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The Australian

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The world’s richest man, the AI king, and a courtroom showdown

Elon Musk and Sam Altman have finally landed in an Oakland courtroom and the verdict could reshape OpenAI, the AI race, and the technology defining...

02.05.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Swan

The world’s richest man, the AI king, and a courtroom showdown

Elon Musk and Sam Altman have finally landed in an Oakland courtroom and the verdict could reshape OpenAI, the AI race, and the technology defining...

02.05.2026 10

WA Today

David Swan

The world’s richest man, the AI king, and a courtroom showdown

Elon Musk and Sam Altman have finally landed in an Oakland courtroom and the verdict could reshape OpenAI, the AI race, and the technology defining...

02.05.2026 10

The Age

David Swan

The world’s richest man, the AI king, and a courtroom showdown

Elon Musk and Sam Altman have finally landed in an Oakland courtroom and the verdict could reshape OpenAI, the AI race, and the technology defining...

02.05.2026 20

Brisbane Times

David Swan

Meta will throw the toys out of the cot, again

Local journalism deserves saving. But the scheme designed to save it rests on assumptions that the Facebook and Instagram owner has already...

28.04.2026 20

WA Today

David Swan

Meta will throw the toys out of the cot, again

Local journalism deserves saving. But the scheme designed to save it rests on assumptions that the Facebook and Instagram owner has already...

28.04.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Swan

Meta will throw the toys out of the cot, again

Local journalism deserves saving. But the scheme designed to save it rests on assumptions that the Facebook and Instagram owner has already...

28.04.2026 10

Brisbane Times

David Swan

Meta will throw the toys out of the cot, again

Local journalism deserves saving. But the scheme designed to save it rests on assumptions that the Facebook and Instagram owner has already...

28.04.2026 20

The Age

David Swan

A 40-year-old storage company just beat Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Atlassian

Atlassian posted its strongest quarter ever, then got kicked out of the Nasdaq 100. The market has stopped rewarding software and started paying for...

20.04.2026 20

Brisbane Times

David Swan

A 40-year-old storage company just beat Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Atlassian

Atlassian posted its strongest quarter ever, then got kicked out of the Nasdaq 100. The market has stopped rewarding software and started paying for...

20.04.2026 30

WA Today

David Swan

A 40-year-old storage company just beat Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Atlassian

Atlassian posted its strongest quarter ever, then got kicked out of the Nasdaq 100. The market has stopped rewarding software and started paying for...

20.04.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Swan

A 40-year-old storage company just beat Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Atlassian

Atlassian posted its strongest quarter ever, then got kicked out of the Nasdaq 100. The market has stopped rewarding software and started paying for...

20.04.2026 30

The Age

David Swan

$3.1m per job: does the employment case for data centres stack up?

For every $3.1 million invested in data centre infrastructure, according to the industry’s own figures, Australia gets one permanent data centre job.

15.04.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Swan

$3.1m per job: does the employment case for data centres stack up?

For every $3.1 million invested in data centre infrastructure, according to the industry’s own figures, Australia gets one permanent data centre job.

15.04.2026 20

The Age

David Swan

$3.1m per job: does the employment case for data centres stack up?

For every $3.1 million invested in data centre infrastructure, according to the industry’s own figures, Australia gets one permanent data centre job.

15.04.2026 30

WA Today

David Swan

$3.1m per job: does the employment case for data centres stack up?

For every $3.1 million invested in data centre infrastructure, according to the industry’s own figures, Australia gets one permanent data centre job.

15.04.2026 20

Brisbane Times

David Swan

Meta has found its footing on AI. Its rival found something much scarier

Meta spent billions rebuilding its AI program and finally has something to show for it. Anthropic, meanwhile, has something it’s not sure anyone...

09.04.2026 20

WA Today

David Swan

Meta has found its footing on AI. Its rival found something much scarier

Meta spent billions rebuilding its AI program and finally has something to show for it. Anthropic, meanwhile, has something it’s not sure anyone...

09.04.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Swan

Meta has found its footing on AI. Its rival found something much scarier

Meta spent billions rebuilding its AI program and finally has something to show for it. Anthropic, meanwhile, has something it’s not sure anyone...

09.04.2026 30

The Age

David Swan

Meta has found its footing on AI. Its rival found something much scarier

Meta spent billions rebuilding its AI program and finally has something to show for it. Anthropic, meanwhile, has something it’s not sure anyone...

09.04.2026 20

Brisbane Times

David Swan

For every $100 in data centres, $80 leaves Australia almost immediately

Data centres are the infrastructure boom of the decade. But how much of the investment actually stays in the country?

06.04.2026 40

The Age

David Swan

For every $100 in data centres, $80 leaves Australia almost immediately

Data centres are the infrastructure boom of the decade. But how much of the investment actually stays in the country?

06.04.2026 50

WA Today

David Swan

For every $100 in data centres, $80 leaves Australia almost immediately

Data centres are the infrastructure boom of the decade. But how much of the investment actually stays in the country?

06.04.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Swan

For every $100 in data centres, $80 leaves Australia almost immediately

Data centres are the infrastructure boom of the decade. But how much of the investment actually stays in the country?

06.04.2026 20

Brisbane Times

David Swan

Five ways to beat your phone addiction (that actually work)

A jury just ruled social media is designed to addict you. We road-tested five ways to fight back.

