What the Magnificent Seven’s $1.7 trillion meltdown tells us about the economy

What the Magnificent Seven’s $1.7 trillion meltdown tells us about the economy

The key question for investors is whether this is just a correction in what has been quite an ebullient market – or something more threatening.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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Government beginning to look impotent in its failure to rein in X
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Government beginning to look impotent in its failure to rein in X

The response of politicians to the growing repugnance to social media’s malign influence following the Sydney stabbings is big on rhetoric,but a large gap yawns between their words and actions.

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Crypto casino billionaire Ed Craven’s dad buys trophy beach house for $16m cash
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Crypto casino billionaire Ed Craven’s dad buys trophy beach house for $16m cash

When seller Nathan Tinkler bought the estate north of Coffs Harbour he was ranked Australia’s youngest billionaire,just as Ed is now.

  • byLucy Macken
‘Super powerful’:Australian hotshot takes on the big guns with AI image creator
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‘Super powerful’:Australian hotshot takes on the big guns with AI image creator

Leonardo.ai is rolling out a product that will let teams collaborate on custom AI images,as OpenAI and others also look to the workplace.

  • byTim Biggs
ATO in stand-off with US tech giants over software tax grab
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ATO in stand-off with US tech giants over software tax grab

The Tax Office is caught up in a battle with the US government and tech giants like Microsoft over plans to tax billions of dollars’ worth of software transactions for the first time.

  • byColin Kruger
‘Very mysterious’:This guy may have just stopped a huge cyberattack

‘Very mysterious’:This guy may have just stopped a huge cyberattack

A backdoor entry to one of the most important pieces of software in the world was found during a routine check. If it had been exploited,the effects could have been catastrophic.

  • byKevin Roose
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Tech giants claiming as little as 5 per cent of their revenue is taxable

Tech giants claiming as little as 5 per cent of their revenue is taxable

Apple,Google,Facebook and Microsoft earn billions of dollars a year in Australia,and Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones has said he expects multinationals to “pay their fair share”.

  • byRachel Clun
The world’s biggest tech firms are enabling the most nauseating crimes imaginable

The world’s biggest tech firms are enabling the most nauseating crimes imaginable

The big internet companies are not even doing “the bare minimum” to protect our societies from the mass-scale paedophilia and terrorist incitement flourishing on their sites.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Will the ‘Magnificent Seven’ remain magnificent?

Will the ‘Magnificent Seven’ remain magnificent?

Apple,Nvidia and other tech giants have driven Wall Street to record levels. That could turn into a problem.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
The new MacBook Air is more powerful than ever,with a few extra tricks

The new MacBook Air is more powerful than ever,with a few extra tricks

The M3 Air might not be light years ahead of its predecessor M2,but it’s still a seriously powerful lightweight laptop when stacked up against anything older.

  • byTim Biggs
Why Elon Musk’s epic troll of AI company is totally justified
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Why Elon Musk’s epic troll of AI company is totally justified

Billionaire Elon Musk has sued the world-leading AI company and its chief,Sam Altman,for breaking their founding agreement about working to benefit humanity.

  • byParmy Olson