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A recent cable theft left 10,000 people without internet, while a school emergency response was delayed by connectivity issues.

The "surprise" agreement between the state's environment department and the mining company Broken Hill Gold Limited is laid out in a court action brought by the region's traditional owners

The Tasmanian government has paid about $2 million to not build a thermal power plant at Macquarie Point, the site of the planned Hobart stadium.

A new theme for next year’s Met Gala exhibit was announced Thursday, two months after event organizers scrapped their original idea to honor British designer John Galliano following backlash over his past anti-Jewish and anti-Asian remarks.

U.S. authorities sold a seized Russian oil tanker to a maritime scrap dealer for well under market value in an “economically irrational” deal meant to thwart the owner’s bid to recover the vessel, the company lawyers said in court papers.

The declaration urged the State government to conduct next taluk and zilla panchayat elections using the pre-SIR 2025 electoral rolls

LIV Golf faces liquidation after BC Partners dropped a proposed $300 million rescue plan amid insufficient player commitments.

Australia will return to pen-and-paper writing tests for Year 5 pupils from 2028, following concerns over the impact of excessive screen time on learning. Read More: https://punchng.com/australia-scraps-digital-writing-tests-for-year-5-pupils/

The Osun State APC has scrapped its parallel presidential campaign structure, renaming and expanding its council to include all state executives after prot Read More: https://punchng.com/osun-apc-scraps-parallel-tinubu-campaign-council/

State tries to obtain broadband funds despite rejecting Trump admin condition.

Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie has introduced sweeping changes that he says "essentially mimicked" Julia Gillard's Fair Work legislation.

The food deal, ahead of a UK-EU summit later this month, is the most significant part of the so-called Brexit reset agreed so far.

Lower Eyre Council votes to abandon the acknowledgement, dismaying Indigenous residents who were not consulted on the matter.

The New York Times is suing privacy-focused web browser company Brave for allegedly scraping the outlet’s copyrighted content and unlawfully distributing it to its own customers, like Anthropic and Perplexity.

The New York Times and a group of other publications have filed lawsuits against the company that makes the Brave web browser over alleged unlawful scraping to train AI and also letting users bypass their paywalls, as reported by Reuters. According to a complaint filed by the New York Daily News, the Chicago Tribune, and […]

The scrapped draft that was submitted to the National Assembly proposed allowing 15- to 17-year-olds to donate their organs after death, if the parent or legal representative consented.

The home secretary laid out a revised proposal for changing when migrants can claim permanent residency.

The Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee urged indigenous organisations, student unions, youth groups, civil society organisations and traditional institutions to unite against the proposed project

Surf lifesavers refused to put lifeguards in the water due to safety reasons, forcing organisers to modify the world's largest Olympic distance triathlon an hour before it began.

Ahead of a screening of the film on Friday, Jeremy Saulnier recounted how 'Green Room' was "close to shutting down" when the sci-fi icon, "out of the blue, expressed interest in the project."

Manchester United's current tally of seven points from nine games would not even get them 30 points if it was continued for the full season.

Google, OpenAI, Anthropic and Microsoft pledge to support a new common signal for robots.txt that blocks scraping for AI training.

Publishers currently have to implement multiple blocking commands for every bot that crawls the web to collect data, but the new proposed solution will allow them to enter a single, standardised instruction that's recognised and honoured.

Victorian Indigenous leaders accuse Opposition Leader Jess Wilson of using Treaty as a "political football", warning decades of progress could be lost if the historic agreement is scrapped.

OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic say they will adopt a new standard that publishers can use to opt out of being scraped by AI, as reported earlier by Search Engine Roundtable. With this control, publishers can apply their AI training preferences across multiple AI companies, instead of setting them individually. The shared "policy token" signal […]

Officials attending Atlanta event refuse to have their picture taken with Sergey Lavrov

Chomping on vegtable skins, seeds and stalks could give us vital fibre, say food scientists.

