South Australia’s Clare Valley wine region is famous for its bike trail along the old railway line, riesling and some of the most famous names in Australian viticulture, including of two of Australia’s 10 oldest family-owned, multi-generational wine labels, Taylors and Jim Barry. A new generation, including the Hughes family, which created Riesling Freak, are… Read more »
Google reads and summarises your email as to-do list. Powered by Google’s flagship AI model Gemini, the new feature will bake AI summaries directly into users’ Gmail accounts along with buttons to write AI-generated responses, set up calendar events, and provide summaries of email threads, according to preview footage. By checking which people you email… Read more »
You arrive at the airport in plenty of time to check in. You reach the departure gate early. You board, walking down to your seat – and that’s when you discover the overhead lockers are already full. Too much carry-on baggage can significantly delay departures, as cabin crew try to squeeze everything in – or… Read more »
The savviest games industry critic could not predict just how good this year would be for videogame fans. It was destined to be a year where everything was overshadowed by the launch of Grand Theft Auto 6. What we instead got was a watershed year for gaming, with some of the best titles we’ve seen… Read more »
Every January, offices quietly reset. New planners appear on desks. Fresh notebooks open in meetings. To-do lists look neater, ambitions clearer. There is a shared sense that this year, things will be different. And yet, by February, many of those planners sit half-used. The motivation that felt so real just weeks earlier fades. This pattern… Read more »
Getting the most out of AI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity requires the right know-how and prompting skills. These founder tips are an excellent starting point. Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Claude, and DeepSeek are only becoming more prevalent in the workplace. But getting the most out of those artificial intelligence tools requires the right know-how and prompting… Read more »
Chinese company New Senyang’s Q11 wireless earbuds promise live translation of a whopping 156 languages “in seconds” via artificial intelligence, for around the same price as two cups of coffee. Purchased from Temu for only $11.60, the headphones are uncomfortable to wear and don’t have great sound quality. But surprisingly enough, the translation provided by… Read more »
To say that expectations were high for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond may be the biggest understatement of gaming in 2025. The title went through arguably one of the most tortuous, protracted development processes ever seen with a videogame. Originally allocated to developer Bandai Namco, Nintendo scrapped their full build of the game in 2019, and… Read more »
For many of us, listening to music is simply part of the driving routine – as ordinary as wearing a seatbelt. We build playlists for road trips, pick songs to stay awake, and even turn the volume up when traffic gets stressful. More than 80% of drivers listen to music on most trips. And many… Read more »
Savic Motorcycles has raised $2 million in a convertible note amid a changing of the guard at the decade-old Melbourne startup. Founder Denis Savic has moved to a strategic role, with Marc Alexander, a 25-year veteran of EV systems, autonomous platforms, IoT, consumer and automotive tech taking on the CEO role. The raise, finalised in… Read more »
As the cold season ends and we fold away our favourite wool jumpers and silk scarves, some fascinating material science is about to unfold quietly in our wardrobes. Subtle chemical and biological processes will decide whether our clothes stay as cosy as ever or emerge next winter yellowed, brittle and ridden with holes. Some of… Read more »
There’s a terrible paradox in the festive season. While Christmas Day is generally quiet when it comes to domestic violence, December 26 is one of the worst days in the year. An app called Heard launched recently to fill a critical gap in how survivors of abuse begin their journey toward understanding, healing and support… Read more »
It’s almost too daunting a task to summarise a year that could be best represented by this….. The long blood donation lines (hours long wait for many) to help the Bondi shooting victims. If there is an image that can truly sum up this year full of chaos, violence, war and fragile peace, technological advances… Read more »
The end of the year means holiday celebrations, summer breaks … and for us, one important thing: best books lists. We asked 35 expert readers for their favourite picks, ranging from novelists to anthropologists, scientists to criminologists – and experts in politics, publishing and philosophy. The only rule? The book had to be published this… Read more »
It’s one of the most absurd ways to end a videogame. In the original The Outer Worlds, the fastest way to finish is to fly a spaceship into the sun. To do this, you need to create a low-intelligence character, and then when prompted insist that you personally – instead of an AI – will… Read more »
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