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🇦🇺 Local (10)

MP calls for rethink of pre-poll voting amid heightened security concerns in wake of Haines incident
A Queensland MP wants Australia to rethink how pre-poll voting works. Garth Hamilton, the Liberal-National member for Groom, says booths near car parks and busy
5h ago · News Source
Greens push for human override in aged care assessment after ombudsman’s scathing report into algorithm tool
The Greens want the government to let aged care staff overrule a computer tool that helps decide funding for older Australians. The push follows a 104-page repo
5h ago · News Source
Guardian Essential poll: One Nation and Labor’s primary vote on par as discontent with Albanese rises
A new Guardian Essential poll shows One Nation and Labor level on 28% of the primary vote. The Coalition is on 23%. The survey of 1,087 Australians was taken la
5h ago · News Source
‘Are you waiting for me to be attacked?’ Fatima Payman slams PM over staffing
Independent senator Fatima Payman has attacked the prime minister over the staffing given to her office. She asked whether he was waiting for something like the
6h ago · News Source
ABC to demand rightwing One Nation party stop using Bluey in ‘shocking and disrespectful’ cartoon
The ABC will send a legal warning to One Nation for using the cartoon dog Bluey in a political video. The 2024 video, called State of Melbourne, shows Bluey ram
9h ago · News Source
Albanese concedes $6m golf club grant in his electorate was not to contain ‘raw sewage’
Anthony Albanese has admitted he was wrong when he told parliament a $6 million grant to a golf club was to stop raw sewage flowing into a river. The money went
10h ago · News Source
Neck and neck in the 2026 New Zealand election – podcast
New Zealand holds a national election on 7 November, and the race is very close. The Guardian's Full Story podcast looks at why the result matters. New Zealand
5h ago · News Source
If the Albanese government wants to cheat the populist death spiral, it needs to go to the barricades with the rest of us | Peter Lewis
Peter Lewis, head of Essential Media, argues the Albanese government is close to a populist death spiral. Writing in the Guardian, he says Labor's primary vote
5h ago · News Source
Are seed oils unhealthy? Why are so many influencers speaking out against them? | Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz
Seed oils like canola and sunflower oil have become a target for online influencers. Some claim they cause inflammation and long-term disease. US health secreta
5h ago · News Source
The chaos in France is a ‘warning signal’ for Australia’s public spending and rising costs
Hundreds of thousands of people marched in cities across France on Saturday. They protested against school underfunding, falling teacher numbers, run-down build
20h ago · News Source

🌍 World (15)

The WhatsApp ‘general’ behind Lula’s election comeback in Brazil
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won Brazil's presidential run-off on October 25, 2026, beating right-wing rival Flavio Bolsonaro. Three weeks earlier he had finished
30m ago · News Source
Protesters storm Serbian pro-Vucic TV station after his loss at polls
About 30 protesters entered the newsroom of Informer TV in Belgrade on Monday evening, October 26, 2026. They surrounded editor-in-chief and owner Dragan Vucice
1h ago · News Source
Spain deports migrants from Ceuta in move criticised by rights group
Spain deported more than a dozen migrants from Ceuta on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, after their asylum requests were rejected. Morocco agreed to take them back,
1h ago · News Source
Funeral held for family killed in Jordanian airstrikes in Syria
Mourners in southern Syria have buried four members of one family, including three children, after Jordanian air strikes hit the area. The funerals were held on
2h ago · News Source
Death toll from attack by gunmen in northeastern Nigeria rises to 62
Gunmen attacked Binnari village in Taraba state, northeastern Nigeria, on Friday, killing at least 62 people. The national emergency agency confirmed the toll o
3h ago · News Source
Iranian and Qatari leaders meet at Russian energy forum
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani in Moscow on Tuesday, October 27, 2026. They met on the sidelines of the G
3h ago · News Source
Israel election turnout highest in 50 years as voting continues
By 6pm on Tuesday, 66.7% of eligible Israeli voters had cast a ballot, the Central Elections Committee said. That was far above the 57.7% recorded at the same t
3h ago · News Source
Cyclone Arnab batters India’s east coast
Cyclone Arnab made landfall on India's east coast on Tuesday, October 27, 2026. Heavy rain and coastal flooding hit towns and villages along the shore. Video f
3h ago · News Source
International arrivals at Cambodia’s Techo airport fall by 11%
International arrivals at Cambodia's Techo International Airport fell by 11% to 4.55 million in the year from September 2025 to September 2026. China's Xinhua n
5d ago · News Source
Norway and Finland leaders hold rare call with Putin
An end to the conflict in Ukraine "will not be achieved through silence," Finland's President Alexander Stubb said.
36m ago · BBC World
Truce begins in Ukraine city where residents ate weeds to survive
The Oleshky ceasefire, which the White House said was secured by US First Lady Melania Trump, is meant to allow aid to get in and civilians to get out.
3h ago · BBC World
Ballon d'Or ceremony raises case of French sports journalist jailed in Algeria
He is in jail accused of supporting terrorism after travelling to the politically sensitive region Kabylie.
4h ago · BBC World
Mbappé sorry for 'ill-judged' Mao remark after backlash in China
The France star had referred to the former Chinese leader as a "dictator" during an interview about memes.
5h ago · BBC World
Lula's comeback in Brazil dents Trump's ambitions for Latin America
The Trump-Lula relationship may have thawed, but several issues could reignite tensions between the two leaders.
17h ago · BBC World
Controversial Islamic cleric shot dead in northern Nigeria
Yahaya Masussuka had posted videos in which he rejected some elements of mainstream Islam.
30m ago · BBC World

