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Telstra outage: 'Software defect solution' in place after hundreds unable to call Triple Zero in outage - ABC News. Apparently Telstra wanted a go at the 'massive outage' thing.
NRL referee Ashley Klein confirms he had a gambling problem after report claims he lost $400,000 - ABC News. NRL says it's ok because he lost it all on the horses. Meanwhile, the horse people think he should get more involved: Ashley Klein gambling debt: NRL referee undertaking professional development at RacingNSW. Then just after all this happens, he reffed an Origin series heavily criticised for referee and bunker howlers. Not a good look.
One Nation's rise puts the next election in 'unknown territory' – but does Pauline Hanson really have a path to government? | Australian politics | The Guardian. Casually dropped in the middle of this is a chart labelled One Nation voters are particularly focused on immigration and it shows 28% of PHON voters list 'immigration' as their top election issue; compared with Liberal voters at 10%, Nationals at 5%, while Labor and Greens are at 2%.
While home ownership rates in some states are improving, one state is a clear outlier for unaffordable housing - ABC News: Nationally, the proportion of owner-occupier households dropped from 66.3 per cent in 2021 to an estimated 65.9 per cent in 2025. That decline was mainly driven by Sydney and Regional New South Wales
The AI Productivity Paradox - Silicon Valley Product Group : Silicon Valley Product Group: the issue is not time and cost of building; the real issue is that their ideas so often prove to be not worth building
TIDAL cracks down on AI music by cutting off monetization | TechCrunch: Music streaming service TIDAL is the latest to take aim at AI-generated music with the introduction of a new policy that will prevent fully AI-generated music from making money on its platform. In addition, TIDAL will use automated tools to remove AI-generated music that attempts to impersonate an artist or a group, the company said.
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