Ouyen and Mildura in northern Victoria forecast to break state’s all-time maximum on Tuesday, as weather warnings issued

• Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates

• Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast

A day of record-breaking heat looms for Victoria, with temperatures forecast to hit 49C in the Mallee and Melbourne facing its hottest day since Black Saturday 2009.

It was 26.1C as the sun rose on Tuesday over the small Victorian town of Ouyen, the Mallee town of 1,170 people whose forecast high of 49C would break the state’s temperature record of 48.8C set in Hopetoun on Black Saturday in 2009.

Continue reading...

Karoline Leavitt seemed unusually defensive in discussing Alex Pretti’s killing – and refused to endorse Stephen Miller

What Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, did not say on Monday was more important than what she did.

When Leavitt stepped up to the briefing room podium to address the deadly shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, she avoided the kind of victim-blaming tirade that has become de rigueur for Donald Trump’s administration.

Continue reading...

UN health body says Britain is one of six countries in Europe and central Asia where disease has become re-established

The UK has lost its status as a measles-free country after a rise in deaths from the disease and fall in the proportion of children having the MMR jab in recent years.

The World Health Organization said it no longer classified Britain as having eliminated measles because the disease had become re-established.

Continue reading...

ABC

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Robin Rowe talks about coding, programming education, and China in the age of AI

feature  TrapC, a memory-safe version of the C programming language, is almost ready for testing.…

Inference-optimized chip 30% cheaper than any other AI silicon on the market today, Azure's Scott Guthrie claims

Microsoft on Monday unveiled a new in-house AI accelerator to rival Nvidia's Blackwell GPUs.…

The new US-based joint venture blamed a datacenter power outage, but hasn’t elaborated

TikTok's new life under majority American ownership is off to a rough start, after users complained of widespread service disruptions the company blamed on a datacenter power outage.…

Gabriel Bortoleto feels that Audi have “a lot of learnings” to take from the opening day of the Barcelona Shakedown, with the squad experiencing a shorter stint on track after spotting an issue on their car.

George Russell admitted that he had been left “pretty impressed” by several teams on the opening day of the Barcelona Shakedown, with the Mercedes driver hailing Monday as an “exciting day”.

A collection of dartboards used in different areas of the UK. “The closure of pubs and leagues not being fed with new players, unfortunately, leads to some of the boards just being consigned to history.”

Als Rotterdamse agenten een man fouilleren, maken ze iets opmerkelijks mee. De man heeft "een enorm bedrag" aan contant geld op zak, aldus de politie. Het gaat niet om honderden, ook niet om duizenden, maar om tienduizenden euro's.

Als Rotterdamse agenten een man fouilleren, maken ze iets opmerkelijks mee. De man heeft "een enorm bedrag" aan contant geld op zak, aldus de politie. Het gaat niet om honderden, ook niet om duizenden, maar om tienduizenden euro's.

An anonymous reader shares a report: An insider who correctly leaked information about Oblivion: Remastered and other titles is warning that GTA 6's physical release could be pushed back. GTA 6 is set to finally launch on November 19, 2026, but fans hoping to get their hands on a physical copy could be stuck waiting even longer.

According to a report from Polish site PPE, insider Graczdari says Rockstar's parent company, Take-Two, isn't planning to release a physical edition of GTA 6 at launch. "We are getting more and more information that the box version will not be released simultaneously with the digital version to prevent leaks," the report says.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

California house hunters now have legal protection against the kind of real estate photo trickery that has long plagued the home-buying process, as a new state law requiring disclosure of digitally altered listing images took effect on January 1.

Assembly Bill 723 mandates that real estate agents and brokers include a "reasonably conspicuous" statement whenever photos have been altered using editing software or AI to add, remove, or change elements like furniture, appliances, flooring, views or landscaping. Agents must also provide access to the original, unaltered image through a QR code, link, or placement next to the altered photo.

The law does not cover wide-angle lenses -- a perennial complaint among buyers who find rooms smaller than they appeared -- nor does it apply to routine adjustments like cropping, color correction or exposure. California is the first state to require such disclosures, though Wisconsin passed a similar law in December that takes effect next year.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Social

Nogal een gebeurtenis. De gele linten kunnen terug de kast in, de speldjes ervan - zoals hierboven door de Israëlische president Isaac Herzog - mogen eindelijk af. 843 dagen na het begin van deze hel keerde vandaag de laatste gijzelaar terug, althans, zijn stoffelijk overschot. 24 jaar werd politieagent Ran Gvili; hij stierf al op 7 oktober, Hamas vermoorde hem eerst en sleurde daarna zijn lichaam mee. Iets langer dan vijftig dagen was hij als laatste gijzelaar in Gaza over, maar Hamas gaf aan zijn lichaam met geen mogelijkheid te kunnen lokaliseren. Na "specifieke inlichtingen" werd hij teruggevonden op een islamitische begraafplaats. Het maakt van vandaag ook de eerste dag sinds 2014 dat er geen één gijzelaar meer in de Gazastrook wordt gehouden.

SocialSocialSocialSocialSocial

Netanyahu spreekt Knesset toe

Social

Snow patrol, Yoji Kuri

Discover a curated selection of illustrations created for various clients throughout 2025. Each project tells its own story, carefully designed and crafted to meet a clear brief while maintaining strong visual consistency. These illustrations showcase our attention to detail, our visual storytelling approach, and our commitment to bringing ideas to life through imagery. Enjoy exploring!