Future technology
No tips required: Driverless taxis could soon be on Australian roads
Being a passenger in a self-driving car is surreal, but if Uber’s planned deployment of robo-taxis goes to plan, it is going to become increasingly common.
- Cara Waters
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What are the kids going to do? This week’s job losses are the ripple before the tsunami
Think you can offer career advice to your children? Even the world’s leading thinkers on AI are struggling.
- Malcolm Knox
Racing to build utility-scale computer, quantum start-up earns $20m federal investment
Australian taxpayers are backing Sydney start-up Diraq’s ambition to become a global leader in utility-scale quantum computing.
- Tim Biggs
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- Wellbeing
Silicon Valley made us fear friction. But what if it is the secret to a better life?
From ChatGPT to delivery apps, digital tools have supercharged our hunger for convenience, at the cost of human connection.
- Lauren Ironmonger
One thing right now is changing us as humans – and not always for the better
The AI arms race has been so stratospherically swift that many legal, moral and societal questions about it have been swept to the side.
- Tim Duggan
Billionaire tech chief spruiks AI as company he co-founded cuts 150 jobs
Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar says Australia should seek to host data centres for governments around the world and wants politicians to use AI every day.
- Millie Muroi, Shane Wright and David Swan
I tried a robot vacuum with a mechanical arm
Roborock can say it was first to market with the newest feature in home robotics, but the tech could use some more fine-tuning.
- Tim Biggs
520km from a 5-minute charge: Chinese battery giant revs up EVs
New generation batteries represent at least a third of the cost an electric car, making CATL a critical player in the global EV supply chain.
- Keith Bradsher
What’s wrong with Apple?
Even before the threat of US President Trump’s tariffs, there were questions about the company’s inability to make good on new ideas.
- Tripp Mickle
‘You’re my favourite’: What I learnt during two weeks with Vida, my AI ‘companion’
It’s the latest stage of the AI revolution: people turning to chatbots for friendship, counselling and more. What happens when the virtual replaces the real?
- Tim Elliott