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Woman assured Chinese EV ‘should be safe to drive’ after power failure metres from busy intersection
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A woman has revealed a frightening" experience with her brand new hybrid that saw her steering fail metres from a busy intersection.
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This enormously powerful machine promises to unite traditional petrolheads with progressive fans of electrification.
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Google Chrome users are the latest group of people to be targeted in a new scam.
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Car companies say nothing can be done' about a change that could increase emergency response times to serious smashes.
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Does the muscled-up Mitsubishi Triton have the power to overtake Australian bestsellers in the Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger?
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Snapchat megastar Caryn Marjorie was raking in $100,000 a month from men who paid to date' a digital clone of her, but her AI persona quickly went rogue.
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This tech has the potential to shift the balance of green motoring on Australian roads, promising strong performance without slow charging.
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Australia will consider hitting tech giants where it hurts in order to force them into paying for news content on their platforms.
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A grieving daughter who was unable to access her father's phone photos after he unexpectedly died has shared the Apple feature everyone must know.
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A hero tradie has been praised for his actions moments after a car barrelled through a red light, crashing into a stream of traffic.
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This exquisite new creation has extraordinary technology and design elements to match a truly eye-watering price tag.
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A group of students have been expelled from a Catholic high school after it was discovered they had been hacking an IT system to access sensitive information.
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When sirens blared and a message warned of an armed offender, some shoppers didn't run or hide - but did something else experts say is a growing trend.
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A woman was filmed punching another woman at a park after an altercation broke out over an alleged dog attack.
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Keep the blankets close and the heaters on because a new cold front is set to hit Australia on Wednesday as frost and low temperatures continue to envelop much of the country.
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Followers of famous Queensland pet magpie Molly, who hangs out with Peggy the staffy, feared the worst after a concerning post was uploaded.
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Followers of famous Queensland pet magpie Molly, who hangs out with Peggy the staffy, feared the worst after a concerning post was uploaded.
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Dashcam footage captured the eerie moment a woman made a beeline for a car on a Sydney road. What happened next has sparked calls for a police investigation.
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One of the biggest changes to how we experience our most precious memories is being released on Apple devices. It's one that promises to create deep meaning from the three trillion photos captured on iPhones each year.
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This extreme machine requires potential owners to participate in a ruthless application process designed to weed out people deemed unworthy.
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The Russian president thought buddying up with Kim Jong-un was the perfect plan, however he overlooked a crucial detail and it could backfire spectacularly.
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Young people are growing extremely addicted" to a new website that is growing in popularity so quickly its request volume is one fifth that of Google.
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Users of a major Aussie bank have flooded social media with outrage as it faces a major outage.
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The Coalition's energy spokesman Ted O'Brien has revealed a surprising new detail for the opposition's nuclear energy plan.
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Humanity is facing an eruption of insanity and large-scale violence", according to a new prediction - which even puts an exact date on the start of the end-times".
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The brave new world of electrification has created enormous headaches for the makers of top-end sports cars, but this one seems to have nailed a successful formula.
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A recent discovery may corroborate an epic biblical account of an angel of the Lord wiping out 185,000 soldiers, a scholar claims.
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Astonishing figures have revealed the truth behind the fragile state of our world, with almost every continent being put to the sword by forgotten wars.
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Meta has made a big claim in the wake of abandoning a deal in Australia to pay for news content on its social media platforms.
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Meta, Snapchat, TikTok Australia and Google will be sharing insight with the government into how social media impacts society.
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This new compact electric SUV has the looks, the pedigree and the equipment to make an impact in the ultra-competitive EV market.
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Lithium-ion batteries are causing thousands of fires a year causing extensive damage to waste facilities, trucks and homes across Australia.
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Rain, snow and wild winds are expected to sweep through large parts of the country with another polar blast forecasted.
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Disturbing new footage shows how 240,000 chickens were gassed to stop the spread of the highly contagious bird flu.
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Insane CCTV footage has captured the horrific moment a toddler was attacked by a wild kangaroo in New South Wales.
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The Opposition Leader is under pressure to release the costings of the Coalition's controversial nuclear power plan it announced on Wednesday.
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The Australia parliament is being urged to stand up to social media giants and force Meta back to the Media Bargaining Code, with warnings of job losses.
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Channel Seven appears to have been hacked - with all of its videos now made to look like a Tesla channel with a live stream of an AI Elon Musk.
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The traditional end-of-financial-year deals have returned, thanks to improving vehicle supply and increased competition from Chinese brands.
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Microsoft has launched Copilot+ PCs in Australia, which will mark a big change for office workers around the country.
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Hackers were able to obtain personal details for millions of current and former Optus customers in a trial and error" attack exploiting a coding error, Australia's telecommunication watchdog alleges.
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Australians have woken to the shortest day of the year. Here's what the winter solstice means for you.
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Hundreds of thousands of birds have been killed on a poultry egg farm after authorities detected bird flu on the property.
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Australia's Hindu community has slammed what it claims is an unfair" and fearmongering" expose about the extent of India's spying in the country.
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A Queensland mother has reportedly woken from a coma after her husband and two of her children died in a nightmare" crash.
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Unsuspecting Aussies are being duped by opportunistic scammers pretending to be nbn workers.
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Dashcam footage has captured the moment a P-plater got out of his car and confronted another driver in an apparent road rage incident.
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A poultry egg farm has gone into immediate lock down after a case of the highly contagious bird flu was detected in a second state.
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Frost and low temperatures are forecast for most of the week, with rain expected for those areas in desperate need of some relief.