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NEWSPremiumWhen Australians can see rare ‘blood moon’

A rare “blood moon” is set to grace the skies of Australia in the coming days. Here’s the best times across the country to watch the spectacular show.

Abisha Sapkota

Notorious fishing spot Salmon Holes is one area that will have better mobile coverage.

Network UpgradePremium‘Lifesaving’ coverage boost for Torndirrup National Park

Safety has been boosted along one of Albany’s most rugged and dangerous coastlines, with the recent construction of a Telstra mobile base station bringing improved coverage to Torndirrup National Park.

Amy Towers

Neighbours said the tradies were equipped with chainsaws and identified themselves as council workers. Jack Nivison

NEWSPremiumNeighbours slam ‘disturbing’ tree act

An investigation has been launched after men allegedly posing as council workers illegally hacked limbs off a beloved native tree, leaving neighbours fuming.

Jack Nivison

Eleanor Beidatsch and John Curtin Distinguished Professor Kliti Grice in the labs at Curtin’s Western Australian Organic and Isotope Geochemistry Centre. Ms Beidatsch is studying for a masters degree.

Fossil funEleanor digs chance to research ancient fossil at Curtin Uni

Eleanor Beidatsch, of Mt Barker, has always wanted to be a palaeontologist, so an invitation from Curtin University to conduct groundbreaking research on a 520-million-year-old fossil was a dream come true.

Claire Middleton

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WEATHERMega flood alerts after 300mm deluge

Thousands of Aussies are being warned of widespread flooding chaos after multiple states were hammered by almost a year’s worth of rainfall.

Euan Kennedy

OpenAI, backed by Microsoft, ?Amazon, SoftBank and others, has cut a deal with the Pentagon. (AP PHOTO)

TelecommunicationsPremiumOpenAI details layered protections in US defence pact

OpenAI says its defence deal with the Pentagon has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's.

Staff Writers

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NewsPremiumRadical tactics as Aussies get ‘TikTok brain’

Australia’s shrinking attention spans have forced brands into a desperate race against time, with marketers now battling for viewer engagement in mere seconds.

Euan Kennedy

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NEWSPremiumAussie hypersonic aircraft soars on US rocket

An Australian-built hypersonic aircraft has soared into space, flying aboard a rocket in a US suborbital test mission.

Andrew Hedgman

The AI company Anthropic has faced backlash from the administration of US President Donald Trump. (AP PHOTO)

TelecommunicationsPremiumTrump says US government to end Anthropic software use

US President Donald Trump has weighed in on the dispute between the Pentagon and OpenAI competitor Anthropic over the use of AI software in the US military.

Andrea Shalal and Jeffrey Dastin and Ryan Patrick Jones

South Korean authorities approved Google's request to export map data as long as there's security. (AP PHOTO)

InternetPremiumS.Korea to finally get fully functioning Google Maps

Google Maps will soon work properly in South Korea after its security-conscious government ‌finally approved the export of map data to overseas servers.

Kim Tong-hyung

AI road safety cameras picked up more than 275,000 mobile phone, seatbelt and speeding offences in Western Australia between February and October last year. File image

NewsBig issue with new AI road cameras

Drivers are bleeding money and demerit points as new AI road safety cameras spark a surge in fines, but there’s one key issue with the new tech.

Emma Kirk

A Melbourne teenager had to be rescued after scaling a 30m crane to take pictures for social media. 7News

NEWSPremiumScared teen’s social media stunt backfires

A scared teenager has been rescued from a 30m crane after a daring social media photo stunt went wrong.

Abisha Sapkota

Sydneysiders have been warned of bull sharks after the city was smashed by heavy rainfall. iStock

NewsPremiumHeavy rainfall sparks new shark warning

Amid the heavy rainfall and wild flash flooding smashing Sydney in the past 24 hours, experts warned it could be the perfect conditions for bull shark attacks.

Alexandra Feiam

Meta has stated it will deploy new artificial intelligence technology, which will help it to more quickly reject suspicious ads and act on user reports. Supplied

NEWSPremiumMeta reveals huge scammer crackdown

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram has announced an “aggressive” legal campaign as part of their crackdown on scam advertisers across the world.

Georgia Palgan

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NEWSPremium‘Worst list ever’: Karl slams ‘best’ beaches

Australia’s best beaches for 2026 have been revealed, and Today host Karl Stefanovic is not a fan of the judge’s choices.

Abisha Sapkota

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POLITICSPremium‘Declined’: Key absences in Optus probe

Senior executives at Optus’s parent company have skipped a hearing into the embattled telco’s deadly triple-0 outage.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

Emergency Management Minister Kristy McBain says the new alerts help ‘warn people when they are in harm’s way’. Newswire / Martin Ollman

PoliticsPremiumDate every phone will blare urgent alert

The Albanese government is making major changes to the national warning system amid heightened threats.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

The Galaxy S26 handsets contain AI features that are designed for a wide audience. (Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson/AAP PHOTOS)

AppsPremiumTech giant plans 800 million AI gadgets by Christmas

If your smartphone does not feature artificial intelligence, it could add the technology soon, with one manufacturer planning to double down on its investment.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

The swirling splendour of star-forming gases in the Milky Way's heart has been captured on camera. (AP PHOTO)

TechnologyPremiumMilky Way galaxy's heart captured by telescope

By studying images taken by a telescope of the heart of the Milky Way, astronomers can better understand how galaxies evolve.

Staff Writers

Professor Helge Janicke, Julian Moore, Mat Lewis, Jason McFarlane, Renu Kannu, Bethany Findlay and Burke Perry spoke at the Fields and Fortunes conference.

Robot worldRobots are coming to Gnowangerup this year, audience is told

About 100 people attended the Shire of Gnowangerup’s Fields and Fortunes regional business forum, with keynote speaker Julian Moore promising robots would be available in the town this year.

Claire Middleton

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NEWSPremiumDire weather warning for half of Australia

Aussies are bracing for days of heavy rain as a tropical low stalls, bringing the risk of flooding, severe weather, and already broken rainfall records.

Andrew Hedgman

WiseTech’s plans to slash 2000 jobs from a workforce of 7000 act as a warning for a potentially massive reshaping of Australia’s economy.

BusinessCommentsPremiumWiseTech’s AI job cuts set alarm bells ringing for economy

WiseTech’s plans to slash 2000 jobs from a workforce of 7000 act as a warning for a potentially massive reshaping of Australia’s economy.

Tom Richardson

Scitech visits Dumbleyung Primary School.

science funNo school to small for Scitech’s Wheatbelt science tour

Scitech has been on the road in the Wheatbelt this month, bringing hands-on science incursions to regional schools across the region.

Jacki Elezovich

AI has become the biggest driver of cybersecurity threats, the World Economic Forum warned. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

SecurityPremiumHow AI is helping criminals target more victims online

Cyber criminals are turning to artificial intelligence tools to write malicious code, proofread scam emails and increase the volume of their attacks.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson