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TOM RICHARDSON: The algorithm economy is why mega-cap tech bosses will commit unlimited amounts to AI.

Why Meta and Alphabet can’t stop spending on AI

TOM RICHARDSON: AI will accelerate the algorithm economy and its potential explains why mega-cap tech bosses will commit unlimited amounts to AI investments.

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US President Donald Trump looks on as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks about investing in America, at the White House in April.

With Don’s favour, Nvidia becomes the first $US5trn company

The President lauded the chipmaker’s chief executive, Jensen Huang, on his Asia trip, as Nvidia pitches itself for a central role in Donald Trump’s economic plan

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Nvidia hits new milestone amid AI goldrush.

Nvidia soars as world’s first $5trn company amid AI boom

Nvidia has become the world’s first company worth more than $5 trillion, cementing its dominance in the AI boom that’s reshaping global power.

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Microsoft says a fix is being rolled out after an outage on its Azure cloud portal. (AP PHOTO)

‘Ongoing issue’: Microsoft hit with major outage

Microsoft says it is investigating an issue affecting its Azure cloud portal that has left users unable to access Office 365, Minecraft and other services.

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Bill Gates appears to have shifted his stance on climate change in a new memo from the Microsoft co-founder.

Gates: Climate change ‘will not lead to humanity’s demise’

In a memo, the Microsoft co-founder warned against climate alarmism and appears to have shifted some of his views about climate change.

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Wikipedia founder speaks out about the launch of Grokipedia.

Wikipedia founder takes aim at new rival Grokipedia

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has slammed Elon Musk’s Grokipedia, mocking its ‘praise of the genius of Elon Musk’ and issuing a warning about the new model.

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Microsoft co-founder and and philanthropist Bill Gates appears to have shifted his stance on the risks posed by a warming planet.

‘Doomsday’: Bill Gates shifts stance on climate change risks

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Microsoft co-founder has spent billions raising the alarm about the dangers of climate change, now he’s pushing back against what he calls a ‘doomsday outlook’.

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Google is set to reopen a nuclear power plant in the US.

Google to reboot nuclear plant for AI power

Google is set to revive Iowa’s only nuclear power plant to meet growing low-carbon energy demand from artificial intelligence.

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The angst of nu metal is being discovered by Gen Z, but with digital eyes always looming, the ephemeral catharsis of collectively going mad is a thing of the past

Y2K kids were the last to really rage with no one watching

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The ability to express ourselves freely in public without the ever-looming spectre of perpetual surveillance has been completely lost.

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Elon Musk on Monday unveiled his own version of Wikipedia.

Musk challenges Wikipedia with his own AI encyclopedia

Elon Musk on Monday unveiled his own version of Wikipedia, the crowdsourced online encyclopedia, with entries edited by xAI, his artificial intelligence company.

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Australia’s consumer watchdog is suing Microsoft over allegations it misled 2.7 million Aussies

Microsoft sued over ‘misleading’ 2.7m Aussies about prices

Australia’s consumer watchdog is suing tech giant Microsoft over allegations it misled 2.7 million Aussies over prices for its Microsoft 365 subscriptions.

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Tech developers will not have a ‘free pass’ to use creative works to train AI systems.

Australia moves to protect creators from AI ‘copyright theft’

Tech developers will not have a ‘free pass’ to use creative works to train AI systems, but advocates say more protections are needed against copyright theft.

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The Samsung Galaxy S6 is among a number of old phones with issues connecting to triple-zero.

Govt abandons Samsung users as phones fail 000

The government has refused to step in as thousands of Samsung users face paying out of pocket to replace phones unable to connect to Triple-Zero.

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The Samsung Galaxy XR mixed-reality headset during a preview in New York, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025

Apple vs Samsung: $5000 question in headset race

Apple’s Vision Pro just met its match — and it’s half the price.

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