Industrial Technology
Sony reportedly bowing out of Blu-ray players, so is this the end of Blu-ray?
What does the future hold for Blu-ray?
Mystery missed calls, voicemail alerts leave Telstra customers puzzled
Customers flooded social media sites to report confusion after receiving missed calls from people they said they hadn’t even phoned.
How Democratic sweep could slow AI growth in US – and help China’s ambitions
The Democratic Party’s sweeping midterm election victory and takeover of both houses of Congress could slow down the pace of artificial intelligence development in the US, with implications for both the global AI trade and the technology rivalry between Washington and Beijing, analysts said. The assessment comes as concerns about AI and the data centres that power it proved to be a contributing factor in the backlash against the Republican Party and US President Donald Trump, a vocal supporter...
DeepSeek engineer defends push for open-source AGI despite higher risks
DeepSeek is committed to open-source artificial intelligence to accelerate the arrival of artificial general intelligence (AGI), even if it heightens safety risks, a company engineer says, defying growing safety concerns from the US and scrutiny in China over whether the strategy poses national security risks. Speaking on Tuesday on an AI panel at the World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, DeepSeek engineer Gao Xi said open-source development promoted shared innovations and technical...
Dip buyers emerge for tech stocks as traders look past midterms, focus on fundamentals
Analysts are ‘watchful but bullish’ on participants of the AI build-out
Google extends voluntary buyout offers to employees in several countries amid heavy AI spending
It has offered such packages to staff in Canada, France, Germany, Japan and Switzerland
AI data centre boom is set for upheaval after US election rout
Proposed additions of these facilities may face stricter local scrutiny and pushback
Tencent unveils Hy4 as open-weight AI race with DeepSeek, Z.ai, Alibaba heats up
Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has rolled out its latest flagship artificial intelligence model, Hy4, seeking to challenge top open-weight rivals with enhanced agentic capabilities built to power its enterprise software ecosystem. Released on Wednesday, the large language model (LLM) introduced visual understanding for the first time. Hy4 could process images, analyse complex charts and conduct visual mathematical reasoning, according to the Shenzhen-based company. Tencent said the release...
Oracle scraps US$7 billion deal to lease chips to Tencent under Trump pressure, FT reports
US officials have approached the firm to raise concerns about the deal, the newspaper says
‘Sad and devastated’: Canva cuts hit staff and Australian tech overall
Canva was the start-up every Australian tech entrepreneur wanted to have founded. Its job cuts raise hard questions about what comes next.