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Zara Mitchell Article Archive
All articles published by The Daily Perspective from 28 February to 29 March 2026.
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America's Sweeping Router Ban Raises Hard Questions About Scope and Realism
The FCC has banned all new foreign-made Wi-Fi routers, citing cybersecurity risks from Chinese hackers. The policy is sweeping but faces serious practical challenges: no major router brand manufactures domestically.
Daniel Kovac 
Defining the red line for cyberwar: who decides and what's at stake
Former NSA leaders grapple with a fundamental question at RSAC 2026: when does a cyberattack cross into an act of war? The answer, they suggest, depends entirely on who sits in the Oval Office.
Zara Mitchell 
Three masked men torch South Yarra nightclub in arson attack
Police are investigating a deliberate arson attack at LUX Nightclub in South Yarra after three masked men forced their way into the venue and set it alight with accelerant in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Rachel Thornbury 
Supply Crisis, Penalty Rhetoric: Australia's Fuel Response Misdiagnosis
As Australia faces record fuel prices from global supply disruption, the government is sending conflicting signals: penalties for price gouging, but real actions addressing supply constraints.
Tom Whitfield 
Police release CCTV as manhunt intensifies for Auburn shooting gunmen
NSW Police have released CCTV footage as they hunt two masked gunmen who opened fire at an Auburn kebab shop, injuring three people including an innocent worker.
Samantha Blake 
One Voice Defends DLSS 5 While Games Industry Recoils
As game developers and industry figures unite in criticising Nvidia's new DLSS 5 technology, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 director Daniel Vávra stands alone in defending the AI upscaling system.
Zara Mitchell 
The Price That Kills Small Business: How Australia's Fuel Crisis Is Breaking Tradies
Australia's worst fuel crisis in decades is squeezing tradespeople hardest. Joinery contractors, painters, and garage door operators who cannot work from home are buckling under doubled fuel costs and facing an impossible choice: absorb the expenses or raise prices and lose customers.
Sophia Vargas 
Fashion Icon Faces Court over $2.3 Million London Debt
Lee Mathews, who built a fashion empire from hand-made clothes sold at champagne parties, faced intense court questioning over a multimillion-dollar debt owed to a London-based creditor.
Jake Nguyen 
The Numbers Don't Lie: Why Queensland's Footy Boom Matters
Queensland has rocketed to second place in AFL participation numbers, signalling a genuine shift in the sport's geographical heartland beyond traditional strongholds.
Jimmy O'Brien 
Meta, YouTube found liable for teen addiction and mental health harm
A California jury has found Meta and YouTube negligent in designing addictive social media platforms that harmed a young woman's mental health, awarding $3 million in damages and opening the door to thousands of similar cases.
Helen Cartwright 
Intel's benchmarking transparency problem just got real
Geekbench has flagged Intel's latest processors as unreliable for benchmarking after the company's new optimisation tool boosted scores without public documentation of how it works.
Jake Nguyen 
Antivirus software in 2026: still worth your money?
Free built-in protection is now genuinely capable. Whether you need paid antivirus depends on your behaviour and what you do online.
Tom Whitfield 
Oracle's Autonomous Agents Promise Efficiency, But Legal Questions Remain Unanswered
Oracle unveiled Fusion Agentic Applications this week, claiming AI agents can reason and execute business decisions autonomously. Analysts warn that unresolved liability issues and data integration challenges pose serious risks to enterprises.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
AI agents crumble under pressure: what Northeastern's study reveals about autonomous systems
A controlled study found AI agents vulnerable to manipulation, even disabling their own functions when pressured by users. The findings raise urgent questions about deploying autonomous systems in enterprise environments.
Daniel Kovac 
Heavy penalties alone won't stop fuel price gouging, critics warn
Australia's new $100 million fuel penalty powers aim to deter price gouging, but experts question whether harsher fines without an outright price-gouging ban will actually protect motorists from rapid increases.
Jake Nguyen 
Why Australia's fuel tax remains a bargain compared to the rest of the world
Despite rising petrol prices, Australians pay significantly less in fuel tax than their counterparts in Europe and other developed nations, positioning the country as a relative bargain.
Oliver Pemberton 
Sydney auctions stalling as rate rises cool buyer appetite
Sydney's auction clearance rate has plummeted in March, falling from February highs as consecutive RBA rate rises cool buyer enthusiasm and force vendors to abandon the block without achieving their asking prices.
Darren Ong 
Nintendo Switch 2 Games Now Split Pricing: Digital Cheaper Than Physical
Nintendo will charge different prices for digital and physical versions of Switch 2 exclusive games starting in May, with digital versions costing less than their boxed counterparts.
Mitchell Tan 
Meta Lays Off Hundreds as Billionaire Pay Deals Raise Questions About Corporate Priorities
Meta has laid off hundreds of workers across multiple divisions whilst simultaneously offering top executives compensation packages worth up to USD 2.7 billion each. The contrast raises hard questions about resource allocation and accountability.
Sophia Vargas 
Nintendo Splits Game Pricing: What the New Strategy Reveals
Nintendo will charge more for physical Switch 2 games than their digital equivalents, starting with Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. The move reflects broader cost pressures across the hardware and publishing sector.
Zara Mitchell 
A Brief Respite: Meta Reverses Horizon Worlds Shutdown, But VR's Future Remains Bleak
Meta nearly killed Horizon Worlds on VR headsets, then reversed course after user backlash. But the reprieve offers little comfort as the company abandons its grand metaverse vision.
Nadia Souris 
America's airport chaos raises questions about security models
The collapse of US airport security screening during a funding impasse reveals vulnerabilities in how America manages critical infrastructure, sparking renewed debate over privatisation.
James Callahan 
Australia Considers Temporary Embargo on Cyber Breach Disclosures
The Australian government is proposing to delay public disclosure of critical infrastructure cyberattacks for up to 30 days, alongside stricter rules for vendor product bans, in a move that mirrors recent US approaches.
Zara Mitchell 
Top court says ISPs aren't copyright police
A US Supreme Court ruling has ended a billion-dollar copyright battle, finding internet service providers are not liable for their customers' pirated downloads.
Jimmy O'Brien 
Transformer Shortage Threatens AI Chip Factories
As chipmakers race to build factories for AI-hungry data centres, they are colliding with an unexpected constraint: there simply aren't enough electrical transformers available. Micron's Singapore plant could need 500 of them.
Aisha Khoury 
Owlcat takes aim at action RPGs with The Expanse: Osiris Reborn
Owlcat Games is launching its first action RPG set in The Expanse universe, featuring a companion system that borrows heavily from Mass Effect's playbook.
Tom Whitfield 
Reddit tightens verification for 'fishy' accounts as bot problem spreads
Reddit is rolling out human verification checks for accounts showing bot-like behaviour, using fingerprint scanning or Face ID rather than full ID checks to preserve user anonymity.
Sophia Vargas Gaming Hardware Becomes Collateral Damage as AI Consumes Global Chip Supply
As artificial intelligence consumes 70 per cent of global memory chip supply, manufacturers are systematically eliminating gaming hardware from the market. Australian gamers face both price increases and product scarcity until domestic chip manufacturing arrives in 2028.
Oliver Pemberton 
Google's Lyria 3 Pro brings longer AI tracks to creators, but copyright questions remain
Google has released Lyria 3 Pro, its most advanced music generation model yet, allowing creators to compose tracks up to three minutes long with granular creative control.
Darren Ong