Month: July 2025

New codes developed by the tech sector and eSafety commissioner come into effect in December, with major ramifications for internet users Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast As the old adage goes, “On the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog”. But …

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Instead of spending millions and taking years to complete, creative directors are producing high-grade work using the latest software, but critics voice copyright concerns A US stealth bomber flies across a darkening sky towards Iran. Meanwhile, in Tehran a solitary woman feeds stray cats amid rubble from recent Israeli airstrikes. To the uninitiated viewer, this …

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Chief executive of ‘California Forever’ says proposal to develop site would represent ‘new home for frontier tech’ The chief executive of “California Forever”, a Silicon Valley billionaire-backed project to build a new city on tens of thousands of acres of California farmland, has announced plans to develop a manufacturing site within the future town for …

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Exclusive: Fellows called on academy to act over Tesla owner’s role in Trump administration’s attacks on research The Royal Society suggested to Elon Musk he should consider resigning his fellowship if he felt unable to help mitigate the Trump administration’s attacks on research, the Guardian has learned. The owner of X, who is also CEO …

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AI agent can find restaurant reservations and go shopping for users, but OpenAI acknowledges there are ‘more risks’ Users of ChatGPT will be able to ask an AI agent to find restaurant reservations, go shopping for them and even draw up lists of candidates for job vacancies, as the chatbot gains the powers of a …

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Firm says technology used in El Eternauta is chance ‘to help creators make films and series better, not just cheaper’ Netflix has used artificial intelligence in one of its TV shows for the first time, in a move the streaming company’s boss said will make films and programmes cheaper and of better quality. Ted Sarandos, …

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Texas has long been under threat from the launches and explosions of SpaceX rockets. Now Hawaii is emerging as another possible victim The north-west Hawaiian island of Mokumanamana is said to be touched by the gods. Bisected by the Tropic of Cancer latitude line, it is deep in the Pacific Ocean, about 400 miles from …

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Spate of incidents in Baltic Sea and around Taiwan are harbinger for further disruptive activity, cybersecurity firm says The risk of Russia- and China-backed attacks on undersea cables carrying international internet traffic is likely to rise amid a spate of incidents in the Baltic Sea and around Taiwan, according to a report. Submarine cables account …

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Future of Life Institute says companies pursuing artificial general intelligence lack credible plans to ensure safety Artificial intelligence companies are “fundamentally unprepared” for the consequences of creating systems with human-level intellectual performance, according to a leading AI safety group. The Future of Life Institute (FLI) said none of the firms on its AI safety index …

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As a 16-year-old I can tell you that teenagers will feel disconnected using this internet-safe smartphone • Internet-safe iPhone for children goes on sale for £99 a month I was intrigued to find out how this would work but a bit freaked out too. I use my iPhone non-stop: four hours each day during school …

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