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🇦🇺 Local (10)

Outback kaleidoscope: Australia’s fabled desert lake bursts to life in rare sight
The Australian desert is green. Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre in South Australia has filled with water after a very wet monsoon season, turning its usual dry salt plain
5h ago · News Source
Embattled Greens senator Jordon Steele-John confirms leave from parliament after allegations against him made public
Greens senator Jordon Steele-John has confirmed he will not attend parliament next week. The West Australian senator had posted a confidential three-page letter
18h ago · News Source
Helen Haines’s condition improves days after losing both legs from alleged attack
Independent MP Helen Haines is now in a serious but stable condition at Melbourne's Alfred hospital. She lost both legs after an alleged attack near her elector
18h ago · News Source
Thunderstorms, heavy rain and flash flooding predicted for much of Australia
The Bureau of Meteorology is warning of severe thunderstorms, heavy rain and flash flooding across South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania this
19h ago · News Source
Complex issues: how to get your apartment block off gas – before it’s too late
More Australian homes are switching off gas. Gas cooktops are being replaced with induction stoves, gas hot water with heat pumps, and gas heaters with reverse-
20h ago · News Source
Jordon Steele-John’s position remains in limbo as Greens prepare for moment in spotlight
More than a week after claims about Greens senator Jordon Steele-John were made public, his place in the party is still unclear, and questions are being asked a
20h ago · News Source
Paris protests close tourist hotspots as tensions escalate
Major museums in Paris closed on Saturday and France deployed up to 70,000 police, along with helicopters, armoured vehicles and water cannons, as new protests
12h ago · News Source
Iran's latest threat against the US takes aim at new targets
US national intelligence chief Jay Clayton has warned that Iran has greatly increased its efforts to target Americans in the Middle East and in some other count
12h ago · News Source
The attack ad that may have 'backfired spectacularly' in a major US election race
An attack ad in Ohio's race for governor appears to have backfired. The 60-second ad was paid for by the campaign of Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and fe
13h ago · News Source
'Allegations of allegations': Greens senator takes leave amid misconduct investigation
Greens senator Jordon Steele-John says he will not return to parliament next week, and will instead wait for an independent investigation into claims about his
16h ago · News Source

🌍 World (14)

Kim Jong Un crosses new bridge linking North Korea and China
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walked across a newly opened bridge over the Yalu River into China. Chinese state media showed him waving to crowds as he crosse
1h ago · News Source
Brazil’s Lula and Bolsonaro about even ahead of election run-off: Poll
A new poll puts Brazil's presidential run-off almost level on the eve of Sunday's vote. Senator Flavio Bolsonaro had 46.3 percent and President Luiz Inacio Lula
3h ago · News Source
Do abstaining voters hold the key to Brazil’s 2026 presidential election?
About 33.4 million Brazilian adults did not vote in the first round on October 4. That is a 21 percent abstention rate, the highest in a general election since
5h ago · News Source
Jordan’s King Abdullah orders firm response after deadly church attack
Gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in Karak, Jordan, on Friday. Nine people were killed and about 40 were hurt. The attack happened
6h ago · News Source
Father who killed Oregon school gunman describes anguish over children he couldn't save
A father who shot and killed a school gunman in Oregon says he is haunted by the children he could not save. Kaylub Giamanco, 36, spoke to Oregon Public Broadca
20h ago · News Source
Three released without charge after fatal arson attack in Ireland
Irish police have released three people arrested over a house fire in Waterford that killed four members of one family. Two women in their 30s and a man in his
9h ago · News Source
Australian MP's condition improves after alleged car attack
Australian MP Helen Haines is improving after a car hit her outside her office in Wangaratta, Victoria. Her condition moved from critical to serious but stable,
17h ago · News Source
Student movement takes Serbia's Vučić to the wire in neck-and-neck election
Serbia votes on Sunday in a parliamentary election that has turned into a tight race. The Student List, a new opposition movement, has 250 candidates chosen by
20h ago · News Source
International arrivals at Cambodia’s Techo airport fall by 11%
Fewer foreign visitors flew into Cambodia's Techo International Airport in the past year. Arrivals fell 11 percent to 4.55 million between September 2025 and Se
2d ago · News Source
Ukraine says Starlink connection 'now stable' after network limits
The slowed Starlink connections had affected the Ukraine's military and drone operations for a week.
6h ago · BBC World
Palestinian families displaced as Israeli forces demolish Hebron homes, local officials say
The crackdown follows the killing of two Israeli soldiers by two Palestinian gunmen on Friday - and comes just days ahead of Israel's election.
1h ago · BBC World
Man arrested after fire at Hitler's mountaintop Eagle's Nest retreat
Some 200 emergency personnel were deployed to fight the blaze at the Nazi dictator's Alpine residence in Germany.
3h ago · BBC World
British woman dies after trying to rescue sons swept away at sea in the Bahamas
Nathan Gregory says the loss of childhood sweetheart Leanne "is unimaginable for our family".
1h ago · BBC World
Vanessa Trump says she is cancer-free six months after revealing diagnosis
The ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr, with whom she shares five children, announced in May that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.
4h ago · BBC World

