June
Warren Buffett donates record $8b in shares to charity
Warren Buffett has made his biggest annual donation since he began making them in 2006.
- Jonathan Stempel
- Opinion
- Digital Life
With the new Surface Laptop, Microsoft catches the MacBook
Microsoft has finally done it. It has broken free from Intel and produced a laptop right up there with Apple’s hitherto incomparable MacBook Air.
- John Davidson
OpenAI co-founder’s new company promises safe ‘superintelligence’
Last year, Ilya Sutskever tried to force out OpenAI boss Sam Altman. Now he has a new company, aiming to build a machine that is more intelligent than humans – safely.
- Cade Metz
How the tech elite went from disruptors to disrupted
Some of the world’s most powerful business executives allowed themselves to be seduced by Donald Trump.
- Kara Swisher
Twiggy’s hot air always seems to pass muster
The wind farm Apple walked away from now has environmental approval, having promised to destroy a little less of a koala habitat.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
Central bankers doing their best to silence rate cut hopes
Investors are responding to high rates with a novel investment strategy – keeping the bulk of their money in cash and using the rest to punt on AI stocks.
- Karen Maley
Nvidia eclipses Microsoft as world’s most valuable company
Shares of the chipmaker climbed 3.5 per cent, lifting its market capitalisation above Microsoft, just days after it overtook Apple.
- Shristi Achar A and Noel Randewich
- Updated
- Payments
RBA flags BNPL fee crackdown in broader probe into credit cards
The central bank’s head of payments says it will launch a review of regulations as soon as it is handed the power to do so under new legislation in parliament.
- Updated
- James Eyers
- Opinion
- Sharemarket
Aussie tech stocks that could supercharge a portfolio
These seven companies have collectively returned an astonishing 1151 per cent since 2016.
- James Weir
- Opinion
- AI
Better late than now: how Apple’s AI could have stayed in longer
It tells you something when even Apple, the company that rose to greatness on the back of lateness, has to come out with a product that isn’t quite ready.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- AI
Even Apple cannot explain why we need AI in our lives
A souped-up Siri and personalised emojis are coming, but there is little sense that Apple has edited down the possibilities of generative AI to prioritise the truly useful.
- Richard Waters
What Apple Intelligence means for you
Though the “where” and “when” of Apple’s new AI system are still a mystery, we do know a lot about the “who”, “what” and “why”.
- John Davidson
Why publishers fear Google AI search will kill their websites
News organisations are heading into another battle with tech giants, with growing fears the race to beat each other with AI summaries will result in more content stolen.
- Paul Smith
Apple retakes crown as world’s most valuable company
The stock surged for a second session on optimism about its AI-integration plans, dethroning Microsoft as the most valuable publicly traded company.
- Updated
- Sruthi Shankar
Unions launch pay case against BHP | Markets react to GYG IPO plan | Investors cheer Apple’s AI foray
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Opinion
- AI
Investors give a belated cheer to Apple’s AI foray
The tech giant’s strategy unveil has pushed its share price to records this week. But, in the background, safety and privacy concerns are also rising.
- Karen Maley
Apple to drive iPhone users towards buy now, pay later loans
The global technology giant will upgrade Apple Pay to bring buy now, pay later-style payment options to the point of sale. ANZ is the first major bank to join up.
- James Eyers
Why Apple’s new iPad calculator is causing excitement
From calculators to new payment features to let you split the bills in restaurants, Apple announced updates that will affect iPhones, iPads, Macs and watches.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- AI
Tim Cook controls the iPhone, so he’s now the new AI kingmaker
Apple gets to decide which company gets access to the more than 2 billion active users and on what terms.
- Dave Lee
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Apple’s big AI day was a bit underwhelming. That’s part of the plan
The tech giant’s partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI gets it in the artificial intelligence race. But it’s eyeing a much bigger prize.
- James Thomson