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Google appeals US court ruling on search monopoly
Alphabet's Google on Friday appealed a federal judge's ruling in Washington that it holds illegal monopolies in online search and related advertising.
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Optus deny cops’ claim on triple-0 outage
Optus have responded after police claimed an outage in South Australia, which has since been resolved, may have affected calls to triple-0.
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Trump’s last-minute AI order switch exposes White House divides
President Trump’s abrupt decision to pull an executive order on artificial intelligence testing has exposed a deeper divide in the White House over how to oversee the technology’s development without…
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What you need to know about VPNs in 2026
The technology is increasingly being used to dodge age and verification checks in Australia. But how does it work, and is it legal?
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New York official warns AI could cost city thousands of jobs
A New York City official warned this week that those working in the Big Apple could face the brunt of the negative impacts of artificial intelligence, possibly costing the city…
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AI is changing the internet forever. Here’s how
There’s a simple reason Google is making sweeping changes to its iconic, decades-old search engine: users are making complicated requests. “People are asking much longer and harder questions that no…
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‘Once you try these, you won’t want anything else’— Our binoculars expert rated these as the best small binoculars they’d ever tested. Now at their best price of the year
Expert tester Jase Parnell-Brookes rated the Nikon 12x25 Binoculars with a flawless review and was impressed with the image stabilization, their small, lightweight and pocketable versatility that makes them perfect…
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Apple rejected over two million app submissions for not meeting guidelines
Apple stressed on a combination of human expertise and machine learning in order to weed out bad actors by identifying malicious patterns
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Samsung workers begin voting on pay deal, some non-chip employees to oppose it
Samsung Electronics’ workers in South Korea on Friday began voting on a pay deal
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SpaceX’s road to landmark IPO filing
Led by billionaire CEO Elon Musk, the world’s most valuable private company is aiming to raise $75 billion at a valuation nearing $2 trillion
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Anthropic in talks to use Microsoft’s AI chips: Report
A partnership between the two companies would mark a significant win for Microsoft
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Google, Meta, TikTok hit by EU consumer complaints about handling of financial scams
The move highlights growing pressure worldwide on Big Tech to do more to address the negative impacts of social media
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California governor orders a plan to cope with AI job upheaval
The executive order will mobilise state agencies, experts, universities and industry leaders to develop policies
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Texas sues Meta, WhatsApp over encryption privacy claims
“WhatsApp markets its services as secure and encrypted, but it does not deliver on those promises,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said
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Meta settles social media addiction case brought by rural Kentucky school district
Meta has settled the first of many lawsuits brought by school districts across the country that sued social media companies seeking compensation
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Spotify strikes deal with Universal Music to let premium users create AI covers, remixes
“What we’re building is grounded in consent, credit and compensation for the artists and songwriters that take part,” said Spotify Co-CEO Alex Norström
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Trump postpones AI order signing, ‘didn’t like’ some aspects
"Because I didn't like certain aspects of it I postponed it," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office
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Google’s new ‘Information Agents’ are a privacy and web infrastructure problem
In terms of what people ask AI agents, we have only scratched the surface
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Trump could sign AI executive order as soon as Thursday
The White House could issue as soon as Thursday an executive order pushing for a voluntary government review of new artificial intelligence models before they’re released publicly, sources with knowledge…
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Elon Musk eyes Wall Street record with SpaceX IPO
After the IPO, Elon Musk would be the CEO, CTO, and Chairman of the Board, the filing revealed
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Samsung Electronics’ shares jump after tentative wage deal suspends strike
The company’s proposal of paying performance bonuses in company stock rather than cash appeared to reflect Samsung management’s preference
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Intuit to cut 17% of global jobs to streamline operations, memo shows
CEO Sasan Goodarzi sent an email to staff earlier in the day, saying that reducing complexity and simplifying the structure would help it deliver better products, according to the memo
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Nvidia posts record $81.6 billion quarterly revenue on AI spending boom
Net profit surged to $58.3 billion, more than tripling from $18.8 billion in the year-earlier period
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Anthropic nears first quarterly profit, agrees to pay SpaceX $1.25 billion monthly for computing power
Elon Musk posted on X that SpaceX was in discussions with other companies about “offering AI compute as a service at significant scale”
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The seven best video doorbells in the UK tried and tested – and Ring isn’t top
Whether you want to improve your home’s security or simply know who’s at the door, the latest generation of smart doorbells will help put your mind at ease• The best…
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I took an algorithm to court in Sweden. The algorithm won | Charlotta Kronblad
Gothenburg promised to optimise school admissions with a piece of code. The resulting chaos showed how unaccountable systems are ruining livesWe like to imagine that injustice announces itself loudly. That…