🤖 AI & Tech (14)

The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn't make it
TechCrunch has published a running list of AI products and startups that have shut down or faded out. Among them is Relay, a workflow tool built to compete with
9m ago · News Source
Instacart reportedly discussed selling itself with DoorDash and Uber
Instacart has reportedly talked to DoorDash and Uber about selling itself. The Information said the grocery delivery company hired an investment bank to weigh i
2h ago · News Source
Block's new voice model sounds eerily human
Jack Dorsey's company Block has released a new voice model called Dessa. The company says it can laugh, pause and cry, and that talking to it feels like talking
3h ago · News Source
PHP-ocalypse: How two critical web bugs almost broke the internet
Two serious bugs in PHP, the software that runs a large share of the web, forced companies around the world to take sites offline this week. Researchers named t
3h ago · News Source
These clever apps show off the iPhone Duo's potential
Apple's first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, has pushed developers to build apps made for its folding screen. A TechCrunch writer says those apps finally make
4h ago · News Source
Forced to pick, Grok’s AI model chooses Republicans. OpenAI’s picks Democrats.
A new study asked two leading AI models who to vote for in nearly 500 US midterm races. Grok 4.7, made by SpaceXAI, picked the Republican 92 percent of the time
4h ago · News Source
The Boox Palma 2 Pro finally got me to stop reading on my phone
The Boox Palma 2 Pro is a $400 e-reader the size of a phone, with a black-and-white E Ink screen. It runs Android and can install apps from Google Play. A TechC
4h ago · News Source
Pennsylvania will require labels on AI-generated ads
Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro signed the Artificial Intelligence Deceptive Advertising Act into law on Thursday. Any ad, whether an image, video, audio cli
37m ago · News Source
Fielded is obsessed with scammers and unhinged Japanese cyberpunk
Lindsay Powell records music under the name Fielded. The new album, Some Kind of Animal, jumps between slinky R&B, neo-soul and industrial funk. It includes a c
4h ago · News Source
LG’s brilliant C6 OLED TV is already $400 off ahead of Black Friday
LG has started its early Black Friday sale, and the 55-inch C6 OLED TV is down to $999.99. That is $400 off and the lowest price seen so far, with Amazon and Be
4h ago · News Source
What to expect from Apple’s ‘Pro and tell’ event
Apple will hold a "Pro and tell" event on 28 October at 1pm Eastern time in Los Angeles. It looks set to focus on the MacBook Pro, and the long-rumoured touchsc
4h ago · News Source
I hope Apple’s touchscreen MacBook takes some lessons from this Lenovo laptop
The Verge's laptop reviewer says the Lenovo Yoga 9n shows what he wants from a touchscreen MacBook. The 16-inch machine is a convertible that folds flat into a
5h ago · News Source
Lee Chang Dong ponders the ethics of the camera
Korean director Lee Chang Dong's seventh film, Possible Love, is inspired by real events in 2009, when a Korean conglomerate cut a third of its staff, about 2,6
6h ago · News Source
Laika has spent 20 years building up to Wildwood
Wildwood is the sixth film from Laika, the studio behind Coraline, and it took a long time to reach cinemas. CEO Travis Knight optioned Colin Meloy's book in 20
7h ago · News Source

