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It’s a pivotal moment for Apple, which has to demonstrate to investors and consumers that its AI technology is back on track.

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.

  • Tim Biggs

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VPNs are available on smartphones and computers, or can even be set up on routers to cover your whole home.

What you need to know about VPNs in 2026

Uptake of virtual private networks is booming in response to age verification checks on social media platforms and porn websites. How does it work, and is it legal?

  • Tim Biggs
Planning for your digital legacy shouldn’t take long, but it could save a lot of trouble.

Digital legacy: How to make sure your family is not locked out

Security keeps people out of our documents, photos, financials, and secrets. How do you make sure family can access them if you die?

  • Tim Biggs
Atlassian chief Mike Cannon-Brookes said the company was focused on profitable growth in the AI era.

Atlassian billionaire boss, now solo, faces his biggest test yet

After axing 1600 staff and watching the software giant’s shares collapse, the Atlassian co-founder arrives in California with his biggest product launch in years.

  • David Swan
Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes giving a speech at the Nasdaq on Wednesday, 11 December 2025.

A 40-year-old storage company just beat Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Atlassian

Atlassian posted its strongest quarter ever, then got kicked out of the Nasdaq 100. The market has stopped rewarding software and started paying for storage.

  • David Swan and Nick Bonyhady
Companies using AI are enjoying a productivity boost over their rivals.

From cafes to real estate, AI is giving businesses a boost – and leaving others in the dust

The new tech is proving a leg-up to those firms prepared to use it, but staff think their skills will keep them in a job.

  • Shane Wright
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Kimi comes from Chinese AI giant Moonshot.

The five buzziest AI office tools, and what they do

From your own personal executive assistant to a way to access all chatbots in the one app, here are five of the fastest-growing AI tools.

  • Tim Biggs
Cbus confirmed that it had re-opened new “fit and proper” assessments into Weber. Hours later, she had resigned.

‘It’s the vibe’: Court brawl hinges on alleged industrial-scale data hack

Was it industrial espionage on a massive scale, or is an Australian property data giant just hiding behind a case inspired by ‘The Castle’ in this bruising legal battle?

  • Colin Kruger
Canva founders Cliff Obrecht, Melanie Perkins and Cameron Adams has unveiled a new AI-based product push in LA.

Inside Canva’s $100 billion gamble on an AI-first rebuild

Melanie Perkins pitched the idea in 2011 and was knocked back by 100 investors. Fifteen years later, Canva is finally building it.

  • David Swan
Angela Bacares Lynch and Mike Lynch.

The widow of ‘Britain’s Bill Gates’ targeted in hunt for $1.7 billion

Mike Lynch died alongside his daughter and five others when his superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily in 2024. Now a tech giant has zeroed in on his widow.

  • Matthew Field