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Labor and the Coalition are poised to take a reckless gamble on AI. Haven’t they realised community support has collapsed? | Edward Santow and Sarah Sacher

Australian workers expect the government to act to protect them from AI harms. There is a clear reform solution at hand Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast Australia’s major political parties are…

UK weather may be unpredictable – but Pro Breeze has you covered year-round

We can’t control the weather, but we can invest in better appliances

US bans use of China’s DeepSeek AI tools by government agencies

Use of tools ‘may result in the transfer of sensitive data’ to China, defense department says The US government on Monday ordered its agencies to stop using artificial intelligence (AI) tools from the Chinese startup De…

I’m a CTO. AI still needs your human expertise | Madhu Shashanka

AI is increasingly getting good at doing some tasks, but it can never replace human workers’ judgment Autonomous cars, which may be the safest we have built, keep getting easily avoidable parking tickets. While Waymos c…

UK asks Apple to widen access to its payment tech

Proposed changes could lead to new digital wallets and keys as well as ticketing apps, the regulator says.

Man arrested after telling AI chatbot about ‘plans for mass shooting’

A 29-year-old man has been remanded in custody after Interpol flagged his conversation with Claude

Revolut services down as Google Cloud apologises for outage

The fintech, which has millions of customers in the UK, was flagging issues affecting multiple services.

Google cloud failure hits millions as UK courts and banks knocked offline

Services restored for most users, but power fault stalled hearings and left Revolut, Lloyds and HSBC customers unable to pay or move money An outage at Google’s cloud services in the UK has caused widespread disruption,…

Why did the internet just break? Google Cloud outage takes down Revolut and others

Widespread outage highlights growing concern over the web’s dependence on a small number of companies

Internet down: Google Cloud outage leaves websites including Lloyds Bank, Rightmove and DPD not working

Technical problem is the latest example of invisible internet infrastructure taking down seemingly unconnected websites and apps

Revolut down: Online banking app not working amid major outage

Outage not only took down app but even leaves customers unable to pay with cards in stores

Nvidia chief makes surprising prediction about AI replacing human industry

Nvidia's Jensen Huang is urging German manufacturing companies to combine their expertise in physical machines with artificial intelligence to, as he put it, “re-engineer” the economy

Googlebook review: Google’s new laptops are woefully underbaked

Great hardware let down by software flaws on these pricey machines that combine ChromeOS with Android Google’s attempt to create a new type of laptop to compete with Windows and macOS machines is finally here, combining…

‘These risks are real’: the threat of AI bioweapons – podcast

In his annual speech on threats to the nation, Sir Ken McCallum, the head of the UK’s intelligence service, MI5, warned that AI had the potential to ‘change the stakes’ on existing and even new bioweapons. To find out w…

New AI tool can predict cancer survival by a single patient selfie, study suggests

System can estimate a person’s biological age and predict chances of cancer survival from a single photograph Doctors have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can predict a cancer patient’s chances of surviva…

Ex-OpenAI worker accused of planting bug had Saudi support, claims prosecutors

Abdulrahman Alfozan, who is accused of planting a recording device, has been denied bail.

Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moon

Japan launched a spacecraft towards Mars in a ground-breaking mission to bring back samples from the largest of the planet's two moons.

Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging offices planned to 'flee' to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say

A former OpenAI engineer charged with secretly installing a recording device at its offices was "mere days" away from fleeing to Saudi Arabia before his arrest, prosecutors allege.

US bans China's DeepSeek from government in race for AI dominance

The Chinese technology is removed from most US government agencies as race for AI dominance steps up.

Apple announces another event – with a whole new kind of MacBook expected

‘Pro and Tell’ launch rumoured to bring first ever touchscreen MacBook

Elon Musk promises SpaceX share for ‘every kid in America’ as tech firms fight AI unease

Some of the stock and money will be given away to the public

Object thought to be Amelia Earhart’s missing plane likely just 'large trees', researchers find

An expedition to investigate if an anomaly seen on a satellite image of a remote island in the South Pacific was Amelia Earhart’s missing plane has ended without recovering the wreckage.

Calls to strengthen workplace privacy in Australia as employers turn to AI to track staff

Monitoring tools common in a range of workplaces, including factories, office jobs, delivery work and in retail – often without employees being informed Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Employ…

AI threat 'is not hype, it's real': Microsoft's head of security tells Sky News