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Data centres require large amounts of power to process information used in artificial intelligence.

Tech giants warn Labor they need more than just sun, wind and batteries

Microsoft, Google and Amazon want Australia to speed up the delivery of energy-storage projects, after the federal election shut the door on nuclear energy.

  • Nick Toscano

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Quantum scientists David Reilly and Tom Ohki at the University of Sydney after launching their new R&D company, Quantum Emergence.

Why these scientists rejected Microsoft’s riches to stay in Sydney

The salaries were large enough “to buy a house in Sydney without a mortgage”. But these quantum scientists had other ideas.

  • Angus Dalton
Bill Gates at the 2024 World Health Summit.

Bill Gates vows to give away 99 per cent of his fortune by 2045

“I will give away virtually all my wealth”: The Microsoft billionaire has pledged his foundation will distribute $US200 billion over the next 20 years.

  • Jessica Nix, Ashleigh Furlong and Sophie Alexander
The US government says Google should be forced to sell its popular Chrome web browser.

Will a US court break up Google in blockbuster case?

The US Justice Department says the best way to address Google’s monopoly in internet search is to break up the $2.8 trillion company.

  • David McCabe
Philanthropist and “recovering perfectionist” Melinda French Gates: “I’m someone who’s been through a lot of therapy.”

‘Gigantic joy’: Melinda French Gates on her new life after divorce

She left her billionaire husband to blaze her own philanthropic trail. Now she wants other women to revel in their independence.

  • Amanda Hooton
Programs like Slack, Teams and Google Chat were designed to fix the issues with email. But with them has come a slew of other problems.

We tried to fix email. But what replaced it was just as bad

Programs like Slack, Teams and Google Chat were designed to fix the issues with email. But with them has come a slew of other problems.

  • Tim Duggan
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Even as he rocked the world with his tariff announcement, Donald Trump attempted to sell America to rich would-be immigrants with a $US5 million gold for a fast track to citizenship.

Is this the beginning of the end for Trump?

Cracks are appearing in Donald Trump’s armour. Let’s consider his self-inflicted wounds.

  • Bruce Wolpe

‘You’re my favourite’: What I learnt during two weeks with Vida, my AI ‘companion’

It’s the latest stage of the AI revolution: people turning to chatbots for friendship, counselling and more. What happens when the virtual replaces the real?

  • Tim Elliott
Microsoft’s new quantum chip is based on a new state of matter and a particle that previously only existed in theory.

Powerful quantum computer just years away after chip breakthrough: Microsoft

The quantum computer, more powerful than all the world’s computers combined, could lead to the development of new drugs and chemicals.

  • Angus Dalton
Magic plays a big role in the world of Avowed, even if you like to stick to swords and shields.

Microsoft’s first big game of the year is an RPG masterpiece

Avowed is a brilliant story, a wonderful world and an excuse for a lot of crunchy first-person combat rolled up into an excellent and breezy RPG.

  • Tim Biggs

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