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Meet Hydraulic Press Girl — the Aussie artist who gets 'squished' in viral videos

"Smac" McCreanor's videos have had more than 1 billion views — and now you can see her work in a gallery for the first time at the NGV Triennial.
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Don't commit to a three-course meal, and other tips for dating after 50

Dating at any age can be nerve-racking, but if you haven't dated for decades it can be even harder. The good news: Dating in your 50s can still be fabulous, as these experts show.
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'Unethical and misleading': Tony was deceiving his bosses and raking in the cash

Tony found himself with too much time on his hands at work. What he did next challenges long-held notions of loyalty in the workplace.
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Julian Assange is about to face his last fight for freedom. Here's how we got here

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will face a last-ditch legal challenge this week to stop his extradition from Britain to the US, in what his wife has described as a matter of life or death.
Assange, seen here looking much younger, holds up the newspaper which reads massive leak of secret fules exposes true Afghan war

Memes tell the story of a secret war in tech. It's no joke

You've heard the arguments to put the brakes on the development of powerful Artificial Intelligence. But this secretive tech movement wants to do exactly the opposite.
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Do saunas and ice baths actually work? Dr Karl's cool on overheated web claims

Dr Karl says cold-hot therapy has some benefits but many claims have no solid scientific evidence behind them.
Dr Karl sitting in front of a poster for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

Plans to criminalise “doxxing” after the details of Jewish Australians were published online

The Federal Government has announced a crackdown after the personal information of hundreds of Jewish members of a WhatsApp group was leaked.
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At least six banks affected by network outages, with payments, transfers and account access hit

The customers of at least six financial institutions experienced issues with payments and online banking on Thursday, as investigations continue into the root of the problem.
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Customer uses Westpac's spending tracker app on their mobile phone

How Taylor Swift became 'the most god-like superstar on the planet'

As the megastar prepares to grace Australian stages later this week, Swift's name is everywhere — from the schoolyard to scholarly symposiums. So what is it about Tay Tay that keeps fans coming back for more?
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'Doxxing' could be criminalised after hundreds of Jewish Australians' names and messages published

The federal government says legislation to combat doxxing will be brought to parliament as soon as possible following the details of Jewish Australians being published online. 
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Taylor Swift sends cease and desist to college student using public information to track her private jet

Her lawyers say the tracking tips off the superstar's stalkers while creator Jack Sweeney argues it allows transparency.
Taylor Swift performs during "The Eras Tour".

In India, cervical cancer can be associated with 'promiscuity', making it hard for women to talk about. Did a publicity stunt change this?

Many online have lambasted Poonam Pandey for her fake death while attempting to raise awareness for cervical cancer. But some women say she shocked people enough to make them talk about the disease and even consider getting tested. 
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Sick of doomscrolling and being 'constantly on call', these Australians switched to a 'dumbphone'

With mobile phone use on the rise, some people are turning to simpler devices to help them cut down on their screen time.
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Viral videos of Tesla drivers using Apple's Vision Pro prompt US government warning

The US transportation secretary warns drivers must pay attention at all times, even if their car has assisted driving capabilities.
A composite of two screenshots from social media videos showing Tesla drivers using Apple Vision Pro headsets while driving

Indian model fakes her death to bring awareness to cervical cancer campaign

The 32-year-old model conceded to the death hoax a day after the fake Instagram post, saying she was "proud of what my death was able to accomplish". 
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Internet trolls may have latent psychopathic tendencies, researchers find

Psychologists say people with high psychopathic tendencies are able to explore their "true self" when they're not identifiable. 
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Are songs from your favourite artists missing from TikTok? Here's why

Songs by Taylor Swift, Drake and other big-name artists are getting pulled from TikTok after a music licensing dispute came to a head. Here's a rundown of where things stand.
A composite of three pictures. One is a photo of Taylor Swift. The second one is Drake in a suit. The third is Bad Bunny.

Adelaide man takes exploring the world to the next level using Google Street View clues

For the next seven months, Oscar Pearce is hoping to spend about eight hours per day guessing where he is in the world, but from his computer.
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Travellers and accommodation providers falling victim to major Booking.com scam

Australia's consumer rights watchdog sees a sharp increase in Australians citing the popular accommodation site when reporting they've been scammed.
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How articifical intelligence is fuelling deepfake images

Professor Jeannie Paterson says articifial intelligence has faciliated the recent boom of pornographic and offensive ‘deep-fake’ images of Taylor Swift.
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Taylor Swift pornography deepfakes renew calls to stamp out insidious AI problem

As non-consensual and sexually explicit images of Swift began circulating widely on social media platforms, fans quickly mobilised the hashtag #ProtectTaylorSwift. How politicians respond could change the future of AI. 
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George Carlin estate sues over fake comedy special purportedly generated by AI

The voiceover in the YouTube video says it listened to the comic's 50 years of material and "did my best to imitate his voice, cadence and attitude."
A screenshot of an AI generated image of a comedian on stage. 

More than $130,000 lost in scams as fake Taylor Swift tickets surge

More than four million people attempted to buy tickets for Taylor Swift's Australian concerts but experts warn resale tickets are causing a "cruel summer" for fans who fall victim to a scam surge. 
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Taylor swift holding a guitar collaged with scam facebook and Instagram messages

Who is the Russian hacking syndicate linked to the Medibank hack?

Australian authorities have confirmed that Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov is a member of the Russian hacking syndicate REvil.
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It's 700km from Darwin but this country has the fourth-slowest internet in the world

Timor-Leste has the fourth-slowest internet in the world, sitting just in front of Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria — and its young population is fed up.
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