Microsoft
‘Wilful blindness’: Big fines for tech giants that ignore abuse material
Companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Google and Meta face fines of almost $800,000 a day if they don’t come clean on their progress in combating child exploitation and sex abuse material on their platforms.
- by Angus Thompson
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Opinion
Cyber protection
Massive outage shows the vulnerability of the global tech ecosystem
The CrowdStrike episode is chilling because it highlights how a single, flawed update from a trusted source can cause large parts of the global system to fail.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Is the Christian rhetoric swirling around Trump making the faithful cringe?
Trump has systemically broken many of the 10 commandments. Yet, he triumphantly declared that God saved him from death.
Opinion
Network outage
How close are we to chaos? Just one blue screen of death
Crippling tech meltdowns like CrowdStrike are getting more common and more severe. Will you be ready for the next one? Are you keeping spare cash?
- by David Swan
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Network outage
‘Largest IT outage in history’ caused by US-based cybersecurity firm
A widespread CrowdStrike outage hit the nation’s supermarkets, banks, telecommunications companies and other businesses on Friday afternoon.
- by David Swan and Eryk Bagshaw
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World markets
ASX hits record high; CBA eclipses BHP as Australia’s biggest company
The Australian sharemarket climbed to a record high after four out of every five stocks that comprise the benchmark S&P 500 Index advanced on Wall Street overnight.
- by Millie Muroi
Review
PCs & laptops
Microsoft’s latest MacBook-beater is the real deal, with an asterisk
A phenomenal laptop with incredible battery life, Microsoft’s new Surface is perfect for many users, but a definite non-starter for others.
- by Tim Biggs
Analysis
PCs & laptops
Why your next laptop will be the smartest of the lot
In the 1980s, the best laptop let you edit documents on the go. Today they can produce their own documents and images on demand, and process anything they see and hear.
- by Tim Biggs
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.
- by Carolyn Cummins
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Sharemarket
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.
- by Millie Muroi
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World markets
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.
- by Subrat Patnaik and Carmen Reinicke