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Australia Reopens the Fight Over How Big Tech Pays for News
A revised Australian proposal would tie payments from large digital platforms to local advertising revenue, reopening a fight over who funds journalism online.
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NSW Moves to Rethink Take-Home Assessments as AI Use Spreads
New South Wales officials are asking whether unsupervised take-home work can still reliably measure student learning in the age of generative AI.
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Network 10 Launches a One-Hour-Delayed Channel in the Streaming Era
Australia’s Network 10 is betting that a simple one-hour delay still has value, even as audiences grow accustomed to on-demand viewing.
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Francis deSouza Takes Over as Scale AI CEO
The former Illumina chief and longtime enterprise technology executive officially takes the top job as Scale AI expands beyond data services.
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Microsoft’s Next Maia AI Chip Could Arrive in September
A reported September unveiling would push Microsoft deeper into custom silicon as cloud giants race to control AI infrastructure costs and capacity.
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South Australia Is Putting AI Under a Royal Commission
South Australia is launching a royal commission into artificial intelligence, moving the debate beyond individual rules and toward a broader examination of how AI should reshape public life, work and government.
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Walnut Fire Closes Burbank Canyons, Cancels Starlight Bowl Concert
A vegetation fire in Wildwood Canyon forced hillside evacuations and canceled a sold-out Starlight Bowl concert; no major studio impact was confirmed.
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Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million—and Change How Facebook and Instagram Protect Children
A New Mexico court found Meta’s platforms created a public nuisance, bringing the company’s total liability in the case to $942 million and imposing five years of youth-safety requirements.
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Etsy Cuts 12% of Staff in Product and Engineering Restructuring
The marketplace is eliminating about 220 roles while saying the change was not caused by AI, even as it prepares teams for new tools and skills.
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Samsung and SK Hynix Evaluate Chinese Chip Tools as Export Risks Grow
Reuters reported that the memory-chip makers have tested AMEC equipment as a possible contingency for their factories in China; Samsung disputed the report.