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Crazy Rich Asians is getting an HBO series
Look Up Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Mashable @Home Trending Now Mashable Selects Say More Top creators, ranked Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List Creator Playbook In My Bag AI at School Safety Net All Series'Crazy Rich Asians' is getting an HBO series Many original cast and creative team members are returning, but a couple are noticeably absent. Amanda Yeo is an Assistant Editor at Mashable, covering entertainment, culture, tech, science, and social good. Based in Australia, she writes about everything from video games and K-pop to movies and gadgets. 'War' trailer promises the high-profile divorce trial of the year HBO is making a series, reuniting the original cast and creative team from the hit 2018 romantic comedy. Officially announced on Thursday, the co-production between HBO and Warner Bros. Television will see Constance Wu, Henry Goulding, and Ronny Chieng all reprise their film roles as series regulars, with Michelle Yeoh recurring.
OpenAI projected to bring in 20bn less in revenue than expected
Forecasts of annual revenues by leading AI players are closely watched by markets as an indicator of overall demand for the tech, which is attracting huge investment. Forecasts of annual revenues by leading AI players are closely watched by markets as an indicator of overall demand for the tech, which is attracting huge investment. Questions raised over AI growth as ChatGPT maker forecasts this year's revenue at $50bn, way below the $70bn signalled before Fri 9 Oct 2026 04.06 EDTFirst published on Fri 9 Oct 2026 04.04 EDT OpenAI has revealed that it is making about $20bn less in projected revenue than it had recently indicated to investors, raising questions about the break-neck growth rate in demand for AI. The ChatGPT-maker company has told investors that its revenues for this year would reach $50bn (£37bn), a projection based on sales up to the end of September. However, this is significantly less than the $70bn that it had signalled in information provided to investors last month, which was widely reported.
OpenAI updates ChatGPT with interactive graphics
Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Mashable @Home Look Up Trending Now Mashable Selects Say More Top creators, ranked Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List Creator Playbook In My Bag AI at School Safety Net All Series The AI chatbot can now provide interactive diagrams, charts, and calculators. Amanda Yeo is an Assistant Editor at Mashable, covering entertainment, culture, tech, science, and social good. Based in Australia, she writes about everything from video games and K-pop to movies and gadgets. OpenAI has announced Intelligent UI, a new ChatGPT feature that enables it to create interactive visual interfaces. Rolling out this week alongside GPT-6 's wider release, Intelligent UI is intended to make the AI chatbot's responses more visual so they're easier for users to understand.
OpenAI used AI to help write email warning Australian government AI had hacked its websites
Jason Kwon, chief strategy officer for OpenAI, appeared at the joint select committee on AI on Tuesday. Jason Kwon, chief strategy officer for OpenAI, appeared at the joint select committee on AI on Tuesday. Revelation comes after company's executive told parliamentary inquiry he did not believe AI had been used to write message OpenAI used AI to help write the email to the Australian government advising that its AI agent had hacked into key departmental websites, Guardian Australia can reveal. On Tuesday, one of the company's executives told a parliamentary inquiry that he didn't believe that its own technology had been used to create the email, but said the company needed to confirm this. Guardian Australia understands AI was used by OpenAI's legal and security teams to generate parts of the wording of the email, including word selection and formatting of the message.
Dressmaker players are designing gowns fit for fantasy balls
Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Mashable @Home Look Up Trending Now Mashable Selects Say More Top creators, ranked Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List Creator Playbook In My Bag AI at School Safety Net All Series'Dressmaker' players are designing gowns fit for fantasy balls Here are some of the most gorgeous designs players have shared. Amanda Yeo is an Assistant Editor at Mashable, covering entertainment, culture, tech, science, and social good. Based in Australia, she writes about everything from video games and K-pop to movies and gadgets. Developed by Cozy Lives, is an indie game that has players design and sew custom gowns for a variety of different clients with varying needs. Players must listen to customers' requests, then take their measurements, sketch a design, select materials, cut the cloth, and sew it all together on a mannequin.
Pink, pretty, and protective. A dumbo octopus is here with a message from the deep-sea.
A dumbo octopus is here with a message from the deep-sea. Cartoon cephalopod Miss Abyss is taking a page out of the'Flat Stanley' playbook to spread the word about ocean conservation More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Miss Abyss is a campaign by the Center for American Progress to raise awareness about deep-sea mining. She sports a pretty flower on her head sports a black tattoo on one of her eight arms. But don't let this dumbo octopus' adorable exterior fool you.
Privacy watchdog launches investigation into China-based company behind Kmart 'pervert glasses' app
Australia's privacy regulator launched an investigation into the China-based company behind the HeyCyan app in Kmart's Anko-branded discount version of Meta's smartglasses. Australia's privacy regulator launched an investigation into the China-based company behind the HeyCyan app in Kmart's Anko-branded discount version of Meta's smartglasses. Privacy watchdog launches investigation into China-based company behind Kmart'pervert glasses' app Tue 6 Oct 2026 22.00 EDTFirst published on Tue 6 Oct 2026 19.02 EDT The Australian privacy regulator has opened an investigation into the China-based software company behind the HeyCyan app in Kmart's $89 smartglasses, following public outrage over the covert use of the devices. In August, Guardian Australia reported Kmart had sold out of the Anko-branded discount version of Meta's smartglasses that can capture images and record high-definition video, which led to widespread concern and calls to ban or restrict their use. The glasses were removed from Kmart's website as of Wednesday.
Pornhub is accessible for (some) Aussies again
Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Mashable @Home Look Up Trending Now Mashable Selects Say More Top creators, ranked Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List Creator Playbook In My Bag AI at School Safety Net All Series The site blocked itself from Australia back in March. Anna Iovine is the associate editor of features at Mashable. Previously, as the sex and relationships reporter, she covered topics ranging from dating apps to pelvic pain. Before Mashable, Anna was a social editor at VICE and freelanced for publications such as Slate and the Columbia Journalism Review. Follow her on Instagram .
Spotify expands its Music Quiz trivia feature
Spotify got on the BTS bandwagon earlier this year, celebrating the band's return to the studio with a trivia game about the K-pop idol group. Now, that Music Quiz feature has been expanded to test fans' knowledge of more than 2,000 artists with questions about "music trivia, album cover art reveals, and audio track previews spanning an artist's music, career, and defining moments." Music Quiz is beginning to roll out today for Premium subscribers in the US, the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, India, Nigeria, South Africa and Indonesia. The content will be in English at launch, but additional languages and artists will be added over time. The streaming service has built a reputation for offering fun widgets and insights into listening habits, from the splashy year-end Wrapped reports to the liner notes-esque SongDNA to the unfortunately necessary labels for music that's not generative AI.
OpenAI delivers a mea culpa to the Australian government in person – but answers still elude
OpenAI's chief strategy officer, Jason Kwon, said the company had'learned our lesson'. OpenAI's chief strategy officer, Jason Kwon, said the company had'learned our lesson'. Jason Kwon's answers were provided in a helpful, quiet and calm manner. Open AI's Jason Kwon flew 15 hours from San Francisco to Sydney to give the company's first in-person mea culpa after it admitted - in an unsigned email, to a public departmental inbox - that one of its AI agents had accessed a Services Australia website without authorisation and grabbed data related to Medicare. Kwon - polite, friendly, even-toned - got through a potentially dicey committee hearing unscathed, promising to do better and pledging assistance to Australia.