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Australian actor Gary Waddell has died at the age of 74. He was known for playing rough, tough characters that felt completely real. He worked in film and TV fo

Western Sydney International (WSI) airport is about to open to passengers. Commercial flights will start later this month. The new airport is near Badgerys Cree

A Melbourne couple opened their dream vegan cafe just months ago. Ashish Sharma and Manali Purohit spent five months fitting out And Bodega in North Fitzroy. Th

The government has introduced a new tax rule in parliament. It will set a minimum 30% tax on income people receive from discretionary trusts. Treasurer Jim Chal

A Queensland inquest is looking at the death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs. The girl had type 1 diabetes. She died in January 2022 after her religious pare

Labor tried to cut the private health insurance rebate for people over 65. The change would have saved the budget about $3bn. It was due to start in April 2027.

A High Court ruling said planners in New South Wales must think about emissions from coal burned overseas. The Coalition wants to undo new rules on this. Those

Labor is under pressure from One Nation's rise in the polls. People are angry about big economic policies and the cost of living. This has put strain on the rel

The IMF has released its latest World Economic Outlook report. It is titled Resilience Under Strain, Urgent Choices. The IMF says governments must make tough ch

The tax office planned to ban people from paying tax debts by credit card. Businesses complained loudly about the plan. Treasurer Jim Chalmers then announced ne

Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in Mukhmas, a village just north of occupied East Jerusalem. The attack came late at night. Settlers also burned a Palesti

At least two Iranian security officers were killed in separate attacks in Sistan-Baluchestan province. The province sits on Iran's border with Pakistan. One off

A senior UN official warned that parts of Asia and Africa could face a food crisis. He said Iran and the United States must agree on a plan to move fertiliser t

The United Nations is pressing Israel to do more to stop settler violence against Palestinian farmers. The demand came as a new Jerusalem Daily report looked at

Aid groups warn that fighting in Yemen could cause a humanitarian catastrophe. The World Food Programme said about 800,000 people have been cut off from food ai

Ukraine says new speed limits on Starlink internet are hurting its battlefield missions. An adviser to President Zelensky said SpaceX set a limit of 100mph (160

A Saudi engineer who worked for OpenAI appeared in court this week. Abdulrahman Alfozan is accused of hiding a secret recording device behind a TV in a meeting

A new kind of service is growing in China: paid companions for lonely older people. One example is Wang Yingwei and his delivery team. They visit elderly client

The 71-year-old Pope was diagnosed with lung cancer after the 90-minute procedure on Tuesday.

The pace of price rises increased to 3.7% in the year to September, driving by higher motor fuel costs.

Four years after the attacks, Serhii Kuznetsov appears in court accused of a plot to destroy Russia's gas pipelines to Germany.

All of the spots are in South Australia, reportedly because the state government paid for incognito inspectors to visit.

The cuts equate to around 6% of the streaming giant's total workforce worldwide.

A startup called Hiyd has built a tiny health tracker you stick to the back of your own watch. It is a slim disc about 2.7mm thick that weighs just 7 grams. Hiy

YouTube Music has launched new labels that mark songs made with AI. Listeners will see the label on the player page. Tapping it shows how AI was used to create

A startup called Apate uses AI agents to trick scammers. The agents act like ordinary people who might fall for a scam. They answer scam calls, reply to shady m

Mosqitter is a small US startup that makes chemical-free mosquito traps. The traps copy human heat, smell and breath to catch biting female mosquitoes. The comp

A startup called Prismm helps banks keep a family's money after an account holder dies. It builds beneficiary and estate planning into accounts from the start.

Deezer says it will soon let users filter out AI-generated music. A new toggle will hide AI tracks, albums and artists from search results. The feature should a

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is running at Moscone West in San Francisco. The event is down to its last two days, 14 and 15 October. Organisers cut ticket prices by

Character.AI is going bankrupt. The chatbot company let people create and chat with AI characters. New York Attorney General Letitia James has revealed a multi-

Apple has released a new Apple TV 4K streaming box. A reviewer says it is a good device but adds few new features. The box and remote look almost the same as th

YouTube is adding a Made with AI label to some songs. The label marks tracks that were altered or fully created using AI. It works in a similar way to the label

Shoppers can save up to 20% on gift cards from about 30 retailers. The deals cover shops that sell books, tech, food and travel. Stores include REI and Barnes a

Apple has announced its first smart display, called HomeView. It will go on sale on 13 November. Amazon is already offering it for $10 less than the usual price

A company called Certain Things has made a new motherboard for old iPods. It is called Sprout Pi. It lets you add Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB-C and a microSD card slo

Anbernic has shown off a new handheld gaming device with two screens. It is called the RG DDS. The design and screen sizes closely copy the Nintendo 3DS. A new

Xbox has announced a new, smaller controller called the Xbox Nano. It is just 5 inches wide and weighs 3.5 ounces. That makes it much lighter than a standard Xb

A new game called Valor Mortis is a Soulslike played from a first-person view. That is rare, because most games in the genre use a camera behind the character.

