Today
- Exclusive
- Executive shake-up
Canva recruit from big tech ahead of IPO, but five execs have left
Five senior Canva executives with years of experience at technology giants including Meta, Adobe and Google have departed over the past 18 months.
- Nick Bonyhady
- Gadgets With John Davidson
- Life & Leisure
Hold off buying Samsung’s new folding phone for a few days
Just as Samsung irons out the last of the problems in its flagship Galaxy Z Fold6, Google looks set to announce an AI phone that just might be worth waiting for.
- John Davidson
This Month
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
Google is a monopolist, but the egg can’t be unscrambled
The company paid tens of billions of dollars to become the world’s dominant search engine. Even Microsoft couldn’t compete.
- Nick Bonyhady
ASX swings; Rinehart’s Olympic cruise; Wall Street got off lightly
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Google loses landmark antitrust case over search deals
The US court’s decision is a significant victory for the Department of Justice in its litigation over the power of big tech.
- Leah Nylen
Why this earnings season is the end of an era for Apple
The AI era is upon Apple, and all of its tech peers, and the stories it tells its investors and customers about its products are about to change forever.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
AI hype just collided with recession fears
Investors were already worried about how artificial intelligence investment will turn into profits. That’s being compounded by fears of a broader economic slowdown.
- James Thomson
July
- Opinion
- AI
Why Australia needs its own AI large language model
If we are to retain our economic and cultural sovereignty, Australia needs to develop AI that reflects Australian values.
- Anton van den Hengel
Advertisers to be verified under new online scams code
The digital industry has established a new online scam code, after delays establishing a mandatory government backed code.
- Tom Burton
Look out Google, here comes SearchGPT
OpenAI has unveiled a prototype of SearchGPT, a new web search chatbot that could rival Google, and change how people navigate the online world.
- Gerrit De Vynck
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Markets are being shaken by big tech and Trump. It could get ugly
For two years, FOMO has built around artificial intelligence, the promise of a soft landing and belief in rate cuts. All of a sudden, different fears are driving stocks.
- James Thomson
Tech tumbles as investors flee year-long rally
Tesla led a heavy sell-off in the US tech giants overnight, dragging the S&P 500 to its worst day since 2022.
- Joshua Peach
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
Investors aren’t buying Google’s AI future – yet
The search giant’s parent, Alphabet, produced solid earnings, but shareholders are tiring of claims about future magic without answers to important questions.
- Paul Smith
Inside Google’s plans to revolutionise the weather forecast
Traditional methods have involved “physical models” run on supercomputers. GraphCast can be run on a laptop, and come up with a forecast in minutes.
- Lauren Shirreff
Google’s biggest acquisition falls over as $35b offer rejected
Cybersecurity firm Wiz has turned down a mammoth takeover bid from Google’s parent company, Alphabet, sticking with an IPO plan.
- Lynn Doan and Julia Love
Google inks renewed media bargaining code deals – with a catch
Google has been quietly renewing deals worth tens of millions of dollars with Australian publishers but has added a clause allowing it to cancel them after each year.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
ASX to fall as investors await magnificent seven earnings
Futures indicate the local index is set to drop 0.8 per cent or by 67 points to 7876 at the start of trade, dragged lower by a fall on Wall Street.
- Joanne Tran
Struggling bitcoin miners seek deals with AI companies
They now hope to benefit from a surge in demand for powerful but scarce chips which are used in both crypto mining and AI processing.
- Nikou Asgari and Tim Bradshaw
- Analysis
- US election
How Thiel and Silicon Valley funded J.D. Vance’s sudden rise
Donald Trump’s VP pick was a venture capitalist bankrolled in business and politics by billionaire investors. His ties to PayPal’s co-founder go way back.
- Tabby Kinder, George Hammond and Alex Rogers
Drone food delivery set to land in Melbourne’s east
Lightweight, styrofoam drones will soon be flying over the city, delivering meals and packages to homes in Melbourne’s sprawling outer-eastern suburbs.
- Tom Rabe
