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Government flags criminal law changes to ensure companies can’t argue in future ‘that someone didn’t know the computer was loaded’ OpenAI won’t face criminal penalties over the Medicare hack but the prime minister has flagged changes to Australia’s criminal law to crack down on future breaches by artificial intelligence companies. Anthony Albanese on Tuesday released the recommendations of a “rap…

Campaign over Prop 40, as measure was known, was most expensive in state history, flush with Silicon Valley dollars California billionaires won a contentious ballot measure campaign, defeating a proposed one-time tax on their wealth. The bruising campaign over Proposition 40 was the most expensive in state history and witness to back-and-forth dealing from tech billionaires and democratic leaders…

Runners seek medical treatment as 13-mile race held amid unusually high November temperatures Police in southern California are investigating the circumstances that led to the hospitalization of nearly 30 runners who participated in the Santa Barbara Half on Sunday. Santa Barbara police said in a statement to the Associated Press that they had opened an investigation after receiving reports from …

Australian carrier announces agreement with Accenture amid ‘unprecedented’ technological disruption, CEO Vanessa Hudson says Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Qantas is preparing to cut 850 local jobs and outsource work offshore under an AI-driven overhaul, marking a growing wave of disruption to the Australian workforce. The changes represent the third major corporate …

Boy says he was first exposed to extremist material on TikTok, turned to Telegram and YouTube for bomb-making instructions, and used ChatGPT to devise his plans Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A teenager who admitted to planning a terrorist attack in Sydney in 2024 has told the court he was radicalised online after first seeing extremist material on TikTok and used Ch…

Chamber voted 73-25 to formally take up bill that will shorten timelines to start energy and datacenter projects The Senate on Monday advanced bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up permitting reviews for datacenters and other infrastructure projects, in the first major action since last week’s election that soundly repudiated Donald Trump and congressional Republicans. The Senate voted 73-2…

Former police officer tells jury he joked about being ‘white girl crazy’ with friends as lawyer questions him over start of relationship with Baird Beau Lamarre-Condon has denied being “obsessed” with Jesse Baird from the start of their relationship, telling a court he would have liked the TV presenter even if he was “a garbage cleaner”. The former police officer is accused of fatally shooting Ba…

Key environmental groups come out against bipartisan Baaja bill over fears it could spur datacenters and ICE jails It’s a bill that would make it easier to build big infrastructure projects in America – everything from fossil fuel pipelines to transmission lines that would add more clean energy to the grid. And it would roll back environmental and social protections to achieve this goal. That is …

Almost two-thirds of school leaders polled say new regime is much more intense than previous framework More than half of headteachers in England who were polled after their schools were inspected under Ofsted’s new regime are considering cutting short their careers as a result of the experience. In response to the question “Has the inspection affected how long you intend to stay in your role?”, 5…

Tasmanian premier leads tributes for Russell, who earlier this month returned home to ‘see out his days’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Beaconsfield mine collapse survivor Todd Russell has died aged 54 after recently announcing deteriorating health. The Tasmanian premier, Jeremy Rockliff, led the tributes on Tuesday morning, saying his thoughts were with Russell’s lo…

Former builder got his big break after restoring the home of a producer who was working on a precursor to the show Tommy Walsh, the building and DIY expert who appeared on television shows including Ground Force, has died aged 69 after a long illness. Walsh started his career as a professional builder before rising to fame alongside Alan Titchmarsh and Charlie Dimmock on the popular BBC garden ma…

‘Not particularly complex’ defrosting hack has been attributed to Iran, with presumption it is linked to others across Europe Iranian hackers like to send a message. In 2023 a state-backed group interrupted TV streaming services in the United Arab Emirates to broadcast a deepfake report on the war in Gaza. In the same year, hackers affiliated with Iran displayed the slogan “down with Israel” on t…

TV producer, who was in relationship with ex-comedian that reportedly ended in 2014, accuses him of ‘violence, coercive control and abuse’ Russell Brand sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for rape and sexual assault Jemima Goldsmith has said Russell Brand physically assaulted her and she accused him of “violence, coercive control and abuse”. The 52-year-old TV producer said she has always …

Particles from fireworks and bonfires likely to have contributed to levels well above WHO’s daily guideline Air pollution soared to “very high” levels across urban parts of England on Monday as still, foggy weather kept emissions trapped after a weekend of fireworks and bonfires. Government monitoring showed 11 sites, mainly in London and Greater Manchester, reached the highest band on its 10-poi…

Women say move will be ‘massively detrimental’ to services for vulnerable children, and hit their own pensions The 33 women waving banners outside a nursery in the South Yorkshire village of Grimethorpe have never been on strike before. Passing cars beep their horns in support of the workers, who have taken action at six nurseries run by Barnsley council after its Reform UK leadership agreed to t…