This Month
Victoria’s asset sale; MinRes’ gag request; Wesfarmers’ rates alert
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Bill Gates believes the world is at a dangerous tipping point
The philanthropist has been fighting global disease for 25 years. He is now wrestling with the optimist’s dilemma.
- Jason Cowley
November
ASIC’s Joe Longo named Time climate crusader
This feels like 2011, when Euromoney opened our eyes to the charms of Wayne Swan.
- Myriam Robin
October
Billionaires bankroll the hunt for nuclear energy’s ‘holy grail’
The massive power demands of AI have triggered a round of frantic deal-making as companies battle for uninterrupted supplies.
- Matt Oliver
Why Microsoft Excel won’t die
The spreadsheet program has entered its 40th year, although those forced to use it won’t necessarily be celebrating.
- The Economist
September
More US cleantech companies close as fundraising challenges emerge
Start-up cleantech businesses that easily raised money from venture firms just two or three years ago are now finding it harder to get hold of fresh cash.
- Patrick Temple-West, Amelia Pollard and George Hammond
August
Joy for ‘Britain’s Bill Gates’ and lawyers ends in superyacht tragedy
Just weeks after a huge courtroom victory, UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch is among seven people, including a Morgan Stanley executive, missing off Palermo’s coast.
- Matthew Field and James Titcomb
July
- Analysis
- Government Observed
Tech meltdown revealed a fundamental flaw in plain sight
The global CrowdStrike breakdown revealed just how much of the global IT system is built on inherently unsafe code.
- Tom Burton
Kardashian, Blair, Tyson: Global elite flock to Ambani mega-wedding
A pantheon of global celebrities, politicians and CEOs are descending on India’s financial capital for the wedding of the son of Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani.
- George Johnson
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
May
Melinda French Gates exits philanthropic foundation with $18.9b
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation -– to be known as the Gates Foundation once she departs – is one of the biggest private foundations on the planet.
- Updated
- Sophie Alexander
April
‘Country mile ahead’: How PsiQuantum won a $1b investment
Chief scientist Cathy Foley said US-based PsiQuantum showed it was a “country mile” ahead of other Aussie companies in trying to build a world-first quantum computer.
- Paul Smith, John Davidson and Tess Bennett
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
‘AI honeymoon is over’, Canva co-founder declares
Just two years after the last technology bubble burst, investors shouldn’t mistake AI tools that look like magic for a business model that is.
- Nick Bonyhady
March
Bill Gates’ TerraPower plans to build first US next-generation nuclear plant
TerraPower CEO Chris Levesque said the company would apply for a construction permit from US regulators this month for its reactor, cooled with liquid sodium.
- Jamie Smyth
Gates, Zuckerberg join billionaire’s lavish Indian wedding party
Tycoons from around the world descended on a small Indian city where billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani kick-started wedding celebrations for his son.
- Suhasini Raj
Gates, Fink, Zuckerberg set to party with Asia’s richest man
The lavish pre-wedding celebrations for Mukesh Ambani’s son include chartered jets and a performance by Rihanna. Wall Street and Silicon Valley titans are coming.
- Anto Antony and Bhuma Shrivastava
February
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has become a Steve Jobs-like tech giant
Now a Wall Street hero, Nadella initially faced scepticism that he could change Microsoft’s combative culture after 22 years inside the company.
- Matt O'Brien
January
How your kids can succeed – when they have no natural talent
Not every sub-par drawing or tuneless recital is a potential masterpiece, but if your child is the next Van Gogh, you’re worst placed to spot it anyway.
- Charlotte Lytton
December 2023
The most memorable tech stories from 2023
Take a look back at the biggest tech stories of the year – as well as our reporters’ favourites.
November 2023
OpenAI board taps former Twitch CEO to succeed Altman
Emmett Shear won over directors because he appeared to recognise the existential threats that AI presented.
- Ashlee Vance, Emily Chang and Ed Ludlow