Microsoft,Macquarie pump billions into power hungry data centres

Microsoft,Macquarie pump billions into power hungry data centres

The global heavyweights are joining with Goodman Group and ploughing billions of dollars into new data centre developments.

  • byCarolyn Cummins

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Utilities and energy firms lift ASX;Kathmandu drops

Utilities and energy firms lift ASX;Kathmandu drops

The Australian sharemarket staged a major turnaround in the latter half of the trading session to finish on a high,after Wall Street equities backed away from recent records.

  • byMillie Muroi
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Olympus Has Fallen

A clip from the bogus Olympics Has Fallen movie featuring AI-generated Tom Cruise narration.

Ice-cream with tomato sauce? McDonald’s is ending its test run of AI drive-thrus

Ice-cream with tomato sauce? McDonald’s is ending its test run of AI drive-thrus

But the fast-food giant has suggested it isn’t ruling out other potential artificial intelligence plans down the road.

  • byWyatte Grantham-Philips
The $5 trillion monster:Nvidia just became the world’s most valuable company

The $5 trillion monster:Nvidia just became the world’s most valuable company

The AI giant jumped over rivals Microsoft and Apple for the top spot after another share price surge.

  • bySubrat Patnaik andCarmen Reinicke
AI not eating jobs at Telstra,says tech boss

AI not eating jobs at Telstra,says tech boss

Telstra’s top tech executive Kim Krogh Andersen says there’s a fundamental misunderstanding about the telco’s use of AI,as the company joins a UN working group on the issue.

  • byDavid Swan
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The AI bubble might blow up in our face

The AI bubble might blow up in our face

All AI bubbles to date have ended in a “winter”,and the next one may be the chilliest of all.

  • byAndrew Orlowski
It’s Apple v Microsoft as tech titans battle for AI supremacy

It’s Apple v Microsoft as tech titans battle for AI supremacy

Apple Intelligence will go head-to-head with Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs,which are being launched this week.

  • byTim Biggs
Facebook,Instagram are using your data – and you can’t opt out
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Facebook,Instagram are using your data – and you can’t opt out

If you’re one of the millions of Australians using Facebook or Instagram,Meta is using your data to train its AI – and unlike people in the European Union,you can’t stop them.

  • byDavid Swan
It’s high noon for Musk as his $80 billion payday looms
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It’s high noon for Musk as his $80 billion payday looms

Tesla shareholders are expected to approve yet again the largest incentive package in US history. If they do,the unprecedented package will no doubt be challenged in court again.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Apple is walking a privacy tightrope with its big AI move
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Apple is walking a privacy tightrope with its big AI move

Apple’s OpenAI tie-up will power new features and encourage upgrades to the newest devices,but it does raise some concerns.

  • byTim Biggs