Ace Health Desk – In short: Use of automation in Australia’s aged care system lacks safeguards and has led to unfair outcomes for elderly patients, the commonwealth ombudsman has found: Published: Mon 26 Oct 2026 at 2:08pm The ombudsman released his findings after an investigation into the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing’s classification algorithm: […]
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Ace Security Desk – The Swiss non-profit that operates the free, privacy- and security-focused public DNS resolver Quad9 says it will stop providing its service to users in France on November 24. This is the result of a Paris court ruling on October 21 that ordered it to carry out a May 13 blocking order against pirate streams of the […]
Ace Breaking News – Clarification: This media release was amended on 26 October 2026 to reflect that the agreement with Perfection Fresh, which is still subject to confirmation by the Court, requires Perfection Fresh not to ‘establish’ a competition law compliance program, but to ‘continue to implement’ such a program: ACCC Business News: Published: 26 October […]
GlobalWarming & ClimateChange News Desk – As national security and the hunt for rare minerals come to dominate Arctic agendas, governments are slashing support for wildlife research. Scientists say the loss of monitoring is unprecedented and comes as climate change dramatically reshapes life in the Far North according to e360.yale.edu By Ed Struzik: Published: October 15, 2026 Arctic Wildlife […]
Ace Business Desk – In the run-up to the renewal of the BBC charter in January 2028, the corporation is facing perhaps its greatest ever funding crisis. It is staring down cost hyper-inflation across most programme genres and, unlike online-only streamers such as Netflix, it will still have to fund traditional broadcast networks until at […]
Ace Business Desk – First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth has demanded a “new deal” for Wales from the UK government that would put the country on an equal footing with Scotland by David Deans, Wales political reporter & Cemlyn Davies, Wales political correspondent: Published: 1 October 2026 First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth told Prime Minister Andy Burnham “do […]
Ace History Desk – On April 29, 2026, the remaining hereditary peers left the House of Lords. These 92 individuals were the last vestiges of an era in which the landed aristocracy dominated the UK’s second chamber. In the recent past, as many as 800 aristocrats filled the red benches. Now though, a new financial […]
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