Scott Farquhar
Atlassian says it had right to fire engineer for suggesting billionaire CEO was a ‘rich jerk’
The dispute started during an “Ask Me Anything” video call with employees that included chief executive officer Mike Cannon-Brookes.
- Josh Eidelson
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- CBD
Antony Catalano charges spark ACM sale rumours
Media executives have been sounded out over their interest in buying the company over the past year. After a shock development, the company is expected to try again.
- John Buckley
- Opinion
- AI
Tsunami of disruption: Why this Aussie tech giant is swinging the axe
The world’s most feared and revered technology, artificial intelligence, has become Atlassian’s nemesis and its enabler.
- Elizabeth Knight
Great Scots! The case of the $60 million castle and a vanishing camel
Scots College bought a life-sized taxidermy camel to adorn its new student centre. Now parents are wondering what happened to the star attraction.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Nine accuses AI firms of ‘illegal scraping’ of journalism
One of Australia’s largest publishers says AI giants “scrape” content produced by its newsrooms, as the media industry backs the government’s stance on not allowing tech firms to be exempt from copyright laws.
- Elias Visontay and Brittany Busch
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Canva co-founder and Greens donor add to Climate 200 fundraising heft
The fundraising vehicle tripled its number of donors to 33,000 people, and received $5 million between seven key contributors, as it expanded to back 35 candidates.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
Atlassian splashes $1b on AI browser as chief defends redundancy video call
Mike Cannon-Brookes says he’s targeting the billion “laptop warriors” who are drowning in open tabs, and has hit out at reports that his company is in turmoil.
- David Swan
Up to $60k a day each: The cost of inviting execs to sit at Chalmers’ roundtable
Many of the people at the treasurer’s economic roundtable are earning six or seven figures, but there’s one whose single-day appearance is worth more than $60,000.
- Millie Muroi
Lunchbreak deal to find ways to pay artists for work hoovered up by AI
Australia’s top unionist and a tech billionaire are making moves to confront the challenge of artificial intelligence.
- Paul Sakkal
- Opinion
- AI
Tech lords are promising us utopia. Their brave new world might be a dump
We’re repeatedly told the AI spaceship is leaving, so we’d better get on board. Unfortunately, the people steering the ship appear to have lost their moral compass.
- Melanie La'Brooy