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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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Gen Z’s search habits are changing, can Google keep up?

Is the phrase ‘just Google it’ dead?

The world’s biggest search engine is facing its toughest test yet. So how are people getting their information?

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THE ECONOMIST: Google was written off as an AI laggard — now its all-in-one model and custom chips are powering a trillion-dollar comeback.

Google changes AI game again in battle with Microsoft

THE ECONOMIST: Google was written off as an AI laggard — now its all-in-one model and custom chips are powering a trillion-dollar comeback.

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TOM RICHARDSON: The algorithm economy is why mega-cap tech bosses will commit unlimited amounts to AI.

Why Meta and Alphabet can’t stop spending on AI

TOM RICHARDSON: AI will accelerate the algorithm economy and its potential explains why mega-cap tech bosses will commit unlimited amounts to AI investments.

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US President Donald Trump looks on as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks about investing in America, at the White House in April.

With Don’s favour, Nvidia becomes the first $US5trn company

The President lauded the chipmaker’s chief executive, Jensen Huang, on his Asia trip, as Nvidia pitches itself for a central role in Donald Trump’s economic plan

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Nvidia hits new milestone amid AI goldrush.

Nvidia soars as world’s first $5trn company amid AI boom

Nvidia has become the world’s first company worth more than $5 trillion, cementing its dominance in the AI boom that’s reshaping global power.

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Microsoft says a fix is being rolled out after an outage on its Azure cloud portal. (AP PHOTO)

‘Ongoing issue’: Microsoft hit with major outage

Microsoft says it is investigating an issue affecting its Azure cloud portal that has left users unable to access Office 365, Minecraft and other services.

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Bill Gates appears to have shifted his stance on climate change in a new memo from the Microsoft co-founder.

Gates: Climate change ‘will not lead to humanity’s demise’

In a memo, the Microsoft co-founder warned against climate alarmism and appears to have shifted some of his views about climate change.

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Wikipedia founder speaks out about the launch of Grokipedia.

Wikipedia founder takes aim at new rival Grokipedia

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has slammed Elon Musk’s Grokipedia, mocking its ‘praise of the genius of Elon Musk’ and issuing a warning about the new model.

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Microsoft co-founder and and philanthropist Bill Gates appears to have shifted his stance on the risks posed by a warming planet.

‘Doomsday’: Bill Gates shifts stance on climate change risks

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Microsoft co-founder has spent billions raising the alarm about the dangers of climate change, now he’s pushing back against what he calls a ‘doomsday outlook’.

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