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Oxford's idiom advice echoed by Australian universities
Oxford's guide flags idioms that may puzzle international readers. Several Australian universities give similar plain-English advice.Arizona Sunshine leaves VR on 21 January 2027
Vertigo Games has dated its third-person Arizona Sunshine remake for PS5, Xbox, Switch 2 and PC, with a playable dog and split-screen co-op.Apple TV 4K (4th generation) brings Siri AI for A$449
Apple's new Apple TV 4K costs A$449, ships 13 November and adds far-field mics and an A19 chip. Siri AI also comes in beta to older 4K boxes.Judge blocks Trump press ban on CNN, MS NOW, Politico
Judge Timothy Kelly's preliminary injunction restores CNN, MS NOW and Politico hard passes. The Justice Department has appealed to the DC Circuit.Alice Springs storms: 96 km/h gust cuts power to thousands
A 96 km/h gust and hail hit Alice Springs on Monday, cutting power to about 9,000 properties. 1,450 customers were still out on Wednesday night.Chandra ties the Treble Clef to a galaxy cluster collision
Chandra and LOFAR show VLSS J0318.9+5755 is a radio phoenix revived when two galaxy clusters collided behind the Milky Way.Pope Leo homily: no future without strong families
Cardinal Tagle read Pope Leo's Amoris Laetitia homily in Saint Peter's Square, holding the bishops' synthesis so Leo can answer it himself.McPhillamys goldmine: court voids Plibersek heritage order
Justice Stellios found Plibersek's 2024 order over the Belubula headwaters near Blayney was made without authority. Murray Watt must now decide again.Grok Voice 3.0 tops speech-to-speech index at $0.08 a minute
Grok Voice 3.0 scores 86.9 on the Artificial Analysis index, keeps its $0.08 a minute API price and already runs Tesla cars and Starlink call centres.US border encounters fall as ICE removals pass 356,000
US border encounters in the 2026 fiscal year are a fraction of 2023 levels. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has removed more than 356,000 people.Starlink Starshield speed limit disrupts Ukraine's drones
Ukraine says Starshield terminals cut out above 160 km/h and drone missions were scrapped. Musk says the US military and the president set those limits.Shoebridge’s lies charge fails the test of his own record
Greens leader David Shoebridge says the Coalition is dancing to One Nation’s tune by spreading lies. His own record on online safety laws says otherwise.One Nation still rejects Labor’s Digital Duty of Care bill
Labor has dropped the minister’s power to invent new online harms. One Nation still wants the whole Digital Duty of Care bill killed.Ivanti Connect Secure zero-days chained, one still unpatched
CISA set a Friday deadline on CVE-2026-104935 after Volexity found a three-bug chain that gives unauthenticated root on Ivanti Connect Secure.How to install Windows' October patch and move off 24H2
Microsoft's October update fixes an exploited Windows flaw and is the last for 24H2 Home and Pro. Here's how to install it and upgrade.Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 gets its official Netflix trailer
Netflix drops the full trailer for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 ahead of its 20 October premiere. Meet the new crew and the new director at Trigger.Boltgun 2 reviews: critics say the sequel beats the original
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 scores an 84 Top Critic Average on OpenCritic. Critics praise the two heroes and levels but flag dumb AI and bugs.AMD's EPYC Verano brings 192 cores and LPDDR5X in 2027
Lisa Su showed the AI-focused Zen 6 server chip at the OCP Global Summit. It's the first EPYC to use replaceable SOCAMM2 memory.Hamilton woman, 80, killed in Princes Highway crash
An 80-year-old died and a Portland woman, 68, was flown to hospital after a two-car crash at Heathmere. Police want dashcam footage.Ford opens invite list for its US$28,350 Fathom EV ute
Ford's cheapest electric pickup now has a US preorder invite list. Real orders open in early 2027 and range is still a secret.
