are being used against the President.

Musk used X to boost Trump. Now he’s wielding it against him

As the two men publicly fought in a flurry of furious online posts, the world’s richest man revealed X to be a double-edged sword.

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The Albanese Government’s proposed social media ban for children under 16 will fail unless mums and dads step up, writes Jeni O’Dowd.

Time for parents to join fight against toxic social media

JENI O’DOWD: The Albanese Government's proposed social media ban for children under 16 will fail unless mums and dads step up.

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Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp.

Nvidia tops Microsoft for most valuable company title

Nvidia hits $3.45 trillion, trading places with Apple and Microsoft to rise to the top of the market cap ranks since last June.

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The video of the Kangaroo trying to board a plane garnered 16 million views in four days.

Fury after viral ‘support kangaroo’ video takes shock turn

A viral video of an ‘emotional support kangaroo’ being denied access from boarding a plane blew up online, but there has been a shocking twist in the story. 

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A cockatoo has copped the blame for a failed rocket launch.

Hilarious ‘Straya’ reason for rocket launch delay

An unlikely suspect has emerged during the investigation into the technical issue that caused the first Australian-made rocket launch to be delayed.

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SpaceX's mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Tuesday, May 27, 2025.

‘Rapid unscheduled disassembly’: Musk’s Starship blows up

After celebrating the successful launch of SpaceX’s Starship following two failed attempts, Elon Musk’s rocket has blown up on reentry.

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China is looking at using AI advantages in a production sense, as opposed to America’s aim of using the technology to become a superpower.

Xi Jinping’s plan to beat America at AI

China’s leaders believe they can outwit American cash and utopianism.

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Parents have another online activity to worry about. In a new tech-driven twist on ‘sexting’, teenagers are having romantic and sexual conversations with artificial intelligent chatbots.

Teens are sexting with AI. Here’s what parents should know

Ten chatbots have been tested to identify the most popular AI characters, the types of conversations they have, what filters are in place and how easy they are to circumvent.

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While tech barons continue to spruik the benefits of generative AI, many companies are growing frustrated at the current limits of the technology.

Welcome to the AI trough of disillusionment

Tech giants are spending big, but many other companies are growing frustrated with the new technology.

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Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., sitting before a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing in Washington earlier this month.