By Nick Bonyhady No cyberattack has ever gathered more attention in Australia than the Optus breach.Credit:Eddie Jim Nine years ago, the US retailer Target suffered a data breach. First the company announced credit card information had been taken from 40 million people….
A senior Apple executive has been sacked after a TikTok video showed him joking about fondling women. Tony Blevins, a key player in the company’s supply chain operations, was filmed inside his $500,000 (£450k) Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. When questioned about what he…
Household pests could become a thing of a past, thanks to AI-powered laser weaponry. A team of researchers has created a laser device which can automatically detect cockroaches and zap them with ease, in an attempt to create a 'highly accurate' pest…
The American spy agency best known for overthrowing democratic governments in hundreds of countries has seemingly picked up a new interest in natural history. Well, in woolly mammoths, to be precise. The CIA has reportedly invested indirectly in a company that hopes…
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5video Imagine a future world starved of resources where carmakers have to resort to replacing the metal in your car’s roof and hood with cardboard. That’s what Citroën…
From self-driving cars to homes on Mars, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is well-known for making bold and far-fetched promises. But his latest claim might be going too far even for his legions of devoted fans. Yesterday Musk took to Twitter to argue…
Virtual kids born in the metaverse could become more common in the next 50 years, according to an AI expert. Author Catriona Campbell believes parents will want to care for digital children in virtual reality, using a headset to feel like they're…
Elon Musk’s appearance in front of a US court over his ongoing battle with Twitter may be a few weeks away, but we’ve got something to whet the appetite. A cache of the billionaire’s private texts have been revealed as part of…
A woman has been given the ultimate sense of deja vu, thanks to Google’s Street View feature. Leanne Cartwright from Carlisle has been caught twice on Google Maps in the exact same spot – nine years apart. The 41-year-old mum said she…
More than half of adults think they’ll never fall victim to a scam – despite 43% knowing someone who has. A study of 2,000 Brits found 52% are confident they’ll never be caught out by a fraudulent text message or email –…