Nearly all the companies involved in a technology trial check how old people are by matching IDs and selfies, despite the Government insisting no one would be compelled to hand over official documents.
Katina Curtis
Residents in the southern part of Australia should rug up extra warm this weekend as a cold snap settles in, bringing lashings of rain and damaging wind.
Alexandra Feiam
The brains tasked with finding a way to enforce Australia’s world-leading social media ban have made a big admission ahead of a major update.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
With just six months to go until kids under 16 are banned from social media, a trial has found age assurance could work - but not without loopholes.
Kat Wong
A dazzling panoramic photo of the nearby Sculptor galaxy stitches together dozens of images to show 65,000 light years of its stellar glory.
Marcia Dunn
Across his 96 years of life — highlights of which include identifying WA’s most iconic crustacean, being a dual-code State sportsman, and detailing Albany’s golf club — receiving an OAM tops Ray George’s list.
Melissa Sheil
A camera system designed to work like a human brain could help robots go further, including machines built for space and undersea explorations.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Optus has admitted it used dodgy tactics to sell phones and contracts to more than 400 consumers, including Aboriginal customers in remote regions.
Farid Farid
The national consumer watchdog has launched an inquiry into telemarketing and unsolicited sales amid claims that current laws do not protect Australians.
Neale Prior
WhatsApp says it will start to include ads targeted to users based on information like their age, where they are located and the channels they are following.
Staff Writers
A rising Aussie chess whiz talks about beating grandmasters and what he loves about the hit Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit.
Duncan Evans
The nation’s first publicly accessible hydrogen service station has opened, in a huge move towards decarbonising commercial vehicles.
Brendan Kearns
A one in 10 million search is under way for Australia's third biggest-ever lottery winner after the mystery ticketholder won Powerball's $100m jackpot.
From screening phone calls to tracking down mystery products, here are five unexpected things artificial intelligence software will do on your smartphone.
It is one of the world's biggest technology companies but Apple's failure to supercharge Siri with artificial intelligence has some asking questions.
The mother of Pheobe Bishop, who police allege was murdered, has spoken out after being accused of exploiting her daughter’s name.
Andrew Hedgman
A Perth mum and occupational therapist is trying to combat the long waits for occupational therapy by launching a digital platform.
Claire Sadler
A business leader has called for a boost in the research and development spending, with levels currently putting Australia behind the global pack.
Jessica Wang
Anthony Albanese has yet to secure a critical meeting with Donald Trump, with the Prime Minister set to depart on Friday for a six-day trip to Fiji, the US and Canada.
The corporate watchdog has issued warnings to 18 social media influencers suspected of promoting unlicensed financial products, amid concerns flashy online lifestyles are luring Aussies into bad investments.
Jackson Hewett
The industry group, which includes tech giants Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Google, has called for more co-operation on tech regulation.
Drought conditions have likely pushed a usually ground-dwelling marsupial into uncharted territory, a team of ecologists have accidentally found.
A tech guru responsible for keeping the devices and networks of a Great Southern school ticking has been lauded as the best in regional WA.
A popular gaming chair from Target stores has been urgently recalled over fears it could cause severe injuries or death.
