Musk thinks of quitting jobs
Elon Musk is stirring the possum again, tweeting he could quit his jobs and become an influencer.
Big Tech
Samsung merges phone, consumer businesses
Samsung has merged its smartphone and consumer electronics divisions in an effort to improve co-ordination across its businesses.
Omicron the crypto token surges
If you had the nous to invest in Omicron on the weekend, you may have made a 1000 per cent profit.
Chip shortage impacts entry level phones
Global chip shortages are impacting sales of entry level Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo and Samsung phones.
CoinSpot funds motor racing
Cryptocurrency exchange CoinSpot has enough cash to fund motor racing – a sign of where the real money is.
Samsung to build chip making plant
Samsung will help address the global chip shortage with a $US17bn chip factory in the US.
Bezos donates $US100m to Obama charity
Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos is splashing out with a record donation to the former president’s charity.
Shoppers sign up to Santa’s new little helper
Consumers are signing up to a new type of shopping bot that crawls retail sites for hard-to-find items.
Apple to launch fix-your-own device service
The idea that users would repair their own devices was anathema to Apple, now it will encourage it.
Metaverse hype sparks a stock surge
Shares in graphics company stocks nVidia and AMD are surging on the promise of the metaverse.
Functionly lands $3.6m to disrupt McKinsey, Deloitte
This Perth-based software start-up says it’s saving companies thousands of dollars in consulting fees.
iPhones may detect depression
Apple is reportedly working on technology to help diagnose depression and cognitive decline.
Taylor appointment ‘an opportunity for innovation’
Local start-ups say they hope Angus Taylor is up for a challenge, following Christian Porter’s resignation.
Facebook ‘knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls’
Its own in-depth research shows a significant teen mental-health issue that Facebook has made minimal effort to address and plays down in public.
Apple to launch iPhone 13 overnight
Apple will launch its iPhone 13 model in the early hours of Wednesday morning AEST and the rumours keep on coming.
Apple-Epic battle far from over
Apple scored a partial victory on Friday in a landmark antitrust case, but its fight with opponents of the App Store is far from over.
NSW readies vaccination checks for October
QR code check-ins in NSW should display people’s vaccination status by the time 70 per cent of the public are double vaccinated.
Advertisers urged to defund anti-vaxxer news sites
Advertisers are unwittingly funding many of 500 so-called ‘news sites’ identified as peddling COVID-19 misinformation.
Apple delays child porn monitoring
Apple is delaying the rollout of tools aimed at combating child pornography on iPhones after sparking concern among privacy advocates.
China launches gaming crackdown
China is reigning in excessive gaming among its young, branding it as ‘spiritual opium’.
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