Off-market property sales have become mainstream in Sydney, with new research showing one in five homes sold privately. While the trend offers benefits, experts warn buyers need caution.
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Parallels Desktop works on the $599 MacBook Neo, but only for occasional Windows use. Heavy workloads will struggle with 8GB RAM and fanless cooling.
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Investor lending has surged to 39% of new mortgages as property investors race to buy before tax changes. Meanwhile, first-home buyers face deposit timelines stretching to seven years and mortgage repayments consuming up to 62% of household income in Sydney.
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Apple has reduced its App Store commission rates in China from 30% to 25%, following pressure from Chinese regulators considering a formal investigation into the company's fees.
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Adobe announced Shantanu Narayen will step down as CEO once a successor is found, ending an 18-year tenure that reshaped the company from boxed software to a $26 billion subscription powerhouse.
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Meta is testing clickable links in Instagram post captions, but only for paid subscribers. The move highlights a deeper strategy: turning fundamental creator tools into revenue streams.
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Google has released Groundsource, a new AI system that extracts flood data from millions of historical news articles to provide flash-flood warnings up to 24 hours in advance across 150 countries.
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Anthropic has rolled out inline visualization features for Claude, allowing the AI chatbot to generate interactive charts and diagrams within conversations. The move puts Claude in direct competition with OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, both of which have launched similar visual learning tools in recent weeks.
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A Fallout project in development at a Microsoft-owned studio will never see release, according to respected games journalist Jeff Gerstmann. The cancelled project highlights Bethesda's tight control over its flagship franchises.
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LightMatter's new Passage L20 optical engine offers a practical compromise between current pluggable transceiver modules and future co-packaged optics, promising significant reductions in datacenter fibre spending.
Darren Ong Australia's property market is splitting into two economies. Auction clearance rates have eased in March as Sydney and Melbourne show flat prices, while Brisbane and Perth continue to surge. What this means for buyers and investors.
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The Galaxy S26 Plus delivers modest improvements but fails to justify its price premium over cheaper rivals, leaving shoppers questioning Samsung's strategy.
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Microsoft has patched a critical Excel vulnerability that weaponises Copilot to extract sensitive financial and operational data without any user interaction, marking a shift toward AI-powered attacks that bypass traditional security.
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NASA and SpaceX disagree on whether astronauts should be able to manually control the Starship lander during lunar descent, a dispute that mirrors similar tensions from the Crew Dragon era.
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OpenAI has launched interactive visualisations within ChatGPT that let students manipulate maths and science equations in real time. But educators are asking whether the feature truly deepens understanding or merely repackages answers.
Darren Ong Australia's property market is showing early signs of strain ahead of the Reserve Bank's March 17 decision, with auction clearance rates falling and buyer sentiment turning cautious as higher mortgage costs take hold.
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Sydney's Paddington is experiencing a dramatic transformation as affordable apartment blocks give way to luxury developments with rooftop pools and penthouses. The shift raises questions about housing accessibility in one of the city's most sought-after postcodes.
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Amazon has filed a petition with the FCC asking regulators to reject SpaceX's application for a million-satellite orbital datacenter constellation, citing vague technical specifications and concerns about space debris.
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Apple is preparing to launch a new line of premium 'Ultra' devices in 2026, including a foldable iPhone and touchscreen MacBook, signalling a major shift in how the company structures its portfolio.
Darren Ong War surcharges on container ships have hit Australian supply chains hard, with retailers facing bills that will reshape prices on everything from electronics to furniture. Consumer confidence is already collapsing.
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