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BitcoinCommentsHas Bitcoin peaked, or can you still make a fortune?

Now Bitcoin’s value has broken through the $100,000 mark — what’s next for digital money? 

Toby Walne

TelecommunicationsWanted: one million Aussies, Kiwis to learn AI skills

Microsoft wants to train at least one million Australians and New Zealanders in how to use AI tools over the next two years as part of a worldwide push.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

InternetTelstra fined over triple-zero failings during outage

Hundreds of calls for help were transferred to the wrong number or lacked key information after Telstra neglected to update a list of backup numbers.

Jack Gramenz

MiningPremiumMicrosoft finds new home for Cloud services in Perth

Microsoft has promised WA businesses less painful lag as it readies to expand its services in the State by mid-2025.

Simone Grogan

The NightlyStaggering number of Aussies set to lose their jobs to AI

Without immediate action, Australian workers are highly vulnerable to mass job losses.

Hayley Taylor

NewsPremiumBull shark spotted in popular river

Swimmers have been warned to stay out of the water after a bull shark was spotted in a popular river in Victoria’s east.

Emma Kirk

UpdatedPremiumCharges over threats to Jewish community

The man’s mobile phone was seized before he was charged by counter-terrorism detectives with allegedly threatening a Jewish community.

Clareese Packer and Aisling Brennan

NEWSAmazon delivers huge Christmas update

Online behemoth Amazon has just announced the cut-off date for its Christmas Day delivery service.

Duncan Evans

NewsPremiumWhy cicadas are so much louder this year

Summer means a lot of things: hot weather, long nights and loud cicadas. And those noisy insects seem to be turning up the decibels this year.

Alexandra Feiam

InternetIt's a love story: how Taylor Swift bested Donald Trump

The personalities, topics and major news events that dominated Australian internet searches in 2024 have been revealed by Google.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

newsNavy fires ‘gamechanger’ missile

Australian has become just the third country in the world to successfully test fire a new long-range, subsonic missile. See the moment it makes impact.

Jessica Wang

newsNavy fires ‘gamechanger’ missile

Australia has become just the third country in the world to successfully test fire a new long-range, subsonic missile. See the moment it makes impact.

Jessica Wang

Environment‘Close windows’: Severe heatwave warning

Temperatures are expected to climb into the mid-30s, with humidity making it feel a lot hotter.

NewsWire Staff

Your MoneyCommentsPremiumCentrelink shares how to avoid becoming victim of scams

West Australians using the myGov service have been warned to remain alert following a sharp rise in identity theft, with the data pinched being used to redirect pension payments to scammers’ accounts.

Nick Bruining

Your MoneyCommentsPremiumCunning tricks used by hackers to steal Perth man’s pension

Jeff Pollard is no fool when it comes to online safety. But his ordeal proves even the security-savvy can get caught out. Here’s how the scammers did it and why you need to remain vigilant.

Nick Bruining

newsPremium‘Unreliable’: Dire blackout warning

Aussies are being warned they will swelter through one of the hottest summers on record, with power blackouts on the cards due to a surprising culprit.

Cameron Micallef

ScienceCommentsPremiumThe work of these quiet WA pioneers could change our lives

An unassuming building deep within the University of Western Australia’s Crawley campus is the professional home of a group of scientists who hope their work could transform how the world works.

Adrian Lowe

ENTERTAINMENTWhy Australia is in debt to Hugh and Ryan

It’s been a wild 2024 at the Aussie box office, but cinema operators say a new dawn is rising for the beleaguered movie business.

Duncan Evans

WEATHERDire heatwave, storm warning for millions

Millions of Aussies are under heatwave warnings as temperatures rise above the mid-40s in some regions - all while storms continue to batter the east coast.

Thomas Sargeant

TechnologyComments‘Scheming’ AI bot lied, tried to stop itself being shut down

The popular AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT attempted to stop itself from being shut down, it has emerged.

Bill Bowkett

POLITICSNazi threat sparks call for hate database

An inquiry into the rising threat of right wing extremism has delivered a set of options to roll back the hatred, including a new national hate crimes database.

Duncan Evans

BUSINESS CommentsPremiumWorld’s biggest fund manager unveils 2025 predictions

Global giant BlackRock believes that the business cycle is dead — and AI has a huge role to play in the coming year.

Jackson Hewett

SECURITYSpy alliance’s dire warning on Aussie kids

The world’s most powerful spy alliance has issued a rare warning amid concerns young Aussies and minors are being radicalised online at an alarming new rate.

Ryan Bourke

MOBILE NETWORK EXPANSIONPremiumVodafone will expand coverage for Great Southern in 2025

The telecommunications duopoly in Albany is set to topple with the planned expansion of Vodafone’s 4G and 5G network across the Great Southern. 

Hannah Whitehead and Georgia Campion