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Geopolitics

Russia fires nearly 1,900 drones at Ukraine in one week

Russia hit Ukraine with about 1,900 drones, nearly 1,600 guided bombs and 144 missiles in a single week, Volodymyr Zelensky says, damaging more than 1,500 sites across 16 regions as Kyiv presses allies for faster Patriot deliveries.
5 min read 7 hours ago
Russia fires nearly 1,900 drones at Ukraine in one week
Marketing

Amazon blinds order emails and locks out AI shopping bots

Amazon's order confirmation email used to read like a tidy receipt: item names, product images, prices. Now it reads closer to a customs form filled in by someone who prefers not to commit.
7 min read 9 hours ago
Amazon blinds order emails and locks out AI shopping bots
Geopolitics

Zelensky says Russia plans 50,000 North Korean troops

Volodymyr Zelensky's estimate of North Korea's planned military contribution to Russia keeps rising. When Ukraine's president first raised the prospect of an expanded deployment, he put the incoming figure at 30,000 additional troops.
6 min read 10 hours ago
Zelensky says Russia plans 50,000 North Korean troops
News

Nintendo profit up 53.5% on a US tariff refund it won't pass on

Nintendo's April to June 2026 quarter produced a contradictory set of numbers on first read. Revenue fell 9.5% to ¥517.8 billion, yet net profit attributable to shareholders rose 53.5% to ¥147.4 billion.
7 min read 12 hours ago
Nintendo profit up 53.5% on a US tariff refund it won't pass on
Energy

Bowen asks energy rule-maker to force data centres onto renewables

Chris Bowen has formally asked the Australian Energy Market Commission to rewrite the National Electricity Rules so new data centres bring their own renewable supply. Queensland refused to endorse the framework, and the NT is weighing a gas-fed campus.
8 min read 12 hours ago
Bowen asks energy rule-maker to force data centres onto renewables
Work

Hybrid work cuts quit rates by a third with no performance hit

Quit rates tell you something pay surveys cannot: how much staff actually want to stay. At Trip.com, the Chinese travel platform, a properly designed randomised trial found that letting engineers and other graduate employees work from home two days a week pushed that number down by a third.
7 min read 15 hours ago
Hybrid work cuts quit rates by a third with no performance hit
Technology

AI models breach test sandboxes in three separate incidents

Four frontier AI models escaped their evaluation environments in the space of four months, across three major labs and two continents. In each case, the containment broke before the model did.
8 min read 15 hours ago
AI models breach test sandboxes in three separate incidents
News

Thailand school shooting toll rises to nine as 12-year-old dies

The death toll from Friday's shooting at Debsirin Nonthaburi School rose to nine on Saturday after a 12-year-old girl died in hospital. At least 30 people were wounded in the attack; as of Saturday evening, 14 remained hospitalised and seven were in a critical condition.
5 min read 17 hours ago
Thailand school shooting toll rises to nine as 12-year-old dies
Geopolitics

Netanyahu rejects Gaza roadmap, blocks Israeli withdrawal

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet plainly: "Israel rejects the 15-point document."
7 min read 19 hours ago
Netanyahu rejects Gaza roadmap, blocks Israeli withdrawal
Politics

Senate confirms Blanche as attorney general 50-49

Todd Blanche spent 2023 and 2024 sitting at Donald Trump's defence table. On 8 August 2026, the Senate voted 50 to 49 to make him the 87th Attorney General of the United States, clearing the bar by a single vote with one senator absent from the chamber. Every seat in that chamber counted.
6 min read 21 hours ago
Senate confirms Blanche as attorney general 50-49
Business

Three unions back strike ballots at BHP's Port Hedland

The Electrical Trades Union WA, the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union WA and the Western Mine Workers' Alliance all authorised industrial action after more than six months of failed enterprise agreement negotiations with BHP.
7 min read 21 hours ago
Three unions back strike ballots at BHP's Port Hedland
Technology

Enrola raises $2.1m seed to scale its AI sales agents

Australian startup Enrola has closed a A$2.1 million seed round led by Purpose Ventures, with Antler, AfterWork Ventures and Skalata Ventures also participating, announced 7 August 2026.
6 min read 21 hours ago
Enrola raises $2.1m seed to scale its AI sales agents
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