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13 tech CEOs appointed to PCAST, Musk and Altman absent

Child safety verdicts and AI spending concerns send investors fleeing as analysts wonder if the social media giant has become uninvestable

Four weeks into the Iran conflict, the White House faces twin strategic crises that don't care about its messaging.

Two juries in three days find social platforms liable for harm to minors

Tech giant offers construction financing for 500MW campus as Claude creator locks in compute capacity advantage over smaller rivals

Energy and gold stocks may provide shelter as Middle East tensions escalate

Agent Smith automates coding tasks and works in the background while employees use their phones. Sergey Brin told staff that AI agents will be a 'big focus' for Google this year.

The PayPal Mafia veteran's 130-day stint as Trump's crypto and AI czar is over. He moves to PCAST, an advisory body stacked with Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, and Sergey Brin. He'll advise on policy. He won't make it.

E-commerce giant announces largest single layoff of 2026 as part of broader corporate downsizing strategy.

A California jury awarded $6 million to a plaintiff who argued that Instagram and YouTube's design features caused mental health harm, opening social media companies to a new category of product liability claims.

Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon are on track to spend $650 billion on AI infrastructure by the end of 2026. Investors are starting to ask where the return is.

A Santa Fe jury found Meta liable for concealing predator risks on Facebook and Instagram, marking the first time a state has prevailed at trial against a major tech company over child harm.

Justice Lee's ruling against Star's executives carries a message for every Australian boardroom: ignorance of risk is no longer a defence.

The White House wants to preempt state AI laws before they exist. The constitutional and practical problems run deeper than the four-page document suggests.

Andy Weir's blockbuster rests on a quietly radical thesis: that all intelligent civilizations hit the same ceiling, discover the same technologies, and face the same existential threats. Two writers argue about what this means for AI.

A practical guide to Australia's top digital marketing and media buying agencies: performance specialists, full-service firms, and programmatic experts from Sydney to Perth.

When a tech CEO calls for government regulation of his own industry, it tells us something about where the reckoning has arrived.

Researchers at Shandong University have modified common gut bacteria to infiltrate tumours and produce an FDA-approved cancer drug directly where it is needed. Mouse trials show promising results.

After four years of military service, the world's biggest band reunites at Gwanghwamun Square in a free concert livestreamed globally on Netflix.

The martial arts champion, action star and unlikely internet immortal passed away Thursday in Hawaii. He leaves behind a singular legacy: the man too tough to die, who finally did.

New data from 47 countries shows teenage girls in English-speaking nations are among the hardest hit by heavy social media use, with Australia's position outside the top 10 happiest countries unchanged.

The company will remove the privacy feature from Instagram on May 8, opening user messages to potential scanning and third-party access.

Not all automation threats are obvious. Here's what to watch for.