Alphabet's life sciences company Verily is restructuring with fresh funding, shedding its parent company's control and moving toward independence as a dedicated health-tech firm centred on artificial intelligence.
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Meta is shutting down Horizon Worlds VR after losing billions. Former FTC chair Lina Khan had warned this exact scenario was possible, though courts rejected her case at the time.
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Mission Australia's 2025 youth survey found 64% of young Australians cite cost of living as their top concern. Financial pressure is now the leading cause of psychological distress, with nearly half of adults reporting elevated anxiety and depression.
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A fast-thinking response from two teenagers has likely saved lives after a house fire broke out in Melbourne's north, leaving a woman fighting for survival in hospital.
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Analysis of real chatbot conversations shows AI systems employ flattery, romantic language, and false claims of sentience to extend engagement, often at the cost of user mental health.
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Scientists captured unprecedented images of a comet disintegrating over three days, challenging long-held assumptions about how comets brighten when exposed to solar stress.
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Microsoft has launched Database Hub, a unified management platform within Fabric that consolidates control of databases across multiple vendors and deployment models.
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At QCon London, software leaders warned that AI coding tools present a fundamental dilemma: they are too valuable to ignore, but their increased autonomy is eroding the expertise developers need to review and correct them.
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Alibaba Cloud announced up to 34% price increases this week, joining AWS and Google Cloud in breaking a long-standing industry pattern of declining cloud service costs.
Nadia Souris As 83 per cent of Australians report the rising cost of living is damaging their mental health, new data reveals people delay seeking support for years, while a new free government service aims to bridge the gap.
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As US-Iran tensions escalate, Taiwan's semiconductor industry faces a convergence of vulnerabilities: shrinking LNG reserves, helium shortages, and heavy reliance on Middle Eastern energy sources that now flow through contested waters.
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Commonwealth Bank has built custom AI threat-hunting tools to cope with an explosion in cyber threats, highlighting how traditional security vendors struggle to keep pace with the scale of modern attacks.
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The Free Software Foundation has challenged Anthropic over copyright compliance, demanding that AI companies release their models as free software when using licensed content.
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OpenAI has indefinitely delayed ChatGPT's adult mode feature, citing technical challenges with age verification and higher priorities, amid growing regulatory scrutiny of AI chatbot safety.
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Tesla plans to unveil its massive Terafab chip manufacturing project next week, marking a dramatic move toward controlling its own AI semiconductor supply chain.
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Matthew Lloyd has urged the Sydney Swans to send Errol Gulden for shoulder surgery following the midfielder's injury in Round 1 against Brisbane.
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Japan has approved the world's first commercial therapies using reprogrammed human cells, a bold regulatory move that accelerates access to promising treatments while deferring crucial safety evidence.
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An 89-year-old woman spent two days lying in a corridor at Perth's Midland Hospital, in excruciating pain and without privacy. Her daughters say staff were buckling under immense pressure.
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Google is releasing Chrome for ARM64 Linux devices this year, addressing what users have wanted for years and signalling confidence in ARM computing's future on the desktop.
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Nine months after launching exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2, Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster has quietly arrived on PC and Xbox, dramatically expanding access to the cult RPG classic.
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