Taylor Swift will continue her Eras Tour despite the cancelled concerts. Image source: Jana Beamer, via Wikimedia Commons Taylor Swift had her sold-out concerts in Vienna, Austria, cancelled after government officials confirmed a planned attack on the stadium. Taylor Swift was set to perform at the Ernst Happel Stadium three nights in a row, with…
The Titan submersible was piloted using a modified Logitech F710 wireless game controller. Image source: Madelgarius, via Wikimedia Commons The family of Paul-Henri Nargeolet, one of five people killed in the June 2023 submersible implosion, are suing the company OceanGate for over $75 million. The OceanGate expedition was an attempt to reach the famous Titanic…
Cosmos Magazine was first published in 2005 and has won over 48 journalism and industry awards. Image source: CSIRO, via: Wikimedia Commons Award-winning Australian science magazine Cosmos, published by the CSIRO, has published AI-generated articles on its website across a two-week period in July. Each article provided a disclaimer that they were generated using OpenAI,…
Yahya Sinwar (leftmost) has been named the new Political Bureau head of Hamas after Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran. Image source: Hadi Mohammad, via Wikimedia Commons. Hamas has named Yahya Sinwar as the new head of the organisation’s Political Bureau, following the assassination of his predecessor last week. On Tuesday 6 August, Hamas announced…
Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has fled the country in the wake of mass anti-government protests. Image source: Delwar Hossain, via Wikimedia Commons. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled the country following weeks of student-led mass protests calling for her to step down. Her resignation on Monday 5 August came a…
The Department of Child Protection in South Australia has been called to appoint a new minister. Source: Freepik. Shona Reid, the Guardian for Children and Young People in South Australia, has expressed that she is not confident that the Department for Child Protection are paying enough attention to scared and vulnerable children. In the previous…
Donald Trump has embraced bitcoin and crypto, only for the market to crash in the largest financial collapse in history. Source: Karolina Kaboompics Former US president and republic nominee Donald Trump — who once called cryptocurrency a “scam” — has changed his stance and embraced bitcoin and crypto. Just over a week later, and the…
The bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease thrives in fresh water. Image source: Janice Haney Carr, via Wikimedia Commons An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease has been reported in Victoria, with an elderly woman confirmed dead from the disease. There are at least 60 confirmed cases of the disease, which authorities believe originated in water cooling towers…
Korean Air will remove popular instant noodle cups from the airline’s economy menu to reduce the risk of burns during turbulence. Image source: Kentaro Iemoto, via Wikimedia Commons. Shin Ramyun instant noodles will no longer be available for economy-class passengers on Korean Air, according to a company spokesperson. The popular cup noodles will be removed…
Drug kingpin El Chapo’s son Joaquín Guzmán López plead not guilty before a US court days after his arrest. Image source: Ken Lund, via Flickr. Joaquín Guzmán López, son of infamous drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, has pleaded not guilty on drug trafficking charges before a Chicago court. The hearing took place on Tuesday…