Amazon
Amazon’s $16.3 billion deal amps up rivalry with Elon Musk
Jeff Bezos’ Amazon is buying satellite operator Globalstar in a landmark deal to step up competition with SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk in the satellite communications market.
- Michelle F. Davis, Ryan Gould, Loren Grush, Matt Day and Bruce Einhorn
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Who says money can’t buy happiness? Meet the unabashedly happy Mrs Sánchez Bezos
As half of an unfathomably powerful couple, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ wife, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, seems to have influenced the uber-rich to stop apologising, and start enjoying themselves.
- Amy Chozick
- Opinion
- AI
This superintelligent AI is so powerful, even its creators are afraid of what it’s capable of
If Anthropic’s new AI tool falls into the hands of bad actors, they could hack pretty much every major software system in the world. And so could your kids.
- Thomas L. Friedman
- Analysis
- Data centres
For every $100 in data centres, $80 leaves Australia almost immediately
Data centres are the infrastructure boom of the decade. But how much of the investment actually stays in the country?
- David Swan
‘It’s a problem’: How soaring fuel prices are playing havoc with Australia’s economy
Australia’s high rate of inflation is coming under more pressure as big transport companies including Uber, Qantas and Australia Post increase their prices in response to rising fuel costs.
- Simon Johanson and Clancy Yeates
‘Let’s throw everything at it’: Why Deadloch’s second season may be its last
Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney wanted to get their smash-hit crime-comedy just right – because they’re not sure they’ll go there again.
- Karl Quinn
Agitated, exasperated and facing an accusation avalanche: Security boss in bizarre press event
Micky Ahuja’s defence essentially boils down to a view that he is simultaneously the most unlucky and most unfairly targeted man in the nation.
- Bevan Shields
Lord mayor says zoning change could help your online shopping arrive sooner
A plan to rezone more than 200 properties across Brisbane was raised during a heated council meeting, with conspiracy claims, sledging and allegations of corruption.
- William Davis
- Opinion
- Active investing
Is Harvey Norman beating Amazon? The answer might surprise you
You would have been laughed out of the room in early 2021 if you had told investors that Harvey Norman would outperform Amazon over the next five years.
- Chris Brycki
‘Social licence for unacceptable behaviour’: Amazon warehouse tours ruffle union feathers
Members of the public said they enjoyed the guided activity, which has drawn criticism from the warehouse and shop workers union.
- Gemma Grant