It’s hard to fathom how much $1 trillion is. But let’s give it a shot. No-one has ever been worth $1 trillion — until now. Elon Musk has become the world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX debuted on the Nasdaq exchange, making history as the world’s biggest stock market float and propelling the tech titan’s wealth…
Joanne Bajjaly lives in a city she describes as “split” by war, where some areas have been targeted by extreme bombing. The former journalist turned heritage activist lives in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, which last week faced its 100th day of war between Lebanese militant group and political party Hezbollah and Israel. She is…
A small town retailer is battling it out with Australia’s biggest hardware giant in the Federal Court to stop Bunnings from opening up literally next door to his Mitre 10 franchise. David Woodman’s story was detailed by ABC’s Four Corners last year, with the regional Queensland retailer airing concerns about competition in the hardware sector….
Dozens of government bodies have failed the first test of policing their own use of AI, after Australia backed away from stricter European-style AI rules in favour of relying on existing regulators and agencies. Last year, the federal government opted for a softer model for regulating artificial intelligence than the European-style approach of a single…
Since the release of her New York Times bestselling essay collection Bad Feminist, Roxane Gay has been a powerful voice on politics, feminism, race, power and pop culture. It may seem to be a little left field, then, that the author, professor and social commentator is writing a romance novel with actor Channing Tatum (Magic…
Young people who spend at least two hours a day on social media are more likely to experience depressive symptoms and poorer wellbeing, a new study has found. The decade-long study by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) followed almost 1,200 Melbourne school students aged from nine to 19 years old. Apple revamps child safety…
Congratulations. You may not be quite aware of this, but chances are some time tonight you’re about to become a highly valued financial backer to Elon Musk. If your superannuation is managed by any of Australia’s big superannuation funds or if you’ve taken direct exposure to US stocks via a passive investment fund, then it’s…
A federal prosecutor has told jurors in the US that 30-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht was feeling lonely and dejected over a break-up when he allegedly lit a wildfire in January 2025 that grew into one of the deadliest and most destructive in Los Angeles history. The lawyer representing the former Uber driver countered that the hilltop…
The next “butks” stop. Eating a “banns bc a”. It’s “mi longer shiny sync”. The above gobbledegook is what my phone dished up the other day when I was texting the words “bus”, “banana”, and “no longer sensible”, admittedly in a hurry and on an aging operating system. But if internet chatter is to be…
Supermarket giant Woolworths is offshoring hundreds of corporate jobs and will begin consultations with potentially affected staff today. The retailer would not confirm how many of its 10,000 corporate employees would be affected, but the ABC understands hundreds will be affected in teams including People, IT and Finance. Is a supermarket pricing shake-up on the…