Big Tech stories
The London startup aims to help smaller retailers turn WhatsApp chats into sales as it begins growth with fresh pre-seed funding.
Teens on Meta's apps will see less mature material by default as the firm tightens age-based controls after years of child-safety scrutiny.
Creators in three countries will get AI help spotting why Facebook posts work and how to improve future engagement.
The models are aimed at developers and enterprises, with Microsoft saying internal training could cut costs and improve control in regulated industries.
Overseas enterprises can now tap Tencent Cloud's new AI tools for office work, design and model access as it steps up its push beyond China.
Households could face higher electricity bills as Louisiana plans a rush of data centre infrastructure, with costs spread to other customers.
A new survey suggests Europe's startups still depend on US cloud and AI providers, as capital gaps and acquisition hopes persist.
Households and small firms may end up paying for new power lines and plants, as a report flags opaque financing and tax breaks for data centres.
Threats from AI skills are escalating as the cybersecurity group expands research to counter a fast-growing software supply chain and attack surface.
Creators can now edit songs section by section and build custom workflows as Google widens its AI production tools to mobile devices worldwide.
Search is becoming more task-focused as Google rolls out AI tools that can track topics, book services and use personal data.
Search users will get background AI agents and custom layouts as Google broadens Gemini across its apps, YouTube and Workspace.
Australia will get wider support to defend critical digital systems as Canberra and Microsoft deepen cooperation on cyber security and AI.
Tighter grid rules are pushing AI data centres towards site-level power smoothing, as Skeleton's system aims to cut connection sizes and protect uptime.
Households and businesses could be spared more fraud losses as banks, telcos and platforms widen checks and scam-blocking codes.
Parents are bearing most of the burden, as 78% of under-16s in Australia are still accessing social media covered by the ban.
New procurement rules could keep critical emergency and health systems in local hands, as Catalyst warns reliance on offshore vendors raises costs and risks.
Revenue rose 11.6% as higher transaction processing activity lifted Google Payment New Zealand's 2025 profit to NZD $312,841.
The 25MW project will add new power to the National Electricity Market as big tech seeks cleaner electricity for data centres.
The five-year contract should lift IREN's annualised revenue by about USD $1.94 billion once the Childress build-out is fully commissioned.
