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Event-driven microservices enhance resilience and boost competition
Becoming increasingly vital: Microservices are compact, specialised components of a larger software application.
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Uber and GoCatch stagger out for round two of court case
Nobody expected a clean fight when GoCatch called out Uber for huge damages, but startling details in the first week of the trial have left both sides wounded.
- Paul Smith
Canva millionaires made as $US1.6b share sale completes
The design software giant has finalised the first tranche of a share sale it has signalled will reach $3.6 billion, with rich rewards for early staff and investors.
- Nick Bonyhady and Tess Bennett
Potentia Capital mulls exit at booking software group NewBook
Sources said the mid-market software and technology specialist is talking to bankers ahead of an exit later this year.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Founder fights and investor fury exposed as Uber makes its case
Investors in fallen transport app GoCatch were alarmed by its lack of progress and wanted to sack its co-founders around the time UberX launched in Australia, private emails show.
- Paul Smith
Spotify is increasing its prices again – and you can blame audiobooks
By the end of this month, the streaming giant will raise fees for the second time in a year in five markets, including the UK, Australia and Pakistan.
- Lucas Shaw and Ashley Carman
Opinion & Analysis
The new Surface computers Microsoft won’t let anyone review
There are many firsts around the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 coming out next week, and not letting journalists do reviews is only one of them.
Columnist
‘AI honeymoon is over’, Canva co-founder declares
Just two years after the last technology bubble burst, investors shouldn’t mistake AI tools that look like magic for a business model that is.
Technology writer
Big house? This new security camera can reach into every corner
Swann’s new MaxRanger4K AI-based security camera system uses a new type of WiFi with a range of hundreds of metres, if not thousands.
Columnist
I switched my phone off for the weekend. Here’s what happened
Having all the products of human civilisation at your fingertips can feel overwhelming.
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Technology reviews
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One control panel for all your home devices is still a lot to ask
So far, Amazon’s new Echo Hub is the best at controlling smart devices around the home. Nevertheless, the smart device industry remains fundamentally broken.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Digital Life
Big house? This new security camera can reach into every corner
Swann’s new MaxRanger4K AI-based security camera system uses a new type of WiFi with a range of hundreds of metres, if not thousands.
- John Davidson
Yesterday
- Opinion
- Digital Life
The new Surface computers Microsoft won’t let anyone review
There are many firsts around the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 coming out next week, and not letting journalists do reviews is only one of them.
- John Davidson
This Month
Google mulls charging for AI-powered search in major shift
The proposals would mark the first time any of the software group’s core product falls behind a paywall.
- Madhumita Murgia and Richard Waters
‘Not honourable, but lawful’: Uber justifies using spyware on rival
Uber’s lawyers said taking private data from its rival GoCatch was not like burglary, and compared its lawbreaking to publishers selling Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
- Paul Smith
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Trish lost 25kg on replica Ozempic. She fears for patients like her
Patients like Trish Miller are afraid their weight loss will come to a halt as the regulator mulls a ban on replica anti-obesity drugs made by pharmacists.
- Nick Bonyhady
Macquarie, PSP ready to part with 88pc of AirTrunk; DD kicks off next week
Street Talk has obtained as much detail as any of the carefully vetted bidders currently signing the non-disclosure agreements.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Uber admits to illegal activity at launch in Australia
A Melbourne trial to judge if Uber unfairly scuttled a rival’s business has begun with the ridesharing giant admitting it operated illegally in Australia a decade ago.
- Paul Smith
Fortnite billionaire admits he loved, deceived Apple
When you get one of the world’s richest and most popular computer nerds into the witness stand for sworn testimony, what’s the first question you want to ask them?
- John Davidson
US and UK sign landmark agreement on testing safety of AI
The deal represents the first bilateral arrangement on AI safety in the world and comes as governments push for greater regulation.
- Madhumita Murgia
Can Netflix’s billionaire founder Reed Hastings disrupt skiing?
Can the new owner of Utah’s Powder Mountain transform the ski industry the way he did entertainment, even as he learns the ski business on the fly?
- Gordy Megroz
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Limited bandwidth, limited security: closing Australia’s connectivity gap
Equitable access to tech services across the country is crucial to help secure critical infrastructure.
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How Macquarie’s $46m investment in an Aussie tech firm turned into $1
Macquarie Capital poured $46m into Plutora, but sold its stake for a dollar, and administrators have met to try to figure out what is left in its operations.
- Paul Smith
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
‘AI honeymoon is over’, Canva co-founder declares
Just two years after the last technology bubble burst, investors shouldn’t mistake AI tools that look like magic for a business model that is.
- Nick Bonyhady
- Opinion
- Gadgets
One control panel for all your home devices is still a lot to ask
So far, Amazon’s new Echo Hub is the best at controlling smart devices around the home. Nevertheless, the smart device industry remains fundamentally broken.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Digital Life
Big house? This new security camera can reach into every corner
Swann’s new MaxRanger4K AI-based security camera system uses a new type of WiFi with a range of hundreds of metres, if not thousands.
- John Davidson
Uber’s ‘espionage plot’ to ‘crush’ Packer-backed rival GoCatch
Well before the ride-sharing giant dominated, it had a big local rival. This week, Victorian courts will hear explosive claims of how it killed the competition.
- Paul Smith
- Exclusive
- Cloud
Google ‘ghosts’ Aussie staff on promotions as cloud boss quits
The boss of Google’s local cloud division has resigned, with employees saying it has scaled back promotions as it struggles to compete with Amazon and Microsoft.
- Tess Bennett
Meta’s smart glasses are becoming AI. We took them for a spin
What happens when a columnist and a reporter use AI glasses to scan groceries, monuments and zoo animals? Hilarity, wonder and lots of mistakes.
- Brian X. Chen and Mike Isaac
March
Concerns grow as Facebook’s news exit nears
Australians who use Facebook as their main source for news will have to look elsewhere for stories as Meta shuts down its news tab in early April.
- Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Apple plans to unveil new iPad models in May
The release will centre on revamped versions of the iPad Pro and iPad Air, with new and larger screens and faster processors.
- Mark Gurman
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Data fabric will tailor future of financial services
Amid a data revolution many institutions find themselves constrained by outdated and brittle legacy systems.
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