Today
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
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
The Fed will not let markets dictate a rate cut
The US central bank reacts to the sharemarket only when volatility threatens financial stability. For the moment, there is no evidence that this is the case.
- Barry Eichengreen
Yesterday
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Battered investors get a breather, but where to next?
After a torrid night on Wall Street, it’s calmer on the ASX and positively giddy in Tokyo, giving investors a chance to consider their next move.
- James Thomson
This Month
- 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
Centuria buys into Nvidia boom with office-friendly data play
It has acquired a half stake in data centre operator ResetData for $21 million, to repurpose its underperforming offices and jump on the AI bandwagon.
- Campbell Kwan
- 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
- Jobs
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
The one thing this Rich Lister says every founder needs to remember
Sam Kroonenburg built a company from his bedroom, with him and his brother Ryan both making about $500 million. But Sam, 40, is doing what he can to avoid the trappings of wealth.
- Julie-anne Sprague
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
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why recession panic is gripping the markets
Global markets are being lashed by a perfect storm of recession fears, volatility and AI scepticism. But there’s a key reason it threatens to turn into panic.
- Updated
- James Thomson
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
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
AI hype just collided with recession fears
Investors were already worried about how artificial intelligence investment will turn into profits. That’s being compounded by fears of a broader economic slowdown.
- James Thomson
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
San Francisco to ban rent-setting software amid gouging worry
The ban opens a new front in a long-running controversy over the role of software in setting rents as an affordability crisis worsens in many American cities.
- Rya Jetha
- 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
- Leadership lessons
The top skills leaders need to succeed this decade
Knowing how to get the most out of hybrid working and generative AI are among the skills that leaders need today. The future will call for much more.
- Euan Black
- 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
Microsoft reports slower Azure cloud growth; shares drop
Microsoft’s main growth engine in recent years, its Azure cloud-computing service, expanded revenue by 29 per cent against expectations of 31 per cent.
- Dina Bass and Brody Ford
