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Ozempic maker wants copycat products banned in Australia
The $600 billion drugmaker Novo Nordisk has become one of Europe’s largest companies off the success of its weight loss drug.
- Nick Bonyhady
He lost his marriage, his followers and his Lamborghini
Ben Armstrong, better known as BitBoy, was once the most popular cryptocurrency YouTuber in the world. Now his empire has collapsed.
- David Yaffe-Bellany
Can this AI-powered search engine replace Google? It has for me
At first glance, Perplexity’s desktop interface looks a lot like Google’s — but as soon as you start typing, the differences become obvious.
- Kevin Roose
Cloudflare says Atlassian server briefly hacked in November
Internet-security company Cloudflare said one of its Atlassian servers was accessed over several days by what it believes that was a nation state attacker.
- Timothy Moore
Atlassian tumbles despite ‘incredible milestones’
Shares in the Australian software giant dived on Friday, despite Q2 results beating analysts’ expectations.
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- Tess Bennett
Nine ways Musk’s brain implant idea could change the world
Brain-computer interfaces such as Neuralink could alter the lives of millions of patients.
- Matthew Field
Opinion & Analysis
Macquarie eyes monster pay day from AirTrunk deal
Australia’s millionaire’s factory is on the cusp of a big home run. To get there, it needs another heavyweight to make a big bet on the future of AI.
Columnist
Denholm’s losing battle with the cult of Musk, and nine more opinion reads
Robyn Denholm’s tightrope walk between harnessing Elon Musk’s brilliance and reining in his excesses just got harder.
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Why the magnificent seven aren’t equally magnificent
Profit results from five of the magnificent seven tech stocks have underscored their dominance. But there are differences in the outlooks and valuations investors must study.
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Yesterday, Zuckerberg apologised. Today, he’s a market hero
A day after he was publicly rebuked for Facebook’s treatment of kids, Mark Zuckerberg is toasting a soaring share price after an earnings and dividend surprise show.
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Technology reviews
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The new Samsung Galaxy could transform your phone calls
Most of the new features in the soon-to-be-released Galaxy S24 Ultra are software, so Samsung can keep working on them long after you buy it.
- John Davidson
This Hisense TV should blow you away
The world’s second-largest TV maker has thrown down the gauntlet to Samsung, announcing a TV with specs that are off the charts.
- John Davidson
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Macquarie eyes monster pay day from AirTrunk deal
Australia’s millionaire’s factory is on the cusp of a big home run. To get there, it needs another heavyweight to make a big bet on the future of AI.
- Anthony Macdonald
- Opinion
- Executive pay
Denholm’s losing battle with the cult of Musk, and nine more opinion reads
Robyn Denholm’s tightrope walk between harnessing Elon Musk’s brilliance and reining in his excesses just got harder.
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Why the magnificent seven aren’t equally magnificent
Profit results from five of the magnificent seven tech stocks have underscored their dominance. But there are differences in the outlooks and valuations investors must study.
- James Thomson
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Yesterday, Zuckerberg apologised. Today, he’s a market hero
A day after he was publicly rebuked for Facebook’s treatment of kids, Mark Zuckerberg is toasting a soaring share price after an earnings and dividend surprise show.
- Nick Bonyhady
The war between economic doomers and boosters is set to go mainstream
An ideological struggle over the contention that a lack of growth kills economies is moving from the fringes into the popular zeitgeist.
- Ben Wright
Glow Capital invests in business coaching platform
Ecommerce Equation founder Jay Wright will retain 59.9 per cent of the company and stay on as chief executive.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
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- Cryptocurrencies
Australian FTX creditors on track to see money returned in full
KordaMentha is expected to tell local customers of the collapsed crypto exchange that there are enough funds to repay them after more than a year in limbo.
- Jessica Sier
Winning lawyers in Musk’s $83b pay dispute in line for fee bonanza
The Delaware court could pay the firm up to one-third of the ‘benefit conferred’ by the ruling – in other words, how much value was restored to shareholders.
- Sujeet Indap
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Aussie crypto entrepreneur Sam Lee calls fraud charges ‘embarrassing’
The Australian has rejected allegations he was the promotor of a scheme that allegedly defrauded investors out of $US1.89 billion.
- Jessica Sier
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What the $83b Tesla pay deal setback means for Musk and his empire
The car maker’s board is under pressure after a judge ruled this week that its billionaire CEO has to forfeit the largest ever incentive package. What happens next?
- Peter Campbell, Tim Bradshaw and Sujeet Indap
Decarbonisation tech firm raises $4.3m
The Funded blog is the home for news on the tech deals that are done in Australia, as soon as we hear about them.
- Paul Smith
January
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- The AFR View
Managing Musk and money
Australian Tesla chairwoman Robyn Denholm has to renegotiate the world’s biggest pay packet while keeping the creative sparks that fly off Tesla’s founding genius.
- The AFR View
VC firm AirTree names new partner
There’s a new face at AirTree Venture’s Surry Hills office.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
‘Pretty much donezo’: Afterpay’s global ambition feared in job cuts
The company’s US parent, Block, told staff on Wednesday it is beginning to enact plans to cut more than 1000 jobs globally.
- Nick Bonyhady
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‘Life-changing wealth’ stopped Denholm standing up to Musk: judge
Robyn Denholm, who earned $426 million, and James Murdoch are among Tesla board members blasted by a US judge for not standing up to Elon Musk’s pay demands.
- Paul Smith
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Court lays bare Denholm’s losing battle with the cult of Musk
Tesla’s Australian chairman, Robyn Denholm, has long faced a tightrope walk between harnessing Elon Musk’s brilliance and reining in his excesses. It just got harder.
- James Thomson
AI lifts Microsoft revenue but cloud growth disappoints some
The tech company revenue and earnings per share beat expectations, reflecting interest in new artificial intelligence products.
- Dina Bass and Jackie Davalos
Musk risks losing world’s richest title after court voids $83b pay
More than five years after the electric car maker’s co-founder was granted the largest compensation plan in history, Tesla’s board will have to come up with a new proposal.
- Jef Feeley
- Opinion
- AI
Can Taylor Swift save humanity from AI’s dark side?
Perhaps more than any other woman on earth, Swift has the clout to help make it stop. Here’s hoping she makes the most of the opportunity.
- Parmy Olson
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
Google used to bet on moonshots. AI has forced it back to basics
The company’s earnings show how big companies are adjusting to artificial intelligence growth opportunities by counterintuitively scaling back their ambitions.
- Nick Bonyhady
