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Important, positive changes are coming to screen use in Australian classrooms. But in today’s world, foundation literacy simply must include global media and information literacy. The Kids News Digital Literacy education kit for students in Years 3 and above is free because we’re for Australian kids.

VIDEOScience and Technology

Musk’s kids pledge after flying car

The world’s richest man Elon Musk has made another surprising announcement just days after unveiling his amazing flying car – and this one could see 72 million kids share in the wealth of AI

Explainers

Could my fridge really get hacked?

Hundreds of supermarkets recently had their fridges hacked, leading to thousands of products spoiling, but could this happen at home? Experts say many of our everyday devices are at risk

VIDEONews

Next stop Hollywood

Got a great story you want to tell? Trop Jr is back and looking for the best short films by kids from around the country. Don’t miss top tips from past winners – UPDATED

Society and Culture

One term tops 2026 slang search

Australia’s most Googled slang word of 2026 leads by a wide margin and means absolutely nothing – but apparently that’s the whole point, as the top terms see ‘skibidi toilet’ crash out of use

Science and Technology

Tassie tigers’ walk on the wild side

Kids News spoke with leading de-extinction expert Professor Andrew Pask about why he is trying to bring back the Tasmanian tiger and what it takes to build a career in de-extinction

VIDEOScience and Technology

Weird and wonderful science

A revolutionary cancer treatment and human brain cells used to power AI – this National Science Week (August 15-23), Kids News takes a look at two truly mind-boggling breakthroughs

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

EXCLUSIVEE-Smart Agents

Get our free Digital Literacy kit

Important, positive changes are coming to screen use in Australian classrooms. But in today’s world, foundation literacy simply must include global media and information literacy. The Kids News Digital Literacy education kit for students in Years 3 and above is free because we’re for Australian kids.

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