Hype around AI video generation has obscured a quieter reality: the real transformation lies not in replacing production but in customised models tailored to specific creative needs.
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Microsoft's new Zstandard compression codec and Game Asset Conditioning Library promise to tackle the visual nuisance of texture pop-in by dramatically speeding up how games stream graphics assets from NVMe drives.
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Alphabet is spinning out its GFiber broadband unit, merging it with Astound Broadband and retaining only a minority stake. The move reveals where the technology giant's priorities now lie.
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Cameron Smith has publicly raised concerns about the strategic risk of relying on ageing halfback Adam Reynolds as the Brisbane Broncos pursue back-to-back premierships.
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Adam Reynolds was forced from the field with a suspected rib injury during Brisbane's Round 2 clash with Parramatta, a significant blow to the defending premiers' campaign.
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The IEA released 400 million barrels of oil to combat energy price spikes from Iran war disruptions, but analysts warn the move addresses only the symptom, not the root cause: the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Sydney Kings edge Perth Wildcats 105-104 in a tense playoff opener at home, taking a 1-0 lead in their best-of-three semifinal series.
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A 70-metre residential tower has been approved for a Newstead site that was home to a boxing gym destroyed by fire in 2019, just metres from The Triffid live music venue.
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Australian games journalists are reviving print journalism with Continue, a defiant new magazine funded within hours on Kickstarter. The project signals hope for a scene ravaged by industry-wide closures.
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Canva's Magic Layers feature, now in public beta across Australia, breaks AI-generated images into editable layers. The tool addresses a real friction point for designers but comes with significant constraints.
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Nearly four decades after its heyday, DR-DOS is coming back through a complete rewrite aimed at avoiding the legal tangles that have plagued every successor since Digital Research closed.
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Overwatch players can now buy a bundle of five Nier: Automata skins for $70, more than double the cost of the actual game the skins are based on.
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Facepunch Studios, creator of the hugely popular survival game Rust, has fielded multiple acquisition offers but has no intention of selling. Studio founder Garry Newman explained the decision comes down to freedom and financial security.
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An Australian explores the practical strategies that helped cut phone usage from 13 hours daily to just one hour, revealing techniques that work and why the dopamine-driven design of apps makes breaking free so hard.
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Framework has raised RAM and storage prices again, marking the fourth consecutive monthly hike as AI-driven data centre demand strangles supply chains. DDR5 memory now costs $13-$18 per GB, up from $12-$16 last month.
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Intel has announced two new desktop processors aimed squarely at gamers, with prices starting at $199 and launch set for 26 March 2026.
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A bushfire that threatened evacuation routes in Mundaring, Western Australia, has had its emergency warning downgraded after burning 70 hectares near Beechina.
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Police are searching for two missing international tourists as severe flooding inundates communities across central Queensland, with hundreds of homes and businesses damaged.
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Amazon has acknowledged that AI-generated code needs more careful human oversight following multiple outages, but a wave of layoffs has left the company with far fewer engineers to do the reviewing.
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As AI accelerators devour megawatts instead of kilowatts, datacentres are abandoning decades of low-voltage architecture for radically higher voltages to avoid melting copper and wasting electricity.
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