Microsoft
Analysis
Video games
Xbox goes disc-free with Call of Duty the star attraction
The Xbox Series X Digital Edition isn’t much of an upgrade, but it’s still a fantastic host for Microsoft’s marquee Game Pass service.
- by Tim Biggs
Latest
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
Microsoft and OpenAI’s ‘bromance’ begins to fray
Microsoft has backed away from pouring more money into OpenAI, straining relations.
- by Cade Metz, Mike Isaac and Erin Griffith
Opinion
Scams
Beware the ‘Microsoft support’ scam – it cost Fran $30,000
Want a chance of getting scam compensation from one of the big banks? There’s one simple rule to follow.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Sponsored
Bulls N' Bears
Is the tide about to turn for small caps?
The world’s central banks have kickstarted what looks to be an aggressive series of rate cuts and for smalls caps, this just might be the turning point.
- by Bill McConnell
Opinion
Competition
Can Google’s search dominance be broken by its break-up?
The tech giant could be broken up if the US Department of Justice has its way - but it could take years to get to that point.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
How Epstein wheedled his way into Bill Gates’ world – and why Melinda hated it
The billionaire Microsoft co-founder took a reputational hit from his association with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
- by Anupreeta Das
Opinion
AI
The $48 billion ‘disappointment’ that sent a shiver through Wall Street
Nvidia had a meteoric rise to become one of the world’s most valuable companies, but we just got a snapshot of the AI powerhouse’s vulnerability.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Scams
Why Australian banks are better at stopping scammers than British banks
Winning the war against these international criminal gangs can only be achieved through a collective show of strength from all parts of the scams chain.
- by Anna Bligh
‘Wilful blindness’: Big fines for tech giants that ignore abuse material
Companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Google and Meta face fines of almost $800,000 a day if they don’t come clean on their progress in combating child exploitation and sex abuse material on their platforms.
- by Angus Thompson
Opinion
Cyber protection
Massive outage shows the vulnerability of the global tech ecosystem
The CrowdStrike episode is chilling because it highlights how a single, flawed update from a trusted source can cause large parts of the global system to fail.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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