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Billionaires
Gina Rinehart bets $1.4 billion on Musk with record SpaceX stake
The mammoth bet deepens Rinehart’s ties to Musk - the world’s first trillionaire - and US President Donald Trump.
- by David Swan
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AI
AI-powered Siri is on the way – but is it worth using?
Siri AI might not win any awards for personality, but its focus on privacy and cross-app utility may make it a promising practical tool.
- by Tim Biggs
30 must-try video games from this week’s reveal events
From The Legend of Zelda to God of War, and from massive blockbusters to Australian-made meditations on renting, these are the games that caught our eye.
- by Tim Biggs
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Social media
Australia banned under-16s from social media. The world is split on whether to follow
No platform has been fined and the rift between regulator and minister is in the open. How are our world-first social media laws faring?
- by David Swan and Bronte Gossling
What goes on in a data centre, and why are they suddenly on everyone’s radar?
Data centres are a hot-button issue, but what do they actually do, and why are people worried? Felicity Lewis, Explainer editor, answers all your questions.
Apple credits Australia’s teen social media ban for its new controls
Apple chief executive Tim Cook told Anthony Albanese the iPhone maker’s new child-safety tools were “in part inspired” by the world-first social media ban.
- by David Swan
Apple unveiled ‘Siri AI’. The reaction was lukewarm
AI advancements are key to Apple’s bid to catch up with its Silicon Valley peers.
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Phones
Siri will be able to read your text messages as Apple ramps up AI push
Upcoming revamp gives Siri Google-like abilities to search the web and read data from your messages, but with Apple’s privacy-first approach.
- by Tim Biggs
Opinion
AI
Trump and Xi alone may be the only people who can stop AI from spiralling out of control
After the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the edge of nuclear war, global powers worked together to pull it back from the brink. We need something similar now.
- by James Titcomb
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Gadgets
I tried Google’s new health app. It can’t replace a real trainer
Over the past few weeks, Google’s omniscient Coach has messaged me constantly about my heart, sleep and exercise. But how capable is it?
- by Tim Biggs
Anthropic urges global freeze on AI as it warns of losing control
The tech giant has offered to halt work on more powerful systems on one condition: that its rivals in the US and China agree to stop at the same time.
- by David Swan