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AI

Anthropic Signs AI Safety Deal With Australia, Opens Economic Tracking

The first agreement under the National AI Plan gives Canberra access to Anthropic's economic index data and commits both sides to joint safety evaluations.
5 min read 5 months ago
Anthropic Signs AI Safety Deal With Australia, Opens Economic Tracking
AI

What Anthropic's Second Source Code Leak Reveals

Anthropic accidentally published a 59.8MB source map file. The contents reveal an ambitious product roadmap and a persistent supply chain vulnerability.
4 min read 5 months ago
What Anthropic's Second Source Code Leak Reveals
News

The Architecture of Timidity: Fuel and Gambling Policy

The Prime Minister's national address on fuel and the compromised gambling reforms reveal a government unwilling to intervene decisively in markets that extract wealth from the lowest income quintiles.
10 min read 5 months ago
The Architecture of Timidity: Fuel and Gambling Policy
Geopolitics

Australia Joins Hormuz Summit Without US

Penny Wong represents Australia at a UK-led virtual summit. The diplomatic track negotiates the reopening of a strait carrying 20 per cent of global oil.
6 min read 5 months ago
Australia Joins Hormuz Summit Without US
News

Vaping Causes Cancer: UNSW Study Dismantles the Safe Alternative Myth

A landmark review of more than 100 global studies finds nicotine-based e-cigarettes are likely to cause lung and oral cancers. The financial and human costs are just beginning.
7 min read 5 months ago
Vaping Causes Cancer: UNSW Study Dismantles the Safe Alternative Myth
News

ATO grants payment relief as fuel crisis drives record business slump

The Australian Taxation Office launched temporary payment plans for businesses struggling with surging fuel costs. Three-year plans with equal monthly instalments and no upfront payment are now available.
6 min read 5 months ago
ATO grants payment relief as fuel crisis drives record business slump
Crime

$167M Powerball Winner Arrested For Stealing $12,000

James Farthing won half of a record Kentucky jackpot last April. Now he is facing his third arrest in twelve months.
6 min read 5 months ago
$167M Powerball Winner Arrested For Stealing $12,000
ASX

iCandy Interactive Quits ASX, Pursues NYSE for Lemon Sky

iCandy Interactive (ASX:ICI) was removed from the Australian Securities Exchange on April 1, 2026 following a long-term suspension.
7 min read 5 months ago
iCandy Interactive Quits ASX, Pursues NYSE for Lemon Sky
Technology

Five Months in Jail After an AI Said So

Angela Lipps lost her home, her car, and her dog after facial recognition software matched her to crimes in a state she'd never visited. Police knew they had bank records proving her innocence. They waited anyway.
10 min read 5 months ago
Five Months in Jail After an AI Said So
Technology

Meta cuts 168 jobs as Reality Labs pivots to 'AI builders'

Meta cut 168 jobs in Washington state on March 31, 2026, targeting its Reality Labs virtual reality division. The cuts follow a broader restructuring that reorganizes 1,000 Reality Labs employees into AI-native 'pods' with new titles: AI Builder, AI Pod Lead, and AI Org Lead.
6 min read 5 months ago
Meta cuts 168 jobs as Reality Labs pivots to 'AI builders'
Geopolitics

Trump Declares Iran War 'Nearing Completion' in Oval Office Address

US President claims Iranian military is 'in ruins' during Operation Epic Fury update as global fuel prices surge and Australian cabinet convenes.
8 min read 5 months ago
Trump Declares Iran War 'Nearing Completion' in Oval Office Address
Science & Space

NASA Launches Artemis II As China Analyses the Supply Chain

The $23 billion Space Launch System carried four astronauts toward the Moon on Wednesday. Chinese engineers are assessing the manufacturing costs.
6 min read 5 months ago
NASA Launches Artemis II As China Analyses the Supply Chain
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