Analysis
AI
Google, OpenAI race to create indispensable AI assistant
Both companies are rolling out technology that lets you talk to their chatbots in a much more natural way.
- by Tim Biggs
Latest
Analysis
Network outage
Data deleted: UniSuper outage raises lockout fears
Members of one of the nation’s largest superannuation funds have regained access to their funds, but there are new questions about the Australia’s reliance on three US tech giants.
- by David Swan
Review
Phones
Google’s latest Pixel pops with AI tricks at budget price
Whether you want powerful AI image editing or not, the Pixel 8a is a very impressive smartphone for $850.
- by Tim Biggs
The battle against the apps and algorithms driving suburban rat-runs
Motorists are increasingly clogging up residential streets, directed by GPS apps such as Google Maps – all to save a few minutes.
- by Sophie Aubrey
From KFC to the NGV, every place in Melbourne gets rated by the super reviewers
Staff at the JB Hi-Fi outlet (★★★★★) were friendly and the wait was short. The potato and gravy at the KFC (★★) was a bit watery.
- by Tom Cowie
Love online shopping? These ‘shadow websites’ are a convincing scam
Imitation websites can look exactly like the homepages of shoppers’ favourite brands, and more Australians are falling victim to them.
- by Melissa Singer
Insider trading: In Silicon Valley, you can be worth billions and it’s not enough
Andreas Bechtolsheim, the first investor in Google, has an estimated $25 billion fortune. He recently settled charges that he engaged in insider trading for a profit of $US415,726.
- by David Streitfeld
Opinion
Social media
X marks the spot where free speech comes at a cost
Unregulated big tech poses significant threats to the health of our democracy and social cohesion. So how can its power be reined in without killing free speech?
- by Lydia Khalil
Opinion
Sharemarket
What the Magnificent Seven’s $1.7 trillion meltdown tells us about the economy
The key question for investors is whether this is just a correction in what has been quite an ebullient market – or something more threatening.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Editorial
Social media
Government beginning to look impotent in its failure to rein in X
The response of politicians to the growing repugnance to social media’s malign influence following the Sydney stabbings is big on rhetoric, but a large gap yawns between their words and actions.
- The Herald's View
