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Teachers to get AI training under NSW proposals
Specific training about the use of artificial intelligence and greater protections for copyrighted works are among recommendations from a state inquiry.
- 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
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A new battleground: Why companies need a digital bodyguard
New cybersecurity threats and the targeting of senior executives have prompted businesses to adopt a ‘whole of organisation’ approach.
- Ben Powell
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Aussie who sold cloud start-up for $2b jumps on AI for ads
Three years after selling A Cloud Guru in a bumper payday, Sam Kroonenburg is teaming up with advertising entrepreneurs with big plans and investors in tow.
- Paul Smith
Opinion & Analysis
What should Australia do about AI regulation? Nothing
Australia should avoid the temptation to rush in like Europe with half-baked rules on AI. We can become a honeypot for talent.
Technology investor
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.
Technology editor
Elon Musk is right. AI doubters should sell
Tesla’s first wave of growth is under severe pressure from competition and politics. But the chief executive says none of that matters.
Columnist
When tech fails, it is usually with a whimper instead of a bang
Forget artificial intelligence, disaster is as likely to creep in quietly – perhaps from a piece of technology so mundane that hardly anyone knows it exists.
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Technology reviews
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This foldable phone will make other people envy your selfies
Samsung’s Galaxy Flip6 won’t just take great self-portraits, it will help you get to Instagrammable locations, too.
- John Davidson
How Apple helped Samsung improve its sound
Samsung has copped a lot of flak for making many of the same design decisions as its rival for its new earbuds. But, as users, we’re better off for it.
- John Davidson
Yesterday
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What should Australia do about AI regulation? Nothing
Australia should avoid the temptation to rush in like Europe with half-baked rules on AI. We can become a honeypot for talent.
- Rohan Silva
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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
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Elon Musk is right. AI doubters should sell
Tesla’s first wave of growth is under severe pressure from competition and politics. But the chief executive says none of that matters.
- James Thomson
This Month
Why investors see an opportunity in CrowdStrike shares
Australian stock pickers say a plunge in CrowdStrike’s shares after it caused a global outage represents a buying opportunity, with slim cyber pickings on the ASX.
- Tess Bennett
Huge cyber fines to be ‘Ford Pinto’ moment Australian business needs
The threat of business-crushing penalties could change the economics of storing sensitive data and cybersecurity investment.
- Paul Smith
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Cyber is our fastest growing national security threat: O’Neil
The Home Affairs Minister says Labor’s plans to boost Australia’s defences against increasing online risks are already delivering results.
- Tom McIlroy
Big tech domination leaves Canberra, states ‘highly vulnerable’
According to some estimates, Microsoft’s Windows and its 365 suite of office software run on more than 80 per cent of federal and state government computers.
- Tom Burton
How a motley crew of investors won back $14b in bitcoin
For more than a decade, creditors of collapsed crypto exchange Mt Gox pushed back on Japan’s bankruptcy laws. Their efforts have paid off, big time, in bitcoin.
- Jessica Sier
Why business is left helpless when big tech stuffs up
Experts say there is little most organisations can do to avoid future calamities like the CrowdStrike outage, but Australia’s emergency responses are improving.
- Paul Smith
What it’s like to sell your tech start-up for $180m
For Frank Greeff, selling his real estate marketing company to Domain was the hardest thing he’s ever done, and after it happened he just went to bed.
- Yolanda Redrup
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Samsung plans different shape for AI phones
Regular phones have peaked, but AI phones are going to need new shapes and sizes, says Samsung’s Mobile president, and it is already working on them.
- John Davidson
Banks turn to Gen AI to protect customers from scams
Banks and super funds deal with billions of data events every day, and are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence to detect hacking attempts.
- Christopher Niesche
CrowdStrike failure raises billion-dollar compensation question
Insurers could bear the brunt of costly fallout from the global IT outage on Friday, as techies at companies worked over the weekend to get services back up and running.
- Paul Smith and Ronald Mizen
This investor is slimming down its stake in Blackstone-backed Xpansiv
The carbon trading platform counts some heavyweight backers including the private equity giant and Macquarie. But Perennial is selling down its investment.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
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- Software
When tech fails, it is usually with a whimper instead of a bang
Forget artificial intelligence, disaster is as likely to creep in quietly – perhaps from a piece of technology so mundane that hardly anyone knows it exists.
- David Streitfeld and Kate Conger
- Opinion
- Cybersecurity
Digital paralysis shows the dangers of e-globalisation
Globalisation may be slowing, but e-globalisation is still accelerating. It is essential that, as far as possible, its dangers are minimised.
- John Thornhill
Global IT outage could take weeks to resolve, experts warn
The only remedy for Windows users affected by the “blue screen of death” error involves rebooting the computer and manually deleting CrowdStrike’s botched file update.
- Stephanie Stacey and Camilla Hodgson
IT outage: ‘significant’ cost to Australian economy
Australian companies and services are struggling with knock-on effects from an unprecedented global IT outage caused by a simple software update.
- Savannah Meacham and Samantha Lock
