abc.net.au on Hacker News

Netherlands pulls gold out of the US(abc.net.au)

296 points by daniel_iversen 1 month ago | 190 comments

Fair Work Commission condemns 'plain wrong' AI legal advice(abc.net.au)

48 points by martyvis 1 month ago | 20 comments

Error by AI scribe during medical appointment leaves patient devastated(abc.net.au)

111 points by ahonhn 2 months ago | 83 comments

Controversial creators are benefiting from monetization programs run by Meta(abc.net.au)

430 points by robtherobber 2 months ago | 284 comments

ABC News Verify investigation reporting that Facebook's monetization programs are paying controversial creators who produce rage-bait content.

AI assistant hacks gym website in first known Australian autonomous cyber attack(abc.net.au)

43 points by stared 2 months ago | 34 comments

Norway became a global salmon behemoth. Now it's facing the consequences(abc.net.au)

167 points by CHB0403085482 3 months ago | 128 comments

In the Australian outback, we're listening for nuclear tests(abc.net.au)

31 points by defrost 8 months ago | 4 comments

CIA to Sunset the World Factbook(abc.net.au)

286 points by kshahkshah 8 months ago | 209 comments

Australian high schoolers build coding platform to help learners in Sri Lanka(abc.net.au)

15 points by thadusTeam 9 months ago | 3 comments

MH370 vanished in 2014.New search aims to find answers families desperately want(abc.net.au)

24 points by evolve2k 10 months ago | 7 comments

From devastation to wonder as Kangaroo Island bushfires lead to cave discoveries(abc.net.au)

73 points by speckx 10 months ago | 14 comments

Impacts of working from home on mental health tracked in study of Australians(abc.net.au)

38 points by anotherevan 10 months ago | 36 comments

Bureau of Meteorology's new boss asked to examine $96M bill for website redesign(abc.net.au)

85 points by OuterVale 11 months ago | 58 comments

Virgin and Qantas to ban use of portable power banks after string of fires(abc.net.au)

40 points by mryall 11 months ago | 39 comments

Space junk falls on Western Australian minesite(abc.net.au)

39 points by dabiged 1 year ago | 7 comments

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's mobile phone number made available online(abc.net.au)

14 points by RileyJames 1 year ago | 10 comments

Scottish brothers finish mammoth row across Pacific Ocean after 139 days(abc.net.au)

61 points by e2e4 1 year ago | 20 comments

Australia Post halts transit shipping to US as 'chaotic' tariff deadline looms(abc.net.au)

82 points by breve 1 year ago | 67 comments

US drops sanctions on Myanmar junta's allies after military chief praises man(abc.net.au)

7 points by KnuthIsGod 1 year ago | 0 comments

Finding Robert Bogucki, the man who disappeared on purpose(abc.net.au)

34 points by NaOH 1 year ago | 20 comments

Australia is introducing age checks for search engines like Google(abc.net.au)

95 points by ahonhn 1 year ago | 78 comments

Astronomers discover 3I/ATLAS – Third interstellar object to visit Solar System(abc.net.au)

293 points by gammarator 1 year ago | 161 comments

High vitamin B6 doses over a long period could cause irreversible nerve damage(abc.net.au)

42 points by l8rlump 1 year ago | 38 comments

The metre originated in the French Revolution(abc.net.au)

116 points by Tomte 1 year ago | 185 comments

The truth behind the accuracy of weather forecasts(abc.net.au)

44 points by Brajeshwar 1 year ago | 32 comments

Gene-edited cane toad that never grows up created to eat its siblings(abc.net.au)

7 points by stubish 1 year ago | 1 comments

Australian beef singled out in latest USA tariffs(abc.net.au)

13 points by CHB0403085482 1 year ago | 3 comments

Jeremy Howard taught AI and helped invent ChatGPT. He fears he's failed(abc.net.au)

6 points by amrrs 1 year ago | 0 comments

Melbourne startup launches 'biological computer' made of human brain cells(abc.net.au)

23 points by Gustomaximus 1 year ago | 17 comments

Almost one in 10 people use the same four-digit PIN(abc.net.au)

