Liberals match free abortion care state election pledge
Free abortion care in Victoria has bipartisan support after the opposition matched Labor's election pledge just hours after it was announced.
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Q3 2026 J.S. Held AI Disputes Monitor Reveals Shift in AI Litigation from How Systems are Built to How They Behave
NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Global consulting firm J.S. Held today released the Q3 2026 update to its AI Disputes Monitor. The Office of the Chief Intellectual Property Officer reports adding 42 matters and bringing the tracked dataset to 468 cases, including 115 actions filed in 2026 through September 30. While copyright and training-data disputes remain central, the Q3 additions reflect a broader litigation landscape in which...
IBM Study: Eight in Ten EMEA Enterprises Escalate AI Incidents to Board or C-Suite as AI Agents Test Governance
LONDON, Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- New research by IBM (NYSE: IBM) finds that AI-related incidents are reaching boardrooms across Europe and the Middle East among the organizations surveyed, but governance capabilities and risk accountability are not keeping pace with adoption of the technology.Eight in ten executives surveyed say an AI-related incident – including an agent failure, data exposure, AI-driven decision error, or AI security...
Opella: New study demonstrates successful cough treatment extends beyond symptom relief
PARIS, Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A new real-world study from Opella, the maker of Mucosolvan and Bisolvon, provides pharmacists with compelling evidence that the success of a cough treatment should be measured by its impact on a patient's overall well-being, alongside traditional symptomatic relief.With most consumers1 making treatment decisions in the pharmacy, the pharmacist's recommendation plays a pivotal role in helping patients...
Leaders spar as NZ election remains too close to call
A back-and-forth on minimum wages lost the second leaders debate for Prime Minister Chris Luxon, according to an influential broadcaster.
LG Electronics highlights mental load in the AI era through 2026 Life’s Good Campaign
SYDNEY, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics (LG) highlighted the growing challenge of mental load through its 2026 Life's Good campaign, showing how LG AI can help reduce everyday burdens and free up people's minds for what matters most.Following World Mental Health Day, conversations around mental well-being are becoming increasingly important. Yet many people continue to struggle with mental load, the invisible burden created by...
Do you remember what’s in your fridge? New TikTok research reveals the reasons Australians are still wasting food
SYDNEY, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- From forgotten tomatoes in the fridge to stale bread on the kitchen bench, food waste has become routine for Aussie households, with new TikTok research revealing 40% bin unused food or ingredients at least weekly. This can amount to households wasting up to 113kgs of food a year*.Despite good intentions to reuse ingredients, TikTok's research reveals:While 46% plan another meal using leftover ingredients...
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GreenCo Unveils Smarter ESG Data Collection Solution to Strengthen Accuracy and Traceability
HONG KONG, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- GreenCo ESG Advisory Limited ("GreenCo") has introduced a new ESG data collection solution designed to help companies improve the accuracy, consistency and traceability of sustainability data collected from bills, records, invoices and other supporting documents.Addressing the Growing Need for Reliable ESG DataAs sustainability reporting becomes increasingly structured and subject to greater scrutiny,...
Global 300mm Fab Equipment Spending to Reach $227 Billion in 2029 as Buildout Accelerates, SEMI Projects
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SEMICON West -- Global 300mm front-end fab equipment spending is projected to reach $149 billion in 2026, up 31% year-over-year, SEMI reported today in its latest 300mm Fab Outlook. Investment is expected to continue growing at double-digit rates through 2029, reaching $227 billion.The stronger investment trajectory is accompanied by a sustained pipeline of new 300mm fabs and production lines moving...
oneworld Relaunches Meetings & Events Sales Tool as New Research Reveals the Future of Global Gatherings
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- oneworld® has relaunched its dedicated Meetings & Events product, designed to make international event travel easier to organise. oneworld Meetings & Events provides event planners with access to preferential fare products across the alliance's 15 member airlines, connecting delegates with a global airline network serving nearly 1,000 destinations.The announcement coincides with the publication of a new...
