What causes lithium-ion battery fires? Why are they so intense? And how should they be fought? An expert explains
Picture this: you’re cruising down the Great Ocean Road in your brand new electric vehicle (EV), the ocean to your…
US imposes sanctions on Iranian drone procurement network
The United States on Wednesday (27 September) placed sanctions on entities and people based in China, Turkey, the United Arab…
The green energy surge still isn’t enough for 1.5 degrees. We’ll have to overshoot, adapt and soak up carbon dioxide
It was a rare bit of good news on climate. The International Energy Agency this week released its latest net…
Beyond the PwC scandal, there’s a growing case for a royal commission into Australia’s ruthless corporate greed
Accounting and consulting group PwC has been front page news ever since its chief executive Tim Seymour stepped down “effectively…
Ukraine’s Influence Increases in Disputed Black Sea Waters
Six weeks after Russia launched its full-scale invasion, Ukraine sank the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, dealing a serious…
We should use Australia’s environment laws to protect our ‘living wonders’ from new coal and gas projects
From Kakadu and the Great Barrier Reef in the North, to the Snowy Mountains in the Southeast, and jarrah and…
Russia exporting ‘security’ to Africa | DW News
It’s been roughly a month since the Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash in Russia.…
NZ Election 2023: latest poll trends show the left regaining some ground and NZ First as possible kingmaker
Yesterday’s 1News-Verian poll, and the Newshub-Reid Research poll reported earlier in the week, both show flattening trend lines – but…
Nagorno-Karabakh: Tens of thousands flee to Armenia | DW News
Azerbaijan’s border guard service said on Wednesday it had arrested the former leader of Nagorno-Karabakh’s separatist movement. Ruben Vardanyan, a…
FedEx’s New Robot Loads Delivery Trucks Like It’s Playing 3D Tetris
“In the last year or two, people have taken advances in AI and machine learning and said ‘we can make…
Ukraine and Russia traded barbs in the UN’s top court over the legality of the invasion. What could happen next in the case?
In the days immediately following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Ukrainian government filed a case against Moscow…
Will AI kill our creativity? It could – if we don’t start to value and protect the traits that make us human
There’s no doubt generative AI’s ability to rapidly produce new texts, images and audio is shaking up creative jobs. In…
The Meta AI Chatbot Is Mark Zuckerberg’s Answer to ChatGPT
The AI mimics are available today in beta on Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. They include a chatbot based on…
“Nothing has been done” at the border to help welcome asylum seekers, says activist #immigration
El Paso-based immigrant rights activist Fernando García says the lack of leadership from the federal government is causing hardship along…