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Huawei has unveiled its Mate XT tri-fold smartphone hours after Apple showed off its iPhone 16.
Technology
Staff Writers

Amazing tri-fold phone set to challenge Apple's iPhone 16

A tech giant has presented its unique tri-fold gadget, raising the stakes in its battle with Apple to dominate the global smartphone market.

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Weight loss jabs could be prescribed to children as young as six after trials found they slashed obesity and tackled other health issues.
Lifestyle
Kate Pickles

Skinny jabs for children to tackle obesity crisis

Weight loss jabs could be prescribed to children as young as six after trials found they slashed obesity and tackled other health issues.

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Meta has admitted to scraping the public profiles of Australians to train AI tools.
Technology
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Privacy law calls as Meta admits farming Aussie photos

Experts are calling for changes to privacy laws after Meta revealed Australian photos from Facebook and Instagram were being used to train AI tools.

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Falcon 9 lifting off from pad 39A in Florida and beginning Polaris Dawn’s multi-day mission on-orbit, where they will conduct the first-ever commercial spacewalk.
World
Marcia Dunn

SpaceX launches billionaire ahead of first private spacewalk

A daredevil billionaire rocketed back into orbit Tuesday, aiming to perform the first private spacewalk and venture farther than anyone since NASA’s Apollo moonshots.

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An executive coach reveals the two toxic words that are holding you back from career progression.
CNBC
CNBC

Why saying these two words can be toxic for your career

An executive coach reveals the two toxic words that are holding you back from career progression.

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It is estimated an extra 1185 teenagers will start vaping each week without regulation on e-cigarettes, new modelling by the Cancer Council has found.
Health
Claire Sadler

Vape study reveals concerning results for Aussie teens

A landmark study has revealed alarming trends among Australian teenagers who have vaped, as authorities race to conquer this new health threat.

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Social media company X Corp is fighting a $610,500 fine and the possibility of further penalties. (AP PHOTO)
Technology
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

X Corp says Twitter doesn’t exist so it shouldn’t have to pay fines

American legal experts have taken the stand in Federal Court as lawyers for the social network known as X argue it should not have to pay Twitter's fines.

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Rise in bowel cancer, what you can do to reduce your risk!
Lifestyle
Emily Leeming

Rise in bowel cancer, what you can do to reduce your risk!

Dr Emily Leeming investigates why so many young people are developing bowel cancer and reveals the five ways to cut your risk.

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Video
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is considering what would be the fifth iteration of a COVID vaccine – a shot targeting the JN.1 omicron subvariant.
Health
Paul Griffin

New COVID vaccines may be coming to Australia

The Therapeutic Goods Administration is considering a fifth iteration of a COVID vaccine – a shot targeting the JN.1 omicron subvariant. Here’s what you need to know.

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The NASA Europa Clipper spacecraft is scheduled to investigate and perform flybys of Europa, Jupiter's moon, where data suggests a global ocean of water lies beneath the icy surface which may be habitable for life.
Technology
Marcia Dunn

NASA on deadline to launch troubled spacecraft

NASA has confirmed it is pushing ahead with plans to launch a spacecraft in October despite questions being raised over its reliability.

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Video
The new iPhone 16 is here.
Technology
CNBC

Huge overhaul to most popular Apple products

Apple has revealed the new iPhone 16 alongside a major overhaul to some of the tech giant’s most popular products, with some of the new items available to pre from Tuesday.

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Video
The Princess of Wales has completed chemotherapy and will return to some public duties in the coming months.
World
Max Corstorphan

Princess Kate shares major cancer update

The Princess of Wales has shared an incredibly personal update on her cancer journey in a new video with the Prince of Wales, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis by her side.

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Australian kids would be banned from accessing social media platforms such as Instagram or Facebook under proposed new legislation.
Australia
Katina Curtis

National move to legally ban kids from social media

Children across Australia would be banned from social media with the Federal Government preparing to legislate a minimum age to protect them from online harm.

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The royal commission report into defence and veteran suicides will be tabled in Parliament. (Julian Smith/AAP PHOTOS)
Australia
Katina Curtis

‘Failure of leadership’: Scathing veterans’ report slams ADF

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide final report has blasted a ‘failure of leadership’ and flagged sweeping changes to help restore trust in the ADF.

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Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has dropped demands for a ‘climate trigger’ in negotiations with the Albanese Government on the proposed Nature Positive laws.
Australia
Dan Jervis-Bardy

Greens drop ‘climate trigger’ demand in Nature Positive laws

The Greens and independents are offering an alternative path for Labor to pass laws to create its Environmental Protection Agency.

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