US President Donald Trump is scrapping two of his last midterm election rallies, his Republican Party said.

Reencle has made your favorite kitchen composter cheaper—with a few compromises.

A two-year fight has come to an end after the axing of plans to raze the playing fields used by the Liverpool Rangers.

 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29 — Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng today urged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to abandon...

Earlier this month, the apparel brand had announced broad price hikes for its clothing products due to rising costs.

<p>• Border Health Services vaccination setup abolished; new ministry tender due in a month<br>• Officials arrested for bypassing ministry via parallel procurement committees<br>• Pilgrims asked to arrange jabs thru travel agents</p> <p>ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services has decided to issue a new procurement tender for meningococcal meningi

Billions of dollars in commitments to buy AI chips by Firmus are in doubt as a result of the Australian data centre company's stalled attempt to go public, according to records filed with the financial regulator.

Vancouver Coastal Health has released a warning that the morning commute will be darker than usual and could discourage walking or biking to school or work.

RCMP in Nova Scotia's Colchester County say several historical plaques have been stolen recently and may have been sold for scrap metal.

A group of countries including Germany, Greece and France all objected to mentioning associate membership in a joint EU-Canada statement.

Questioning the autonomy and impartiality of the Election Commission of India (ECI), former Union Minister J.D. Seelam criticised the changes to the process of appointing election commissioners

They’re transforming cities with million-dollar views and a message of modernity. But climate change makes cooling them tricky and costly.

G. Ramakrishnan alleged that the BJP-led Union government has used SIR to delete around 13.5 crore voters from the electoral rolls in the country

The cause of the explosion was not immediately known. Senior police officials and a bomb-detection squad reached the site and began examining the circumstances that led to the blast

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Airplanes are getting dismantled for parts years ahead of schedule because engines and other components are in short supply.

Meta drew flak for an upcoming change to its business terms that would allow it to scrape business accounts' content for AI training.

The character nearly lost a finger before the creative team and Capcom reached a compromise on an alternative outcome.

Ipswich manager Gary O'Neil praises his side's ability to "dig in and fight" as his side come from behind to earn a 1-1 draw against Nottingham Forest at Portman Road in the Premier League.

Meta is delaying the enforcement of its new business terms after publishers raised concerns that they could allow the company to scrape news sites for AI training, as reported earlier by Fast Company. In a statement to The Verge, Meta spokesperson Daniel Roberts says the terms will go into effect on November 20th "to allow […]

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Under new rules, guests will no longer have to do tasks that cleaners would normally handle. Hosts can now only make "reasonable" requests, such as leaving dirty dishes in the sink and sorting trash from recycling.

SK Hynix shares closed 4% higher after an initial drop in early trading as the chipmaker halted review of Solidigm IPO plans in the U.S.

Meta has tweaked its business terms to remove language suggesting that it could freely train its AI models on news sites, like The Verge - but legal experts say these changes aren't enough to address their concerns. "This does nothing to restrict the 'associated with your products or services' [language] that would let Meta scrape […]

A cloud of dark smoke billowed over Kingston after a structure fire broke out at KIMCO Steel Thursday morning, prompting a large emergency response.

Neue Meta-Geschäftsbedingungen alarmieren europäische Medienhäuser. Sie sehen darin eine illegale Ausbeutung von Journalismus für KI. Brüssel soll einschreiten.

Alinta Energy has withdrawn plans for the $1.8 billion Oven Mountain pumped hydro energy storage in northern NSW, blaming economic challenges.

Rail operator tells Oireachtas committee that Spanish IT firm Indra has issued its own claim over shelved traffic management system

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has canceled The Catch Up, a nightly news bulletin that was aimed at the TikTok generation. The BBC has canned The Catch Up as part of the planned closure of BBC Three, the youth network that will be switched off for a second time in spring 2027. BBC Three’s brand will be retained on […]