The day before Anthony Albanese secured agreement with states and territories to develop national datacentre standards, a small council in Tasmania was grappling with the existing regulations in the face of strong community opposition to a new AI factory planned for its town. The George Town council voted 6-1 to approve the plans of Australian developer Firmus to build a 288 megawatt (MW) datacentre at Long Reach, north of Launceston, but said it did so reluctantly. The AI factory is planned on
The proposal comes weeks before the midterm elections, when food prices and the cost of living are expected to be major issues on voters' minds. (Image credit: Tony Gutierrez)
When a franchise carries the immense expectations of "America’s Team," back-to-back years without playoff runs can ignite immediate urgency across the entire organization. Few teams in the NFL have operated under as intense a microscope over the last few seasons as the Dallas Cowboys. With head coach Brian Schottenheimer entering his second year steering the ship, new defensive coordinator Christian Parker taking over, and Dak Prescott under center, Dallas is aiming to prove that last season’s s
Prime minister to speak to press this morning while on visit to Sainsbury’s supermarket Miatta Fahnbulleh , the energy sectary, said the government will explore “what more we can do” to help those struggling with high bills, via “fundamental reforms” including investment in renewable energy. Families will be understandably concerned about the cost of energy bills this winter, which is being driven up by the Iran war. Energy is an everyday essential and it needs to be affordable for everyone, whi
A hospital official told the BBC that the door to the ward was not locked, but manned with security guards, to protect the babies.
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A wall of mud and rock appeared to collapse into a river on the Himalayan border of Nepal and China’s Tibet, triggering catastrophic flooding on the Nepali side that killed at least 31 people and left hundreds of tourists missing, including Americans.
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Lethal temperatures and wildfires have exposed a widening gulf between voters demanding action and politicians unwilling to confront the long-term choices global heating requires • Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here The climate crisis means “we’re going to have to change everything – the way we live, the way we produce, the way we trade,” France’s veteran radical-left firebrand, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, told the summer congress of his France Insoumise party last weekend.
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A Chicago-based startup is testing a new approach to gunshot detection technology that transforms smartphones into acoustic sensors, potentially saving lives. The testing comes almost two years after the city ended its contract with SoundThinking. SplitSec, which was founded in Chicago in 2025, has developed an app that is capable of detecting gunshots using the microphones that are already built into Android phones. The technology has the potential to eliminate the need to install fixed sensors
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Sophie Lainault, who worked for Air France, wins legal case linking illness to more than 12,600 hours on flights A flight attendant in France has succeeded in having her breast cancer recognised as an occupational disease, a first for the country’s aviation industry, her lawyer and a trade union said. The ruling, which recognised that Sophie Lainault, a former flight attendant for Air France , had frequently worked at night and been exposed to passive smoking, could pave the way for similar clai
