England have avoided defending champions Australia and world number one-ranked side India in the group-stage draw for the 2027 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. India and Pakistan are, once again, placed in the same group, alongside Australia, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe and a qualifier. England, who won the trophy in 2019, are in the same group as
Australia have recalled Nic Maddinson for the first Test against South Africa after the New South Wales batter recovered from testicular cancer. Maddinson and uncapped Victoria wicketkeeper Sam Harper have been added to the touring squad as cover for Josh Inglis, who will miss the series opener with a finger injury. The 34-year-old Maddinson, who
The war scenario playing out before us is part of a major joint exercise known as “Southern Jackaroo” – a training programme involving the Australian, American and Japanese armed forces aimed at strengthening defence co-operation across the Indo-Pacific. “We like to call ourselves America’s 911 response force,” US Marine Kevin Hicks says. And in terms
Second ODI, Johannesburg South Africa 365-9 (50 overs): Miller 142 (93); Edwards 5-67 Australia 333 (49.5 overs): Marsh 84 (53); Williams 3-54 South Africa won by 32 runs Scorecard Temba Bavuma and David Miller struck sublime centuries as South Africa beat Australia by 32 runs in the second one-day international to win the series with
One of OpenAI’s agents went rogue and hacked an Australian health data website. It’s the first hack of a government system — that we know of. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shared the news in a press conference on Wednesday that OpenAI’s agent tried to access a portal of Medicare statistics in June. It tried to
It’s entirely possible other governments have been the victim of rogue AI agents. Former Australian government cybersecurity adviser Alastair MacGibbon told the BBC he’d heard whispers that several others have been notified of similar recent breaches by OpenAI agents. “Some have chosen to not be public – that’s every government’s choice on how it wants
