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Olympics’ online trolls get taken down by AI
Athletes have previously had to turn off their phones to avoid online abuse – this year artificial intelligence is helping to keep trolls at bay.
- Paul Smith
How the big bet on electric car gigafactories went badly wrong
A glut of batteries is good news for anyone buying an electric vehicle, but it’s slowing development of the capacity needed in the future.
- James Titcomb
Coalition claims ‘$1 billion captain’s pick’ as PsiQuantum answers emerge
New information reveals the Commonwealth engaged in a lengthy due diligence process before making a $1 billion bet on PsiQuantum.
- Tess Bennett
- Exclusive
- Start-ups
‘Harder and harder’: Why Canva’s $370m AI bet said yes
AI dollars can be “fleeting” and competing with big players can cost hundreds of millions, setting the scene for Leonardo’s sale to Canva.
- Nick Bonyhady
Australian venture capital firms face a battle for their future
Venture capital firms are under pressure to secure funding, as superannuation funds re-evaluate their investment options.
- Paul Smith
Did Russia just sabotage our Samsung Watch Ultra?
A series of strange results while testing Samsung’s latest smartwatch may have a surprising explanation.
- John Davidson
Opinion & Analysis
Google is a monopolist, but the egg can’t be unscrambled
The company paid tens of billions of dollars to become the world’s dominant search engine. Even Microsoft couldn’t compete.
Technology writer
It’s the battery life, stupid: Why we love Lenovo’s new laptop
Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs are supposed to be all about the new AI features. But until Recall arrives, all we care about is their fabulous battery life.
Columnist
The AI delusion says ‘we’re all going to get rich quick’
That sum is the staggering gap between what tech companies are making from selling artificial intelligence and the likely costs of running it.
Technology writer
Microsoft’s $334b sell-off is a sign of healthy AI doubts
Microsoft smashed analysts’ forecasts in the June quarter, but it still wasn’t enough to please a market that has bet too heavily on the AI revolution.
Columnist
Technology reviews
Did Russia just sabotage our Samsung Watch Ultra?
A series of strange results while testing Samsung’s latest smartwatch may have a surprising explanation.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Digital Life
It’s the battery life, stupid: Why we love Lenovo’s new laptop
Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs are supposed to be all about the new AI features. But until Recall arrives, all we care about is their fabulous battery life.
- John Davidson
Yesterday
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
Google is a monopolist, but the egg can’t be unscrambled
The company paid tens of billions of dollars to become the world’s dominant search engine. Even Microsoft couldn’t compete.
- Nick Bonyhady
This Month
Aged care execs seek seed capital for recruitment startup
The hopstep recruitment platform for the aged care sector is hitting up venture capital and high-net-worth types to raise $3 million.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Exclusive
- Venture capital
Blackbird, Tiger Global-backed start-up shares valued at zero
Retail AI start-up Hivery has had to cut costs, staff and had two co-founders depart. Its biggest local investor has now written a stake down to $0.
- Nick Bonyhady
Jefferies grabs a piece of AirTrunk’s $20b auction
No doubt, AirTrunk should pad fee revenues for IB bosses for the December half, while burnishing the resumes of the bankers at the frontlines for years to come.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Opinion
- Digital Life
It’s the battery life, stupid: Why we love Lenovo’s new laptop
Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs are supposed to be all about the new AI features. But until Recall arrives, all we care about is their fabulous battery life.
- John Davidson
- Exclusive
- AI
This Aussie unicorn is paying millions for a chief AI officer. Should you?
SafetyCulture is on the hunt for its first AI boss as companies scramble to find executives to help unlock billions of value from the hot technology.
- Tess Bennett
Abu Dhabi fund flies into IFM consortium at AirTrunk’s $20b sale
The most recent numbers in front of bidders show AirTrunk has punched through $1 billion in contracted EBITDA.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Atlassian founders $3.8b poorer as market punishes revenue miss
Slowing revenue growth has dampened Scott Farquhar’s final showing as co-CEO of Atlassian.
- Tess Bennett
Why this earnings season is the end of an era for Apple
The AI era is upon Apple, and all of its tech peers, and the stories it tells its investors and customers about its products are about to change forever.
- John Davidson
Intel plans 15,000 job cuts after AI fumble
The US chipmaker said it will also reduce capital spending as its turnaround strategy hits another setback.
- Ian King
Amazon shares drop as AI costs spook market
Like Microsoft earnings earlier in the week, Amazon investors are ignoring profits, and starting to worry about whether big AI investments will ever be recouped.
- Spencer Soper
You can get iPhones much cheaper in China, but they still sell better here
As the tech industry obsesses about new AI features, sales of iPhones are still the core of Apple’s earnings reports.
- Max A. Cherney and Aditya Soni
How an Iranian refugee landed Australia’s biggest software deal
When Altium CEO Aram Mirkazemi landed at Hobart Airport as a refugee from Iran he had very little English, but six weeks later he was studying at university.
- Yolanda Redrup
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
The AI delusion says ‘we’re all going to get rich quick’
That sum is the staggering gap between what tech companies are making from selling artificial intelligence and the likely costs of running it.
- Nick Bonyhady
July
- Exclusive
- Start-ups
Canva’s AI prize Leonardo traded for $320m, dividing VC industry
The valuation has been so closely guarded some investors have refused to tell their own backers how much Canva paid for the start-up.
- Nick Bonyhady
$9b Indian VC flies into bumper seed round for Aussie fintech Slice
Slice is $7.5 million richer after ruling off an equity and debt round led by Peak XV Partners and Roadnight Capital.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Microsoft’s $334b sell-off is a sign of healthy AI doubts
Microsoft smashed analysts’ forecasts in the June quarter, but it still wasn’t enough to please a market that has bet too heavily on the AI revolution.
- James Thomson
It was called the ‘next Canva’, so Canva bought it
Canva has acquired AI design start-up Leonardo.AI in a surprise deal worth over $120 million. The ACCC is taking notice.
- Staff reporter
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How satellite connectivity is transforming the blue continent
This year marks the 10th anniversary of SES providing low-latency connectivity to Vodafone Cook Islands via SES’s first generation of medium Earth orbit (MEO) constellation.
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- Venture capital
Rich Chinese investors join $1b hunt for Aussie VC funds
A fund manager for rich Chinese investors is trying to raise $100m for venture capital investments, joining a crowd of operators trying to raise over $1 billion.
- Yolanda Redrup and Paul Smith
