This Month
Struggling bitcoin miners seek deals with AI companies
They now hope to benefit from a surge in demand for powerful but scarce chips which are used in both crypto mining and AI processing.
- Nikou Asgari and Tim Bradshaw
- Opinion
- Insolvency
Booktopia’s outsized ACCC penalty may have sped up its decline
The ACCC secured $20 million in fines against Meta, Facebook’s parent. If the fine was proportionally the same size as Booktopia’s, it would have been $82 billion.
- Aaron Patrick
June
- Opinion
- Supermarket inquiry
Why this is a practical, workable supermarket code of conduct
The new code offers the best of both a mandatory and voluntary system of compliance for the supermarket giants.
- Craig Emerson
Online shopping has become a giant fake-product machine
TikTok is better than any other digital platform for turning cult favourites into global bestsellers – and making counterfeiters money.
- Amanda Mull
US clears way for antitrust inquiries on Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI
The Justice Department will take the lead in investigating whether the behaviour of Nvidia, the biggest maker of AI chips, has violated antitrust laws.
- David McCabe
May
Tech industry pushed to shut down market for sexual AI deepfakes
Joe Biden is pushing the tech industry and financial institutions to shut down a market of sexual images, many of celebrities, made with AI technology.
- Matt O'Brien and Barbara Ortutay
- Analysis
- AI
Nvidia’s share price is about to plummet, but it’s all part of the plan
Nvidia boss Jensen Huang knows this is his moment, and he’s capitalising on surging demand for his AI chips and his white-hot shares.
- Updated
- Paul Smith and James Thomson
- Exclusive
- Quantum Computing
PsiQuantum in talks for bipartisan support but Coalition not swayed
PsiQuantum is confident of winning over sceptical politicians by highlighting its backing from both major parties in the US, where it has defence contracts.
- Tess Bennett
Amazon posts strong cloud unit sales on rising AI demand
The e-commerce company’s operating income more than tripled as Amazon Web Services and adverts provided a boost.
- Camilla Hodgson
April
- Analysis
- Monetary policy
How government debt could blow up the global financial system
As Western governments shy away from debt reduction and structural reform, investors must reassess their view of “safe” assets.
- John Plender
Booming AI demand threatens global electricity supply
Tech chiefs warn that power-hungry data centres are a bottleneck in developing artificial intelligence. Some of them are looking at developing their own electricity supply.
- Camilla Hodgson
Speed of development making it hard for firms to invest wisely in AI
Whether assessing safety, performance or efficiency, the groups tasked with stress-testing AI systems are rushing to keep up with the state of the art.
- George Hammond
- Opinion
- Supermarkets
Political brawls sweep the supermarket aisles
Supermarkets are once again an appealing target for politicians wanting to demonstrate their good intentions on helping consumers with cost-of-living pressures.
- Updated
- Jennifer Hewett
March
The ACCC is asking news outlets if they can live without Facebook
The competition regulator, in letters to major media groups, has sought details about how they make money from and deal with Meta, the platform’s operator.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Exclusive
- E-commerce
From nothing to $1b: Inside Temu and Shein’s flying start in Australia
The fast fashion group and Temu, an ultra-cheap marketplace, are rewriting the rules of retailing as shoppers flock to their low-cost platforms.
- Nick Bonyhady and Carrie LaFrenz
I hired an algorithm to help me shop. Here’s what happened
Computer algorithms are taking over the business of buying and selling products online.
- Marek Kowalkiewicz
Amazon books losses on $6b Aussie sales as retail and cloud boom
The US tech giant’s local online retail and cloud computing businesses are both printing money, with 20 per cent year-on-year growth, but it is still booking losses, newly published accounts show.
- Tess Bennett
Megacorps are the 21st century’s great threat
Labor minister and economist Andrew Leigh argues that companies as big, financially, as nations are a danger to consumers and their employees.
- Andrew Leigh
February
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Data centres are hot property - and not just for the returns
Macquarie Technology CEO David Tudehope says data centres are not just good investments, they will allow Australia to participate in the entire AI value chain.
- Jennifer Hewett
Tech layoffs roil industry as US job losses reach 32,000
Snap has become the latest example, announcing that it will reduce its workforce by 10 per cent, or about 540 employees.
- Antonia Mufarech