All articles published by The Daily Perspective from 28 February to 29 March 2026.
A landmark Los Angeles court ruling has found Meta and Google liable for harms caused by addictive social media design. The verdict opens the door to thousands of pending cases and could force major changes to how platforms operate.
Meg Hadley 
James Hird has joined growing criticism of the AFL's Opening Round structure, which forces teams playing in the early games into multiple byes during the first month of the season.
Patrick Donnelly 
Australia's cyber security agencies warn that commercial satellite operators routing data globally may escape Australian data laws. A new joint advisory outlines risks and contractual safeguards.
Tom Whitfield 
Freehold Games ported their deep roguelike to Nintendo Switch not because it made business sense, but because they're drawn to solving technically impossible problems.
Jake Nguyen 
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Anthony Randazzo, Bishop of Broken Bay, as the head of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts, making him the first Australian to lead a major Vatican office in seven years.
Priya Narayanan 
HBO has released the first trailer for its Harry Potter television series, confirming a Christmas 2026 debut with eight episodes and a fresh ensemble cast led by newcomers Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton, and Alastair Stout.
Ella Sullivan 
Ahmed al Ahmed has been awarded Waverley Council's highest civic honour for disarming one of the gunmen during the Bondi Beach terror attack that killed 15 people in December.
Liam Gallagher-Walsh 
Iran has rejected a 15-point US peace proposal while insisting no negotiations are underway, even as Washington deploys thousands more troops to the Middle East.
Aisha Khoury 
Australia's diesel shortage is about to hit family groceries. Transport operators are already adjusting costs, and supermarkets will soon follow.
Jake Nguyen 
The NFL has locked in its first Australian regular-season game for Friday, September 11 at the MCG. The problem: it lands during AFL semi-final weekend.
Jimmy O'Brien 
A proof-of-concept attack reveals that Andrew Ng's new Context Hub service lacks safeguards against poisoned documentation, allowing attackers to manipulate AI coding agents through pull requests.
James Callahan 
Two nightclub arsons in Melbourne within 48 hours—one confirmed deliberate attack with accelerant—suggest a potential organised crime pattern targeting hospitality venues that authorities have not yet publicly connected.
Rachel Thornbury 
Stripped of key players and facing a 13-year drought at the Cattery, Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks is asking his injury-hit team to abandon conservative tactics and attack Geelong head-on.
James Callahan 
Thousands of Discord users encountered widespread connection failures Wednesday afternoon, unable to start voice calls as the platform grappled with a significant service disruption.
Zara Mitchell 
New images from the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes show Saturn in unprecedented detail, with infrared and visible-light views combining to reveal the gas giant's complex atmospheric structure and seasonal changes.
Victoria Crawford 
Virtual smartphones running in data centres are becoming the tool of choice for scammers, evading bank fraud detection systems that rely on outdated device fingerprinting methods.
Oliver Pemberton 
Fresh into his tenure as Disney CEO, Josh D'Amaro is confronting the fallout from two failed multibillion-dollar partnerships: OpenAI's sudden shutdown of its Sora video tool and Epic Games' mass layoffs amid Fortnite's declining engagement.
Sophia Vargas 
At a White House summit on education and artificial intelligence, a walking, talking robot introduced First Lady Melania Trump. The moment symbolised a deeper strategic competition over AI's role in schools.
James Callahan 
Small business owners reliant on fuel are absorbing unsustainable costs whilst the government offers only conservation advice and strategic reserve drawdowns.
Daniel Kovac 
South Australia faces Victoria in the Sheffield Shield final this week, but it's what happened to get there that makes this shot at consecutive titles so special.
Jimmy O'Brien 
Three major US federal agencies have withdrawn from RSA Conference 2026 after a former Biden administration official was appointed CEO, raising questions about political pressures overriding national security coordination.
Priya Narayanan 
Arson investigators are examining the scene at Love Machine nightclub in Prahran after patrol officers discovered the venue engulfed in flames around 2am. The fire is being treated as suspicious.
Aisha Khoury 
The guild RAoV used exploits to claim world first in World of Warcraft's new Dreamrift raid. Blizzard removed the kill and banned them. They returned hours later under a new account with their guild name reversed.
Tom Whitfield 
Amberspire reimagines city building by putting dice at the centre of resource management, forcing players to adapt rather than optimise. From Lunar Division and Bithell Games, it launches May 6.
Aisha Khoury 
YouTube is making it easier for emerging creators to monetise their channels through affiliate sales, reducing the subscriber threshold from 1,000 to 500.
Andrew Marsh 
VITL's funding round highlights a structural gap in healthcare tech: while GLP-1 clinics explode, most still manage prescriptions with faxes and phone calls.
Tom Whitfield 
Developer Robin Payot has created a playable version of Zelda: Wind Waker's open ocean in a web browser using JavaScript. The free project is already gaining attention, but its future remains uncertain.
Jake Nguyen 
Razer's refreshed Blade 16 ditches AMD processors for Intel's latest Core Ultra chips, squeezing more cores into the same slim profile. The move highlights growing costs in premium laptop components.
Tom Whitfield 
Meta has begun laying off about 700 workers across Reality Labs, social media, and recruitment as the company doubles down on artificial intelligence infrastructure, signalling a dramatic strategic reorientation.
Nadia Souris 
Iranian military sources have warned they could open new strategic fronts including the Bab el-Mandeb Strait if faced with further pressure, escalating threats to global trade routes.
Zara Mitchell