This Month
Board games are being simplified for the TikTok generation
Younger audiences, accustomed to scrolling through short videos, need fast-paced and easily digestible experiences.
- Ed Cumming
- Opinion
- China relations
America and its self-defeating Sinophobes
Excessive fear of Chinese competition is blinding Americans to the real weaknesses in their economy that need to be addressed.
- Stephen Roach
March
- Opinion
- Social media
It’s time to stop the smartphone experiment on our children
China has been way ahead of the west in seeing the dangers of raising a generation of zombies.
- Camilla Cavendish
Trump heads back to Wall Street to raise much-needed cash
He is seeking a merger of his media business with a publicly traded shell company to trade on the Nasdaq. He needs the payout to bring down his legal bills.
- Updated
- Michelle A. Price
- Exclusive
- Social media
‘Only one opinion matters’: Play hardball with Facebook, insider says
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen says the health of Australian newsrooms and its democracy are on the line in the media versus Meta fight.
- Gus McCubbing
The ACCC is asking news outlets if they can live without Facebook
The competition regulator, in letters to major media groups, has sought details about how they make money from and deal with Meta, the platform’s operator.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Opinion
- US election
Trump’s avalanche of lies is now boring
Donald Trump’s unchecked flow of untruths and bizarre outbursts spell danger, but they no longer cause sufficient shock.
- Updated
- Edward Luce
Inside the battle to ban TikTok’s rising influence
US Congress has taken a first step to forcing the app’s Chinese owner to sell it off. Can the company fight back?
- Updated
- Demetri Sevastopulo, James Fontanella-Khan and Tabby Kinde
Why the US-China economic split is widening
As the ‘decoupling’ of the two giant economies gathers pace, the fallout will both help and hurt Australia.
- Matthew Cranston
ASX falls 1.5pc | Tectonic shifts to decide the next decade | How Blundstone conquered the UK
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
China lashes TikTok ban as US investors plot bid to buy app
Beijing urges Washington to “stop unfairly suppressing foreign companies” as former Treasury head Steven Mnuchin wants to put together an investor group to buy it.
- Eleanor Olcott
Coalition urges Australia to follow US move to ban TikTok
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is rebuffing the calls and says TikTok is a way for Australians to communicate.
- Nick Bonyhady
US House passes bill that would lead to a TikTok ban
The bill, passed by a vote of 352-65 in the House of Representatives, now goes to the Senate, where its prospects are unclear.
- Updated
- Kevin Freking
- Opinion
- Social media
TikTok finds itself at the centre of growing US-China tensions
One of the most popular apps in the US faces a potential ban due to claims the company, owned by ByteDance, represents a national security risk.
- Karen Maley
- Analysis
- Social media
Australia should follow US lead on TikTok, say defence tech experts
Australia already has a reputation for taking on Chinese tech threats and the government should be doing that again, say a range of experts in Washington.
- Matthew Cranston
If you can get your hands on Fujifilm’s latest camera, do
There was very little wrong with the old Fujifilm X100V, other than it was so popular it was near-impossible to buy. The new X100VI has even fewer flaws, but still has that one.
- John Davidson
This news start-up will lose half a million readers if Meta goes nuclear
The Daily Aus’ Sam Koslowski and Zara Seidler say they’ve spent three years building audiences outside of Meta’s platforms to prepare for moves to ban news.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
Why a TikTok ban could finally become a reality
A bipartisan group of US politicians, with White House backing, have introduced a bill to force TikTok’s Chinese parent company to sell or face a ban.
- Nick Bonyhady
TikTok dragged into Albanese’s Facebook fight
The government has told the video social network with 8.5 million Australian users to strike deals with media companies for the value of their content on its site.
- Nick Bonyhady
- Exclusive
- Political lobbying
Meta flew in top reputation fixer ahead of news bombshell
The tech giants have amassed an army of lobbyists to deal with fights on news and tax. These are the fixers pounding Canberra’s corridors of power.
- Ronald Mizen
