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Andrew Backhouse is the audience editor at news.com.au. He has worked as a journalist for 11 years. He completed a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Political Science at the University of Queensland in 2010. He is currently a Juris Doctor student at the University of Southern Queensland.

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Innovation

KRAKOW, POLAND - JANUARY 22: SpaceX, X (formerly known as Twitter), and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during live interview with Ben Shapiro at the symposium on fighting antisemitism on January 22, 2024 in Krakow, Poland. The symposium on anti-semitism, organized by the European Jewish Association, was held ahead of international Holocaust remembrance day on January 27. (Photo by Omar Marques/Getty Images)

First human receives Neuralink brain chip

A brain chip made by Neuralink has been installed in a human for the first time, Elon Musk announced on social media today.

Tennis

Incredible reason tennis balls are yellow

Sir David Attenborough, famous for his documentaries on nature, played a key role in the decision to change tennis balls from white to yellow.

Gadgets

The Quest 3 turns a livingroom into a theatre. Picture: Reddit

Tech we’ve all been waiting for finally arrives

Meta’s new mixed reality headset, the Quest 3, is the closest thing we have to the famed holodeck from Star Trek: The Next Generation.

News Life

Prince Mateen of Brunei, 32, officially tied the knot with Anisha Rosnah. Picture: Supplied

Insanely rich Prince marries commoner

Dubbed “Asia’s most eligible bachelor”, Prince Mateen of Brunei has tied the knot with a commoner in a 10-day wedding.

Archaeology

‘Incredible’: Giant Amazon city found

The lush Amazon rainforest in Ecuador has been hiding a secret, an “incredible” lost network of cities.

Economy

People run with merchandise as crowds leave shops with looted goods amid a state of unrest in Port Moresby on January 10, 2024. A festering pay dispute involving Papua New Guinea's security forces on January 10 sparked angry protests in the capital, where a crowd torched a police car outside the prime minister's office. By Wednesday afternoon pockets of unrest had spread through the capital Port Moresby, with video clips on social media showing crowds looting shops and stretched police scrambling to restore order. (Photo by AFP)

15 deaths, looting as PNG erupts in chaos

Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby has been rocked by riots, with at least 15 deaths reported along with mass looting.

Leaders

US President Joe Biden holds a press conference in Hanoi on September 10, 2023, on the first day of a visit in Vietnam. Biden travels to Vietnam to deepen cooperation between the two nations, in the face of China's growing ambitions in the region. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Biden will drop out of 2024 race: Bank

President Joe Biden will withdraw from the 2024 presidential race due to ill health, a leading analyst from JPMorgan has predicted.

Royals

Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark are pictured at the University of Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark, during a visit of the Spanish royal couple on November 7, 2023. King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain are on a three-day state visit to Denmark. (Photo by Ida Marie Odgaard / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT

Princess Mary to become Queen

Denmark will soon have a new Australian-born Queen after the surprise abdication of Queen Margrethe in favour of her son Frederik.

NSW

The man went missing at the newly-opened Penrith Beach. Picture: Dilina Wijayarathna/Facebook

Man dies days after new Sydney beach opens

A man’s body has been pulled from the water of the newly-opened Penrith Beach after he went underwater and failed to resurface.

Mobile Phones

OPPO's Find N3. Picture: Andrew Backhouse

Three things I love about this phone

I’ve been using the Find N3 as my daily device for weeks and there are three things I absolutely love about it.

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