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Watches shrink and sparkle as fashion feedback grows, About Time hears
8+ hour, 27+ min ago (94+ words) Time has come for smaller watches with more gems AFR Enamel dials, gem-set watches and smaller models that are easier to wear are among the trends predicted to shape the watch industry, according to a panel at this weekend’s About…...
Can you wear AI glasses and not look like a pervert?
11+ hour, 48+ 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…...
Big tech’s data centre crisis goes beyond social licence
14+ hour, 19+ 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…...
Hassell Workplace Futures Survey shows why employees are demanding quiet office spaces to focus away from AI technology
13+ hour, 34+ 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
2+ day, 4+ 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
3+ day, 2+ 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…...
Brookfield, PEP’s Intellihub vets Trevor St Baker’s Evie Networks
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (128+ 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…...
Echo IQ’s failed trial slashes $600m, dragging down major investors
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (110+ words) AFR Investors in medical software darling Echo IQ have been left nursing significant losses after the drug authority in the United States rejected its application to commercialise its heart disease detection platform, delivering a windfall for hedge funds that had…...
Will AI become heir to our legal system? It’s a matter of trust
3+ day, 12+ 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…...
Instagram chief denies platform is ‘clinically addictive’
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (96+ words) AFR Instagram chief executive Adam Mosseri says the Meta-owned social media giant is looking for ways to give back control and transparency to users, as he doubled down on public remarks that the platform is not “clinically addictive” and does…...