Tech support chap told angry customer to think inside the box – and solved the problem
We're not Li-ion, user thought mobile phone batteries died every few days
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Australia news live: mobile networks ‘not infallible’, Telstra boss tells Senate inquiry; Anton Enus to retire from SBS World News
Telstra outage hit ‘approximately 45%’ of calls and data, CEO tells Senate inquiryGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPauline Hanson has been called “un-Australian” over her appearance on a podcast…
US launches new strikes as Iran says civilian infrastructure hit
Tehran says the US strikes hit bridges, while the US boards a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
Rubio convenes countries on left-wing political violence
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday convened leaders from more than 60 countries to take part in the Trump administration's latest effort to quell what it calls "left wing" political terrorism.
‘How’s this joker got my details?’: BrewDog founder faces complaints over emails to ‘equity punks’
Exclusive: Watchdog asked to look into how James Watt got data of ex-crowdfunders he invited to join buy-back bidJames Watt, the BrewDog founder who sold the debt-laden “punk” brewer earlier this year, is the subject of …
Business
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Sweden's Saab posts record orders as fighter jet maker cashes in on higher defense spending
European governments ramp up defense spending and book orders with the region's companies.
Xi pitches China as AI partner to developing world, warns against risks and security overreach
China will provide developing countries with 5,000 opportunities in AI training and seminar programs, as well as develop AI cooperation with various blocs.
Oil prices rise as U.S.-Iran hostilities threaten supply through Strait of Hormuz
Oil prices rose Friday as investors weighed escalating threats between the U.S. and Iran.
Chip and memory stocks slide in fresh bout of Wall Street tumult
Investors pull away from shares in companies that have led markets higher this year
Technology
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Tech support chap told angry customer to think inside the box – and solved the problem
We're not Li-ion, user thought mobile phone batteries died every few days
NTP server that traveled back in time caused massive Aussie mobile outage
Telstra skipped a patch, didn’t record changes, had no idea it was an accident waiting to happen
South Korea making its own security-centric AI model
Adapting existing local LLM project for security and sovereignty purposes and hopes to one day match Mythos
Chinese memory ban would cut off RAMpocalypse relief
Two US lawmakers push tighter curbs on chipmakers from the Middle Kingdom
Science
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Intelligent Three Level Learning Architecture for Autonomous UAV Swarms in Search and Rescue
arXiv:2607.14093v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper presents a novel three level hierarchical learning architecture for autonomous UAV swarms performing search and rescue operations. Unlike conventional approaches…
HG-RAG: Hierarchy-Guided Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Structured Knowledge Graphs
arXiv:2607.14095v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) has proven to be a widely successful process at improving the quality of outputs from a Large Language Model (LLM) for wider context. H…
IMEX Interaction-Based Model Explanation
arXiv:2607.14096v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In predictive modeling, the ability to explain why a model produces a given target prediction has become increasingly important [5, 10]. Black-box models do not provide a t…
RegNetAgents: A Multi-Agent Framework for Cross-Network Regulatory Driver Identification in Cancer Genomics
arXiv:2607.14097v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We introduce RegNetAgents, an AI-oriented multi-agent framework for structured, query-driven regulatory candidate identification across heterogeneous gene regulatory networ…
Sports
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Day 1 at the Open Championship: An unlikely leader...
Jackson Suber had never been to Europe before and now he's on top of the leaderboard following the first round at Royal Birkdale.
England vs Argentina: A one-sided rugby rivalry - will Pumas bite back?
Fresh from the drama of Wednesday's FIFA World Cup semi-final between England and Argentina, the nations meet again on Saturday as part of rugby's Nations Championship in Santiago del Estero.
Entertainment
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‘The Odyssey’ Launches Weekend Voyage With Thursday Previews Around $15M U.S. – Box Office
EXCLUSIVE: Universal’s Christopher Nolan epic The Odyssey is sailing to previews tonight around $15M give or take. If that figure posts, it will rank as the best previews we’ve seen so far this year for a live-action tit…
‘God Of War’ To Recast Lead Kratos After Ryan Hurst Suffers Injury On Set Of Prime Video Series
EXCLUSIVE: This is a shocker: Prime Video’s God Of War will have a new actor playing Kratos as the lead role in the high profile fantasy drama series is being recast, Deadline has learned. The decision, made after a care…
PVR Inox’s Sanjeev Kumar Bijli On India’s Box Office Recovery, Cinema Expansion & Cannes Acquisitions Haul
EXCLUSIVE: India’s theatrical market is one of the few in Asia that has outstripped pre-pandemic revenues, despite the growth of streaming, the slowdown in the Hollywood pipeline and all the other factors that have hampe…
Sinclair-Owned ABC And NBC Stations Preempt Networks To Carry Trump Primetime Speech
UPDATED with more details: ABC and NBC stations owned by Sinclair Broadcasting ended up airing President Donald Trump’s primetime speech on Thursday, after ABC News and NBC News said earlier in the day that they would on…
Health
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New WHO guidelines: up to 45% of dementia risk could be prevented or delayed
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released updated guidelines on reducing the risk of cognitive decline and dementia, providing countries with evidence-based recommendations to help prevent or delay the onset of …
Global childhood immunization coverage inches forward despite conflict and hesitancy – UNICEF, WHO
In 2025, 90% of infants globally – or nearly 116 million – received at least one dose of a diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP) vaccine, and 85% – or 110 million – completed the full three-dose series, according to th…
El Salvador validated by WHO as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated El Salvador as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Trachoma is the world's leading infectious cause of blindness.
WHO calls for urgent action as new cancer cases are projected to nearly double by 2050
Millions of people are facing physical, emotional and financial toll of cancer, a disease that claims more than 26 000 lives every day, according to a report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO). With an…