Yesterday
Elon Musk’s X in political advertising push to offset revenue falls
Plans for new political ads team to hit $US100 million in sales ahead of US presidential election are met with industry scepticism.
- Hannah Murphy
This Month
Google, Meta warned: Negotiate new media deals or face mediation
Many of the News Media Bargaining Code deals struck in 2021 are up for renewal next year. The government says it will designate platforms like Meta and Google.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
How to steal 25,000 secrets from Facebook
The inside story of how a Wall Street Journal reporter secured one of the biggest leaks of corporate documents in history.
- Jeff Horwitz
Hong Kong voter turnout slumps to record low after Beijing purge
Only 27.5 per cent of the 4.3 million eligible voters cast ballots on Sunday in the local elections, David Lok, chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission said on Monday.
- Kiuyan Wong
- Opinion
- Social media
Metaverse a black hole, but Zuckerberg had a surprisingly good year
He renamed Facebook and committed billions of dollars, but he cannot force us to care about the metaverse. Meta’s AI experiment proved more successful.
- Elaine Moore
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
Social media is dead, long live messaging
Facebook has announced major upgrades to its messaging apps, which could help it avoid having to moderate content and reduce some of social media’s negative impacts.
- Nick Bonyhady
Woolworths’ new Mosman store a triumph over nimbyism
The popularity of the wealthy suburb’s new supermarket demonstrates how the outlets benefit local shopping districts.
- Aaron Patrick
November
- Analysis
- Vale
Kissinger’s advice to aspiring leaders still holds
The arch foreign policy realist both intrigued and infuriated those around him and so many who have tried to assess his legacy.
- James Curran
How your child’s online mistakes could ruin your digital life
Google has a zero-tolerance policy for content showing the abuse of minors. The scanning process can sometimes go awry and tar innocent individuals.
- Kashmir Hill
Google agrees to pay $111m for news in Canada
The deal ends a stand-off with the government that led the search giant to threaten to cut links to online articles, following a similar dispute in Australia.
- Vjosa Isai
Five wounded in Kyiv by largest drone attack yet on Ukraine
The six-hour air raid, on the day Ukraine commemorated the 1932-33 Holodomor famine that killed millions, began hitting different districts of Kyiv in the early hours.
- Max Hunder
Secret is out in battle for $50b luxury resale market
Australia is flooded with sites for second-hand luxury items, but making a profit when buyer and seller want the best bang for their buck is difficult.
- Lauren Sams
Platforms face crackdown on AI deepfakes and revenge porn
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland is pushing ahead with plans to stamp out dangerous hate speech and malicious activity on the internet.
- Tom McIlroy
‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: Inside OpenAI’s chaos
Internal debate about the ChatGPT maker’s mission exploded into view during a wild few days of corporate drama.
- Richard Waters, George Hammond and Madhumita Murgia
Inside Google’s mothballed plans to quit search in Australia
Emails filed in a Justice Department legal dispute show the lengths the technology giant was considering going to kill plans to force it to pay for news.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
HESTA fined for ‘misleading’ ads on performance
Corporate watchdog says $74 billion fund’s action should serve as “a warning” to the industry to ensure marketing materials are accurate.
- Hannah Wootton and Lucy Dean
Videos should factor into future Meta bargaining code deals: Nine CEO
Meta is moving away from news content on its platforms and into video. Nine boss Mike Sneesby says that could play to news outlets’ advantage.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Elon Musk launches ‘spicy’ AI chatbot that loves sarcasm
The billionaire has unveiled his generative AI model with more personality than its rivals, in a challenge to Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Google.
- Tim Bradshaw and Hannah Murphy
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
Google is paying someone else $40b to make sure you keep using it
The US government has made its case to prove Google is a monopolist. The Breakdown explains why some of the tech giant’s excuses are tortured.
- Nick Bonyhady
Media chiefs demand ‘urgent’ curb of big tech
The bosses of the ABC, Nine Entertainment, Seven West Media, Paramount, Southern Cross and Are Media have called for new laws to level the playing field.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