🤖 AI & Tech (14)

Disruptive raises $10B fund to make big bets on at least 10 companies
A Dallas investment firm called Disruptive has raised a $10 billion fund. It plans to put money into at least 10 older startups, with single checks of up to $1
9m ago · News Source
Frontier AI labs say their models refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis. What does that mean?
OpenAI says its AI models helped solve three major math problems. One result claims to disprove the Exponential Time Hypothesis, a long-held idea in computer sc
1h ago · News Source
Google’s Genie 4 world model adds audio, more realistic worlds, and real-time steering
Google DeepMind released Genie 4 on Tuesday as a research preview. It is a world model: an AI system that builds playable, moving scenes instead of just video c
2h ago · News Source
Meta AI director Rohit Patel leaves to take on Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
Rohit Patel is leaving Meta after eight years of building AI there. He was a director at Meta Superintelligence Labs. On Tuesday he launched a startup called Nd
4h ago · News Source
Ford Fathom will be the cheapest American EV capable of powering a house
Ford will sell two home chargers that let its upcoming Fathom pickup send power back into a house. The truck starts at $28,350. Ford says it can push more than
4h ago · News Source
US government says hackers are now exploiting critical PHP web bugs
A US government agency says hackers are now using two serious flaws in PHP, a coding language that runs a huge share of the web. The agency, CISA, told civilian
4h ago · News Source
Apple unveils new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 chip
Apple announced a new 14-inch MacBook Pro with its M6 chip on Tuesday. It starts at $1,999 and comes in space black or silver. Apple says the battery lasts up t
4h ago · News Source
Trump is making it easier for fossil fuel companies to leak methane
The Trump administration is weakening rules that stop methane from leaking out of oil and gas equipment. The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to anno
39m ago · News Source
VisionQuest is what happens when AI really goes rogue
VisionQuest is Marvel's new Disney Plus show about Vision, the robot hero played by Paul Bettany. He tries to work out what it means to be human, and gets lost
1h ago · News Source
The Super Mouse puts a touchscreen macro pad under your hand
Arctic Fox Technologies has announced the Super Mouse, a computer mouse with a 3.1-inch touchscreen where your palm rests. The screen replaces a row of shortcut
2h ago · News Source
Anthropic’s elaborate plan to keep Wall Street at bay
Anthropic is getting ready to sell shares to the public, and it has built an unusual set of rules to stop investors from pushing it around. The company says it
2h ago · News Source
Meta’s $25 billion legal loss just put blood in the water
A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion over claims that it misled users about the Cambridge Analytica scandal and related incidents. The ruling
2h ago · News Source
Firefox’s Smart Window adds AI form filling and webpage monitoring
Mozilla is adding two features to Smart Window, the AI browsing mode in Firefox. The first can fill out online forms using information from your open tabs. Cli
2h ago · News Source
Google’s next Genie AI model generates more realistic experiences
Google has announced Genie 4, a world model that builds interactive scenes with AI. The company says it brings four big upgrades over Genie 3. Genie 4 makes mo
3h ago · News Source

