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That meeting you hate may stop AI from stealing your job
9+ hour, 45+ min ago (1261+ words) Dan Sirk is a so-called fractional executive " meaning he works as the chief marketing officer for not just one company but two. Simultaneously. It's a juggling act made far more manageable by artificial intelligence tools such as Claude, Gemini and…...
Who are "looksmaxxers? And why are they calling other men "sub-human?
3+ week, 5+ day ago (198+ words) March 23, 2026 " 10: 43am An extreme cosmetic craze is trending on social media with videos of boys and men trading stories of breaking their legs to gain extra inches. Or, "bone smashing, a practice where they take hammers to their faces to heighten…...
After lonely baby monkey goes viral, his Ikea comfort toy sells out
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (806+ words) February 23, 2026 " 3: 45pm What's it like to have millions of fans but struggle to make friends? For Punch, a seven-month-old macaque, fame and loneliness have collided, as he clings to a stuffed orangutan toy from Ikea. Punch was abandoned shortly after birth…...
Boldly going analogue
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (259+ words) I hope I have better luck preparing Christmas lunch next year," laments Kenneth Smith of Orange. Yesterday I had to call the Pork Baking Hotline and all I heard was crackling." Does anyone still make parfaits?" asks Josephine Piper of…...
Fake hero, wrong suspect: Misinformation floods social media after Bondi shooting
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (605+ words) Follow our live coverage of the Bondi Beach shooting aftermath here. A torrent of misinformation spread across social media following Sunday's Bondi Beach massacre, with Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok amplifying false claims about the identity of a bystander who…...
Cyberbullies at the gate
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (222+ words) Peter Miniutti of Ashbury writes: "John Bailey [C8] reminded me of a few funny HSC answers that circulated the staff room, such as "Triffids were dangerous plants that waved their testicles in the air" and "Where was the American Declaration of…...
The internet is threatening the dictionary. Can we still save it?
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (464+ words) When did you last use a dictionary? Whichever the brand, be that Oxford or Macquarie? Maybe last year? Maybe two years ago? Truth being, you can't remember. That ritual of sifting the alphabet, finding the page, then sliding your gaze…...
The ultimate zomcom: How one word ate the dictionary
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (403+ words) Travelling in a fried-out Kombi, on a hippie trail, head full of zombie " You know the words by heart or have the nerve to mumble them on karaoke night. Zombie-like in a way, a slave to the beat. Men At…...
Girlboss anti-heroes are having a TV moment " and I can't stop watching
6+ mon, 2+ day ago (317+ words) I've watched so many TV shows and movies dramatising real-world founders and CEOs, I could write one with my eyes closed. Adaptations of the lives of figures like Elizabeth Holmes Anna Delvey and Belle Gibson are part of the Scammer…...
Predators go where the prey is: Crackdown for popular childrens game
7+ mon, 4+ day ago (984+ words) A few weeks ago, he saw something that made him feel deeply uncomfortable. His experience is why Australia is leading the world in enforcing groundbreaking new standards that will force platforms such as Roblox " one of the most popular for…...