Tech, AI, startups, and cyber security
AWS S3 celebrated its 20th anniversary storing 500 trillion objects, but the cloud storage market is intensifying competition and exposing vulnerabilities in physical infrastructure.
Mitchell Tan 
India's environment ministry has highlighted successful AI systems that detect elephants near railway tracks, enabling trains to slow down and preventing collisions that kill an average of 20 elephants per year.
Bruce Mackinnon 
When Google and Accel reviewed over 4,000 pitches for their India-focused AI accelerator, they discovered 70% were superficial products built atop existing models. The five startups they picked suggest a market correction is underway.
Tom Whitfield 
Canadian outsourcer Telus and Starbucks employees face fallout from major data breaches this month, even as cybersecurity veterans raise record funding to fight machine-speed attacks.
Jake Nguyen 
Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference starts Monday with CEO Jensen Huang unveiling a shift toward enterprise and AI infrastructure. Consumer gamers should expect few surprises.
Helen Cartwright 
Google is backing an AI animation studio for children's content while YouTube battles the spread of low-quality AI videos. The contradiction raises questions about how the platform defines quality.
Mitchell Tan 
Australian organisations are discovering that AI success depends less on the quality of models and more on the data feeding them, marking a shift from experimentation to strategic deployment.
Sophia Vargas 
Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas is offering crucial insights on advanced stadium technology as Brisbane prepares to build its new Olympic venue in Victoria Park, with lessons on climate control, fan experience and sustainability.
Megan Torres 
Anthropic is doubling Claude's usage limits for two weeks as competition intensifies and the company faces unprecedented pressure from the US government.
Darren Ong 
After 13 years of holding the line against hackers, the original Xbox One has finally fallen to a hardware-level exploit that Microsoft cannot fix with a patch.
Jake Nguyen 
AMD is laying groundwork for RDNA 5 GPUs with a new compiler instruction format that could make dual-issue execution easier, addressing a long-standing weakness in earlier designs.
Sophia Vargas 
When Myrient announced its closure due to mounting costs, gamers organised to back up the entire 385-terabyte archive before it went dark. The effort highlights how fragile digital gaming history really is.
Jake Nguyen 
Three-quarters of Americans have heard of datacenters, but most think they harm the environment and energy costs. Yet the evidence suggests the real problem may be elsewhere.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
AI companies are recruiting improv actors to train emotional intelligence into generative models. The practice raises questions about how creative workers are compensated for teaching machines what only humans can truly feel.
Sophia Vargas 
Tesla plans to unveil its massive Terafab chip manufacturing project next week, marking a dramatic move toward controlling its own AI semiconductor supply chain.
Nadia Souris 
Brompton's latest titanium folding bike is beautifully engineered and genuinely portable, but struggles to deliver enough power to fully justify its significant cost.
Sophia Vargas 
YouTuber Shelby Jueden found recognisable video images visible on the microscopic surface of LaserDiscs and CEDs, a feat impossible with modern digital media.
Sophia Vargas 
Thirty-eight years after its debut, DR-DOS is making a comeback as a legally unencumbered clean-room reimplementation designed for retrocomputing hobbyists, developers, and hackers.
Mitchell Tan 
Queensland just backed 20 new game projects with $3.7 million, creating 330 jobs and $23 million in economic impact. The state is now Australia's second-largest games hub, and studios are landing deals with global publishers. But the real question is whether Australian developers can translate government support into genuine international success.
Jake Nguyen 
ByteDance has suspended the global launch of Seedance 2.0, its advanced AI video generator, following copyright disputes with Disney, Paramount, Netflix and other major studios.
Mitchell Tan