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ASX rallies to record as Woolies, WiseTech surge, BHP hits all-time high
Australia’s sharemarket gained more than $30 billion in value, tracking gains on Wall Street and buoyed by a flurry of corporate news that excited investors.
- Staff reporters
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‘People doing dumb things’: Wall Street boss Jamie Dimon warns of AI frenzy
The JPMorgan Chase CEO thinks the impact of artificial intelligence on software companies might be the trigger for a wave of loan defaults, and sees parallels to the GFC.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- World markets
The looming D-Day that has sent shivers through Wall Street
It is becoming apparent that a critical moment for markets may not be too far away.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
AI is eating software, and it’s cost Atlassian duo $34.6 billion
Investors have finally woken up to the risk that artificial intelligence won’t just kill white-collar jobs, it also threatens tech success stories.
- Colin Kruger
‘No consistency’: The out-of-pocket cost hitting WA’s public school teachers
As West Australian children head off to school for 2026, the new year has sparked fresh calls for equal access to technology – and not just for students.
- Holly Thompson
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- Technology
‘Fresh face’: WiseTech backs scandal-hit Grok Academy with $8.7m
Both organisations are attempting to move past turmoil that has engulfed them over the past 18 months.
- David Swan
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I was wrong about Elon. But he was wrong too
A year ago, I predicted that Musk would quit Tesla. He predicted our newspaper would “bore its audience to death”. We were both mistaken.
- David Swan
Victoria was ranked dead last, yet a $60b tech giant just made Melbourne its fastest-growing hub
The Business Council of Australia has slammed Victoria’s taxes and red tape, but tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes says the criticism doesn’t stack up.
- David Swan
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‘Premium prices for a downgrade’: $96.5 million BoM website savaged
Pressure is mounting on the agency and its newly minted chief executive Stuart Minchin after a major cost blowout.
- David Swan
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Cloudflare chaos: Third internet outage in four weeks triggers global disruptions
A massive outage at internet infrastructure giant Cloudflare triggered a wave of “500 Internal Server Errors” across the globe, knocking substantial portions of the web offline.
- David Swan