Bungie has locked Marathon's two major endgame activities to weekends only, acknowledging the move will exclude some players while defending the design as necessary for server stability and preparation time.
Yuki Tamura 
Tinder unveiled a major overhaul with AI matching and astrology modes, but faces deeper structural challenges in retaining users tired of swipe fatigue and fake connections.
Yuki Tamura 
A Texas girl's death from a viral choking challenge highlights a growing crisis: TikTok's recommendation system is putting children in harm's way, and legal protections are shielding the platform from responsibility.
Yuki Tamura 
NSW residents lost a record $9.3 billion to poker machines in 2025, outpacing the cost of the Metro West rail project. Yet the government budgets increasingly on gambling taxes while harm deepens.
Yuki Tamura 
A 13-year-old boy remains in serious condition after falling from the back of a train at Caringbah Railway Station, reigniting warnings about the dangers of 'train surfing' among teenagers.
Yuki Tamura 
GNOME 50 removes X11 support entirely, cutting 27,540 lines of legacy code. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will bring the change to millions of users in April.
Yuki Tamura 
Emmy-nominated director Karyn Kusama has joined Prime Video's Life Is Strange adaptation, directing the first two episodes and serving as executive producer.
Yuki Tamura 
The creator of encrypted messaging app Signal says his privacy-first AI technology, Confer, will power Meta AI conversations. The move could protect millions of users—but it arrives amid Meta's retreat from encryption on Instagram.
Yuki Tamura 
Young men are increasingly pursuing testosterone replacement therapy promoted by online influencers, despite limited medical necessity and emerging health risks.
Yuki Tamura 
After a series of alleged chatbot-linked deaths, a prominent product liability attorney is pursuing groundbreaking lawsuits against OpenAI and Character.AI, arguing the companies prioritised engagement over safety.
Yuki Tamura 
Sua Faalogo's explosive performances in his first two games as Melbourne Storm's number one have turned heads across the NRL, with the young fullback already proving doubters wrong.
Yuki Tamura 
Australia's petrol remains cheaper than most OECD nations but Middle East conflict has triggered 50-cent price spikes, regional shortages, and government emergency measures. The crisis exposes structural vulnerabilities.
Yuki Tamura 
South Australia's Victims' Rights Commissioner has condemned a social media post by former cyclist Rohan Dennis describing a car as an 'absolute weapon', saying it shows disrespect to his late wife Melissa Hoskins and her grieving family.
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Melbourne Airport has been voted the best in Australia and the Pacific by global travellers, according to the Skytrax World Airport Awards announced this week.
Yuki Tamura 
Tropical Cyclone Narelle is forecast to make landfall near Coen, north of Cairns, as a Category 4 system with wind gusts exceeding 200 km/h. The cyclone is the third major weather event to strike Far North Queensland in two months.
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Two regional NSW towns have quietly built thriving sports cultures around a hybrid game that combines volleyball and squash, now drawing 150 players weekly and proving the formula for sustainable community sport.
Yuki Tamura 
Walmart and OpenAI's approach to AI-powered shopping is quietly changing. Instead of relying on direct purchases within ChatGPT, Walmart is embedding its own Sparky assistant into ChatGPT and Google Gemini to drive traffic back to its ecosystem.
Yuki Tamura 
Systemd 260 removes System V init script support and formalises AI-assisted code review, sparking fresh debate over modernisation versus backward compatibility in critical Linux infrastructure.
Yuki Tamura 
The head of South Korea's SK Group predicts memory chip shortages will persist until 2030, a stark reminder that artificial intelligence infrastructure is fundamentally restructuring global technology supply chains.
Yuki Tamura 
Research led by UNSW scientists has found that older adults who frequently experience disturbing dreams face an elevated risk of developing dementia, particularly men in their 60s.
Yuki Tamura