Prisoners lose their liberty and their right to vote
One state is making it harder for prisoners to vote, but an array of challenges - literacy, enrolment and a feeling of powerlessness - also stops engagement.
Almost half of Australians consume sugar on autopilot, and small swaps could help break the habit
SYDNEY, Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Australians are actively trying to live healthier lives but a new national report suggests the biggest barrier to making healthier habits stick may not be a lack of discipline but the way we approach change in the first place.The No Compromise report commissioned by Equal found that 62 per cent of Australians have given up on a health change earlier than planned with more than one in four saying it's...
One Nation slams push to force campaign policy costing
Voters could get a look at what One Nation's policies will cost before an election, but the populist party rejects the bid forcing them to pop open the hood.
TestMu AI Positioned as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Agentic Software Quality Assurance Platforms
NOIDA, India, Oct. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- TestMu AI, the Full-Stack Agentic AI Quality Engineering platform, announced it has been positioned as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Agentic Software Quality Assurance Platforms. A complimentary copy of this research report is available [here].As software delivery shifts toward agentic workflows, TestMu AI continues to advance end-to-end quality engineering through agentic testing...
First Palestinian election since 2006 set to be delayed
Palestinian factions are discussing delaying legislative elections planned for November due to logistical issues in Gaza.
Artprice Releases its 33rd Annual Contemporary Art Market Report for 2026: Record Transactions, Price Trends, the Balance of Market Power, and Artists from the Global South
PARIS, Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ahead of the openings of Frieze London and Art Basel Paris, Artprice announces the publication of its 33rd annual Contemporary Art Market Report, examining a market undergoing profound change.Artprice's 2026 Contemporary Art Market Report cover, featuring I See Generative: Chapter 0, Wind, ISG 018 (2026) by Iskra Velitchkova"Compiling this 33rd Contemporary Art Market Report has been an exhilarating...
AUSTRALIANS ARE EATING MORE THAN TWICE AS MANY EGGS AS THEY DID 30 YEARS AGO
SYDNEY, Oct. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Australians are eating more than twice as many eggs as they were three decades ago, according to figures released today by Australian Eggs to mark 30 years of World Egg Day.Consumption has reached 282 eggs per person a year, up from approximately 135 in 1996 and 267 last year. That is an extra 147 eggs a year for every Australian, meaning consumption has more than doubled over a period in which almost...
Banks Think They’re Ready for Tomorrow’s Fraud. Feedzai’s Survey Suggests Otherwise
NEW YORK and LISBON, Portugal, Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Banks and fintechs are confident they're ready for the next wave of fraud, but the evidence suggests they're overestimating themselves.In Feedzai's latest research report, Confidence & Capability: The Feedzai Fraud Readiness Index 2026—which surveyed more than 1,000 senior fraud leaders across 12 countries—financial institutions rated their own fraud readiness at an average score of...
Meta’s Muse Reached More Than Half of Customers Cequence Studied in Two Weeks Without Identifying Itself as an AI Agent
SINGAPORE and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Within two weeks of Meta's Sep. 8 launch of its Muse personal AI agent, Cequence Security found traffic matching Muse at more than half of the customers it studied. Most of those businesses would not have known. Muse presents itself as an ordinary Chrome browser rather than identifying as an AI agent, so to standard security checks it looks like a person.
One Nation funding linked to delay in electoral reforms
One of the nation's leading public law academics has suggested electoral reforms were delayed to give major parties more time to harvest big donations.
The Art Basel and UBS Survey of Global Collecting 2026 reveals Gen Z as the highest-spending generation
HONG KONG, Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Art Basel and UBS Survey of Global Collecting 2026 by Arts Economics, reveals fresh insights into the evolving behaviors and motivations of high-net-worth (HNW) collectors. Conducted by Arts Economics in collaboration with UBS, the survey draws on responses from 3,100 HNW individuals across 10 key markets: the US, UK, Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, France, Australia, Germany, Japan, Brazil and...
