Dating app giant Tinder has released three new safety features and expanded the words and phrases that could trigger AI filters which detect inappropriate and harmful language, before prompting users to report the content. From today, Tinder users can block profiles before they’re matched on the app. Previously users were limited to ‘unmatching’ with people,...
Frightening footage of a shark sighting in the water near a large group of swimmers has attracted attention on social media. The video, which was captured by a beachgoer in Dongara, Western Australia, shows the ominous silhouette of the shark cutting through the water just a few metres away from the unsuspecting swimmers. Witnesses can...
One of the world’s deadliest snakes has been filmed slithering under a woman’s body during her smoko. However, the woman didn’t seem overly bothered as the eastern brown snake slid underneath, because she’s a snake catcher. Ayla Manson has been working for Harrison’s Gold Coast and Brisbane Snake Catcher for about five months. Ms Manson,...
A top-ranking senator has claimed China intentionally flew a spy balloon over the United States to send the message that America is in “decline”. “They did this on purpose,” Republican senator for Florida Marco Rubio said about the suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down by the US on the weekend. “They understood that it was...
Familiar surroundings don’t match the silent film playing through the windscreen of Audi’s RS e-tron GT. A carbon fibre dash, flat-bottomed steering wheel, honeycomb quilted sports seats and wide-screen digital dash represent home territory for Audi’s fastest cars. As do the unflappable all-wheel-drive traction and ferocious acceleration. But mountain scenes flashing past the glass aren’t...
A New Zealand teenager killed in an avalanche in Austria has been named as 17-year-old skiing champion Will Cookson. Local news agency APA said the incident happened in west Austria on Saturday, the New Zealand Herald reports. At least 10 people are dead after a series of avalanches across the Austrian and Swiss Alps over...
Ford will return to Formula 1 in 2026, working with Red Bull Racing in the top tier of motorsport. The car maker says it will focus on hybrid elements of the turbocharged engines used by the likes of Max Verstappen, drawing on its experience building electric cars such as the Ford Mustang Mach-E. The blue...
Residents of Port Macquarie on the NSW Mid North Coast have been blindsided by a freak mini cyclone that ripped through the town. On Friday afternoon just around 4pm, what started off as a regular hailstorm quickly descended into a cyclone as gusts of wind reached up to 120 kilometres per hour. The storm tore...
Sweltering Queenslanders may get some relief from the oppressive heat with up to 50mm of rain forecast to fall in parts of the state, but the high humidity is likely to continue. A heatwave has gripped much of the east coast over the past week and authorities were on high alert for bushfire warnings in...
Silence is golden — unless you find yourself in the quietest room in the world. In 2015, Microsoft built what is now in the Guinness Book of World Records as the quietest place on the planet, the NY Post reports. Known as the anechoic chamber at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, “ultra-sensitive tests” performed...