Technology

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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Tesla Optimus humanoids and Model Y L are displayed at the 2025 Shenzhen International Auto Show.

Musk says Tesla’s Optimus robots can solve poverty

Elon Musk has shrugged off another quarter of tumbling profits to tell investors to focus on his vision of self-driving, robotaxis and artificially intelligent Optimus robots that can replace surgeons.

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Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has laid off 600 employees from an AI unit.

Meta cuts 600 AI jobs, staff told not to work

Meta will lay off about 600 employees within its artificial intelligence unit as the company looks to reduce layers and operate more nimbly.

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A billionaire investor has offered up tips about AI.

Advice billionaire gives his own kids about AI skills

High school and university students need to take advantage of a ‘unique opportunity’ that could help them land a job almost anywhere, according to billionaire serial entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban. 

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Telstra has activated the Sydney-to-Melbourne coastal connection of its internet project. (HANDOUT/TELSTRA)

From gigabits to terabits: Fibre to fire up downloads

A fibre optic internet backbone will deliver internet speeds up to six times faster as well as a multi-billion-dollar boost to Australia's economy by 2040.

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Amazon’s cloud computing service has been hit by a major outage, disrupting many online services like Snapchat, Roblox and Signal.

Millions locked out of apps as Amazon struggles to recover

Amazon’s cloud computing service has been hit by a major outage, disrupting many online services including Snapchat, Roblox and Signal.

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Users are being locked out of scores of websites following the outage.

Amazon Web Services outage sparks global online chaos

Users reported being locked out of scores of websites including Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, Life360, Clash Royale and PlayStation.

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