This Month
Cannon-Brookes challenges Atlassian’s AI bears as shares plunge
Atlassian’s chief executive insists it is still a great business and that the company’s stock is undervalued as its 2026 plunge continued after earnings.
OpenAI launches Frontier, promising to become an AI bot hive mind
The developer behind ChatGPT says it can help separate so-called AI agents act more like teammates, challenging major enterprise software companies.
January
ACCC pushes Labor on powers to go after Apple, Google app stores
The country’s biggest banks say opening Apple and Google devices to competition would create a level playing field for app developers and consumers.
November 2025
TechOne punished as investors flee sector
Shares in the software developer slumped, despite a near one-fifth increase in profits over the last financial year, as the ASX suffered its second-biggest drop this year.
Optus parent avoids earnings hit from Triple Zero outage
Singtel has shrugged off the potential financial impact of the Australian telco’s fatal Triple Zero outage, widening its full-year earnings guidance.
October 2025
APRA warns of concentration risk as banks move to US cloud providers
The prudential regulator will ramp up supervision of lenders’ AI and IT deployment as they become more reliant on single-source suppliers of data and models.
Tech Council chief Damian Kassabgi abruptly quits influential lobby
The former Afterpay executive had taken the top job 16 months ago but now says he wants more time with his family and less time on planes to Canberra.
AI is disrupting software, so TechOne built its own ChatGPT
One of the ASX’s most reliable technology performers has unveiled its major foray into artificial intelligence.
OpenAI gets $50,000 contract with abundance wing of government
There is a distinctly Mandala Partners and OpenAI flavour to the technology policy arm of Labor as well.
September 2025
AI to redefine the jobs market, displacing some workers: Bullock
The RBA governor says AI is part of a “societal shift” that could require federal government investment in training and education.
July 2025
Atlassian sticks to its guns as customers slam software update
The software giant is transitioning its popular project management app Trello into a productivity assistant. Not all users are happy about the changes.
June 2025
How to safeguard your business (and your reputation)
Organisations are aware of the existence of cyber threats, but ways to minimise the dangers to systems and individual careers are less well understood.
Amazon CEO warns white-collar staff that their jobs are on the line
In a memo explaining all the ways the technology giant is using AI, Andy Jassy told workers how they can stay relevant as bots become capable of doing more.
May 2025
TechnologyOne targets more government work after profit beat
The Brisbane-based software giant will pay a record interim dividend after reporting strong revenue growth, especially in the UK market.
Dicker steps down after four decades at the helm of his eponymous firm
The technology veteran will step down as the chief executive and chairman of the ASX-listed IT distributor.
Atlassian’s AI plans fail to stop $15b value plunge
CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes has failed to convince investors on making its AI assistant free as they shaved billions of dollars off his wealth on Friday.
April 2025
How hackers are using AI to trick their way through cyber defences
The jury is still out on whether these new tools are more helpful to hackers or cybersecurity professionals. The tech has led to an era of deepfakes and suspicion.
Ramsay Healthcare chief says the age of AI care is coming
The CEO of Australia’s biggest private hospital operator has flagged greater AI adoption as a way to help improve services.
Microsoft pull-back casts doubts on local data centre boom
The CEO of data centre operator NextDC hoses down suggestions the sector is in for a correction but analysts warn of ‘AI fatigue’ across businesses.
March 2025
‘No winners’: CEO of software giant SAP urges end to Trump tariff war
The head of the group, which lists clients such as Coles, Woolworths and Woodside, says all countries and businesses will lose if the trade war continues.
