It's been 15 years since the first season of Game of Thrones debuted on HBO, captivating audiences with the story of Ned Stark, Jon Snow, and Daenerys Targaryen.

The show's hit first season saw Ned established as its hero and Dany as the last hope for the Targaryen dynasty — what could possibly go wrong? Lots, it turned out, though 15 years on we're still talking about it all, so the series clearly did enough right.

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Christine Mui and Brendan Bordelon

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Chris Stein

More than 100 House Democrats on Wednesday voted to slash military aid to Israel, a significant rebuke of the longtime US ally as accusations that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government green-lit genocide in Gaza continue to convulse the party ahead of November’s midterm election.

It's an unfortunate rite of passage nowadays for popular indie games to have their concept taken from them by ripoffs that are devoid of any real creativity. The latest casualty? Meccha Chameleon, which has now been pilferred by copycats across Steam, Fortnite, and Roblox.

Google updates Chrome as memory vulnerabilities confirmed.

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I won’t lie, the fact that Google continues to roll out security updates to the world’s most popular web browser, with an estimated 3.8 billion users, on a weekly basis is something we should all be happy about. I am less happy, however, that week-after-week memory vulnerabilities in the Chromium code top the patched list both in terms of criticality and volume. Having just dropped an update with 13 use-after-free memory flaws confirmed, following one with 110 such issues, the latest Chrome patch fixes only 15 vulnerabilities in all, but 10 of them are memory-related problems. Obviously, you should ensure that your browser is updated, which Chrome does automatically, but have you ever wondered what the difference between use-after-free, heap buffer overflow and uninitialized use vulnerabilities is? I’m here to help explain what they are and why they are all so commonplace.

NEW DELHI, INDIA - JULY 9: People are seen crossing a waterlogged road after the heavy rainfall at Gazipur Sabzi Mandi on July 9, 2026 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

The beleaguered pub sector is getting a boost from England’s World Cup run, with some landlords reporting roaring sales as anticipation builds for a bumper night on Wednesday for the semi-final clash with Argentina.

An academic at UNSW was subjected to Nazi salutes by students in his business class, the royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion has heard.

The fourth block of hearings, taking place in Melbourne this week, is examining the lived experiences of Jewish students and academics, including the response of universities to combat hate. Witnesses disputed whether criticism of Israel and Zionism was inherently antisemitic.