Essex Police has suspended its live facial recognition programme after research found the technology was statistically more likely to identify Black people. The force commissioned independent studies to address the bias concern.
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A 25-year-old woman was stabbed by a 16-year-old boy in a random attack at an M-City Shopping Centre in Clayton. The teenager was allegedly on bail at the time.
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A flaw in how contactless payment works on Myki's new tap-and-go gates is charging commuters who never intentionally tapped. Transport Victoria is advising passengers to disable a phone setting.
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Azaria Byrne, frontman of the band The Art, and fiancée Brooke Mitchell have been charged following raids on a Leichhardt music studio that yielded millions in seizures.
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Three decades after Congress enacted Section 230, lawmakers are divided on whether the internet's foundational liability shield still serves the public interest.
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Australia's government has committed $23 million to improve financial literacy education, yet a fragmented curriculum and inconsistent school uptake leave teenagers unprepared for the real financial challenges ahead.
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The Trump administration is defending its unprecedented supply chain risk designation against Anthropic, arguing the company cannot be trusted with warfighting systems.
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A 49-year-old man was shot twice in the arm outside a cafe in Melbourne's south-west, in what police say may be connected to the illicit tobacco trade.
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NSW Police have released new CCTV showing the moment 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian was forcibly taken from his North Ryde home in what detectives believe was a case of mistaken identity.
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Capcom's Pragmata uses an inventive hacking system to force players beyond reflexes into tactical decision-making, reshaping what third-person action combat can be.
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Officer residents who purchased homes with promises of a vibrant town centre are still waiting after nearly two decades. Council is pushing state government to accelerate the stalled project.
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A Bellbird Park woman has been charged with murder following the discovery of a body at a property in February. The victim, Katherine Sanowski, 42, was found after police responded to a street disturbance.
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Australia's competition watchdog has called an emergency meeting with major fuel retailers to justify rapid price increases since war erupted in the Middle East. The ACCC is investigating whether price hikes are justified or represent deliberate market manipulation.
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A New York antitrust trial resumed Monday with more than three dozen states pushing ahead against Live Nation and Ticketmaster after the federal government withdrew from the case.
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Australia's Deputy Prime Minister has urged citizens to resist panic buying as the government releases hundreds of millions of litres of fuel to address regional shortages caused by the Middle East conflict.
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A jury has heard that a 15-year-old boy handed a knife to another teenager just before a young man was fatally stabbed in Queensland.
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A coroner will examine whether a racehorse returned to work prematurely before a fatal accident killed apprentice jockey Marina Morel in NSW.
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Victoria Crawford In late January 2026, south-eastern Australia experienced its most severe heatwave since 2019–20, with temperatures exceeding 50°C. Climate science reveals an uncomfortable truth: human-caused warming has made such events five times more likely.
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Queensland's public child sex offender register has led to the charging of two people within 10 weeks of launch, after community members conducted over 205,000 searches of the system.
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