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For 41 minutes, Google told anyone who searched Sam Altman's name that he was dead. The Knowledge Panel republished a vandalised Wikipedia edit automatically, and no one at Google touched it.

Businesses that reuse their own template agreements now face penalties running to tens of millions of dollars for a single unfair term, which the law treats as unlawful rather than merely unenforceable.

When a cyber insurer asks whether your business uses multi-factor authentication or keeps offline backups, it is not making small talk. It is scoring you against a government framework that has become the de facto benchmark for underwriters in this market.

This research is not a survey, not a model, not a projection. Stanford Digital Economy Lab researchers fed individual-level monthly payroll records from ADP covering more than 3.5 million workers into their analysis, and the numbers that came back were blunt.

On completion day in England and Wales, a homebuyer's money moves through a chain of sequential bank transfers before title finally changes hands.

CBA's investor loan applications are down 28 per cent since the May budget, Westpac's overall applications are down about 20 per cent, ANZ tips Sydney prices to fall as much as 14.5 per cent and NAB has cut its national forecast to minus 5.

Commonwealth Bank closed its 2026 year with a $10.9 billion profit, but the sharper number is investor home loan applications: down 28 per cent since the May budget, with total applications down 15 per cent.

Michaelia Cash has referred the leak of confidential Japan correspondence to the AFP and the government has rejected an internal probe, sparking a heated question time exchange with Clare O'Neil.

Settlement day is the most financially exposed moment in a property buyer's life, and payment redirection scammers know it. One Perth buyer got within minutes of losing $1.2 million.

Apple's fiscal third quarter, ending 27 June 2026, looked strong on the surface. Revenue came in at US$109.4 billion, up 16 per cent year-on-year, and diluted earnings per share reached US$2.02, a 29 per cent jump.

The Fair Work Commission has set Australia's first pay floor for gig delivery workers: $31.30 to $32.00 an hour from 17 August, with insurance, dispute rights and annual increases built in.

Stanley is 183 years old and has decided the most persuasive voice it can put in front of tradespeople is a wisecracking animated toolbox. On 3 August 2026, Stanley, the hand-tools brand inside Stanley Black & Decker's sprawling portfolio, launched ALL BUILD.