29.03.2026 30

WA Today

David Swan

Five ways to beat your phone addiction (that actually work)

A jury just ruled social media is designed to addict you. We road-tested five ways to fight back.

29.03.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Swan

Five ways to beat your phone addiction (that actually work)

A jury just ruled social media is designed to addict you. We road-tested five ways to fight back.

29.03.2026 30

The Age

David Swan

Five ways to beat your phone addiction (that actually work)

A jury just ruled social media is designed to addict you. We road-tested five ways to fight back.

29.03.2026 40

Brisbane Times

David Swan

The walls are closing in on Mark Zuckerberg

Juries in two US states this week found Meta liable for harming children. With 2000 more cases pending, Zuckerberg’s nightmare is just starting.

26.03.2026 20

WA Today

David Swan

The walls are closing in on Mark Zuckerberg

Juries in two US states this week found Meta liable for harming children. With 2000 more cases pending, Zuckerberg’s nightmare is just starting.

26.03.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Swan

The walls are closing in on Mark Zuckerberg

Juries in two US states this week found Meta liable for harming children. With 2000 more cases pending, Zuckerberg’s nightmare is just starting.

26.03.2026 50

The Age

David Swan

The walls are closing in on Mark Zuckerberg

Juries in two US states this week found Meta liable for harming children. With 2000 more cases pending, Zuckerberg’s nightmare is just starting.

26.03.2026 50

Brisbane Times

David Swan

Zuckerberg’s court loss is the ‘Big Tobacco’ moment for Big Tech

Meta knew its platforms were connecting predators with children. A jury has now hit the company with a $US375 million verdict for concealing it.

25.03.2026 30

WA Today

David Swan

Zuckerberg’s court loss is the ‘Big Tobacco’ moment for Big Tech

Meta knew its platforms were connecting predators with children. A jury has now hit the company with a $US375 million verdict for concealing it.

25.03.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Swan

Zuckerberg’s court loss is the ‘Big Tobacco’ moment for Big Tech

Meta knew its platforms were connecting predators with children. A jury has now hit the company with a $US375 million verdict for concealing it.

25.03.2026 50

The Age

David Swan

Zuckerberg’s court loss is the ‘Big Tobacco’ moment for Big Tech

Meta knew its platforms were connecting predators with children. A jury has now hit the company with a $US375 million verdict for concealing it.

25.03.2026 30

Brisbane Times

David Swan

In Trump’s America, smart robots and AI mask an uncomfortable future

The world’s largest gadget show promised a future in which technology handles everything. Outside the Las Vegas bubble, reality had other plans.

11.01.2026 30

WA Today

David Swan

In Trump’s America, smart robots and AI mask an uncomfortable future

The world’s largest gadget show promised a future in which technology handles everything. Outside the Las Vegas bubble, reality had other plans.

11.01.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Swan

In Trump’s America, smart robots and AI mask an uncomfortable future

The world’s largest gadget show promised a future in which technology handles everything. Outside the Las Vegas bubble, reality had other plans.

11.01.2026 20

The Age

David Swan

In Trump’s America, smart robots and AI mask an uncomfortable future

The world’s largest gadget show promised a future in which technology handles everything. Outside the Las Vegas bubble, reality had other plans.

11.01.2026 20

Brisbane Times

David Swan

The new TVs vying for your living room (and wallet) in 2026

From pencil-thin OLEDs to screens the size of a small car, there are some genuinely impressive displays coming – albeit at somewhat terrifying prices.

08.01.2026 30

WA Today

David Swan

The new TVs vying for your living room (and wallet) in 2026

From pencil-thin OLEDs to screens the size of a small car, there are some genuinely impressive displays coming – albeit at somewhat terrifying prices.

08.01.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Swan

The new TVs vying for your living room (and wallet) in 2026

From pencil-thin OLEDs to screens the size of a small car, there are some genuinely impressive displays coming – albeit at somewhat terrifying prices.

08.01.2026 20

The Age

David Swan

The new TVs vying for your living room (and wallet) in 2026

From pencil-thin OLEDs to screens the size of a small car, there are some genuinely impressive displays coming – albeit at somewhat terrifying prices.

08.01.2026 20

Brisbane Times

David Swan

I was wrong about Elon. But he was wrong too

A year ago, I predicted that Musk would quit Tesla. He predicted our newspaper would ‘bore its audience to death’. We were both mistaken.

30.12.2025 20

WA Today

David Swan

I was wrong about Elon. But he was wrong too

A year ago, I predicted that Musk would quit Tesla. He predicted our newspaper would ‘bore its audience to death’. We were both mistaken.

30.12.2025 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Swan

I was wrong about Elon. But he was wrong too

A year ago, I predicted that Musk would quit Tesla. He predicted our newspaper would ‘bore its audience to death’. We were both mistaken.

30.12.2025 30

The Age

David Swan

I was wrong about Elon. But he was wrong too

A year ago, I predicted that Musk would quit Tesla. He predicted our newspaper would ‘bore its audience to death’. We were both mistaken.

30.12.2025 20

Brisbane Times

David Swan

Virtual reality had its chance. It blew it

I’ve spent more time this year thinking about virtual reality than actually using it. That should tell you everything you need to know about VR’s...

16.11.2025 30

WA Today

David Swan

Virtual reality had its chance. It blew it

I’ve spent more time this year thinking about virtual reality than actually using it. That should tell you everything you need to know about VR’s...

16.11.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Swan