🎮 Gaming (7)

Clint Eastwood's Most Intense Western Is Officially Streaming for Free on YouTube
Clint Eastwood's 1973 western High Plains Drifter is now free to watch on YouTube. It was only the second film he directed. The story follows a stranger who arr
9m ago · News Source
Commander Shepard Voice Actors Call for Action to Save Mass Effect
The voice actors who played Commander Shepard in Mass Effect have joined a fan campaign to save the series. Jennifer Hale and Mark Meer are backing a petition a
46m ago · News Source
Hulu Officially Bringing Back 2000s Fan-Favorite Crime Drama
Hulu has shown a first look at Prison Break: Black Creek, a new series set in the same world as the 2000s show. It is in production and will stream on Hulu and
1h ago · News Source
3 Final Fantasy Games to Play if You Loved FF Resonance
Final Fantasy Resonance, the first game in the series made in the HD-2D style, is now out on consoles and Windows PC. The style mixes pixel art with modern ligh
1h ago · News Source
The 20 Most-Played Steam Next Fest Demos Features Troublemaking Students, Farting Hippos
Steam Next Fest is running through October 26, with more than 8,000 free game demos for players to try. Valve shared the 20 most-played demos with Polygon. Mul
1h ago · News Source
Stephen King's 10 Best Villains of All Time, Ranked
Stephen King has written dozens of novels and short stories, and many of his villains are as famous as his heroes. Polygon has ranked his ten best, from vampire
3h ago · News Source
5 Hardest Platformers Ever Made, Ranked by Difficulty
Polygon has ranked the five hardest platform games ever made. Platformers are usually seen as friendly and colourful, built on running and jumping over obstacle
3h ago · News Source

🎬 Entertainment (6)

Sylvester Stallone On Casting Daughter In 'Tulsa King': "Of Course It’s Nepotism, You Idiot"
Sylvester Stallone says he has no problem with people calling him a nepotist after he cast his daughter Scarlet Rose Stallone in his series Tulsa King. "Of cour
1h ago · News Source
Ric Flair Latest Health Update: Ex-Wrestler Wears Eye Patch In Message Reassuring Fans "I Am Focused On My Healing And Recovery"
Former wrestler Ric Flair is recovering after a fall outside a restaurant in Tampa, Florida. The 77-year-old was taken to Tampa General Hospital, where he was t
1h ago · News Source
AMC Theatres Wants NYC's Endangered Kips Bay Multiplex To Remain But Decision "Not Ours To Make"; Scheduled Closing Date Announced
AMC Theatres chief executive Adam Aron says the company wants to keep its Kips Bay 15 cinema in Manhattan open, but the decision is not AMC's to make. He put th
2h ago · News Source
BravoCon 2027 Sets Dates For Return To Las Vegas
Bravo has announced that BravoCon will return to Las Vegas from 22 to 24 October 2027, at Caesars Forum. It will be the fifth BravoCon and the third time the ev
3h ago · News Source
'Clayface' Takes Shape As No. 1 With $24M+; 'You Can See Everything' Wowing With Possible $20M Second Weekend – Box Office Update
The DC film Clayface opened at number one in North America with an estimated $24 million to $25 million, after taking $10.4 million on Friday and in previews. I
4h ago · News Source
Anika Rashaun Dies: 'Real World', 'The Challenge' Alum Was 34
Anika Rashaun, who appeared on MTV's The Real World and The Challenge, died on 1 October of breast cancer. She was 34. She joined The Real World Seattle: Bad B
6h ago · News Source

▶️ Video (10)

