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What can you do if a gig gets called off?
After Olivia Rodrigo is forced to delay her gig at the Co-Op Live venue - can fans get their cash back?

Face the future
Using 3D printing, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse restores function, appearance, and identity for head and neck cancer surgery patients.

AI Operations Cloud boosts resilience against myriad business threats
Incidents have become an inevitable reality for organisations of all sizes and industries.

Twiggy Forrest and Facebook clickbait battle dropped in court
Billionaire Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest's bid to hold Facebook's parent company Meta to account in Australia over an alleged cryptocurrency clickbait advertising scam has been stymied.

New leak shows 2024 iPhone 16 with new feature
9News has obtained new details of the iPhone 16 five months ahead of its launch.

'That hit hard' | Meet the Aussie gamers raising money for cancer research
Nicktacula returns as a team leader in 2024's Superhero Streamers event which is aiming to raise $200,000 for cancer research at the University of Adelaide.

5 things to know about LabHost, the fallen SMS scamming empire
An international sting operation has taken down a software platform responsible for hundreds of thousands of scam messages.

X marks the spot where free speech comes at a cost
Unregulated big tech poses significant threats to the health of our democracy and social cohesion. So how can its power be reined in without killing free speech?

Lithium-ion battery fires: How to stay safe
Don’t buy a device with a rechargeable battery unless it comes from a reputable brand and seller, and be extra careful when charging e-scooters and e-bikes at home.

Samsung’s anti-reflection TV excels in the light
The S95D 4K TV is not only exceptionally bright, it remains watchable in even the brightest and most glare-prone environments.

Government pledges triple-zero reforms after Optus outage
Communications minister Michelle Rowland says she will accept all recommendations from a review into the effect of last year’s national Optus outage on the triple-zero system after lives were put at risk.

ELO keyboardist Richard Tandy dies at age of 76
Jeff Lynne announces the death of the band member and describes him as a "remarkable musician".

‘Super powerful’: Australian hotshot takes on the big guns with AI image creator
Leonardo.ai is rolling out a product that will let teams collaborate on custom AI images, as OpenAI and others also look to the workplace.

‘We are the black sheep’: The Australian company backed by some of the world’s richest people
Tom Oxley came up with his idea for a brain chip while at Melbourne University in the late 2000s. Now his company has attracted some of the richest people in the world as investors.

Church stabbing, Bondi Junction highlight X’s failure to moderate
The misinformation and persistence of graphic videos can cause real harm to a huge audience.

Could we all do without social media?
In moments of stress or boredom, I find myself watching weird videos on social media. That’s not why I installed the app.

It’s not black and white: New e-reader brings more colour, but less clarity
Book covers, magazines, comics and notes benefit greatly from a colour screen but, for reading, black-and-white technology is still superior.

Scott Farquhar to step down as Atlassian co-CEO
After co-founding the software company more than two decades ago, Farquhar will step down to focus on family and philanthropy.

Melbourne’s iconic sporting precinct transforms into gamer heaven
Thousands of esports fans, gamers, artists and creators descended upon Melbourne’s Olympic Park for the third annual Dreamhack event.