Technology

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.
Why ‘dumbphones’ are the smart bet when it comes to kids.

Why ‘dumbphones’ are the smart bet when it comes to kids

KATE EMERY: You’re better off putting a crackpipe in your kid’s hands than a smartphone loaded with social media apps.

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The internet wouldn’t be the same without the Like button.

Like it or not, the Like button has changed the world

The like button has served as a creative catalyst, a dopamine delivery system and an emotional battering ram.

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Elon Musk has backed up his doomsday prediction with facts from a supercomputer.

Scientists confirm Elon Musk’s doomsday prediction

US President Donald Trump recently re-allocated funds away from certain NASA projects and toward Elon Musk’s mission to Mars research, after the billionaire made a dire doomsday prediction.

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Google has agreed to pay Texas nearly $US1.4 billion.

Google pays $US1.3b after privacy breach lawsuit defeat

Tech giant Google has been forced to settle a monstrous data breach privacy lawsuit with the state of Texas, to the tune of nearly $US1.4 billion and has been sued by Mexico.

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 iPhone, Mac, iPad, and Apple TV devices are all believed to be at risk.

Apple users warned: Flaw means devices could be ‘weaponised’

Cybersecurity experts have discovered worrying flaws that have left tens of millions of Apple product users vulnerable to hackers who could take over and ‘weaponise’ their devices. 

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A US judge is holding Apple in contempt for wilfully violating a court injunction. (AP PHOTO)

Apple referred for possible contempt probe in Fortnite case

A federal judge strongly rebuked the tech giant, accusing Apple’s vice-president of finance of ‘outright’ lying under oath.

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The big four’s customers have been caught up in a global scam. NewsWire

Passwords leaked for up to 30,000 big four bank customers

More than 30,000 have had their bank details compromised, with experts fearing customers could lose their money.

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