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ASIC cancels Binance’s derivatives licence, effective immediately
The Australian regulator’s decision to cancel Binance’s licence adds to a growing problem for the world’s largest crypto exchange.
- Jessica Sier
ChatGPT invented a scandal and named a real law professor as accused
“It was quite chilling,” Jonathan Turley said after learning his name was on a chatbot-generated list of legal scholars who had sexually harassed someone.
- Pranshu Verma and Will Oremus
ChatGPT opens door to four-day week, says Nobel Prize winner
Christopher Pissarides’ remarks have tamped down concerns that rapid advances in technology could bring mass job losses.
- Tom Rees
Steve Jobs publishes a new ‘memoir’ 11 years after his death
The Apple co-founder’s estate wants the world to read the great man’s words for themselves.
- Christina Passariello
Why Australia is such a juicy target for cybercriminals
If you’re beginning to get the feeling that a day doesn’t go by without yet another major cyber breach, you’re not wrong.
- John Davidson
- Exclusive
- BNPL
Aussie start-up turns professionals into art collectors
The company’s boss, Paul Becker, relocated to London last year and scored one of the first investments from a venture capital arm set up by Christie’s.
- Paul Smith
Opinion & Analysis
We blind taste test Sonos’ latest speaker, and it sounds yummy
The new breed brings Dolby Atmos music playback to the mix. It’s a feature that’s sometimes great, occasionally terrible, and mostly notable by its absence.
Columnist
These earbuds are sick (in the best way possible)
The last time someone came out with a pair this good, they won our Earbuds of the Year award. LG might do so again with the Tone Free T90Qs.
Columnist
How Australia could commercialise fusion energy this decade
Fusion is potentially the most reliable and lowest-carbon source of power globally. Australia can, and should, return to its previous technology leadership position.
Contributor
Human skills are Australia’s export advantage in an AI world
We should be advertising Australian education as a kind of finishing school in social graces for many ambitious Asians.
Columnist
Technology reviews
How can this be Samsung’s best TV?
The brand’s not kidding when it says its N900C Neo QLED 8K Smart TV is better than its OLED ones. But it’s neither entirely right nor wrong.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Review
We blind taste test Sonos’ latest speaker, and it sounds yummy
The new breed brings Dolby Atmos music playback to the mix. It’s a feature that’s sometimes great, occasionally terrible, and mostly notable by its absence.
- John Davidson
This Month
Victorian mayor readies defamation lawsuit over ChatGPT content
A regional Australian mayor said he may sue OpenAI if it does not correct ChatGPT’s false claims that he had served time in prison for bribery.
- Byron Kaye
IntelliHR’s M&A ping pong match ends with whopper 280pc premium
To put that in context, Nearmap in November and a more recent bid for Nitro Software won over shareholders at 83 per cent and 86 per cent premiums respectively.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Elon Musk put the Dogecoin dog as Twitter’s logo, it’s now up by $4b
Dogecoin’s Shiba Inu dog replaced Twitter’s blue bird as the social media company’s logo, and the meme coin surged in value, benefitting “the dogefather” Elon Musk.
- Reuters
How can this be Samsung’s best TV?
The brand’s not kidding when it says its N900C Neo QLED 8K Smart TV is better than its OLED ones. But it’s neither entirely right nor wrong.
- John Davidson
TikTok banned on government devices, more social media laws considered
Australia is joining its Five Eyes allies the US, Canada, New Zealand and the UK in banning TikTok on government devices.
- Max Mason
- Exclusive
- Venture capital
New data shows the chill of Australian start-up funding winter
The latest figures on Australian tech start-up funding show only $661 million was raised in the first three months of 2023, a huge drop on the previous quarter.
- Yolanda Redrup
- Exclusive
- AI
‘Too important not to regulate’: Fears over irresponsible AI use
With data showing that Australian businesses are all talk and no action when it comes to using AI responsibly, experts have backed calls for tougher regulation.
- John Davidson and Tess Bennett
Amazon’s $13b Aussie investment plan revealed
AWS will spend $13.2 billion on its East Coast data centre infrastructure over the next five years to keep pace with customer demand.
- Tess Bennett
Albanese bans TikTok on official government devices
Chinese-owned social media app TikTok has reportedly been banned from being installed on any Australian government-issued devices, over concerns about security.
- Tess Ikonomou
Aussie regulators turn up the heat on world’s biggest crypto exchange
Australian regulators are deepening their investigation into the local operations of the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance, as it faces a lawsuit in the US.
- Jessica Sier
- Opinion
- Review
We blind taste test Sonos’ latest speaker, and it sounds yummy
The new breed brings Dolby Atmos music playback to the mix. It’s a feature that’s sometimes great, occasionally terrible, and mostly notable by its absence.
- John Davidson
- Exclusive
- Fintech
How a pun landed an Aussie start-up in a battle with PayPal
Chippit, a fintech that is less than two years old, is tangled in a legal fight with the global tech giant, over what it decided to name a joint savings product.
- Tess Bennett
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Crypto VC King River Capital has $9m hole thanks to collapsed Trigon
Prominent Sydney-based investor King River Capital is fighting to claw back $US9m from collapsed Queensland-based crypto broker Trigon Trading.
- Jessica Sier
China fires up tech battle, targeting top US chipmaker
Beijing has launched a national security probe against top US chipmaker Micron in retaliation against Washington’s curbs on access to its semiconductors
- Ian King and Peter Martin
$500,900 pay for ‘AI whisperer’ jobs appears in red-hot market
The fast-growing apps have created a seller’s market for anyone – even liberal arts graduates – capable of manipulating output. Interested? Better move fast.
- Conrad Quilty-Harper
- Exclusive
- National security
Apps such as TikTok may need to secure user data in Australia
AFR Weekend can reveal that the government is considering adopting a similar approach to the proposal TikTok is trying to negotiate with US authorities, dubbed Project Texas.
- Max Mason
March
- Exclusive
- History
Australia’s museums contribute to 1.1 billion-object global database
The Australian Museum is part of study to combine more than a billion scientific objects in collections across 73 museums in 28 countries.
- Jessica Sier
Local crypto billionaires use Grand Prix to debut new venture
Stake.com’s Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani say they are surprised at the success of their Twitch rival, which was “considered a total joke” only a few months ago.
- Tess Bennett
F45 names Tom Dowd as CEO, Mark Wahlberg head of brand
The Australian fitness group has secured a $US90 million debt facility to help re-organise its finances and stem the widespread closure of struggling gyms.
- Jessica Sier and Max Mason
