Why even grandparents don’t care about the death of daily mail delivery
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Opinion

Why even grandparents don’t care about the death of daily mail delivery

Australia Post has until now been an entity that time forgot,a legacy organisation with imposed letter delivery service obligations that most Australians don’t use.

  • byElizabeth Knight

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Canva v Adobe:Let the games begin

Canva v Adobe:Let the games begin

Graphic-design heavyweight Adobe and Australian design software maker Canva both hope to harness artificial intelligence to sharpen up their wares.

  • byNick Bonyhady andColin Kruger
‘Stop this crisis now’:Silicon Valley creates the risk while US taxpayers pay the price

‘Stop this crisis now’:Silicon Valley creates the risk while US taxpayers pay the price

In the US,if you’re poor and struggling,that’s your own problem. But if you make enough money that a significant swath of the economy depends on you,preventing your collapse becomes a matter of public interest.

  • byWill Oremus
Uber puts NYC taxis on its app after years of rivalry

Uber puts NYC taxis on its app after years of rivalry

Uber and New York City yellow cabs have announced a partnership that until recently would have been unthinkable with both camps fighting ferociously for the same customers.

  • byMichelle Chapman
Australian business falling behind global peers on ‘productivity frontier’

Australian business falling behind global peers on ‘productivity frontier’

Treasury analysis shows local firms are failing to embrace new technology,hitting productivity growth and adding to wages stagnation.

  • byShane Wright
Facebook’s implosion a wake-up call for investors

Facebook’s implosion a wake-up call for investors

The wild gyrations in markets late last week are delivering investors a brutal truth - many of the world’s tech giants are more vulnerable than they thought.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
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Drones deliver from roof of Queensland shopping centre in world first

Drones deliver from roof of Queensland shopping centre in world first

Drone delivery company Wing is now operating out of a major shopping centre in Logan City,in a step the company hopes will expand the types of items it offers.

  • byStuart Layt
Clock ticking on ‘broken’ mortgage market:Tic:Toc boss warns

Clock ticking on ‘broken’ mortgage market:Tic:Toc boss warns

If the founder of Tic:Toc Anthony Baum is right,the biggest source of Australian bank profits is on the cusp of a major shake-up.

  • byClancy Yeates
Banks square up to Afterpay and Apple in payments fight
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Fintech

Banks square up to Afterpay and Apple in payments fight

It’s becoming increasingly clear that the major banks have a fight on their hands,and the threat is coming from both fintechs and “big tech” players such as Apple.

  • byClancy Yeates
Drone delivery service Wing launches less noisy drones to more suburbs

Drone delivery service Wing launches less noisy drones to more suburbs

Drone delivery company Wing has been quietly expanding in Logan over the past few months,and is set to go further as it announces a quieter drone and new suburbs.

  • byStuart Layt
If Siri and Alexa replace Margaret and Judy,I fear for the inner world of the next generation

If Siri and Alexa replace Margaret and Judy,I fear for the inner world of the next generation

Will artificial intelligence replace books as the firm friends and keepers of secrets of tomorrow’s children?

  • byAnnie Flynn