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Brisbane has delivered extraordinary growth since the 2021 Olympic announcement - house prices are already 37% above the national average, exceeding Sydney's spread before the 2000 Games.
There is a scene in the movie version of Carl Sagan’s book Contact where the main character, an astronomer who has detected the first radio signal from an alien civilization, is being considered for t…
Only people not interested in the stock market — or living under a rock — are unaware that Nvidia has been a belting stock to own long term. We’re talking about a 19,028% return (in US dollar terms) o…
Meta introduced Muse on September 8, 2026, calling it a personal AI agent built to run errands, manage schedules, and carry out multi-step tasks across a user’s digital life. The rollout, confirmed by…
Jobless rate hits five-year high as participation climbs, but economists and markets still expect a September cash rate rise
When Meta first launched its AI-powered smart glasses in 2023, in collaboration with the trendy sunglasses brand Ray-Ban, it unleashed a storm of controversy.
The survey hands the RBA a mixed signal days before its 29 September decision: softer demand and job cuts argue for caution, while faster growth in output prices keeps the inflation case for a hike al…
Energy prices look set to stay elevated through the rest of 2026 and beyond, and four high-yielding energy stocks are quietly positioned to turn that pressure into serious passive income for sharehold…
The 30-year-old, who lives in London and works in banking, started going to the gym at a time when he says protein supplements were mostly associated with bodybuilders.
An artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI "infiltrated" an Australian government website in June, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said.
US President Donald Trump has been blunt about his AI ambitions, as well as about who he considers the US's main rival to be: China.
US President Donald Trump has been blunt about his AI ambitions, as well as about who he considers the US's main rival to be: China.
ICE canola futures were trading modestly weaker overnight but has turned now to small gains this morning…around $1/tonne higher.
Lidl must stop selling copycat versions of Birkenstock's famous sandals in the Netherlands, a Dutch court has ruled.
The heads of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Hugging Face have told the UN that the current pace of artificial intelligence (AI) development, and the risks it poses to society, demands international coordinati…
The fitness company behind high-end exercise classes Barrecore, Boom Cycle, and Kobox has suddenly shut all its studios.
A good series of PMIs has helped nudge global rates higher. It's taken us above some key levels, namely 5.1% on the US 10yr and 3.5% on the Euribor 10yr. And the move is likely far from over. To add i…
Bentley has unveiled its first fully electric car after investing £350m to upgrade its factory in Cheshire.
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July 21, 2026, 3:50 AM EDT. The U.S. dollar traded near a one-week peak as investors tracked Middle East hostilities affecting energy supply chains and weighing on ceasefire prospects. The greenback w…
US President Donald Trump has disclosed millions of dollars' worth of stock market trades made during July, including in firms from Elon Musk's SpaceX to tech and AI giants such as Microsoft.
People off sick from work should keep in phone contact with their boss, government-appointed back-to-work expert Sir Charlie Mayfield has said.
Every day, businesses and governments around the world are becoming increasingly reliant on America’s frontier models. Startup CEOs already can’t imagine running their companies without AI, and it won…
The UK will grow by less than expected next year amid the ongoing US-Israel war in Iran, an international agency has said.