The most vulnerable week in internet history...
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1d ago · YouTube
The #1 Danger Isn't Roblox
Ryan Montgomery on the #1 thing parents get wrong about protecting kids from online predators. Check out the FULL VIDEO here: https://youtu.be/5wZUwZWxMLQ
1d ago · YouTube
The last real programmers are dying out...
Get real-time search data from a single API. Fireship viewers get 1,000 free searches: https://serpapi.com/fireship Yes the very foundations of the internet are
2d ago · YouTube
ASMR iPhone Duo Unboxing
iPhone duo only comes with 2 things in the box
3d ago · YouTube
iPhone Duo Review: First Generation Fun!
What it's actually like to use the first folding iPhone - Duo Don’t miss Ridge’s friends and family sale at https://ridge.com/MKBHD Protect your iPhone Duo at h
3d ago · YouTube
Did Google just dethrone OpenAI and Anthropic?
Macroscope can auto-approve your team's PRs safely. Try it here: https://macroscope.com/?utm_source=fireship Google’s new model claims to beat GPT-6 and Opus 5.
4d ago · YouTube
0day Hacks NetworkChuck (OSINT)
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4d ago · YouTube
Gemini 4 Argon Is Not What I Expected
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5d ago · YouTube
Flushing the toilet kills our network!
What would you make your AI agents investigate? Go watch the FULL VIDEO here: https://youtu.be/7RVf25Rg0Mc
7d ago · YouTube
The NEW Tesla Roadster: My Honest Reaction
Tesla doesn't do marketing. Until they do. Hagerty video: https://youtu.be/22rvpUecLts?si=z7reGi_rtH9mG3R3 Auto Focus: http://youtube.com/AutoFocus MKBHD Merch:
7d ago · YouTube

📌 Other (12)

RBA Holds Interest Rate Steady at 4.10% in May Decision
Reserve Bank keeps cash rate unchanged as inflation remains within target band.
· AFR
Big Four Banks Raise Variable Mortgage Rates Following RBA
CBA, Westpac, NAB and ANZ pass on rate changes to variable mortgage customers.
· Banking Day
ASX 200 Hits New All-Time High on Mining and Energy Rally
Australian shares reach record levels driven by resources sector strength.
· Yahoo Finance AU
Australian Dollar Falls to Multi-Year Low Against US Dollar
AUD slides past $0.65 USD as commodity prices soften and rate differential widens.
· AFR
Superannuation Balances Grow 12% Annually on Strong Investment Returns
Australian retirement savings pushed higher by robust equity and property market performance.
· Yahoo Finance AU
Property Market Shows Signs of Cooling as Auction Clearance Rates Drop
Sydney and Melbourne auction markets soften as affordability constraints bite.
· AFR
Is London really the most-taxed city? Banks accused of cherrypicking data
A banking lobby group says London is the most heavily taxed place for banks. Campaigners say its figures leave out London's biggest rival, Paris, and are mislea
8h ago · News Source
More than third of post offices in TG Jones stores to shut by early 2027
More than a third of the post offices inside TG Jones shops will close by early 2027. The chain was known as WH Smith until it was bought and renamed by the pri
13h ago · News Source
Trump drops some Canada tariffs in bid to boost embattled Susan Collins in Maine
The White House has dropped some tariffs on Canadian goods to help Senator Susan Collins in her tight re-election race in Maine. The exemptions cover nine farm
21h ago · News Source
Healey to give £20bn boost to UK’s business lender and infrastructure bank
The chancellor, John Healey, is set to give about £20bn more to Britain's state-backed business lender and its infrastructure bank, according to the Financial T
20h ago · News Source
A little bit of luck is lifting UK Budget expectations
A Financial Times analysis argues that part of the recent improvement in UK budget forecasts comes from luck rather than good decisions. Better-than-expected nu
15h ago · News Source
Pubs, pints and the art of the Budget gimmick
The Financial Times looks at the small, crowd-pleasing promises that show up in almost every UK budget, such as a penny off a pint in the pub. These measures ar
15h ago · News Source