1+ hour, 3+ min ago  (934+ words) Founded 25 years ago, Wikipedia remains a rare internet presence guided by debate and collaboration. Co-founder Jimmy Wales talks bias, why AI isn't a current threat and what keeps the site running. Wikipedia celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. Purveyor of knowledge,…...

4+ hour, 3+ min ago  (707+ words) May 7, 2026 " 2: 00am Six weeks ago, Mike Cannon-Brookes was the billionaire whose company had become the cautionary tale of Australian tech. Then came the quarter that, as high-profile US technology industry analyst Dan Ives put it, "throws the software bear thesis out…...

18+ hour, 5+ min ago  (1146+ words) May 6, 2026 " 11: 58am Until Anthropic's Mythos model triggered alarm bells, the Trump administration labelled efforts to put guardrails around artificial intelligence as "woke." Now it is scrambling to erect some of its own. Earlier this week, the White House said it had…...

1+ day, 4+ min ago  (522+ words) May 6, 2026 " 5: 58am Venice: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has gone public about a deepfake image of herself being shared online in an apparent attempt to turn voters against her, declaring it to be false and urging people to be wary of…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (635+ words) May 4, 2026 " 11: 32am Tik Tok's Australian operation has surged towards $1 billion in revenue, jumping 30 per cent on the prior year as the social media giant's local advertising machine continues to accelerate despite mounting regulatory pressure. But the company sent $458 million to another…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (491+ words) May 4, 2026 " 5: 00am Artificial intelligence is the most consequential technology we will ever create. With Japan's pro-industry Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi visiting Australia this week, we have a chance to bind our efforts with those of a natural friend in a field…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (759+ words) May 4, 2026 " 5: 01am Australia's largest cybersecurity firm has issued an urgent warning about a powerful new artificial intelligence tool that can find and exploit flaws in software at unprecedented speed and scale, and which experts fear could trigger the next wave of…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (794+ words) May 4, 2026 " 5: 01am Few companies outside the technology sector are as enthusiastic about rolling out artificial intelligence (AI) as massive banks. Financial institutions have the deep pockets to afford hefty technology spending, their bosses are constantly trying to lift productivity (including through…...

6+ day, 33+ min ago  (706+ words) The huge increase in data centres is expected to double electricity usage in parts of Melbourne....

6+ day, 18+ hour ago  (973+ words) April 30, 2026 " 12: 00pm For someone who literally wrote the book on the state-sponsored surveillance of citizens, Anna Funder is surprisingly optimistic about the perils of artificial intelligence. "My calculator is more intelligent than I am, but it doesn't pose an existential threat…...