‘Gamified’ footage of Bondi terror attack circulated online, Australia’s eSafety commissioner says The online safety regulator also identified bystander videos of the antisemitic massacre on X, Instagram, Threads and some fringe websites * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast “Gamified” versions of the Bondi terror attack have been circulated online, with Australia’s internet safety regulator forced to respond to more than 100 complaints about footage of the December massacre, it says. Naveed and Sajid Akram allegedly killed 15 people after opening fire at a Hanukah festival at Bondi beach on 14 December. Naveed Akram survived a shootout with police, while his father was killed at the scene. Akram has been charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder and one count of committing a terrorist act. Continue reading...

‘Gamified’ footage of Bondi terror attack circulated online, Australia’s eSafety commissioner says

Since I started doing more on energy and datacentres, I've become wary of how companies promote this. It's good they're investing in renewables but when they often say in the release that the renewable project power "x number of homes", my reaction is now - how many homes will it actually power?

Oh the outage was a DDoS attack?

Also a very weird unit lol

I bring a sort of Forbidden Vibe to InternalServerError that Rate Limit Exceeded don't really like

trying to post through it rn

Hegseth channels his inner Tarantino with fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction The defense secretary said his prayer drew on Ezekiel, but wording closely matches Quentin Tarantino dialogue

Just realised it's gonna get worse when the worst millennials are in high office (JD Vance is a millennial I know but just a weird unit already) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Ahh should have assumed Francis would have caused a similar reaction

Greg has been saying Trump is in the wrong here, tbf. Said the Jesus picture and attacks on Leo are "nearly deranged"

COMMENTARY Pope Leo is guilty of repudiating the "just war' doctrine That our government has urged Israel to stand down confirms its moral evasiveness; that Pope Leo has done likewise is grievous. By HENRY ERGAS COLUMNIST

THE AUSTRALIAN~ The church's refusal to condemn Hitler's genocidal war of aggression indelibly stained its reputation.

It's very funny that Trump has made the Australian publish anti-Catholic columns for maybe the first time ever, using arguments I used to use as a teen militant atheist.

I mean as a single story that leads on that.

The most difficult part of being a student journo is trying to get people to agree to speak to you (also sometimes an issue when you're in a job).

I did some stories for 2SER when I was studying and it made it *much* easier to get a foot in, and also figure out how the buttons and dials work.

A lot of the ones I see that pop up in my alerts are self-represented litigants, often in family court battles (another reason why I don't do stories on them) but yes plenty of lawyers too.

Australian federal court issues warning to lawyers over ‘unacceptable’ use of AI New guidance to legal profession ‘embraces’ use of technology but flags penalties for lawyers who ‘mislead the court’ with AI-generated errors

I've basically stopped pitching stories on when people are caught using AI in Australian courts now but a site that is tracking them says there are at least 73.

www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr...

Photo of Gary Stark: A white man, bald on top with a huge white beard and much white hair at the side and the back of his head. He’s looking into the camera, with a smile, and smiling eyes. He is not Karl Marx.

Veteran Australian tech journalist and broadcaster Gary Stark passed away on Sunday aged 73 after a long decline in his health. @leighlo.bsky.social has put together a beautiful memorial at dad.leighlo.com.

The funeral is tomorrow, Thursday, at Rockwood. Leigh or I have the details, by DM I guess.

"Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year," the card reads, with signatures presumably from Trump and Melania.

Someone FOI'ed direct correspondence between the PM and Trump. Only got a Christmas card :( (the listing says partial release) www.pmc.gov.au/sites/defaul...

ETTE-SCLUSIVE: Data exposes The Australian’s campaign against Dr Randa Abdel- Fattah A sweeping data investigation reveals what appears to be a sustained, coordinated media offensive by News Corp's The Australian targeting Palestinian-Egyptian academic and author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah...

EXCLUSIVE: A data investigation reveals what appears to be a sustained, coordinated media offensive by The Australian targeting Randa Abdel-Fattah. The paper has written more articles on her than Nine papers, Guardian, ACM papers & ABCNews online COMBINED

www.ettemedia.com/exclusive-me...

Shares in Allbirds surge after maker of wool sneakers announces pivot to AI Rebrand as NewBird AI sent shares up 582% in bizarre and rapid turnaround for firm that had fallen on hard times

Getting flashbacks to earlier crypto pivots, but this one is quite a stretch. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Apple threatened to pull Grok from the App Store over deepfakes - 9to5Mac Apple told U.S. senators how it worked behind the scenes to address the viral surge of sexualized deepfakes generated by Grok earlier this year.

You gotta wonder what it would take for Apple to actually remove X/Grok 9to5mac.com/2026/04/14/a...

Tuesday but fun*

For a while they would send out "junior Friyay" and "Friyay" emails on Thurs and Friday.

Yes this particular firm always has some variation of this that feels like AI

I hope your TOOSYAYY is off to a good start, even though the price of petrol has just gone up again! I am keen to seek your interest in a timely and profile yarn about the nation's declining birth rates. Jim Penman is investing millions of dollars into the issue to help solve the problem. Jim is the famous founder of Jim's Group and he is sounding the alarm on what he calls the greatest threat to humanity: collapsing birth rates. In his explosive new book Birth-rate Crisis, Penman argues governments have it all wrong, saying the issue isn't financial but biological, driven by dopamine addiction rewiring modern brains against family life.

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doordash grandma DoorDash does not have a specific policy for seniors or helping grandparents, as the provided articles do not mention DoorDash's policies or services for seniors. If you have a follow-up question, feel free to let me know. how the fuck do I just search WaPo articles? To search Washington Post articles, you can use the "Ask The Post Al" tool, which is a generative Al tool that provides summary answers and curated results directly to users. If you have a follow-up question, feel free to let me know. I asked. Show me article about "doordash grandma" There is no information about DoorDash and grandma in the provided articles. If you have a follow-up question, feel free to let me know.

WaPo website replaced search with AI and it's going great

Paper offshoring!

Everyone please welcome CBS News Immigration Analyst Viktor Orban.

Fifteen-year-old Noah hasn’t been kicked off any social media platforms – he’s still fighting Australia’s under-16 ban in court Millions of accounts have been deactivated since the ban came into effect in December, but Noah Jones found it was easily circumvented

Spoke to one of the teens involved in the high court case against the social media ban. Like most other kids he was able to get around the ban. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Tony Abbott recorded a podcast last week with the Denube institute in Hungary (of which is a visiting fellow) saying Orban is Hungary's greatest modern leader and he hoped he got re-elected. danubeinstitute.hu/en/podcast/s...

Early representation of AI enshittification

I'm so sorry to hear Leigh. All the best to the family.

Fifteen-year-old Noah hasn’t been kicked off any social media platforms – he’s still fighting Australia’s under-16 ban in court Millions of accounts have been deactivated since the ban came into effect in December, but Noah Jones found it was easily circumvented

Spoke to one of the teens involved in the high court case against the social media ban. Like most other kids he was able to get around the ban. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

A win I know too well