In 2010, around the time of Tesla’s Initial Public Offering (IPO), an acquaintance proudly showed me his red Tesla Roadster, the first imported into Australia. It was a fine little rocket, the first electric vehicle of the modern era, discontinued in 2012 having provided the engineering and financial foundations for the Model S and, eventually,…
Humming on the outskirts of Dublin, dozens of massive data centres are chewing through more electricity than all the urban homes in Ireland. Jess Spear lives down the road from Grange Castle in South Dublin, one of the country’s largest data centre precincts. She walks past one of the “hyper-scale” facilities on her way to…
An artificial intelligence (AI) company will become Tasmania’s biggest power user if its ambitions to establish three “AI factories” in the state come to fruition. Singapore-based Firmus Technologies is building an AI factory in the Launceston suburb of St Leonards, which is expected to be operational early next year. Firmus has said the factory will…
To secure a good spot at her local library’s bustling baby and toddler sessions, mum of two Jasmin has to arrive at least half an hour early. But the Melton mother, aged 31, said the early arrival, 15-minute drive and search for a parking spot were worth it for the benefits to her children, aged…
The US Justice Department (DOJ) has cleared Paramount Skydance Corporation’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery. The approval clears a major regulatory hurdle for a deal that will reshape the American entertainment industry. After an eight-month investigation, the DOJ concluded that the roughly $US110 billion ($156 billion) merger is unlikely to harm competition or American…
With the use of an artificial intelligence (AI) personal trainer, and hours in the simulator, Australian Martin Berry is ready to tackle one of motorsport’s most famous races. Berry is one of four Australians driving in this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, which begins on Sunday at midnight AEST in France. The Victorian is…
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic says it has been ordered by the US government to suspend access for all foreign nationals to some of its advanced AI models, citing national security concerns. This comes just a day after a coalition of US state attorneys opened a sweeping investigation into OpenAI, a source familiar with the matter…
Australia has more AI potential than Australians think, with valuable cards to play strategically, a new report has claimed. The new research has found Australia has an opportunity to become a major regional data centre hub, to leverage its critical minerals resources in global AI supply chains, and to exert influence over global AI norms….
At the launch of trade, the share price took off like a rocket. Elon Musk’s SpaceX, once a private company, is now officially trading on the stock market. It pushed the company to above $2 trillion valuation. Based in Texas, SpaceX operates rockets, spaceflight, telecommunications, and AI. But Musk now wants to establish a self-sustaining…
In a theatre dressing room, Reuben Kaye is fumbling with his phone, trying to prop it up against something so we can talk face-to-face, his image shifting rapidly between vertical and horizontal. At one point, he disappears entirely — his phone died — only to re-emerge and begin the process again. This Kaye, the new…