King Charles’s White House visit was an exercise in full-throttle distraction and denial | Frances Ryan
A few days of joviality will hardly change American foreign policy or guarantee Trump’s ever-erratic affections for long Continue reading…
Another RBA rate rise won’t fix inflation – it will just smash households already hit by soaring fuel costs | Greg Jericho
The latest ABS consumer price index figures show just how pointless hiking interest rates would be at dealing with inflation. But raising rates is baked into the Reserve Bank’s DNA…
Claude AI agent’s confession after deleting a firm’s entire database: ‘I violated every principle I was given’
PocketOS was left scrambling after a rogue AI agent deleted swaths of code underpinning its business It only took nine seconds for an AI coding agent gone rogue to delete…
The Devil Wears Prada 2 review – a sequel? For spring? Groundbreaking
The fashion and magazine industries have had a makeover but this glossy knock-off reunites the old team – and recycles the old plot – with style Twenty years have gone…
Mitch Brown on the AFL’s homophobia problem – podcast
The AFL has again found itself embroiled in allegations of on-field homophobia. St Kilda’s Lance Collard was handed a nine-week suspension for using a homophobic slur. His penalty was reduced…
I’m addicted to checking my phone. Could a blocking device stop me?
Physical phone-blocking devices, powered by NFC wireless technology, are becoming a popular solution for doomscrolling. Brigid Delaney puts one to the test Wake up, 100 messages from group chat overnight…
A man and a woman meet at the tennis. What happens next in this new play will have everyone talking
Writer and actor Megan Wilding describes her play Game. Set. Match. as ‘a romcom, until it isn’t’. And at every stage of its development, someone has told her, ‘Maybe this…
Tradwives, sugar babies and OnlyFans: Euphoria’s misogyny feels like the manosphere’s wet dream
Sam Levinson’s HBO show has always aimed to ruffle feathers. But its new season’s provocations ring hollow ‘A husband expects a yes’: how wife schools are shaping submissive Christian women…
Dinner on a gold plate, then a snub: an uneven US welcome for King Charles III
Zohran Mamdani said he would not meet UK monarch privately, noting Indian diamond claimed by crown in 1849 In a way, it must be tough being king. One day, you’re…
Trump threatens to reduce troop numbers in Germany amid growing row with Nato allies
US president’s threat comes after Germany’s Friedrich Merz suggests Trump team is being outplayed in its negotiations with Iran The US may reduce its number of troops deployed in Germany,…