8+ hour, 21+ min ago   (72+ words) AFR If you told a room full of cautious fund managers in early 2024 that the trade of the year would involve an ugly-cute, teeth-baring monster doll from Beijing, they’d have politely shown you the door. Sentiment towards China then wasn’t…...

4+ hour, 56+ min ago   (95+ words) AFR Stock pickers must keep believing that the forces reshaping the ASX and smashing their performance are going to turn, eventually. TV’s most famous coach, Ted Lasso, had a sign that simply said “Believe” in his change rooms. Maybe it’s…...

13+ hour, 32+ min ago   (121+ words) Amid the rise of AI, workplaces can provide space other places can’t AFR Artificial intelligence is shaking up offices all over again as AI use on handheld devices – which lets people work at home, while commuting, in bed and even…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (120+ words) AFR Intellihub, owned 50-50 by Pacific Equity Partners and Brookfield, is weighing the prospects of Evie Networks, owner of the country’s largest network of ultra-fast chargers for electric vehicles. The smart metering player is trying Evie for a fit with its…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (99+ words) afr.com Electricity use by data centres in NSW is expected to expand four times as much in the next 10 years as was expected 12 months ago, underscoring the huge expansion needed in renewables, storage and transmission to meet demand while…...

4+ day, 35+ min ago   (91+ words) Google makes $21b investment in AI and nuclear power in Finland AFR Helsinki | Alphabet’s Google will invest at least €13 billion ($21 billion) in artificial intelligence infrastructure in Finland over the next two years and has signed its first nuclear power contract outside…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (91+ words) AFR Netflix co-chief executive Greg Peters says he is confident the global streaming giant will avoid major cost blowouts from its adoption of artificial intelligence, while criticising companies that were using leaderboards to rank and track employee usage. Peters, who…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (110+ words) AFR If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. BCAL Diagnostics’ plans to nab fellow ASX-listed biotech Genetic Signatures hit the skids after revelations the target was already flirting with Sonic Healthcare-backed Microba Life Sciences. There’s an FDA approval in the…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (56+ words) AFR Alceon’s private equity unit is back for another crack at the artificial intelligence and data implementation sector, less than a year after it scored 2.5-times return on selling Efex to Advent Partners. Alceon Private Equity co-head Zac Midalia and…...