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- Nine-year-old runs up $118,000 bill on dad's corporate credit card advertising his Roblox YouTube channel A breakdown of the spending named his child’s account, as well as Roblox and Minecraft video titles.
- Fedora 45 beta drags the Linux console into the 21st century Fedora Linux 45 beta has arrived with Linux kernel 7.2, a release-candidate build of GNOME 51, and extensive changes beneath the desktop.
- May Mobility is going public in a $1.4B SPAC deal Autonomous vehicle company May Mobility is merging with a special purpose acquisition company and will become a publicly traded company.
- Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau Anak Krakatau erupts ash and volcanic gases in this Sept. 5, 2026, image acquired with the OLI on Landsat 8.
- Curiosity Postcard Celebrates Rover’s 5,000th Day on Mars The first was taken on Aug. 30, 2026, at 9:56 a.m. local Mars time; the second was taken on Sep. 2, 2026.
- What happens when neutrinos swap identities inside a supernova? Our basic understanding of core-collapse supernovae hasn’t changed in decades. A paper being released by Physical Review D provides what might be a potential explanation for the discrepancy: flavor-changing neutrinos.
- NASA Visits Schools Strengthening Florida’s Skilled Workforce NASA recently awarded $10.5 million to seven organizations nationwide through its new State Hubs initiative.
- Samsung brings One UI 9 to the rest of the Galaxy S26 series A bit over a month after the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, Fold 8 and Flip 8 began shipping, Samsung is bringing One UI 9 to the Galaxy S26.
- Health officials in instability over 11th-hour backflip on aged care algorithm override powers, emails reveal Emails published under freedom of information by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing show that.
- Labor seats get more than 90% of funding distributed under multimillion-dollar grants program Now Guardian Australia analysis shows the money so far distributed by the scheme has been even more heavily skewed toward Labor seats, which have received 92% of approved funding.
- AFL finals: where the Hawthorn v Brisbane preliminary final will be won and lost | Martin Pegan The Hawks meet the modern-day Lions in a final for the first time as they aim to end the back-to-back premiers’ bid for a three-peat.
- ‘Godfather of AI’ says tech regulation is nearing Covid-style pivot moment Safety crisis makes it more likely that governments will be spurred into action, says Yoshua Bengio.
- Everything Australians put online could be scraped for AI under proposed new rules. How will you be affected? The Albanese government is considering reforms that give US big tech unrestricted access to Australian content.
- In such a rich country, it is how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in poverty | Greg Jericho Lifting the low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives. The rate was 288 per 100,000 for those on jobseeker – 9.6 times greater.
- NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman to Join NFL Fans in Baltimore As part of NASA’s new Inspiration Tour, Reid Wiseman, NASA astronaut and commander of the agency’s Artemis II mission.
- Robots are waiting for a ChatGPT moment: Nvidia’s Les Karpas explains why at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 The world hasn’t been the same since ChatGPT made its debut in November 2022, when out of nowhere.
- Snap Specs launch 2026: Live updates from CEO Evan Spiegel's keynote
- NASA’s Integrated Medical Model (IMM) To anticipate these needs ahead of time, NASA developed the Integrated Medical Model.
- macOS 27 Golden Gate: The Ars Technica review Generative AI is unavoidable if you install macOS 27 Golden Gate.
- Newfound ‘Baby’ Planet Smashes Record for Youngest Known World Astronomers have confirmed a world that’s less than a million years old as the youngest known planet, using data from NASA-funded archives.
- The world’s best racing driver is about to race 100 karts at once Later today, Max Verstappen will strap on his helmet and take to the track at the Silverstone circuit in England for a race.
- Uncontrolled AI could lead to 'silicon species' rivalling humans, warns Microsoft Speaking to the Today programme on Thursday, Suleyman warned against firms continuing to create AI systems capable of setting their own objectives, earning money and owning assets.
- Small cells and creatures dazzle in microscopic video competition A video of small hair-like structures fluttering in the airways of a child with a genetic disease has won an international microscopic imagery contest.
- Lawmakers target Flock cameras with a threat to highway funding A bipartisan pair of US lawmakers tell WIRED they plan to introduce legislation today that would strip federal funding from states that fail to restrict the use of Flock cameras.
- Amazon to launch Ring ‘neighbourhood watch’ app in UK amid US privacy fears Amazon’s doorbell camera maker Ring is to launch its Neighbours community app in the UK in an attempt to supplant neighbourhood WhatsApp or Facebook groups.
- Threads leans even further into podcasts with transcripts, analytics and more Meta is making the platform even better for podcast promotion.
- Wildlife trust wants marina silt disposed offshore A wildlife trust has called for a new offshore disposal site to be found for sediment dredged from Brighton Marina.
- SpaceX aims Starship for orbit on September 22 SpaceX is aiming for a September 22 launch of its Starship rocket on a 10-hour mission to deliver 26 Starlink V3 satellites into orbit.
- Endangered water voles introduced to reserve Surrey Wildlife Trust has introduced 30 nationally-endangered water voles to a nature reserve near Elstead.
- AWS says wartime damage means some Middle East cloud resources are gone for good Amazon Web Services says it is unable to restore access to resources and data in some of its Availability Zones in the Middle East after datacenters were damaged during.
- EU opens door to Canada becoming 'associate member' as bloc charts future European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has given a wide-ranging speech in an annual address.
- Here's how the iPhone 18 Pro's Apple Reference Image tech works Apple is giving your photos a tamper-proof seal. Apple's trying to address this problem with Reference Image mode on the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max.
- iPhone 18 Pro review: The standard setter The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max have the same 6.3-inch and 6.9-inch displays as their predecessors.
- Spain gets its first taste of AI-aided cyber attack Spain’s data protection agency has reported the country’s first-ever personal data breach caused by the actions of an autonomous AI agent.
- Former Kosovo president Thaci sentenced to 25 years' prison for war crimes Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has been found guilty of war crimes including murder, torture and illegal detention.
- Perth city 'landmark' sign badly damaged by fire at Yagan Square A popular sign at tourist attraction Yagan Square in the heart of the Perth CBD has been badly damaged in a fire, as authorities investigate its cause.
- Pyne warns AI could be 'means of human race's destruction' Former Labor leader Bill Shorten and former Coalition defence minister Christopher Pyne have joined the chorus for a slowdown in the development of artificial intelligence.
- Logitech releases the MX Keypad to keep idle fingers busy Logitech has released the MX Keypad, a developer-focused keypad derived from its MX Creative Console, and something that triggers a distinct sense of déjà vu.
- Mirror publisher to cut 220 editorial jobs as readers turn to AI summaries The publisher of the Mirror and Express newspapers is to cut a further 220 editorial jobs as it adapts to a fall in online traffic while readers turn to summaries.
- Colombia and Brazil deadliest countries for environmental activists, report says Colombia has again topped the list of countries with the highest number of killings of land and environmental activists, according to an annual report by campaign group Global Witness, external.