Canva layoffs impact 1,200 after design giant’s ‘hardest year yet’
Australian design giant Canva is cutting 22 per cent of staff, around 1,271 employees, in its first ever major restructure since being founded in 2012.
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The personal branding paradox: Why imperfection makes you perfect
In a world where practically anyone can sound polished, being polished isn’t much of a differentiator. Personal branding means being the real you.
Live: RBA hikes cash rate to 4.85% – the highest since 2008
From aggressive hikes to the first cuts of the cycle, the Reserve Bank’s policy moves have reshaped mortgages, business borrowing and the economy. Below, we break down every rate decision since 2023.
They grew up amid blackouts. Now they’re developing AI to keep the lights on
Ash Kansakaar and Jaideep Upadhyay met in Melbourne after growing up in Nepal and India, respectively. They’ve raised $3 million for their Syncrowin startup, which develops AI to help power providers predict disruptions before they happen.
Ranked: The top 10 richest people in the world (November 2026)
The fortunes of the eight wealthiest people on the planet all dropped over the past month as tech stocks tanked.
Sharon AI to turn former paper mill into ‘landmark’ data centre campus
Australian, Nasdaq-listed neocloud Sharon AI is hiring staff and looking to raise capital for a data centre campus in regional New South Wales, to be delivered by a mysterious “affiliated venture.” In September Australian neocloud Sharon AI confirmed it had bought a retired paper mill in Albury, a regional city between Sydney and Melbourne. It […]
Airtree backs Aussie AI startup after its robotics model beat Alibaba, Mistral
Airtree has pumped $5 million into Adelaide’s Metacognition, bringing the AI startup’s pre-seed round to a huge $15 million.
What is p(doom)? How tech leaders evaluate existential AI risk
As frontier AI accelerates, tech leaders are split on p(doom) – the Bayesian probability metric tracking catastrophic AGI risk.
AirTrunk secures $4.25 billion loan amid $75 billion Australian data centre splurge
While NextDC reels from a costly delay to a flagship campus, Robin Khuda’s AirTrunk has secured a fresh batch of billions.
Anthropic founders can name secret successors
Anthropic’s IPO includes a private line of succession: confidential lists of would-be heirs to its founders’ voting power.