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Australia's Embedded Finance Market Poised To Reach $14.86 Billion By 2030 As Industry Evolves Beyond BNPL

Australia's embedded finance market will reach $14.86 billion by 2030, growing at 6.6% annually as use cases expand beyond BNPL into retail, mobility, property and B2B sectors.

Nvidia Becomes First Company To Reach $5 Trillion Valuation As AI Chip Demand Surges
Chip-maker Nvidia has become the first company in history to surpass a $5 trillion market value, driven by soaring artificial-intelligence chip demand, strategic partnerships and a strong keynote at its GTC event — but experts warn of a possible tech bubble.
Retail Safety Crisis: Wesfarmers Reveals Spike In Threats And Assaults On Employees
Wesfarmers discloses that its retail staff faced more than 13,500 threats and about 1,000 assaults in the past year, prompting plans for enhanced safety measures across its stores.
Melbourne Event Trifecta To Spark $110 Million Business Windfall
Melbourne's upcoming event trio—Oasis, Melbourne Cup Carnival and Metallica—could generate around A$110 million in economic activity, offering a major boost to local hospitality, accommodation and retail sectors.
Sweden's EQT Launches A$5.25 Billion Bid For AUB Group In Broking Sector Shake-Up
Sweden's EQT proposes A$45 per share cash bid for Australia's AUB Group, valuing the insurance broker at A$5.25 billion amid global consolidation in the broking industry.

CommBank Just Got Shamed For Refusing $270 Million Refund To Poorest Customers — While Celebrating $10 Billion Profit

Commonwealth Bank won its fourth CHOICE Shonky Award for refusing to refund $270 million in illegal fees charged to 2.2 million low-income customers on Centrelink payments between 2019-2024. ANZ refunded $47.9M; CommBank paid just $25M to Indigenous customers and refused the rest.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Self-exiled singer Monetochka supports the Russian diaspora as well as those who cannot protest back home

Monetochka: Voice Of Resistance And Hope For Anti-Putin Russians

At a recent gathering of exiled Russians in eastern Paris the hall was packed.

Economy in Focus

US Soybean Farmers Battered By Trade Row With China
The US soybean harvest is underway and in rural Maryland, farmer Travis Hutchison cracks open a pod to show how a field is nearly dry enough for reaping.
Indian Garment Exporters Reel Under US Tariffs
Brazil Hopes COP30 In Amazon Can Unite World For Climate Action

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Cost Over Climate: Australians To Spend AU$80B On Energy Upgrades
On average, households plan to spend AU$7,500 on energy-efficient upgrades over the next five years, which could add up to more than AU$80 billion nationwide. About 50% of Australians want to make their homes eco-friendlier, driven mostly by a desire to reduce energy costs.

EU Accuses TikTok Of Violating Digital Rules Over Ads

The EU accused TikTok on Thursday of breaking digital rules after concluding that the Chinese-owned social media platform was not transparent enough about advertisements.

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Life

Scientists In Mexico Develop Tortilla For People With No Fridge
Peering through a microscope, food scientist Raquel Gomez studies microorganisms that add nutrients and preserve tortillas for several weeks without refrigerators -- a luxury in impoverished Mexican communities.
Beyond the Squeeze: How These Shapermint Favorites Are Redefining Shapewear
What The Shell: Scientists Marvel As NZ Snail Lays Egg From Neck

Technology

Inner Workings Of AI An Enigma - Even To Its Creators
Even the greatest human minds building generative artificial intelligence that is poised to change the world admit they do not comprehend how digital minds think.
OpenAI Launches Atlas Browser With ChatGPT at Its Core, Challenging Google Chrome
Baidu Plans Self-driving Taxi Tests In Europe This Year

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Entertainment

Sean Combs's Ex Cassie Alleges Pattern Of Abuse Ahead Of Defense Grilling
Sean "Diddy" Combs's former partner Casandra Ventura testified Wednesday that the music mogul raped her near the end of their decade-plus relationship that included routine physical abuse and left her with post-traumatic stress and suicidal thoughts.
'Aussiewood' Courts Hollywood As Trump Film Tariffs Loom
Prosecutors To Make Case Against Harvey Weinstein At Retrial

Australia's Embedded Finance Market Poised To Reach $14.86 Billion By 2030 As Industry Evolves Beyond BNPL

Nvidia Becomes First Company To Reach $5 Trillion Valuation As AI Chip Demand Surges

Retail Safety Crisis: Wesfarmers Reveals Spike In Threats And Assaults On Employees

Melbourne Event Trifecta To Spark $110 Million Business Windfall

Sweden's EQT Launches A$5.25 Billion Bid For AUB Group In Broking Sector Shake-Up

Australian PM Anthony Albanese Marries Jodie Haydon in Secret Canberra Wedding, a Historic First

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT AI Shopping Assistant Upgrade in Time for Black Friday Sale

Google Hits Back at Claims Saying They Are Using Gmail to Train AI: 'We Have Not Changed Anyone's Settings'

BYD Sealion 8 Australia Launch: Features, Price and Government Incentives Revealed — How It Stacks Up to Tesla's Family EVs

Australian Market Suffers Biggest One-Day Loss Since April as Global Trade Fears Mount

Barnaby Joyce Just Lost It on Live TV Over $150 Power Rebates — And It Got Really Weird

NAB Just Posted $7.1 Billion Profit — But Here's Why Investors Should Be Worried

AUKUS Just Got Real: Australia Made 11 Major Announcements in 3 Days — Here's What's Actually Happening

CommBank Just Got Shamed For Refusing $270 Million Refund To Poorest Customers — While Celebrating $10 Billion Profit

Monetochka: Voice Of Resistance And Hope For Anti-Putin Russians

US Soybean Farmers Battered By Trade Row With China

Indian Garment Exporters Reel Under US Tariffs

Brazil Hopes COP30 In Amazon Can Unite World For Climate Action

Cost Over Climate: Australians To Spend AU$80B On Energy Upgrades

World's Strictest Social Media Law: 9 Platforms Must Block Everyone Under 16 or Pay $33M

Australia Just Built the World's First Quantum Diamond Factory — Here's Why It Matters

EU Accuses TikTok Of Violating Digital Rules Over Ads

China, US Slash Sweeping Tariffs In Trade War Climbdown

XRP rises strongly, XRP Mining launches a new contract to help holders lock in a stable daily income of $7,777

Vietnam–Australia Dairy Partnership Reaches New Stage With GippsNature Organic A2 Debut

Barking Dog Marketing Founder Paul Fitzgerald About Why 99% of Agencies Get It Wrong

Scientists In Mexico Develop Tortilla For People With No Fridge

Beyond the Squeeze: How These Shapermint Favorites Are Redefining Shapewear

What The Shell: Scientists Marvel As NZ Snail Lays Egg From Neck

Inner Workings Of AI An Enigma - Even To Its Creators

OpenAI Launches Atlas Browser With ChatGPT at Its Core, Challenging Google Chrome

Baidu Plans Self-driving Taxi Tests In Europe This Year

'Children Are Innocent': Myanmar Families In Grief After School Air Strike

Australia Just Helped China's Nuclear Program — And Nobody Noticed Until Now

Indian Auto Giant Mahindra Officially Closed Its $175 Million Australian Aircraft Business — Here's Why

China and U.S. Resume Trade Talks in Malaysia Amid Hopes for Xi-Trump Meeting

Sean Combs's Ex Cassie Alleges Pattern Of Abuse Ahead Of Defense Grilling

'Aussiewood' Courts Hollywood As Trump Film Tariffs Loom

Prosecutors To Make Case Against Harvey Weinstein At Retrial