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Can you wear AI glasses and not look like a pervert?
7+ hour, 1+ min ago (85+ words) AFR I half expected this review would begin with me being chased out of a cafe as a pervert. After all, it is a review of a pair of artificial intelligence glasses, the type that has a camera built into…...
Pretty profit, ugly doll hands this fundie a monster 650pc gain
3+ hour, 37+ min ago (72+ words) AFR If you told a room full of cautious fund managers in early 2024 that the trade of the year would involve an ugly-cute, teeth-baring monster doll from Beijing, they’d have politely shown you the door. Sentiment towards China then wasn’t…...
Big tech’s data centre crisis goes beyond social licence
9+ hour, 32+ min ago (99+ words) Data centres lack of popular licence is new territory for big tech AFR Global technology giants like MO have used consumer popularity to shield their activities from national governments. The problem now is that the public mood of concern about…...
Why Australia’s top fundies have gone all Ted Lasso
11+ min ago (95+ words) AFR Stock pickers must keep believing that the forces reshaping the ASX and smashing their performance are going to turn, eventually. TV’s most famous coach, Ted Lasso, had a sign that simply said “Believe” in his change rooms. Maybe it’s…...
Hassell Workplace Futures Survey shows why employees are demanding quiet office spaces to focus away from AI technology
8+ hour, 47+ min ago (121+ words) Amid the rise of AI, workplaces can provide space other places can’t AFR Artificial intelligence is shaking up offices all over again as AI use on handheld devices – which lets people work at home, while commuting, in bed and even…...
AFR Chanticleer podcast: Macquarie’s new CEO, when good news is bad news and China’s AI shock
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (119+ words) The chooks discuss the growing sense of panic inside Australia’s property industry, and look ahead to the next big test for markets. This week on the Chanticleer podcast, James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald examine the growing sense of panic inside…...
Intellihub vets St Baker’s Evie Networks
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (120+ words) AFR Intellihub, owned 50-50 by Pacific Equity Partners and Brookfield, is weighing the prospects of Evie Networks, owner of the country’s largest network of ultra-fast chargers for electric vehicles. The smart metering player is trying Evie for a fit with its…...
Will AI become heir to our legal system? It’s a matter of trust
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (805+ words) This Industry Insight is produced in commercial partnership with LexisNexis. You can’t go far these days without running into a conversation about the opportunities – or efficacy – of AI, both in business and our personal lives. The legal profession has been…...
Nvidia plans to double Australian compute capacity by 2027
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (91+ words) AFR Nvidia says its chips will be drawing more energy in Australia next year than all the nation’s existing data centres use today, as it flagged plans for an extra two gigawatts of capacity to power artificial intelligence. The United…...
Explosion in data centre demand looms over entire power grid
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (99+ words) afr.com Electricity use by data centres in NSW is expected to expand four times as much in the next 10 years as was expected 12 months ago, underscoring the huge expansion needed in renewables, storage and transmission to meet demand while…...