Yesterday
Move over industry, data centres are rolling in
What does it say about Australia’s future when energy-hungry data centre owners replace old-fashioned industrial manufacturers?
Amazon CEO warns white-collar staff that their jobs are on the line
In a memo explaining all the ways the technology giant is using AI, Andy Jassy told workers how they can stay relevant as bots become capable of doing more.
This Month
‘Word salad’: Claudia Karvan’s bumpy road to audiobook stardom
The actor has only her voice to rely on reading for Audible, including one book that tries to answer questions similar to those in Netflix’s “Adolescence”″
Amazon launches new marketplace to rival Officeworks, Harvey Norman
The online retail giant plans to bolster its growth in Australia with a new online offering that will target businesses and government customers.
Disgraced GetSwift founder is so ready for redemption
Joel Macdonald recorded a bizarre comeback after being painted as the “unacceptable face of start-up capitalism”.
May
Tech bros are facing the end of the ‘technipolar moment’
The sidelining of Elon Musk is a sign of big tech’s wider failure to shape a Trump economic agenda that is going terribly wrong for the sector.
Nvidia seeks to build its business beyond big tech
The chipmaker is establishing ties with nation states and ‘neoclouds’ in an effort to reduce reliance on Microsoft, Amazon and Google.
Warren Buffett’s best and worst investments over 60 years
Success made him a Wall Street icon. It also earned him the nickname “Oracle of Omaha”, a reference to the Nebraska city where he was born and chose to live and work.
April
The numbers headache for Canberra and Washington
Jim Chalmers and US counterpart Scott Bessent have a few things in common – the threat of tariffs, the risk of recession and a budget that doesn’t add up.
Trump calls Bezos after reports Amazon would show tariff charges on its site
The retailer spent a chaotic morning denying a report that it planned to display prices showing the tariffs’ impact on Amazon.com.
Meme stock moment: Newsmax worth more than Fox after 2230pc surge
The spike has made the company’s largest holders exceptionally rich — on paper. Founder Christopher Ruddy owns nearly one-third of the company’s shares.
March
AI start-up Anthropic worth $US61.5b after mega funding round
OpenAI rival Anthropic, the maker of Claude, has closed a deal that cements its place as one of the largest start-ups in the world.
January
Meta exempted top advertisers from standard content moderation
According to internal documents from 2023 seen by the FT, the Facebook and Instagram owner introduced a series of “guardrails” that “protect high spenders”.
Elon Musk ‘living in cottage’ on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate
The Tesla billionaire has planted himself on the president-elect’s doorstep by staying at a property several hundred feet away from the main house at the resort.
December 2024
‘What choice do they have?’: US CEOs bend the knee to Trump
From Hollywood to Silicon Valley and Wall Street, senior executives have been bending over backwards to meet Donald Trump since he won the election.
November 2024
How these top female Amazon execs are conquering Australia
Women are running three of company’s big growth areas in Australia – the retail juggernaut’s turnover is estimated to reach $6.5 billion this year.
The top five billionaire tech bros who are on the Trump train
From fawning phone calls to huge donations, here’s how the historically progressive bosses of Tesla, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Meta and OpenAI are preparing.
Why Amazon was the big tech AI winner this earnings season
Alphabet, Meta, Apple and Microsoft were sold off after their artificial intelligence-laden results calls, but the online retailer had a better story to tell.
October 2024
The strategy that can turn $10,000 to $102,000 in two decades
An investing strategy popularised by Peter Lynch is finding favour again.
September 2024
Supermarket pile-on is going to cause real harm
If the supermarkets are guilty, then throw the book at them. But it’s populist politics that is really at work here.