Two e-device accidents, one involving a 15-year-old girl with a fractured skull, have prompted "genuine" concern from SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens ahead of a review into the state's laws on personal mobility devices. Queensland has also adjusted its laws regarding e-bike and e-scooter use for minors.
President Trump signed an executive order requiring AI companies to voluntarily submit new models for government review 30 days before public release, a reduction from previous proposals due to industry pushback.
Graduates feel exploited as "cash cows" to fund pensions due to student loan changes, MPs heard. Critics compare the "sneaky" alterations to loan terms to mis-selling scandals, with interest rates increasing debt beyond original amounts.
UK government is urgently reviewing sentences for three teenage boys convicted of rape, deemed "unduly lenient". The victims' families and officials express concern over the focus on rehabilitation over custody, with one victim detailing lasting trauma.
The UK government is urgently reviewing the sentences of three teenage boys who avoided custody for raping two girls, after widespread criticism that the youth rehabilitation orders were too lenient.
Google, Microsoft, and xAI have agreed to provide the US government with early access to their AI systems, including models with reduced safeguards, for national security risk assessment by the Commerce Department's CAISI.
The Trump administration is drafting legislation that would require AI companies to submit powerful models for government review before public release. The policy reversal was triggered by Anthropic's Mythos, an AI model capable of autonomously finding tens of thousands of software vulnerabilities across every major operating system—too dangerous, Anthropic decided, for public release.
A Filipino mother reveals her teenage son endured six months of bullying after standing up for a classmate, including name-calling, social isolation, and suicidal thoughts. The school's only response was a discipline committee talking-to with no meaningful consequences. The case emerges amid new government measures following two high-profile school bullying incidents, introducing a clearer punishment framework allowing suspensions of 5-14 days for repeat offenders.
Calls are mounting for a "transparent" government review of WA's Bandyup Women's Prison after a second Aboriginal inmate dies inside the facility in less than five weeks.
Calls are mounting for a "transparent" government review of WA's Bandyup Women's Prison after a second Aboriginal inmate dies inside the facility in less than five weeks.