The horror film Obsession could get a sequel. Its breakout star, Inde Navarrette, says she would happily return. She played Nikki in director Curry Barker's fil

Magic: The Gathering is reprinting a card called Soul Spike for the first time in 20 years. It was first printed in 2006. Since then it has become valuable, sel

Paramount has released the first trailer for Yellowjackets season 4. The teaser has scary flashbacks and shocked reactions from the survivors. The new season st

Sony has revealed the games joining the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog in October. The newest Mafia title, Mafia: The Old Country, arrives on 20 October. Horizon

Epic Games has released a preview of a new Epic Games Store launcher. In a blog post, the company said the app was 'vibe coded'. That means programmers used AI

Apple TV has renewed the dark comedy thriller Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed for a second season. The show stars Tatiana Maslany as Paula, a newly divorced mum. Sh

Talent agency CAA has signed actor Ella Bright. She is the female lead of the hit series Off Campus. Based on Elle Kennedy's bestselling books, the show streams

Actor Aaron Paul has paid tribute to his Breaking Bad co-star RJ Mitte, who has died at 34. Paul played Jesse Pinkman in the hit AMC series. He wrote a heartfel

Actors Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins and Christina Elmore have launched a new production company. It is called Tomorrow/Today. They announced it by buying th

Andrew Haas has joined Andrew Lauren Productions as Head of Production and Development. Lauren is a producer of the film The Brutalist. Haas will help grow the

Actor Mark Duplass has joined the cast of the Hulu limited series Victoria. He will play William Holbrook, a UC Berkeley professor known for gene editing work.

DeepSeek V4 has arrived and it's outperforming systems that cost billions to build — for free. This video breaks down how the open-source model achieves compara

A deep dive into OpenAI's ChatGPT 5.5 Instant — the good improvements, the bad trade-offs, and the insane capabilities that nobody saw coming. The video tests r

An exclusive look at DeepMind's latest AI breakthroughs, featuring a conversation with CEO Demis Hassabis. The video covers new developments in protein folding,

NVIDIA's latest AI can take a single photograph and generate an entire explorable 3D world that maintains consistency from every angle. The technology represent

Google I/O 2026 had massive AI announcements that reshape the entire Google ecosystem. This video cuts through the noise and highlights the key reveals — from G

Anthropic just dropped a major new capability for Claude. Fireship breaks down what changed, how it works under the hood, and why this makes Claude even more us

A single pull request caused chaos in the JavaScript ecosystem by compromising the NPM registry. This video explains the vulnerability, how it was exploited, an

MKBHD breaks down what Google claims is the biggest Android update ever. From generative AI integration at the OS level to radical UI changes and privacy featur

Despite better hardware specs, smartphone photos increasingly look worse than older models. MKBHD investigates the trend toward computational photography over-p

Anthropic officially released Claude Code on mobile, bringing AI-powered coding to your phone. NetworkChuck demonstrates setting up a forever terminal, coding f

Reserve Bank keeps cash rate unchanged as inflation remains within target band.

CBA, Westpac, NAB and ANZ pass on rate changes to variable mortgage customers.

Australian shares reach record levels driven by resources sector strength.

AUD slides past $0.65 USD as commodity prices soften and rate differential widens.

Australian retirement savings pushed higher by robust equity and property market performance.

Sydney and Melbourne auction markets soften as affordability constraints bite.

Australia's trade minister, Don Farrell, said Coalition MPs walked out of a meeting on a planned trade deal with the European Union. He made the remark during a

Tipping is becoming more common in Australia because of card payment screens. Shops, cafes, salons and even online stores now ask customers to add a tip. Many p

British broadcaster Sir Trevor Phillips told CBS News staff to stand up to critics of the network. In a meeting, he said they should tell critics to let them do

Netflix is cutting about 1,000 jobs, or 6% of its staff. The company said the cuts affect its product, tech, legal and human resources teams. It is the biggest

US inflation rose to 3.7% in September, up from 3.4% in August. It was the last inflation report before the midterm elections. Prices went up 0.6% in a single m

The UK energy secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, is looking at a new way to charge for energy. It is called a rising block tariff. Households would get a cheap amoun