VOLKSWAGEN has pleaded guilty to fraud, obstruction of justice and falsifying statements as part of a $US4.3 billion ($A5.7 billion) settlement reached with the US Justice Department in January over the car maker’s diesel emissions scandal.

Microsoft is combining the artificial intelligence from OpenAI’s ChatGPT with its own search engine Bing. CEO Satya Nadella spoke with WSJ’s senior personal tech columnist Joanna Stern about the new tool and challenging Google’s supremacy in search. Zoe Thomas hosts.

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HARVARD researchers have proposed a theory about the possibility of mysterious celestial phenomena known as fast radio bursts (FRB) being caused by alien space travel or advanced alien technology.

Another streaming service has launched hoping to take a share of the growing market in Australia.