This Month
Bronte Capital’s John Hempton rethinks hedge fund after horror month
The high-profile short seller says his firm is “not built for markets like this” after a bull run sent the firm to its worst return in more than two years.
- Joshua Peach
‘Barbarians at the gates’: How a Google break-up could upend tech
The US Department of Justice’s proposal to shake up the company is a seminal moment for the industry. If it prevails in court, AI start-ups could benefit.
- Richard Waters and Stephen Morris
Google HQ, Media House up for grabs
The offerings come after two years of significant upheaval across the office market. But there is growing confidence the down cycle is finally bottoming out.
- Nick Lenaghan
Google targeted for break-up in landmark US case
The US Department of Justice could seek “structural remedies” such as forced product sales after a judge’s ruling of illegal monopoly in searches.
- Stefania Palma and Stephen Morris
US judge orders sweeping changes to Google’s Android app store
As punishment, Epic had asked the court to mandate changes that would let businesses largely bypass Google’s app store to distribute their Android apps.
- Shira Ovide
September
Google to test its artificial intelligence-powered search in Australia
Known as AI Overviews, the change is the biggest to the platform in years. But news publishers and e-commerce sites fear it could leave them out in the cold.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Apple, Google respond to payment cost heat by backing eftpos
The US tech giants will enable “least-cost routing” for new cards on their smartphones to try to help merchants save costs by avoiding Visa and Mastercard.
- James Eyers
‘We’ve only scratched the surface’: How AI will change work
Artificial intelligence is set to reshape the jobs market and the nature of roles across many businesses. Here are some of the best ways to use it.
- Alexandra Cain
BYD shrugs off planned US ban of Chinese smart car software
Liu Xueliang, general manager of BYD’s auto sales division for Asia-Pacific, said the Chinese EV giant had turned its attention to markets with receptive EV policies.
- Updated
- Jessica Sier
Amazon orders staff back to the office five days a week
The new rule appears to be the most stringent return-to-office decision among big tech companies and could be a harbinger of more to come.
- Karen Weise and Emma Goldberg
Aussie cyber firm goes it alone with US expansion
Trent Telford is on a high after his firm Cocoon Data scored a Google deal and made progress cracking the US market, but he says it’s no thanks to the Australian government.
- Matthew Cranston
- Opinion
- Digital Life
This new fitness watch is fine for the unfit
Google’s Pixel Watch 3 has plenty of new features for runners. But a battery that means you may as well stay lazy.
- John Davidson
Investors have forgotten the lessons of the dotcom crash
MSCI’s head of research Ashley Lester has some thoughts on what many analysts have warned is the next bubble: the rapid rise in US tech valuations.
- Joshua Peach
- Exclusive
- Social media
Tech giants in firing line to pay for swath of new online laws
The Albanese government is introducing new laws to curb the harms caused by social media giants, and is also looking at how to make them pay for it.
- Ronald Mizen
- Analysis
- Tech crackdown
‘Daylight robbery:’ Canberra needs EU muscle to land big tech blow
The government wants to work cooperatively with tech moguls such as Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, but that seems like wishful thinking, and tougher laws are coming.
- Paul Smith
Trump meets Harris; RBA’s jobs boom warning; Pub buyer probed
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Google and Apple face billions in penalties after losing EU appeals
The decisions, handed down by the Court of Justice of the European Union, were seen as an important test of efforts to clamp down on the world’s largest technology companies.
- Adam Satariano and Jenny Gross
The three headaches of Rupert Murdoch in his battle for control
A bombshell lawsuit between Rupert, Lachlan and his other children begins in Reno, Nevada, next week. Meanwhile, shareholders want change and Foxtel’s for sale.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Chalmers open to RBA deal; Khuda’s migration push; $6trn PE squeeze
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
What we missed in the AirTrunk frenzy
AirTrunk founder Robin Khuda is thinking bigger than his own company. He says the staggering growth prospects for data centres can change the Australian economy.
- James Thomson