Report calls for an effort to tackle harms in similar way to obesity and smoking, and stresses need to ‘offer boys something better’ The manosphere and online misogyny should be treated by the government as a public health issue, in the same way as obesity or smoking, experts have said. Writing in the Lancet, the authors of a new report argue that a coordinated response is needed, involving govern…
Security incident linked to performance-monitoring tool spurred platform to halt trading for about an hour Polymarket temporarily halted trading on its international platform on Thursday because of a security incident that compromised a third-party provider, the company said. Trading was paused for about an hour and resumed on Thursday afternoon. The company has promised to fully reimburse any aff…
Research finds 55% of lawyers are using AI in legal practices, up from 37% last year, though efficiency gains aren’t as high as expected Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast More than half of Victoria’s lawyers have reported using AI in their work, according to a new study, but just over a quarter say they’ve reduced fees as a result of efficiency gains. They also say client…
Maria Corina Machado's return to Venezuela presents a fresh challenge for Trump-backed President Delcy Rodríguez and reignites questions over the prospect of new elections.
Pentagon says it has referred leak case to justice department for criminal investigation The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has reportedly dismissed Lt Gen Brett Sylvia, a high-ranking army strategist serving on the Pentagon’s joint staff, following allegations that he disclosed classified information to the public. The Pentagon announced on Thursday that it had referred an alleged informatio…
Court of appeal is set to rule on the two appeals from 10am in the high profile Australian mushroom triple-murder case Erin Patterson to learn if she could face retrial or longer jail term In August, the court heard Erin Patterson should have been given no possibility of ever being released from prison, or a non-parole period so lengthy that she was likely to die behind bars. Her lawyers argued se…
Recordings between a control centre and the train drivers appear to show one train was given clearance to move even though another train had stalled on the track.
The Department of Homeland Security asked an Icelandic hosting company to take down data obtained through hack The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) asked an Icelandic hosting company on Thursday to take down or limit access to data related to thousands of agency personnel, saying the content put them at risk, according to the request posted online by hosting company FlokiNET. The datab…
Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign allegedly collaborated with party operatives to confuse voters in midterm The US justice department on Thursday is reported to have issued subpoenas in response to a report that the Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign collaborated with party operatives to get a challenger with the same name as the Republican senator Dan Sullivan on the midterm ballot. ABC News…
