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The high-profile tech stocks that survived the dot-com crash prospered. Crypto investors will be hoping for a similar story.

The looming D-Day that has sent shivers through Wall Street

It is becoming apparent that a critical moment for markets may not be too far away.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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‘I regret ever knowing him’: Bill Gates denies Epstein claim in latest release of files

The billionaire Microsoft co-founder conceded he went to dinners with Epstein but denied ever going to his island or meeting girls with him.

  • Brittany Busch
Teachers at public schools are often not provided with their own computers.

‘No consistency’: The out-of-pocket cost hitting WA’s public school teachers

As West Australian children head off to school for 2026, the new year has sparked fresh calls for equal access to technology – and not just for students.

  • Holly Thompson
Bill Gates’s spokesperson denied the claim as “absolutely absurd and completely false”.

Bill Gates caught STD from Russian girls, Epstein claimed

The latest released files also show Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was allegedly introduced to a 26-year-old Russian woman in 2010, after Epstein’s conviction for soliciting prostitution.

  • Gordon Rayner, Verity Bowman and Nick Gutteridge
Amazon’s decision to cut jobs spooked those investors who worried that the cost-cutting exercise was needed to raise mega funds for AI.

Robots, redundancies and runaway spending: Not all AI hits the mark

Amazon’s decision to cut jobs spooked investors who worried that cost-cutting was needed to raise funds for AI.

  • Elizabeth Knight
AI is being financed and controlled by multitrillion-dollar companies like Microsoft, Google and Meta that are in no danger of going kaput.
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Why the AI boom is unlike the dot-com boom

Silicon Valley is in the middle of an artificial intelligence boom with obvious resemblances to the 1990s dot-com era.

  • David Streitfeld
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The Xbox Ally lets you bring games from Steam, Epic and other stores into the Xbox app, so you can avoid Windows altogether.

Handheld Xbox might not be all it seems, but it’s a great portable PC

As the Xbox brand expands to all gaming platforms, the Xbox Ally X puts its best foot forward with huge performance and a streamlined UI.

  • Tim Biggs
In the internet age, keeping up with changing language is impossible for most adults. Experts argue it’s a way for young people to create space for themselves.

Cloudflare chaos: Third internet outage in four weeks triggers global disruptions

A massive outage at internet infrastructure giant Cloudflare triggered a wave of “500 Internal Server Errors” across the globe, knocking substantial portions of the web offline.

  • David Swan
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta earned an estimated $5 billion in Australian revenue in 2022. Under the new plan it could pay $75 million to publishers and avoid the charge entirely, or face a $112.5 million bill from the Australian Taxation Office.

‘We never thought anyone would be that crass’: Media code designer roasts Meta

Facebook will not be able to simply remove news from its platform again, according to Australia’s former competition tsar, who designed the original bargaining deal.

  • David Swan
Iren co-CEO Dan Roberts, who has founded and runs the company with his brother Will Roberts.

From the brink to billionaires: Sydney brothers land $14.8 billion Microsoft deal

Four years ago, the ASX rejected Iren when it tried to list. Now, it’s signed one of the largest contracts ever awarded to an Australian technology firm.​

  • David Swan