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In today’s newsletter: US intelligence reportedly believes the former tech executive was recruited by Beijing, raising questions about the security of the AI industry and Trump’s close ties to Nvidia chief Jensen Huang Good morning. Espionage is supposed to be a secretive business, and spies are supposed to be virtually invisible. That hasn’t been the case for Alice Huang, the mysterious Shanghai…

Workplace relations minister Amanda Rishworth launches best practice guide on AI adoption after Qantas and Canva job cuts Entry-level jobs will be the first to be automated due to AI, but it could mean fewer hours and higher wages for ordinary workers – or make jobs tougher with more burnout and workplace surveillance - the government has warned employers. While major companies like Qantas and Ca…

‘You just don’t mess or play with a 400-tonne train’, Sydney Trains says as 17-year-old suffers multiple injuries to head, chest and pelvis Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A 17-year-old boy is in a critical condition after falling from the outside of a train on the Sydney Harbour Bridge while he was likely train surfing, NSW police say. Around 11.30am on Thursday, eme…

The meeting comes after the executive and co-founder admitted to having a romantic relationship with a woman who is alleged to be a Chinese spy Nvidia’s board of directors met on Wednesday to decide whether to oust Jensen Huang as CEO of the world’s most valuable chip company, according to multiple reports, after a tumultuous week in which the executive and co-founder of the company admitted to h…

Since the US war on Iran began in February, there have been hundreds of oil spills, posing a ‘generational’ threat to wildlife The vast, dark slicks in the strait of Hormuz are visible from space. Throughout October, oil tankers were struck by missiles or sea mines in the waterway and spilled crude into the sea. The pollution has spread across the Gulf, contaminating coastlines and threatening to…

SS United States, which set transatlantic speed record during maiden voyage in 1952, is sunk off coast of Destin The historic SS United States has reached the end of its journey at sea, sinking Wednesday off the coast of Destin, Florida, where it will begin a new life underwater as an artificial reef. The nearly 1,000ft American-made vessel, once the fastest ocean liner in the world, was launched…

William, 17, was reported missing after straying from his camp near Walhalla in Victoria’s Gippsland region Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A teenage boy has been found alive after disappearing in dense bushland wearing only shorts and work boots nearly a week ago. Police AirWing found William, 17, whose surname has not been shared, on Thursday morning. Continue readi…

Huang’s potential departure would leave a leadership vacuum at the roughly $4tn chipmaker he co-founded, with Nvidia’s shares sliding about 8% in ​after-hours trading Nvidia’s shares plunged in ⁠after-hours trading on news that its board may oust longtime CEO Jensen Huang, with the chipmaker losing about $600bn ‌in stock market value this week since the board announced its investigation into his …

Court hears former police officer agrees he was trying to destroy evidence that might incriminate him Beau Lamarre-Condon has admitted he threw Jesse Baird’s phone off a bridge to destroy evidence after allegedly murdering him, a court has heard. The former police officer is accused of fatally shooting Baird and his new partner, Luke Davies, with his police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington ho…

Once thought to have been looted by Scottish tribes, the gilded limb is the centrepiece of a new exhibition on Roman Scotland in Edinburgh A large bronze leg found in a bog in rural Scotland more than 200 years ago and then hidden away in a duke’s storeroom is helping to rewrite the history of the Roman empire. Antiquarians argued that the so-called Mislington leg had been looted, perhaps from Yo…

Inspectors find some officers acted on potential matches from retrospective searches without making enough checks Police officers risk arresting innocent people, especially from ethnic minorities, if they treat inaccurate facial recognition data as evidence, an official report has found. Although the technology can help fight crime, the report found it is beset by errors and biases , and operator…

Three-story building was at the edge of a construction site where another edifice had been demolished Firefighters dug through the rubble of a three-story building in Brooklyn on Wednesday after it collapsed at the edge of a construction site, killing at least one person and trapping others beneath the wreckage. Firefighters were called to the scene in the borough’s Flatbush section at about 4pm.…

Remains believed to have belonged to Africans or Afro-Brazilians repatriated after being flown back by diplomats Two skulls, including that of a man believed to have taken part in Brazil’s greatest slave revolt but whose remains were taken to the United States and used in racist eugenics studies at Harvard University, were repatriated on Wednesday. The remains had been outside Brazil since the 19…

Exclusive: Madeleine Alessandri, chair of the joint intelligence committee, will take on the role of advising No 10 on climate-related national security risks The UK government has appointed the world’s first special representative for climate security, in the strongest sign yet of fears that climate breakdown will bring chaos to the country. Prime minister Andy Burnham will announce the move on …

Police called to Lane Cove North on Wednesday after sofa found containing human torso believed to be that of adult man Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast NSW police have launched a homicide investigation after a human torso was found in bushland on Sydney’s lower north shore. Police said they were called to Lane Cove North about 2.30pm on Wednesday after receiving report…