MPs urge Labour to ditch £330m Palantir software contract with NHS
Cross-party group backs call from science and technology committee to look at alternative options, citing ‘serious mistrust’
I don’t want AI – give me books written by complicated people, drawings by sweet idiots, songs by those who feel
We don’t need AI videos of fake animals. There are real ones out there and they’re really cute
The fight against AI datacenters is important – but it’s just a starting point
AI companies want to capture the value created by entire industries. That concentration of wealth and power is society’s greatest risk
How a throwback to 2006 took down Telstra’s national phone network
The same technology that helps your smartphone know when daylight savings ends set off a ‘digital domino chain’ that locked customers out of the network
‘Injustice and pain’: Justin Baldoni makes first public statement on Blake Lively lawsuit
It Ends With Us director and his wife, Emily, shared five-minute Instagram video on ‘traumatic’ experience
‘I saw it seven times in the cinema’: readers’ favourite films of 2026 so far
On the back of our editors’ choices of the year’s finest, we asked you to share your magical movie moments from the first half of 2026
‘Ramones had leather jackets when they got spat on. We didn’t!’ David Byrne on touring with Talking Heads and taking advice from Lou Reed
As his American Utopia tour film hits cinemas, the musician answers your questions about his Scottish sense of humour, working with Brian Eno and his desire to direct another film
LGBTQ+ inclusion in film at a three-year low, Glaad survey suggests
The advocacy group’s study finds a decrease in queer people of color and zero trans characters in 2025 films
From Greek epics to biblical blockbusters: the 20 best mythological movies – ranked!
Ahead of the release of Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey, we rate the top films based on myths, legends and fables
‘His legacy is cringe’: how Charlie Kirk became a meme among the young – even his supporters
Crude jokes about the Maga luminary are exploding online – less than a year after conservatives were suppressing any slander against him
Melbourne international film festival 2026: eight must-see films, one TV show and an ‘astonishing’ VR experience
Our picks include a hard-hitting drama starring Channing Tatum, a new Australian dramedy featuring Hugo Weaving and The Pitt’s Shabana Azeez, plus a film from a chook’s eye-view
Why are we so obsessed with Taylor Swift’s wedding?
With marriage rates in decline, the appeal of a big wedding that we can live vicariously is stronger than ever
SA police investigating death during Telstra outage – as it happened
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Low-e windows keep homes cool … but may set neighbours’ property on fire
Low-emissivity windows also keep houses warm in winter, but use on bowed glass can have magnifying-glass effect
Telstra outage: triple-zero calls affected by network glitches as regional train services slowly resume
Carrier says some were unable to connect to emergency hotline a day after mobile network went down