Today
Nvidia unveils faster, more sustainable AI chip
The new chips could let companies develop AI at a lower cost and respond to the soaring electricity needs of data centres.
Yesterday
Tech giants race to embed AI in schools around the globe
Fuelled partly by American tech companies, governments are rushing to deploy generative AI systems and training in schools and universities.
This Month
This writer took aim at Silicon Valley 25 years ago. She was right
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish”, which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans a quarter of a century later.
Wall Street’s biggest winners and losers in 2025
Three of the index’s top 10 performers were data storage companies, which are among the main beneficiaries of the hundreds of billions of dollars in AI spending.
December 2025
OpenAI offers $828,000 salary to protect humans from rogue AI
The maker of ChatGPT is recruiting for a “head of preparedness” to address the fast-evolving technology’s rising threat.
Big tech wants Trump to act on ‘irritant’ in US-Australia relationship
Groups representing Google, Meta, Amazon, Apple, Adobe, Microsoft and other US multinationals say the News Bargaining Incentive is a breach of free trade laws.
The could-have-been billionaire who turned down Google
Australian Hugh Williams ran Google Maps and invented the tech behind “doomscrolling”. His take on the AI future is surprisingly upbeat.
Australia’s media industry wants these 5 tech giants to pay up
A group representing three of Australia’s biggest media companies has called for urgent new laws to force global platforms to pay for news.
Bill Gates and Sergey Brin among new Epstein photos
US Democrats published another batch of images showing the late sex offender’s wide network of contacts spanning politics, show business, tech and big business.
Gold and AI boom deliver tax boost to Chalmers’ budget
Higher inflation and a turbocharged rally in gold and AI stocks provided a huge revenue lift, yet the nation remains on track for another decade of deficits.
Sell-off in AI stocks erases months of gains for top tech funds
Hyperion, Loftus Peak and Munro Partners are nursing heavy losses following a brutal sell-off that intensified last week.
What does a billionaire cricket tragic do in his spare time?
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, who owns shares in two cricket teams on opposite sides of the planet, designed his own app for sport in his spare time.
‘Survivors’, loopholes, pushback: Social media ban’s first day
Australian teenagers awoke to find some (but not all) of their accounts had been deactivated on Wednesday.
Will AI start living up to the hype in 2026?
After all the hype and big spending, there has been a growing sense of unease that some of the promises aren’t being matched by reality.
Happy birthday, ChatGPT. Thanks for nothing (yet)
AI has transformed capital markets and the way we think about work, but this is still a tech revolution built on anticipation, rather than reality. And that creates risks.
Bill Gates’ daughter lands $45m for star-backed AI firm
Phoebe Gates’ online shopping firm is backed by a constellation of celebrities – but not, she insists, her famous tech entrepreneur father.
The AI bubble comes to Australia: What happens if it pops?
James Thomson and Paul Smith on the multitrillion-dollar AI investment boom, where the opportunities are for Australia and what happens if it goes wrong.
OpenAI faces ‘brutal’ challenge as Aussie start-ups pick and choose
There is cutthroat competition for Australian AI customers and some start-ups say OpenAI is starting to lag the likes of Google and Anthropic.
There are still cheap, quality stocks out there. Here’s where to look
There is a once-in-a-generation opportunity in global markets that could deliver strong returns regardless of how AI mania plays out.
November 2025
Sergey Brin gifts $1.7b in Alphabet shares after fortune surges
The world’s fourth-richest person also gave away shares to charities in May. The Google co-founder’s fortune gained $149 billion this year on the AI rally.