Six in Ten Food and Beverage Manufacturers Say Productivity is Declining Despite Technology Investment
SYDNEY, Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly six in ten Australians working in food and beverage manufacturing (58.4%) believe their organisation is becoming less productive, despite continued investment in workplace technology, according to new research commissioned by global management consultancy Argon & Co.The survey of 500 people working across the sector found employees are still spending a considerable amount of time on manual and...
AI’s Next Infrastructure Challenge Is Power: DIGITIMES Examines the Shift Toward 800VDC Data Centers
TAIPEI, Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As AI computing continues to scale, the infrastructure challenge is moving beyond processors. Rising rack-level power requirements are forcing data center operators, server makers, and semiconductor suppliers to rethink how electricity is delivered from the grid all the way to AI compute systems.A new report from DIGITIMES Intelligence, "AI Data Center 800VDC Power Architecture Takes Shape; Future Hurdles...
Six in 10 Australian Workers Have Caught AI Getting It Wrong at Work
SYDNEY, Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sixty percent of Australian workers have personally identified an error made by an artificial intelligence (AI) tool at work, according to new research from Appian (Nasdaq: APPN).The Australian workplace study found that while workers widely report AI mistakes, more than one in five said employees in their organisation are discouraged from challenging its recommendations or decisions. Against that backdrop,...
BAR LEONE, HONG KONG, IS THE WORLD’S BEST BAR AS THE LIST OF THE 50 BEST BARS 2026 IS REVEALED
MILAN, Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The annual list of The 50 Best Bars, sponsored by Perrier, was unveiled this evening in Milan, Italy. The 18th edition once again united the global bar community in recognition of those at the forefront of the international cocktail scene.For the full 1-50 list, click hereCo-founded by Lorenzo Antinori, Bar Leone draws inspiration from the traditional bars of Rome's Trastevere district. Rather than chasing...
89% of CIOs say they’re now more responsible for workforce redesign than core IT infrastructure
SYDNEY, Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- New global research from Thoughtworks, a global technology consultancy that integrates design, engineering and AI to drive digital innovation, finds that 89% of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) agree they are now more responsible for redesigning workforce workflows and labour models than for managing core IT infrastructure.
Report: AI Overspending Ignored by C-Suite while Political Uncertainty Threatens Q3 Forecasts
PARIS, October 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- New findings from Pigment's Q3 CFO Index reveal a widening disconnect between business performance and confidence as political uncertainty rises and AI introduces new, unpredictable costs. Among 2,000 CFOs and finance executives surveyed across the US, UK, France, and Germany, just 4% report falling revenue, yet confidence in their organization's direction declined for the third consecutive quarter as...
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Shopware Brings Clarity to Agentic Commerce with Agentic Commerce Maturity Index
SCHÖPPINGEN, Germany, Oct. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Shopware is pleased to announce the launch of Agentic Commerce Maturity Index (ACMI), a new tool designed to help merchants measure their AI readiness and offers a structured view of their current position in the global agentic commerce market. Armed with detailed feedback, ACMI enables commerce leaders to make timely decisions and adjust their strategy.Marketers fill out a questionnaire,...
Data shows a nearly 50% drop in near-total outsourcing of student writing when done in a transparent writing environment
OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Turnitin's Q3 Learning Integrity Insights Report, students who wrote within Turnitin Clarity, a transparent, AI guided writing environment, were nearly 50% less likely to fully outsource their work to AI compared to those who wrote outside the platform.What did the report find?US Submission: Near-total outsourcing (greater than 80% AI writing score) is 14.3% in non-Turnitin Clarity...
GSMA Reports: India’s Next Digital Chapter Must Turn Scale into Economic Growth and Trust
NEW DELHI, Oct. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- India must transform its world leading mobile connectivity footprint into greater economic value while making trust a foundation of its digital economy, the GSMA said today as it launched three reports at India Mobile Congress 2026.With around 1.2 billion active mobile connections and almost 450 million 5G connections, India has delivered connectivity at an unprecedented global scale. The GSMA's new...
Spain clears path for exiled Separatist leader’s return
The lifting of warrants on exiled Catalan Separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has paved the way for him to take his party to the polls this November.