Opinion
Competition
Big Tech didn’t like Biden. Trump won’t be any better for Google & Co
The Biden administration has used antitrust legislation to target the technology giants, even seeking to break up Google. Trump’s nominees to key posts overseeing the tech sector won’t be much friendlier.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Latest
Ex-Nine boss Hugh Marks in the frame for top ABC gig
The media executive has been linked with the vacant managing director role at the national broadcaster.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Ex-Nine boss Hugh Marks coming in strong for the ABC
The media executive has been linked with the vacant job with the national broadcaster.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Exclusive
Investigations
The 101 ways Google serves up Australians to known scammers
Using the world’s biggest search platform to find information on scams can deliver victims straight into the arms of criminals.
- by Aisha Dow and Charlotte Grieve
Exclusive
Investigations
‘Psychopaths are the best’: Confessions from inside the scam industry
From marketing and retention to catastrophe and recovery, the life cycle of the scam industry is breathtakingly cruel and strikingly consistent.
- by Aisha Dow
$20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000: Russia fines Google more than world’s GDP
The judge described the legal battle as “a case in which there are many, many zeros”.
- by Matthew Field
Analysis
Web culture
Google Search gets AI spin in Australia as chatbot comes alive
The company says everything that made it the preferred search engine is still there and that it also has quick answers via the bot.
- by Tim Biggs
MPs back tax on tech giants
But Coalition members of a parliamentary inquiry labelled Labor “weak” for failing to force Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, to renew deals with media businesses.
- by Paul Sakkal
Opinion
AI
Hot chips: The split that sparked a $97 billion meltdown
It is an industry crucial to the 21st century, but two of its biggest players are going in opposite directions.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
The best Apple, Google and Samsung phones of 2024
Want to know the best smartphones of 2024? We’ve done all the hard work for you.
- by Tim Biggs
Analysis
Tech crackdown
Are we ready for an internet with no Google search?
Twenty-five years ago, Google’s minimalist search engine was a revelation. What would happen if the US government moved to break up its dominance?
- by David Swan
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