🎮 Gaming (7)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 review
PC Gamer's review says Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is the series back at its best. The game came out on October 23, 2026. It was made by Infinity Ward and pu
47m ago · News Source
After Onimusha's focused swordplay, Phantom Blade Zero delivers a sprawling, maximalist action epic
Phantom Blade Zero is a huge action game from studio S-Game. Fifteen hours in, PC Gamer's reviewer has already swapped main weapons more times than in a whole S
1h ago · News Source
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun studio announces major layoffs, then quickly deletes the announcement
Auroch Digital, the studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, posted on LinkedIn that it was restructuring and would cut around a quarter of its staff. The post
1h ago · News Source
Nvidia and AMD invest billions into Meta as companies egg each other on to bet even more on AI
Nvidia and AMD both announced partnerships with Meta this week. Nvidia will put $3 billion into Meta and supply chips, Vera Rubin systems, Spectrum X networking
2h ago · News Source
Vote for the scariest game of all time: Round 1
PC Gamer asked readers to name the scariest PC game ever made. The team took the 16 most popular answers and put them into a knockout bracket, with the order pi
2h ago · News Source
Dungeons & Dragons: World of Warcraft's class designer 'crammed as much' of the MMO into it so that even veteran tabletop players can experience something new
Wizards of the Coast will release Dungeons & Dragons: World of Warcraft on November 12. Lead designer James Wyatt and senior designer Ben Petrisor showed how th
2h ago · News Source
Square Enix vets say devs of the future will need to 'master the use of AI', but the human touch will still be vital
Two veteran Square Enix developers told Japanese magazine Famitsu that future game makers must learn to use AI well. Hiromichi Tanaka, who worked on many Final
3h ago · News Source

🎬 Entertainment (6)

Emma Parks, Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Conor Sherry & Lesley Ann Warren Wrap On Coming-Of-Age Film 'Dirty Towel'
Filmmakers Callie Carpinteri and Emma Parks have finished shooting "Dirty Towel", a full-length film based on their short movie of the same name. Parks stars as
22m ago · News Source
'The Birds' Limited Series Starring Sarah Snook Lands At HBO For Development From Tom Spezialy, David Heyman & UGT
HBO is developing "The Birds", a limited series starring Sarah Snook. The show is based on Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film and the Daphne du Maurier story behind i
26m ago · News Source
Oscar-Contender ‘Tutu’ Announces Theatrical Release; Sam Pollard Film Documents Famed Archbishop Who Helped Bring Down Apartheid
A documentary about Archbishop Desmond Tutu will open in U.S. theaters on December 18. It reaches UK cinemas a week earlier, on December 11. The film is directe
29m ago · News Source
Kevin Delaney To Head Digital Content And Subscription For NBC News
NBC News has hired Kevin Delaney for a brand new job: head of digital content and subscription. He started on November 16. Delaney helped start the business new
30m ago · News Source
'Saw' Franchise's Darren Lynn Bousman To Direct Psychological Thriller 'Serpentine'
Darren Lynn Bousman, who directed several "Saw" horror films, will direct a new thriller called "Serpentine". The film is set in a quiet New England town where
41m ago · News Source
Jessica Lange To Receive Vision Award At Sun Valley Film Festival
Jessica Lange will receive the Vision Award at the Sun Valley Film Festival. Deadline presents the award, which honors her work in film, television and theater.
42m ago · News Source

▶️ Video (10)

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4d ago · YouTube
The #1 Danger Isn't Roblox
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4d ago · YouTube
The last real programmers are dying out...
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5d ago · YouTube
ASMR iPhone Duo Unboxing
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6d ago · YouTube
iPhone Duo Review: First Generation Fun!
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6d ago · YouTube
Did Google just dethrone OpenAI and Anthropic?
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7d ago · YouTube
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Gemini 4 Argon Is Not What I Expected
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8d ago · YouTube
Flushing the toilet kills our network!
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10d 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
Bridget McKenzie fears MPs will ‘retreat from the public square’ following alleged attack on Helen Haines – as it happened
Nationals Senate leader Bridget McKenzie says she fears MPs will "retreat from the public square" after an alleged attack on independent MP Helen Haines. She to
12h ago · News Source
iPhone Duo owners report cracks in Apple’s first foldable handset
Some owners of Apple's first folding phone, the iPhone Duo, say the screen has cracked. Reports appeared on Reddit and other social sites after the handset went
23h ago · News Source
Homes across UK to get low- or no-interest loans to fund solar panels and heat pumps
From Tuesday, UK households can apply for government-backed loans to pay for solar panels, batteries and heat pumps. The Warm Home Loans scheme offers £7,500 to
1h ago · News Source
Britain issues costliest five-year debt since 2008 in run-up to budget – as it happened
Britain sold £4.5bn of five-year government debt on Tuesday at an interest rate of 5.036%. That is the highest since 2008, when the global financial crisis hit.
2h ago · News Source
Bottled water and tinned food sales surge after UK government issues emergency stockpile advice
Sales of tinned food, bottled water, torches and wind-up radios have jumped in the UK. The rush began after the government launched its "Be Ready" campaign last
3h ago · News Source
UK government to give £15m to anti-misogyny fund amid ‘manosphere’ concerns
Chancellor John Healey will put £15m into a new fund to fight misogyny in workplaces, schools and public places. The money is expected to be confirmed in Wednes
4h ago · News Source