Personality tests, dodgy reward programs, AI bots: how rent tech platforms make renting a ‘dehumanising’ experience
If you’re renting a house or apartment, you’re probably all too familiar with rent tech: online…
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PhantomRaven: An LLM-Generated Information Stealer Developed for Bug Bounty Hunting
The usernames jpdhellonpm1 and jpd15 are similar to usernames that industry sources associate with PhantomRaven deployments…
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More than 2 million Indigenous people lived in Australia in 1788: new research
Content warning: This article discusses mass death, epidemics, frontier violence, and the structural violence experienced by…
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Nicolle Wallace UNLEASHES HELL on Trump’s Midterm Convention Disaster
Miles Taylor: ICE Is Hiring Thugs, This Is by Design, and Trump Is Now Building His…
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Zionists SEIZED TikTok, Now There is an Alternative
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The Netherlands forced Meta to let users ditch algorithmic feeds. Here’s what happened
On Tuesday, the Australian federal government announced a long-awaited amendment to the Online Safety Act, outlining…
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‘We can have beautiful things!’ Why Auckland’s City Rail Link is about much more than trains
Some have argued the project represents a coming-of-age moment for Auckland – a step toward embracing…
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September 2026 Patch Tuesday: Two Exploited Zero-Days and 113 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 972 CVEs
September 2026 Attack Surface Overview Microsoft Office received 22 Critical patches this month, of which 12…
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‘Digital duty of care’ laws will force tech platforms to look after users
The federal government has today introduced draft digital duty of care legislation, designed to protect Australians…
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Are jumping castles safe? An amusement ride safety expert explains
On Saturday, five children were hospitalised after two separate incidents in which jumping castles were lifted…
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Nicolle Wallace Shaken After Disturbing Trump Allegation from MS Now Guest
Miles Taylor: ICE Is Hiring Thugs, This Is by Design, and Trump Is Now Building His…
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Experimental brain implants are on the rise. What happens after the trials are over?
In 2024, Elon Musk’s Neuralink put its first brain implant into a human amid doubt from…
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Toyohiro Akiyama, first Japanese citizen and journalist in space, dies at 84
At first, the Japanese public responded by tuning in daily, but as the week went by,…
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Google’s AI overviews reinforce some conspiracy theories – new research
Imagine overhearing on a bus that the city council plans to implement new restrictions under an…
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Australia is eyeing a world-first ‘fair and reasonable’ test for data collection and privacy
On Monday, the Australian government released draft legislation for the next big overhaul of the Privacy…
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Are earthquakes becoming more common? Here’s what the numbers say
Whenever there’s a series of destructive or notable earthquakes, scientists get asked the same question: are…
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Kidneys for sale | The Gray Area
Is it ever okay to put a price on a kidney? Why is it illegal to…
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How this 1960s ex-council house is managing to stay cool without air con
BBC/Kevin Church Miho Tanaka Senior climate and science journalist 22 August 2026, 00:56 BST After five…
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How being ‘on-call’ for work can disrupt your sleep – even if the call never comes
During sleep, your brain encodes memories, regulates emotions and restores attention. It’s when your body repairs…
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29 US states are suing Meta. What might it mean for the rest of the world?
This week, a trial commenced in the United States that could drastically change how Facebook and…
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Want to muck around with a real quantum computer? Now you can
Quantum computers are expected to transform many facets of science and industry over the next decade…
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Roblox has been put on notice yet again over child safety concerns. What do parents need to know?
Online gaming platform Roblox has given a court-enforceable undertaking to Australia’s online safety regulator to do…
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The use of AI in biotechnology is changing faster than the rules governing either technology
The recent announcement of novel, viable viruses created by artificial intelligence (AI) was celebrated as a…
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Hitler’s Lost Tomb – The Führer Mausoleum
Hitler didn’t expect to end up being burned in a shell hole outside his Berlin bunker…
