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VIDEOScience and Technology

AI robot could hit Oz ‘very soon’

Chinese company XPeng has unveiled its AI robot ‘Iron’, saying it’s only a matter of time before the tech is available to Australian companies. But what might it mean for ordinary families? Watch the video

Science and Technology

‘Digital detox’ a student success

A growing number of students are swapping tech time for pen and paper as schools stepping back from screen saturation report improved academic results, class focus and student wellbeing

Arts

Why AI is pulping our rare books

AI companies have identified the value in old, rare books and have started using them to train their AI models. Unfortunately, they are destroying them in the process. Here’s why

Arts

Is Albo strong enough to battle AI?

Cartoonist Mark Knight asks if Albo’s proposed new regulations are enough to fight big tech and AI to protect Australia’s creatives

Science and Technology

Rogue AI autonomously hacks

Advanced AI agents have autonomously busted their way out of a restricted testing environment to hack into another AI company in an ‘unprecedented cyber incident’. Here’s what happened

Science and Technology

AI’s ‘Hi Mum’ voice clone threat

Scammers are using AI to replicate the voices of family members in a next level “Hi Mum” scam that is extremely hard to detect. Here’s what to look out for to keep you and your family safe

History

Time facts that will bend your brain

Among the pyramids, woolly mammoths, space travel, iPhones and Picasso are some weird overlaps that feel impossible – take a look at this fascinating gallery and these strange-but-true facts

Sport

Teen boardriders can’t surf socials

They’ve both turned 16 but these two elite Australian teen surfers selected for junior world games this year have been left gutted by a shock social media decision leaving their fundraising in tatters

Money

Elon Musk: history’s first trillionaire

SpaceX has soared on its US stock market debut, sending its founder Elon Musk into a brand new stratosphere of mind-boggling wealth as his majority shares deliver a whopping win

POLLScience and Technology

Sneak a peek at Apple AI images

Apple has dumped its commitment to photo realism, unveiling new AI tools that will let users generate fake and altered images with no visible watermark – what do you think of the AI updates?

Society and Culture

Ghost jobs you’ve never heard of

From knocking on windows to renting out videos and manually connecting phone calls, these 15 jobs vanished when technology came to town and new jobs were born – see the surprising list

Science and Technology

Pope Leo urges caution in AI era

The first American leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics has urged ‘safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence’ in the first major theological document of his papacy

VIDEOScience and Technology

Robot runner trips over start line

A half-marathon in China saw more than 300 robots race – including one that smashed the human world record – but the rehearsal that didn’t go to plan for one clumsy bot in this epic fail

Science and Technology

Kids, it’s time to be eSmart agents

Becoming the top agent of your own eSafety is essential. National eSmart Week (March 30-April 5) is a great time to look at fake news and healthy, safe online habits. Here’s why it is so important

Science and Technology

AI ‘cowgorithm’ to transform farms

AI has had a bumpy ride in places where hands-on hard work by humans has been the norm for centuries but a new remote control ‘cowgorithm’ could change farming forever – here’s how it works

Science and Technology

‘Architects of AI’ pave future path

Time Magazine has just named its 2025 Person of the Year as ‘the architects of AI’ – but with a critical skills gap in Australia, who will become the STEM pioneers of our nation’s AI future?

Science and Technology

Aussie kids’ first taste of freedom

Australian kids under 16 trying to log into Snapchat are greeted by lockout screens, with other apps to follow suit as the nation’s historic new laws for accessing social media come into effect

Explainers

What scrolling does to your brain

Ever wondered why you struggle to put down your device? A neuroscientist has revealed why social media is so addictive – and how it could be reshaping young brains for the worse

Science and Technology

Snap’s AI has teens in the dark

Teens turning to their AI chatbot on Snapchat aren’t getting accurate information about Australia’s upcoming social media reforms, an experiment has shown. Here’s what you need to know

VIDEOScience and Technology

Massive change coming to Roblox

Popular gaming platform Roblox has launched a new feature it says will help keep young gamers safer and ‘reshape the way they connect’ online. So what’s changing and how it will work?

Reading Level Green

Part 1: Anatomy of a news story

Journalists work like detectives to confirm information before sharing it. Part 1 of our video series explains what makes a story newsworthy and why structure matters

Reading Level Green

Part 2: choosing the right words

The digital universe is fast and furious. Part 2 of our video series helps students think like reporters and choose the words to use and the ones to leave out

Reading Level Green

Part 3: What’s behind a headline?

Part 3 of our video series investigates the power of a headline and what makes a good one

Reading Level Green

Part 4: sharpen your speaking skills

Part 4 of our video series looks at how pros create content 

Reading Level Green

Part 5: creating a video news story

Part 5 of our video series teaches students the key steps to creating a video news story with the help of former Studio 10 host Narelda Jacobs