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Fake engagement has a price list. X pulled 42,000 accounts that were auto-replying with chatbots, and head of product Nikita Bier said almost all of it was commercial: build a following, then sell it.

The Nightly attracted more than 3.2 million readers in May 2025, a 73 per cent rise on May 2024, according to Ipsos iris Online Audience Measurement Service data cited by Seven West Media. The May figure was also up 7 per cent on April 2025, suggesting the growth has not yet flattened.

Google's search results page looked meaningfully different by mid-2025. AI Overviews and AI Mode had taken up residence at the top of the page, synthesising answers from across the web and presenting them directly to users before a single blue link appeared.

Veteran broadcaster and former Victorian senator Derryn Hinch has died aged 82. Known as the Human Headline, Hinch spent five decades across radio and television and was jailed multiple times for naming sex offenders in defiance of suppression orders.

What the ABC and SBS told the commission The ABC told the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion on 9 July 2026 that it rejects any suggestion its journalism has driven antisemitism or damaged social cohesion in Australia.

Meta and Facebook Australia appeared before the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion on 6 July 2026 over online hate.

Ten Australian PR agencies for 2026, ranked on breadth of discipline, digital PR and AEO capability, and third-party recognition.

OpenAI acquired TBPN, Technology Business Programming Network, on April 2 for a price the Wall Street Journal reported as 'low hundreds of millions.' Hosts John Coogan and Jordi Hays built a daily streaming show that became required viewing for Silicon Valley executives.