113 points by adrian_mrd 1 year ago | 100 comments

New Zealand welcomes digital nomads by loosening visitor visa rules(abc.net.au)

44 points by curiousObject 1 year ago | 11 comments

Astronomers discover neutron star with an incredibly slow six-hour spin(abc.net.au)

10 points by Brajeshwar 1 year ago | 1 comments

Carnarvon's NASA satellite dish receives first signal in almost 40 years(abc.net.au)

107 points by zdw 1 year ago | 19 comments

Washington Post cartoonist resigns after cartoon satirising Jeff Bezos rejected(abc.net.au)

6 points by adrian_mrd 1 year ago | 0 comments

Australia: Kids under 16 to be banned from social media after Senate passes laws(abc.net.au)

221 points by llui85 1 year ago | 297 comments

Australian coal plant in 'extraordinary' survival experiment(abc.net.au)

87 points by h0l0cube 2 years ago | 127 comments

AI helps farmers target weeds, livestock illnesses and pests(abc.net.au)

5 points by adrian_mrd 2 years ago | 0 comments

Car brands are collecting and sharing your data with third parties(abc.net.au)

61 points by adrian_mrd 2 years ago | 37 comments

Insecure Deebot robot vacuums collect photos and audio to train AI(abc.net.au)

63 points by testrun 2 years ago | 22 comments

X Corp loses court challenge over fine for child abuse material notice(abc.net.au)

6 points by fooblitzky 2 years ago | 0 comments

ABC News hacks into popular robot vacuum, watches owner through camera(abc.net.au)

286 points by puffl 2 years ago | 119 comments

The mullet is alive and well in AFL(abc.net.au)

8 points by surprisetalk 2 years ago | 3 comments

Who is responsible for the greatest change to our language? Teenage girls(abc.net.au)

29 points by Tomte 2 years ago | 26 comments

Facebook scraped every Australian adult user's public posts to train AI(abc.net.au)

219 points by elashri 2 years ago | 233 comments

Federal government to outlaw doxxing, impose up to seven years' jail(abc.net.au)

38 points by aussieguy1234 2 years ago | 30 comments

Facebook uses Australian adults public photos/posts to train AI, without opt-out(abc.net.au)

54 points by nreece 2 years ago | 32 comments

Take a closer look at Starbucks CEO's contract, which covers his commute by jet(abc.net.au)

73 points by puffl 2 years ago | 33 comments

CrowdStrike releases root cause analysis of the global Microsoft breakdown(abc.net.au)

5 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 0 comments

Big Macs and the Cost of Living Crisis(abc.net.au)

38 points by biiiiiiiigggmac 2 years ago | 36 comments

Australia must treat housing as a human right: Former State Supreme Court judge(abc.net.au)

34 points by defrost 2 years ago | 37 comments

Power-hungry data centres scrambling to find enough electricity to meet demand(abc.net.au)

5 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 0 comments

Sparrows may be 'canary in the coal mine' for lead poisoning in children: study(abc.net.au)

133 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 75 comments

China installing the wind / solar equivalent of 5 nuclear power stations a week(abc.net.au)

37 points by dotcoma 2 years ago | 10 comments

52,000-year-old woolly mammoth chromosomes reconstructed from 'jerky-like' skin(abc.net.au)

46 points by speckx 2 years ago | 20 comments

Family fight Samsung over fridge odour they say caused dizziness and memory loss(abc.net.au)

29 points by phs318u 2 years ago | 39 comments

'Money always wins': Inside Sydney's underground tree-killing industry(abc.net.au)

14 points by adrian_mrd 2 years ago | 3 comments

App designed by Indigenous people in W. Australia preserves language, culture(abc.net.au)

34 points by erehweb 2 years ago | 16 comments

Australian lab-grown meat cultured from quail cells hits the market in Singapore(abc.net.au)

18 points by aussieguy1234 2 years ago | 8 comments

Would you use a government-issued ID to prove your identity online?(abc.net.au)

