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Google Backs Near-Zero Emissions Steel Plant as AI Data Centres Drive a New Carbon Problem
oogle is backing Stegra's near-zero-emissions steel project as the enormous construction demands of AI data centres create a new carbon challenge for…
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Google Signs Its Biggest Carbon Removal Deal Yet as AI Data Centres Drive Up Energy Demand
Google has signed its largest carbon-removal purchase to date with Terradot, combining methane cuts from Brazilian rice farms with permanent CO2 removal…
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Microsoft Sets October 7 Windows and Surface Event as Local AI Takes Centre Stage
Microsoft will hold a major Windows and Surface event on October 7 with Satya Nadella and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, putting local…
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Europe Backs Slowing Frontier AI as Zuckerberg Pushes Back
Europe has entered the escalating debate over whether frontier AI development should slow, as Ursula von der Leyen backs efforts to pace…
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iPhone 18 Pro, Apple Watch and AirPods 5 Hit Stores September 18 — What Australian Buyers Need to Know
Apple’s September hardware reaches Australian stores on September 18. Here’s what launches, what arrives later, and what buyers should know before release…
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Anthropic Picks Queensland for Major AI Data Centre as Australia’s Compute Boom Accelerates
Anthropic has signed its first Australian data-centre lease for capacity at a proposed Western Downs AI campus near Dalby that could reach…
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Google Pixel Scam Detection Expands to Australia in September Pixel Drop
Google is expanding Pixel Scam Detection in Australia as part of its September Pixel Drop, bringing new warnings for suspicious messages alongside…
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Google Launches Gemini 3.8 Live With Extended Thinking — Voice AI Can Now Reason While You Talk
Google has launched Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, bringing faster dialogue, visual grounding and deeper reasoning to voice…
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Meta One Launches Globally: Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Get Paid AI Subscription Tiers
Meta has launched Meta One, bundling premium AI, creator and business features across Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Meta AI. Here’s what the…
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Apple Is Reportedly Building iPhone Game Controllers — And Beats Could Be the Brand
Apple is reportedly developing two game controllers for the iPhone, with Beats executives leading the project and Beats branding considered likely.