Society

Anika Wells says Australia’s impending social media ban will help teenagers break away from the ‘dopamine drip’ binding under-16s to their phones.

Australians may be forced to provide official identification or banking details to big technology companies from next week.

Easier to take, just as effective and far cheaper than fat jab rivals such as Ozempic and Mounjaro, a promising new pill is set to shake up the lucrative weight loss medication market.

Gemini 3 helped add $600 billion to Google’s value, but lacks common sense and struggles to explain complex technology.

On the same day a rider was killed after colliding with a garbage truck, a commuter has spoken out about vision he captured of two young men riding across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on the same e-bike.

Big Tech says Australia’s move is bold — but warns verification will be costly, complex and easy for teens to dodge.

Artificial intelligence will supercharge national security challenges already facing the country and ‘create new and unknown threats’, a Government plan warns.

Banning children’s access to social media will also help improve education results across the country, Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has declared.

MICHAEL USHER: A generation seasoned with sharing most of their lives online is about to be cut off by the social media ban. Maybe it’s time to ask how they feel about it.

Alarming reports have surfaced after the national medicines watchdog disclosed information linking users of popular weight loss drugs with at least two suicides.

DAWN THOMAS: Much of the $3.5t wealth transfer will arrive when recipients are in their late 50s, long after many could have most benefited from it. So, what’s stopping baby boomers helping their kids now?

CHRIS FOSTER-RAMSAY: Delivery apps make that moment easier, but a growing gap between shelf price and app price means the ease comes with a sting.

NICK BRUINING: In a dramatic shift of the goal posts, the UK Government is set to change the rules for Australians on access to the highly lucrative National Insurance scheme state pension.

A woman who was told she would never be a mum after doctors gave her months to live, is being hailed a medical ‘anomaly’ after her cancer seems to have just disappeared. 

Jennifer Lawrence, World Series fans and right-wing influencers have all confessed to it. And now, the people behind the Oxford English Dictionary are getting into the act.