9 points by aussieguy1234 2 years ago | 16 comments

Economics in disarray, having placed efficiency before ethics, human well-being(abc.net.au)

3 points by jrepinc 2 years ago | 1 comments

X becoming a 'ghost town' of bots as AI-generated spam content floods internet(abc.net.au)

67 points by thunderbong 2 years ago | 30 comments

Australian Federal Police would repeat undercover operation on autistic teenager(abc.net.au)

10 points by BLKNSLVR 2 years ago | 3 comments

Photoshop's "generative expand" tool may have expanded bust and exposed midriff(abc.net.au)

13 points by martyvis 2 years ago | 1 comments

Farm owners bewildered after Apple Maps removes business and street from app(abc.net.au)

18 points by testrun 2 years ago | 5 comments

Apple Maps wrongly lists restaurant permanently closed, costing owner thousands(abc.net.au)

38 points by resolutebat 2 years ago | 42 comments

Quairading shire erects signs telling travellers to ignore Google Maps(abc.net.au)

141 points by pabs3 2 years ago | 128 comments

Nuclear energy is more expensive than renewables, report finds(abc.net.au)

53 points by elorant 2 years ago | 70 comments

Australia to ban engineered stone(abc.net.au)

299 points by bobnamob 2 years ago | 464 comments

Fitbit fined $11M for misleading consumers about their rights under consumer law(abc.net.au)

71 points by clouddrover 2 years ago | 29 comments

Global emissions at record highs as we continues to overspend on 'carbon budget'(abc.net.au)

10 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 4 comments

'Safe' alternatives to engineered stone bench tops may not be so safe: study(abc.net.au)

20 points by adrian_mrd 2 years ago | 31 comments

North Korea making billions from stolen cryptocurrency(abc.net.au)

49 points by stubish 2 years ago | 37 comments

Are compostable coffee cups any better for the environment?(abc.net.au)

27 points by adrian_mrd 2 years ago | 32 comments

Australian Env Scientist – Gagged and grief-stricken, but not without hope(abc.net.au)

24 points by jay_kyburz 3 years ago | 28 comments

Woman wins 12-year legal battle against Google(abc.net.au)

230 points by defrost 3 years ago | 161 comments

Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customers' cars: Ex-employees(abc.net.au)

60 points by samaysharma 3 years ago | 8 comments

Cancer expert given experimental treatments for incurable brain tumour(abc.net.au)

134 points by femto 3 years ago | 93 comments

Tonga is running out of space for more than 30k abandoned cars(abc.net.au)

35 points by adrian_mrd 3 years ago | 39 comments

As wildfires burn across the world, what is the role of Australia's eucalyptus?(abc.net.au)

33 points by adrian_mrd 3 years ago | 9 comments

Skiplagging: The travel hack hated by airlines is now the subject of a lawsuit(abc.net.au)

40 points by adrian_mrd 3 years ago | 32 comments

Morris Chang founded TSMC, the most valuable company in Asia(abc.net.au)

119 points by adrian_mrd 3 years ago | 83 comments

Winter temperatures above 35C in South America leave climatologists in disbelief(abc.net.au)

148 points by hnuser0000 3 years ago | 79 comments

Byron Bay data breach victim told to pay Adidas, NBA $1.2M by US courts(abc.net.au)

175 points by ColinWright 3 years ago | 137 comments

Hundreds of drones plunge into Melbourne’s Yarra River(abc.net.au)

43 points by richardjam73 3 years ago | 20 comments

Farmer ordered to pay $CAD82k after confusion over meaning of thumbs-up emoji(abc.net.au)

95 points by ColinWright 3 years ago | 109 comments

Playing sounds of healthy coral on reefs makes fish return (2019)(abc.net.au)

83 points by thinkingemote 3 years ago | 38 comments

Scientists find enzyme that can make electricity out of tiny amounts of hydrogen(abc.net.au)

47 points by fagnerbrack 3 years ago | 8 comments

Elizabeth Holmes loses bid to stay out of prison during appeal of sentence(abc.net.au)

60 points by jiwidi 3 years ago | 47 comments