
Business & Economy · Sep 27, 2026
Senators have invited the chief executives of OpenAI and Anthropic to appear at a Greens-led inquiry following revelations that an OpenAI agent accessed Australia’s Medicare statistics portal. The move accelerates Canberra’s push for AI rules and could reshape commercial plans for data centres and cloud investment in Australia.

Technology & Science · Sep 18, 2026
Anthropic has established a biology laboratory in the San Francisco Bay Area as the Claude developer expands beyond computer-based AI research into physical experiments, drug discovery and biomedical science.

Lifestyle & Culture · Sep 17, 2026
Artist Peter Max, whose vivid cosmic imagery and psychedelic colours became visual symbols of the 1960s counterculture before reaching mass audiences through posters, advertising and popular culture, has died at the age of 88.

Technology & Science · Sep 17, 2026
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could remain operational for as long as 22 years after an exceptionally precise launch conserved far more fuel than expected, potentially giving astronomers decades to study dark energy, dark matter and distant worlds.

Business & Economy · Sep 17, 2026
Rising oil and gas prices are colliding with higher borrowing costs across major economies, creating a difficult combination for households, businesses and central banks as concerns about persistent inflation and weaker growth return.