The belligerent owner of Facebook and Instagram could be slapped with huge tax charges if it walks away from paying news publishers.
Jessica Wang and Thomas Sargeant
A giant meteor shower is set to pass over Australia this weekend, but one thing is threatening our chances of seeing the spectacular show.
Alexandra Feiam
OpenAI and Google have unveiled their next generation of products. Here’s what to expect from artificial intelligence in the New Year.
The next generation of Google's AI is being packaged under the Gemini umbrella.
Michael Liedtke
Meta has suffered a major outage, with people across the globe reporting Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp being down.
Clareese Packer
The state and territory emission reduction targets in place can give Australia a “springboard” to stronger climate goals, new research finds.
Blair Jackson
Government agencies are teaming up with Microsoft to track disinformation and criminal acts, with plans to use AI to detect attempts to interfere in elections.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Now Bitcoin’s value has broken through the $100,000 mark — what’s next for digital money?
Toby Walne
Microsoft wants to train at least one million Australians and New Zealanders in how to use AI tools over the next two years as part of a worldwide push.
Hundreds of calls for help were transferred to the wrong number or lacked key information after Telstra neglected to update a list of backup numbers.
Jack Gramenz
Microsoft has promised WA businesses less painful lag as it readies to expand its services in the State by mid-2025.
Simone Grogan
Without immediate action, Australian workers are highly vulnerable to mass job losses.
Hayley Taylor
Swimmers have been warned to stay out of the water after a bull shark was spotted in a popular river in Victoria’s east.
Emma Kirk
The man’s mobile phone was seized before he was charged by counter-terrorism detectives with allegedly threatening a Jewish community.
Clareese Packer and Aisling Brennan
Online behemoth Amazon has just announced the cut-off date for its Christmas Day delivery service.
Duncan Evans
Summer means a lot of things: hot weather, long nights and loud cicadas. And those noisy insects seem to be turning up the decibels this year.
The personalities, topics and major news events that dominated Australian internet searches in 2024 have been revealed by Google.
Australian has become just the third country in the world to successfully test fire a new long-range, subsonic missile. See the moment it makes impact.
Jessica Wang
Australia has become just the third country in the world to successfully test fire a new long-range, subsonic missile. See the moment it makes impact.
Temperatures are expected to climb into the mid-30s, with humidity making it feel a lot hotter.
NewsWire Staff
West Australians using the myGov service have been warned to remain alert following a sharp rise in identity theft, with the data pinched being used to redirect pension payments to scammers’ accounts.
Nick Bruining
Jeff Pollard is no fool when it comes to online safety. But his ordeal proves even the security-savvy can get caught out. Here’s how the scammers did it and why you need to remain vigilant.
Aussies are being warned they will swelter through one of the hottest summers on record, with power blackouts on the cards due to a surprising culprit.
Cameron Micallef
An unassuming building deep within the University of Western Australia’s Crawley campus is the professional home of a group of scientists who hope their work could transform how the world works.
Adrian Lowe