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- Apple varieties 'lost over the years' are being kept alive in this collection What you won't find in stores are apple varieties from more than 100 years ago, introduced to Tasmania by colonial settlers.
- Australian wheelchairs donated to Gaza stuck in Jordan warehouse Hundreds of wheelchairs, donated by two Australian charities to help injured children in Gaza, are stuck in warehouses in Jordan due to Israeli restrictions.
- Senior officials star Travis Kelce is named among victims of $35m Ponzi scheme Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is among the victims of a Ponzi scheme that took in more than $35m from unsuspecting investors, a Missouri prosecutor said.
- Woman convicted after severely emaciated dog rescued by RSPCA A woman has been convicted on two counts of animal cruelty after her emaciated dog was rescued by the RSPCA last year.
- US Fed hikes interest rates to curb inflation as Trump calls for cut The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by 25 basis points to tackle inflation.
- Foreign YouTuber using AI to promote One Nation to thousands An ABC NEWS Verify investigation has uncovered a YouTube political commentator from overseas who is using AI to fake an Australian accent and promote One Nation to tens of thousands.
- Data deep dive reveals the crumbling state of Victorian roads The VAGO report found that the proportion of state-managed roads in poor or poor condition had increased from 39 to 48 per cent between 2021 and 2024.
- Researchers swap in human brain cells for a mouse's cortex On Wednesday, a research group at Stanford University described a possible way to study brain organoids in a more natural context.
- Former Waymo CFO jumps to self-driving startup Wayve Elisa de Martel has been hired to the same position at buzzy self-driving vehicle startup Wayve.
- Hear why Science Corp CEO Max Hodak says the screen era is ending at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 When you imagine working with a computer, you likely think of keyboards, clicks, or typing on your phone.
- Scientists develop new method for deciphering ancient scrolls As before reported, the ancient Roman resort town of Pompeii wasn’t the only city destroyed in the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
- OpenAI's new sponsored agents are happy to chat about selling you things OpenAI said in a Wednesday announcement that Sponsored Agents were now being tested with select US advertisers already using its platform to put sponsored content in front of ChatGPT users.
- Quiz: How well did you pay attention to the 2026 Emmy Awards? From the glitz and glamour of the red carpet to censored speeches and broken records — this year's Emmys had it all.
- Resident Evil keeps coming back from the dead Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami was unsure when his mentor, Japanese video game giant Capcom's Tokuro Fujiwara.
- Jacinda Ardern never expected to have to pick her walkout music When Jacinda Ardern decided to run for prime minister of Aotearoa/New Zealand in 2017, she knew there would be a lot of moments.
- Big changes are coming to our COVID vaccine rollout. Here's what it means For the past five-and-a-half years, vaccines against SARS‑CoV‑2, the virus that causes COVID-19, have been free for everyone living in Australia.
- Planning permission for new Scottish AI datacentres suspended for up to a year Holyrood has voted to pause planning applications for all new AI datacentres for up to a year until the Scottish government has developed a national strategy.
- AI labs want in-house auditors — but maybe they should shut the front door first Executives at OpenAI, Google, and SpaceXAI have already rallied around Amodei’s plan, which has quickly become a central pillar of the emerging AI safety push.
- The Specialized Diverge 4 Pro makes rough gravel your playground Priced at $8,249, the Diverge 4 Pro is designed for rough trails and technical descents, both of which unfolded below me at the summit of an is-it-gravel-or-is-it-single-track climb in Douglas.
- NASA’s Moon Orbiter Spots New, ‘Once-in-Century’ Moon Crater Officially named McGetchin after lunar scientist Tom McGetchin, the crater formed on the Moon’s eastern edge sometime between April 11 and May 22, 2024.
- Hackers publish thousands of drivers’ data after breaching Florida motor vehicle database The ShinyHunters hacking group has published hundreds of thousands of files from a Florida state database of vehicles and driver information.
- Google Pixel phones pwned in zero-click attacks CISA gives federal agencies just 3 days to patch. In other words: miscreants found and exploited this bug before Google fixed the issue.
- MindsEye developer Build A Rocket Boy is reportedly shutting down Several workers have said they're leaving the studio. Build A Rocket Boy, the developer of the widely maligned action-adventure game MindsEye, appears to be shutting down.
- Sweden's left-wing bloc wins general election by slim margin Sweden's right-wing coalition government is set to lose power after a bloc of centre-left parties won a single-seat majority in the country's 349-seat parliament.
- The Boox Note Air6C E Ink tablet flips pages nearly 40 percent faster The 10.3-inch color ereader runs Android 16 and can access the Google Play Store. Boox just announced a refresh of its popular Note Air E Ink tablet.
- House speaker calls early recess before midterms amid AI regulation activity The Republican speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, announced on Wednesday that he would again cancel votes scheduled for Thursday.
- It’s OK to tell ICE their actions will haunt them, judge rules in speech fight At least for now, ICE has said that Streever’s email was protected speech, US District Judge Rudolph Contreras wrote in his opinion.
- Your AI agents can now control your Google Home devices Smart home owners will soon be able to control their devices connected to Google Home via an AI agent.
- Google Home is going agentic via integration with the MCP standard Google Home is getting support for the Model Context Protocol standard. Supported agents include Google Antigravity, Claude, Hermes and Open Claw, among others.
- At least 20 dead, including children, as war-damaged building collapses in Gaza At least 20 people are dead and dozens more missing after a building collapsed in Gaza.
- Iran strikes on Amazon data centers caused permanent loss of customer data Half a year after Iranian drone strikes knocked out multiple Amazon data centers, the US tech company has acknowledged the permanent loss of some customer data that was hosted.
- Family 'devastated' as missing girl case stays closed Bristol toddler Cheryl Grimmer went missing in 1970 on a beach near Sydney just after her family had emigrated there.
- Anthropic merges Claude chat and Cowork in one interface Anthropic is merging its front end for Claude chat and Cowork. The unified interface lets users access chat, Cowork, and Artifacts within one window.
- Anthropic's Claude can now create editable documents for you The company is merging chat and Cowork into one interface. Anthropic has launched Claude Docs, a new feature that lets the AI assistant/chatbot create documents for you.
- Saudis pound Yemen as Houthis fire back, further widening Middle East war Iran-backed rebels in Yemen have launched drones and missiles at Saudi cities, as the Kingdom launches hundreds of air strikes against Houthi positions.
- Enterprises are sweating legacy IT assets as AI investment grows Managed services biz Ensono claims in its 2026 State of IT Modernization report that 78 percent of IT decision makers regard legacy systems as more important today than they did.
- NASA Celebrates Restoration of Guam Station Damaged by Typhoon Mawar NASA celebrated the full restoration of its Guam Remote Station with a ribbon-cutting on Sept. 10.
- NASA Watches Earth’s Weight, Finds Center of Mass Seasonal changes redistribute enough water around Earth to shift the planet’s center of mass back and forth by fractions of an inch relative to its geometric center.
- Duterte appears in person at The Hague over 'war on drugs' killings Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has appeared at the International Criminal Court to face murder charges related to his so-called war on drugs.
- Part-human part-mouse brain developed in science breakthrough Neuroscientists in the US have successfully adapted mice to have functioning human cells inside their own brains.