Digital transformation
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Media & marketing
‘Sobering reality’: What the future for Australia’s media giants looks like
With mass job cuts across Australia’s largest media companies, is there a way out of the advertising downturn, or is it time to face up to a new normal?
- by Calum Jaspan
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The digital revolution may be returning us to hi-tech serfdom
Led by a few big tech companies – Meta, Alphabet, Apple, Amazon and Microsoft – the digital revolution is turning capitalism into “technofeudalism”.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Cash
Coffee, cash, and culture: Cashless utopia not a fit for everyone
A cashless society may feel a lot more secure for many, but can also be prohibitive for a number of communities,
- by Victoria Devine
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Stat dec signatures to go the way of the wax seal after digital approval
Australians spend 9 million hours a year executing and processing more than 3.8 million statutory declarations, but from next year, they’re available online.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Could a robot do your job? Industries facing AI revolution still not prepared
Industries expected to be most impacted by AI disruption are struggling to define how they would see it regulated, and time is running out.
- by Amber Schultz
Opinion
AI
Time is running out to subdue AI’s overwhelming power
The world is at a “seatbelt moment” with machine learning as it was when the basic safety device was imposed on the car industry in the 1960s and 70s, but so far, no one is installing the seat belts.
- by Peter Hartcher
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Cryptocurrencies
How did FTX go bust – and what does it mean for crypto?
A boy wonder. A bitter corporate rivalry. Luxury penthouses and secret political donations. What brought down the FTX empire? And what is its founder charged with?
- by Sherryn Groch
Refresh: myGov gets new look ahead of app launch
Government services minister Bill Shorten said he wants Australia’s digital portal to be the world’s best.
- by Tim Biggs
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RBA
Future of money: The RBA to trial a digital currency
The Reserve Bank of Australia will trial a digital currency as part of a collaborative research project into how it could be used by consumers and businesses.
- by Nick Bonyhady and Shane Wright
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Health insurance
Sore point: Australian patients hit by bill shock question private health costs
In Australia’s world-class health system, many still can’t predict how much their care will cost and question whether insurance is worth it.
- by Emma Koehn
‘Completely joined up’: How Australia united the regulatory world against Big Tech
Competition agencies around the globe are increasingly working together to take action against tech giants. And Australia started the trend.
- by Laurel Henning and James Panichi
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