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Google to test its artificial intelligence-powered search in Australia
Known as AI Overviews, the change is the biggest to the platform in years. But news publishers and e-commerce sites fear it could leave them out in the cold.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
For some private tech firms, it’s back to 2016
The so-called funding winter may be over for reasonably established, revenue-generating software, AI and biotech firms as valuations drop from giddy heights.
- Paul Smith
Unis need ‘systemic overhaul’ to deal with AI use
The siren call of generative AI is luring university students, and unis are responding with a range of approaches.
- Sian Powell
Why these tech companies’ M&A plans have stalled
It’s a tough environment for tech companies wanting to buy assets and grow. The disconnect between public and private markets is making it worse.
- Tess Bennett
‘We’ve only scratched the surface’: How AI will change work
Artificial intelligence is set to reshape the jobs market and the nature of roles across many businesses. Here are some of the best ways to use it.
- Alexandra Cain
The two trends making Gen Z tech grads less ‘job ready’
Employers remain satisfied with the quality of today’s graduates. But they believe two forces are working against them.
- Euan Black
Opinion & Analysis
Why is Australia stuck in the slow lane on driverless cars?
Australian regulations put a far higher bar on robot drivers than human ones. That makes little sense when it’s likely that the tech is already safer.
Infrastructure and transport expert
Australia must be wary of Beijing’s ears and hands in consumer goods
The US is banning Chinese-made EVs with internet connections for fear they will be used for surveillance or sabotage. Australia will need to step up too.
Cybersecurity expert
Can a robot be too human? This one can
Ecovacs’ latest robovac cleans more like a human does than anything we’ve ever seen. But that’s not always a good thing.
Columnist
Choosing an iPhone 16 is enough to keep you up at night
With the basic iPhone models gaining so much ground on Pro models, picking which one to buy isn’t as simple as it once was. What do you get for your extra money?
Columnist
Technology reviews
- Gadgets With John Davidson
Can a robot be too human? This one can
Ecovacs’ latest robovac cleans more like a human does than anything we’ve ever seen. But that’s not always a good thing.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Digital Life
Choosing an iPhone 16 is enough to keep you up at night
With the basic iPhone models gaining so much ground on Pro models, picking which one to buy isn’t as simple as it once was. What do you get for your extra money?
- John Davidson
Yesterday
- Opinion
- Driverless cars
Why is Australia stuck in the slow lane on driverless cars?
Australian regulations put a far higher bar on robot drivers than human ones. That makes little sense when it’s likely that the tech is already safer.
- Marion Terrill
This Month
- Opinion
- Cybersecurity
Australia must be wary of Beijing’s ears and hands in consumer goods
The US is banning Chinese-made EVs with internet connections for fear they will be used for surveillance or sabotage. Australia will need to step up too.
- Alastair MacGibbon
Will AI be a bust? A Wall Street sceptic rings the alarm
Jim Covello, Goldman Sachs’ head of stock research, warns that building too much of what the world doesn’t need “typically ends badly”.
- Tripp Mickle
The five most powerful Australian tech leaders in 2024
The biggest deal of the year, the end of an era at Atlassian and the rising influence of super funds helped to shape the list of technology’s most powerful in 2024.
- Paul Smith
ASX hopeful Evolt 360 reveals plans to cash in on Ozempic boom
The founders of body scanning company are hoping to list on the stock market before Christmas, backed by investors including Regal, Soul Patts and Perennial.
- Tess Bennett
Digital debt collector worth $350m after big money raise
Business booms for InDebted when cost-of-living hits consumers. It has attracted new investors, including a super fund to back a rare valuation increase.
- Paul Smith
- Gadgets With John Davidson
- Opinion
Can a robot be too human? This one can
Ecovacs’ latest robovac cleans more like a human does than anything we’ve ever seen. But that’s not always a good thing.
- John Davidson
Intel receives offer from Apollo worth as much as $US5 billion
The investment into the embattled computer chipmaker represents an alternative to a potential takeover by larger rival Qualcomm.
- Liana Baker, Ryan Gould and Ian King
CBA crypto experiments held up in regulatory bottlenecks
Unanswered questions from a myriad of regulators are stifling Australia’s largest bank from advancing cryptocurrency and digital asset projects.
- Max Mason
Inside Elon Musk’s mushrooming security apparatus
The world’s richest man has long cultivated a devil-may-care persona. But in private, he has increasingly barricaded himself behind a growing phalanx of armed bodyguards.
- Kirsten Grind and Jack Ewing
- Sponsored
- Check Point Software Technologies
Why AI is a double-edged sword for cybersecurity
The rapid emergence of AI as a mainstream business tool has brought both opportunities and challenges for organisations of all sizes.
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- Opinion
- Digital Life
Choosing an iPhone 16 is enough to keep you up at night
With the basic iPhone models gaining so much ground on Pro models, picking which one to buy isn’t as simple as it once was. What do you get for your extra money?
- John Davidson
LinkedIn has (quietly) announced it scrapes your posts for AI
LinkedIn has quietly launched new policies outlining how it scrapes posts and personal data to train AI models. What you need to know (and how to turn it off).
- Rachael Bolton
How CrowdStrike’s outage became Australia’s big cyberattack rehearsal
Qantas chairman John Mullen got the “blue screen of death” while Telstra’s cyber chief Narelle Devine was in the pool sipping cocktails when she got the call that something was seriously wrong.
- Tess Bennett and Paul Smith
Microsoft’s climate hypocrisy on AI
The tech giant has marketed AI technology to ExxonMobil and Chevron as a powerful tool for finding and developing new oil and gas reserves.
- Karen Hao
Tim Reed’s Potentia Capital snaps up Tokyo HR software start-up
The private equity firm says it is searching for more deals after buying Jinjer in a deal that is expected to value the business at $500 million.
- Tess Bennett
Bain Capital preps first-round bid for K1’s Elmo Software
Street Talk understands sell-side adviser UBS is calling for first-round bids by early October.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
It’s tough to make an outsize return in cybersecurity, big funds say
Hack ETF, an index that tracks the performance of the global cybersecurity sector, was up 72 per cent in five years. The S&P500 rose 87 per cent in that time.
- Cecile Lefort
- Opinion
- Cyber Summit
ASIC readies to wield a big stick against boards lax on cybersecurity
The regulator is talking about investigating directors who have been remiss in guarding against hackers. Not everyone thinks that’s the best approach.
- Paul Smith
