Avocado grower Daryl Boardman, who has a farm called Sunnyspot near Toowoomba, sounds weary. “As an employer I don’t like to say this, but it’s true: the one bit of running a business that is really getting me down is employing people,”…
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People who experience frequent bad dreams in middle age could be more likely to be diagnosed with dementia later in life, research suggests. A study found that bad dreams could become more common several years or even decades before thinking and memory problems set in. A…
It’s 2022 and flying backpacks are a reality thanks to an Australian company, ‘CopterPack’. The James Bond-style device features an electric backpack helicopter with a self-levelling autopilot whose latest launch is the second generation of their aircraft. Footage taken in Sydney shows…
We have more newsletters If you've ever seen an ad for something on Facebook just minutes or hours after chatting about it, you're not alone. Thousands of Facebook users have encountered the phenomenon, which Meta claims is based upon the predictive algorithms…
A spacecraft built by Nasa is set to intentionally crash into a small asteroid as part of a planetary protection test mission. While this asteroid – named Dimorphos – poses no threat to Earth, the aim of the mission is to demonstrate…
For out-of-this-world news, sign up for the Spaced Out newsletter We have more newsletters If you thought a regular Hilton hotel was expensive, think again. The luxury hotel chain has announced it will be designing the rooms, suites and lounge areas of…
We have more newsletters Tesla has been ordered to recall more than one million of its electric vehicles after the US highway safety watchdog (NHTSA) identified a safety issue with the cars' windows. The windows' 'obstruction recognition' system, which is used to…
People sliding into Instagram DMs with unsolicited nudes and sexually explicit images has been a longstanding problem among users. It looks like Instagram is finally working on protecting its users from this unpleasant experience. App researcher Alessandro Paluzzi published an early image of the…
We have more newsletters Instagram users will soon be able to use an AI-powered filter to protect themselves from unsolicited nude pics. Meta is working on optional user controls which obscure images that may include nudity. An AI tool will detect nudity…