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Jan 24 • 4 months ago

This 67,800-year-old hand stencil is the world's oldest human-made art

The world's oldest art has an unintentional story to tell about human exploration. ...

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Jan 24 • 4 months ago

Rocket Report: Chinese rockets fail twice in 12 hours; Rocket Lab reports setback

Another partially reusable Chinese rocket, the Long March 12B, is nearing its first test flight. ...

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Nov 07 • 6 months ago

Google says project on famous crab-covered island is about cables, not combat

Tech giant denies building secret AI data center, says focus is subsea infrastructure. ...

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Oct 23 • 7 months ago

The first people to set foot in Australia were fossil hunters

Europeans weren't the first people to collect fossils in Australia. ...

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Oct 06 • 7 months ago

Deloitte will refund Australian government for AI hallucination-filled report

Consulting firm quietly admitted to GPT-4o use after fake citations were found in August. ...

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Aug 22 • 9 months ago

Bank forced to rehire workers after lying about chatbot productivity, union says

Australia’s biggest bank regrets messy rush to replace staff with chatbots. ...

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Jul 30 • 10 months ago

Australia’s first orbital-class rocket stalled seconds after liftoff

"I thought best case was maybe 40 seconds of flight time, but I'll take 14 as a win." ...

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