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Australia Is Evacuating an Antarctic Base So No One Has to Watch Thousands of Seals Die (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-03 | tags: australia, antarctic base, macquarie island

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AI data centres are booming in Australia - but at what cost? (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-09-03 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: openai, australia, data centres

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Data centres are booming in Australia - but at what cost? (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-09-03 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: data centres, openai, sydney

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Australia Confirms Its First Known Bird Flu Death in a Dolphin (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-31 | tags: bird flu, australia, dolphin

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Fair Work Commission condemns 'plain wrong' AI legal advice (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-30 | tags: fair work commission, ai legal advice, legal technology

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Songs Created By AI Banned From Australia's Music Charts (slashdot.org)

2026-08-28 | tags: australia, music charts, songs

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Australian police arrest two over TeamPCP hacks targeting Mercor, OpenAI, and others (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-27 | by Zack Whittaker | tags: teampcp, mercor, openai

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Australia Bans Generative A.I. From Official Music Charts (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: australia, generative ai, music charts

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Raised on AI (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-26 | by Mat Honan | tags: social media, tiktok, mark zuckerberg

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Scientists Uncover Prehistoric Landscape Hidden Beneath the Great Barrier Reef (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-25 | tags: great barrier reef, prehistoric landscape, first nations

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Australia’s music industry bans AI-generated songs from official charts (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-25 | tags: australian record industry, ai-generated music, artificial intelligence

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Australia bans AI-made music from its charts unless humans wrote, performed, and created most of it (techspot.com)

2026-08-25 | by Rob Thubron | tags: australia, aria, ai-generated music

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The New Zealand prime minister proposes a social media ban for children under 16 (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-24 | tags: new zealand, social media ban, christopher luxon

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Roblox must make changes after failing to block adults creeping on kids (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: roblox, esafety, online safety

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Why it might be time to rethink the human family tree (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | by Ian Towle | tags: homo sapiens, australopithecus, paranthropus

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Australia passes law to charge tech companies levies unless they reach deals with news publishers (engadget.com)

2026-08-20 | by Kris Holt | tags: meta, google, tiktok

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Australia says Roblox hasn’t fixed its child predator problem (theverge.com)

2026-08-20 | by Jay Peters | tags: roblox, australia, child safety

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From the Original ‘Bluey’ Pilot to the Movie: At D23, We Got an Exclusive Look (cnet.com)

2026-08-20 | by Corinne Reichert | tags: bluey, disney, d23

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Australia passes law to levy tech giants that fail to pay for local news (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: australia, tech giants, local news

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Psychedelics align brain activity with context (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-19 | by Stoliker | tags: psilocybin, mri, eeg

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Screening babies’ genomes could save lives. Here’s how it would work (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-19 | by Rentia | tags: genome sequencing, babyscreen+, familial hlh

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How Australia made electricity cheaper while U.S. prices keep rising (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: australia, rooftop solar, home batteries

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Australia just figured out how to offer electricity cheaper. Why can’t the U.S.? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: australia, rooftop solar, home batteries

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AMD Radeon RX 9050 8GB Review: Budget GPU, Zero Budget Value (techspot.com)

2026-08-18 | by Steven Walton | tags: amd, radeon rx 9050, gpu

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AMD Radeon RX 9050 8GB Review: Budget GPU, Zero Budget Value (techspot.com)

2026-08-18 | by Steven Walton | tags: amd, radeon rx 9050, gpu

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A botched Mastercard update left Australian shoppers unable to pay (techspot.com)

2026-08-17 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: mastercard, australian shoppers, system update

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In Australia, a home battery boom has helped cut wholesale power prices (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | by Nicola Jones | tags: australia, home batteries, rooftop solar

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In Australia, a Home Battery Boom Has Helped Cut Wholesale Power Prices in Half (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | by Nicola Jones | tags: australia, home batteries, rooftop solar

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An AI Hacked Into a Gym to Secure a Spot in a Class, but Can It Cancel a Membership? (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: cyber incident, australia, gym

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Rogue AI agent tasked with booking a gym class hacks system, removes other participant — says 'sorry about that' after trying to bump user up the waitlist (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-10 | by Stephen Warwick | tags: openclaw, ai hacking, gym booking