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Thousands of tech job losses have been announced by three of Australia’s most successful startups.

Are bots coming for tech jobs, or is it ‘AI-washing’?

Some of Australia’s biggest tech success stories including Atlassian, Afterpay’s owner, and WiseTech have given their employees a bitter taste of AI reality.

  • Colin Kruger

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Afterpay co-founder Nick Molnar.
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Afterpay billionaire rejects ‘AI-washing’ claim as thousands are fired

Half of the “buy now, pay later” company’s jobs in Australia have been cut, but co-founder Nick Molnar insists the business has never been stronger.

  • David Swan
Natalie MacDonald resists the narrative of robots stealing jobs.

The week AI came for Australian jobs

There’s no doubt the new tech will reshape workforces, the question is how the transition will be managed and who bears the cost.

  • David Swan
Donald Trump, Xi Jinping and Elon Musk will hold great influence over the fate of global markets in 2025.

Trump, Bitcoin and China: The booms and busts awaiting the ASX in 2025

Australia’s market analysts have forecast steady growth for the domestic sharemarket in 2025, despite looming uncertainties hanging over the next 12 months.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Craig Wright has long claimed to be the inventor of bitcoin.

The Australian who refuses to accept he did not invent bitcoin

Australian Craig Wright has long claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of bitcoin. But the courts disagree.

  • David Yaffe-Bellany
Jack Dorsey said he did not believe Elon Musk “acted right” in his handling of Twitter.

How two bizarre billionaires almost destroyed Twitter

From Jack Dorsey’s love of “salt juice” to Elon Musk’s strange decision to kill off the famous bird symbol, this is the story of how Twitter was torn apart by the actions of two men.

  • Tom Knowles
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There’s a strong correlation among the three Cs: climate denial, COVID-19 vaccine denial and cryptocurrency cultism.

The paranoia of the tech plutocrats

If you follow the world of tech billionaires, you’ll find a baffling mix of climate denial, COVID-19 vaccine denial and cryptocurrency cultism.

  • Paul Krugman
Jack Dorsey criticised Elon Musk, marking an apparent end to the billionaire bromance that helped facilitate the sale of the company.

India threatened to shut down Twitter, co-founder Jack Dorsey says

Twitter’s co-founder Jack Dorsey claims India said it would shut down the social network site unless it complied with orders to restrict certain accounts.

  • Kanishka Singh and Shilpa Jamkhandikar

Can Jack Dorsey’s fintech Block beat the short-sellers?

It’s been a rocky ride for investors since Afterpay’s owner, US fintech giant Block, arrived on Australia’s sharemarket via a dual-listing last year.

  • Clancy Yeates
As more payments are managed via smartphones, the government has realised its regulation requires a refresh to ensure Silicon Valley plays by Australia’s rules.

‘Game changer’: Smartphones take on new role in payments battle

First, smartphones were transformed into digital wallets, now technology giants and banks want to turn phones into devices that can receive payments as well.

  • Clancy Yeates