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technology January 31, 2026
Is Sam Altman the world’s most dangerous man?
OpenAI founder Sam Altman is building a trillion-dollar enterprise that feeds on vast resources of water, energy and intellectual property – and may never turn a profit.
technology December 6, 2025
Labor’s new AI plan puts faith in self-regulation
In a bid to support Australian innovation in the AI revolution, the Albanese government has stripped back layers of regulation, which critics say hands big tech too much power.
technology October 18, 2025
What the Qantas hack reveals about cybercrime
The Qantas data breach highlights what cybersecurity experts have feared for years – that the outsourcing and offshoring of data management leaves companies and government agencies vulnerable to increasingly sophisticated attacks.
technology August 16, 2025
Risks in the race to deregulate
ANALYSIS: As the government strives to fast-track a green transition and manufacturing revival, it’s crucial to avoid ceding control to private enterprise.
technology August 16, 2025
Amid pressure from tech giants and the promise of massive productivity gains, the industry and innovation minister is stepping back from a plan for new laws to regulate the use of AI.
technology May 31, 2025
The neuroscientist taking on Elon Musk
EXCLUSIVE: Elon Musk’s former friend, polymath Philip Low, has committed $250 million to litigating tech bros over mail tampering and false advertising.
technology December 14, 2024
The importance of randomised trials
Big data has revolutionised research, honing sharper results across far greater fields of exploration, but it isn’t a fail-safe guarantee of accuracy.
technology August 10, 2024
eSafety Commissioner: ‘We are testing our powers’
eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant is seeking new powers to target the revenue of social media giants in order to curb their hosting of graphic, often violent, content.
technology July 20, 2024
Aged-care contracts blow out by $227.9 million
EXCLUSIVE: An investigation into multiple technology contracts signed to support the new Aged Care Act has raised doubts over the Commonwealth’s capacity to properly manage the delayed implementation of the law.
technology July 20, 2024
Jobseeker glitch cuts more than 1300 incomes
EXCLUSIVE: A system glitch has wrongly punished more than 1300 jobseekers by cutting off their income in an IT disaster that is a potent reminder of the dark days of robodebt.
technology July 6, 2024
Exclusive: ACCC pushes to regulate tech platforms
In an interview with The Saturday Paper, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb has called for the government to introduce new powers to sanction tech platforms.
