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Big tech must pay up to keep Aussie news alive

DANIEL MULINO: The government says Australia’s democracy depends on strong, sustainable journalism and is moving to ensure major digital platforms pay fairly for the news content they use.

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WATCH: Blue Origin launches, loops and lands back on Earth

Billionaire Amazon owner Jeff Bezos has launched his Blue Origin New Glenn rocket, after multiple abandoned attempts, successfully landing back on Earth just nine minutes later.

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Apple has announced a new product that has divided the internet.

Australia snubbed in controversial Apple release

Apple has announced a new product that has divided the internet, while Australia has missed out on the new $350 item completely.

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Risk-taking tweens are using adults only sex apps.

Children as young as 11 increasingly using adult sex apps

Tweens have been found to be increasingly engaging in ‘risk-taking’ via adults only dating apps like Sugar Daddy, OnlyFans and FetLife, according to a new shocking survey.

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The federal government has pledged to release a national AI plan before the end of the year.

Lack of AI rules could cost Australia $142b

A joint report by Cisco and the Governance Institute has sounded the alarm on Australia’s AI hesitation and the multibillion-dollar cost of inaction.

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Are chatbots quietly making our brains weaker? New research suggests AI writing tools could be eroding how we think, learn, and even remember.

Brain rot: How using AI, social media are mushing our minds

Are chatbots quietly making our brains weaker? New research suggests AI writing tools could be eroding how we think, learn, and even remember.

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GTA 6 has been delayed, again.

GTA 6 delayed again by developers

Looking forward to playing GTA 6, arguably the most anticipated game of the last 10 years? Well, there’s a problem. Again.

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China's Long March 2F rocket, carrying the three astronauts for the Shenzhou 20 manned space mission, heads for the space station.

Panic as astronauts stranded after space junk collision

A group of Chinese astronauts have been left stranded above the earth after the ship they were about to board for their return trip to Earth collided with a piece of space junk.

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The couple survived by depolying a parachute attached to the plane.

Miracle plane crash survivors use rocket-powered parachute

A husband and wife have survived after deploying last-minute safety measures during a terrifying light plane crash into the side of an Arizona mountain.

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Australia’s consumer watchdog is suing Microsoft over allegations it misled 2.7 million Aussies

Microsoft offers refunds to subscribers over AI confusion

The tech giant will offer refunds to millions of its Australian users after misleading customers.

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Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has urged social media platforms not covered by the upcoming under-16s ban to report any surge in young users.

eSafety place blind faith in exempt platforms

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has called for social media platforms not included in the impending under-16s ban to dob themselves in if they receive an influx of users. 

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Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, speaks at an event.

Microsoft says AI not capable of consciousness

Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman says only biological beings are capable of consciousness, and that developers and researchers should stop pursuing projects that suggest otherwise. 

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CEO Jensen Huang says Nvidia hasn't sought US export licences for the Chinese market.

Trump blocks global access to Nvidia AI chip

Donald Trump has ruled out the possibility that Nvidia's advanced Blackwell chip for artificial intelligence could be sold to China.

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AI is everywhere, as author AJ Jacobs learned the hard way while making as little contact as possible with machine learning and generative artificial intelligence.

My attempt to spend 48 hours without AI was brutal

THE NEW YORK TIMES: I didn’t expect was that my attempt to avoid all interactions with AI and machine learning would affect nearly every part of my life — what I ate, what I wore, how I got around.

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