Leading experts have revealed the jobs most likely to become obsolete thanks to the rapid rollout of increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence technology. Last week, news.com.au reported that a major fast food chain in the United States had replaced its drive-through staff with AI voice recognition, with machines now taking ordersContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has appointed foreign minister Ishaq Dar as Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister with immediate effect, Samaa TV reported. The decision was announced through a notification released by the Cabinet Division. The development marks a strategic move within the government’s leadership hierarchy, Samaa TV reported.The decisionContinue Reading
A major fast-food chain has replaced drive-through workers with artificial intelligence software and a video of a customer’s encounter with the new tech has gone viral. In the eerie TikTok, a woman films herself approaching the menu of a Wendy’s restaurant in the US and ordering a dessert from anContinue Reading
Tens of thousands of Icelandic women, including the country’s prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, have gone on strike. Women and non-binary people were urged to go on strike from paid and unpaid jobs on Tuesday in a protest against gender inequality. It means that many women will also refuse to doContinue Reading
A conspiracy theorist has hijacked a council meeting in Western Australia, claiming the council are going to “cut off” residents and “put a chip” in their arms in a rant about 15-minute cities. Jeff Pryce from Carlisle, Perth, delivered an impassioned two-minute speech about 15-minute-cities, which conspiracists believe to beContinue Reading
Would you live in an office building in a bid to help ease Australia’s housing crisis? This is one of the solutions being pushed amid growing fears over Australia’s dwindling housing supply. The already grim situation is predicted to become even more dire if aggressive immigration forecasts set out inContinue Reading
As a CEO and entrepreneur, I felt compelled to respond to the comments made by Sydney’s Nicole Duncan, CR Commercial Property Group chief executive and managing director. In a radio interview, she called this generation “selfish” because they don’t want to work in the office. “In our younger days weContinue Reading
The CEO of American media giant NBCUniversal is being forced to step down over his inappropriate relationship with one of the company’s TV journalists. Jeff Shell revealed he was resigning in a memo to staff on Sunday, admitting to the improper relationship, though the woman involved was not identified. “TodayContinue Reading
Finland’s centre-right leader claimed victory in Sunday’s tight general election that saw the far-right post a record score to come in second, as Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Social Democrats finished third. “This was a great victory,” the 53-year-old head of the conservative National Coalition Party, Petteri Orpo, told his cheeringContinue Reading
US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has announced a deal to buy biotech firm Seagen, which specialises in innovative cancer treatment, for $US43 billion ($A64.6 billion). Pfizer is offering $US229 ($344) per share in cash, and the companies expect to complete the transaction later this year or in early 2024, they saidContinue Reading