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The inaugural AFLW match between Essendon and Hawthorn has been shifted to the 53,000-capacity Marvel Stadium after tickets for the original venue sold out within 24 hours – and more games this season could be moved to bigger stadiums if interest levels remain high. The AFL said “unprecedented ticketing demands” for the first AFLW clash […]
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A new Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health study has found Australian children who were born via cesarean section (C-section) have a greater risk of cardiovascular disease and obesity, and it’s sparked a call to limit the increasingly popular practice. Dr. Yaqoot Fatima from James Cook University’s Murtupuni Center for Rural and Remote […]
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Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) misled federal regulators about its defenses against hackers and spam accounts, the social media company’s former security chief Peiter Zatko said in a whistleblower complaint. In an 84-page complaint, Zatko, a famed hacker widely known as “Mudge,” alleged Twitter falsely claimed it had a solid security plan, according to documents relayed by […]
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Non-fungible token, or NFT, thefts aren’t uncommon, but they continue to be a little mind-boggling— a bizarre combination of high risk and massive financial losses. The latest high-profile target is Steven Galanis, the CEO of celebrity video platform Cameo. Galanis reported over the weekend that he’d gotten his Apple ID hacked, and as a result, […]
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A plumber who killed a Deliveroo driver before going on the run for more than a year has been found guilty of murder. Nathan Smith, 28, fatally stabbed part-time delivery driver Takieddine Boudhane, 30, in a road rage attack on the evening of January 3, 2020. Smith, of Archway, north London, fled the country just […]
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Cameron Smith is being hailed for his sportsmanship after the Australian was handed a two-stroke penalty that scuppered his hopes of winning the FedEx St Jude Championship and claiming golf’s world No 1 ranking. In a major setback before even teeing off for Sunday’s final round in Memphis, Smith was slugged with the penalty for […]
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It has been described as a stealth killer that impacts at least one in four Australians and is rising rapidly. Disease prevalence is expected to increase by 25–50% over the next 10 years, including 15–20% in children. It is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and a common type of liver cancer, […]
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The economic impact on Germany of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will last years, influential economist Marcel Fratzscher of the German Institute for Economic Research told Reuters, adding that it could cost 3 percentage points of growth this year. Fratzscher, whose institute advises the government of Europe’s largest economy on macroeconomic policy, said the impact could […]
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Two Fridays ago, just before I left for a week-long vacation to Florida, I went through my pretrip digital routine. I set my Slack status to “Vacationing” with a palm tree emoji and paused notifications until further notice. I turned on Gmail’s auto-responder. I deleted a bunch of apps from my phone that would only […]
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They nicknamed it the “graveyard run”, those occasions they were presented with a near-wreck of a decommissioned plane to be flown to wherever it needed to go. There might be a handwritten scrap of paper attached somewhere, warning “flaps don’t work” or “undercarriage dodgy”. Worst case scenario, they’d discover the fault midair. But they flew […]
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