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Seven signs someone has blocked you on WhatsApp, and why none of them is proof
A single grey tick, no status updates, an old profile photo. Each sign has an innocent explanation, which is exactly why they are read…
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The hard part of greening a mobile network is that it never switches off
A feasibility study, not a supply contract. What makes it interesting is the choice to go through the national grid rather than put panels…
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Code written in Pallabi runs 6,200 travel businesses in more than 40 countries
Founded in Dhaka in 2013, it now has offices in three countries and a global headquarters in Singapore — but engineering and product work…
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China passed a $1 trillion trade surplus in ten months, and the AI boom paid for it
Exports beat forecasts again, a month ahead of last year’s pace. The surplus is now propped up by the same AI buildout that is straining…
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A woman believed she had been in a relationship with an actor for a year. The proof was generated.
The actor met her at a convention and was shown hundreds of images and videos someone had sent her claiming to be him. The scam works…
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Qantas is sending 850 jobs to India, and says the reason is AI
Finance, procurement, people and marketing roles go first, from mid-2027. The airline spends over A$1bn a year on technology and runs more…
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Australia wants a crime for building an AI that causes harm and not stopping it
Eighteen recommendations follow a rapid review into the Medicare breach. The one that matters creates liability for building the model, not…
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The supermarket freezer attacks finally have a name attached: France accuses Iran
Three weeks ago nobody had claimed the attacks. France’s foreign minister now calls it the first large-scale sabotage cyber-attack on…
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Nvidia may have to learn to live without the man who has run it for 33 years
He co-founded the company in 1993 and has led it ever since. The investigation puts a question under the whole AI trade: what is a company…
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Trump says the FBI is investigating Nvidia’s chief, and reveals he asked him directly
A day after Nvidia opened its own inquiry, the investigation has moved to the FBI. Trump says he put the question to Huang on Monday and…
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News sites with no journalists: the count has gone from 2,089 to 3,749
The sites look like news organisations, publish constantly and have no reporters. Bangla is not among the sixteen languages counted, which…
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A mirror in orbit that is 40 times brighter than the full Moon, and the astronomers trying to stop it
The first satellite, Earendil-1, has a launch contract and an FCC approval that stops short of the actual beaming. A new paper puts numbers…