Today
Apple announces ‘Scary Fast’ event to roll out new Macs
The branding could imply that the tech giant is ready to unveil its M3 chip, which will deliver speedy performance improvements to the company’s computers.
- Mark Gurman
This Month
Is America’s hottest property market a bubble?
Austin has the fastest-growing office sector in North America, but some question whether the Texan city can absorb so much space.
- Rachel Siegel
Apple’s iPhones off to disappointing start in China, study shows
Sales of Apple’s flagship device are down 4.5pc compared with the iPhone 14 over their first 17 days after release, according to Counterpoint Research.
- Bloomberg News
Emails show Google boss knew Apple deal was bad ‘Optics’ years ago
Google’s Sundar Pichai raised concerns years before he became CEO that the deal with Apple to be its only default search option, looked bad from a competition perspective.
- Leah Nylen
Why the Apple Watch could become a must-have as summer gets hotter
The makers of the popular timepiece have unveiled a new “Time in Daylight” feature that tracks your exposure to sunshine.
- Teddy Amenabar
New RBA powers to regulate Apple, Google payments
The Albanese government will release draft legislation on Wednesday to allow the RBA to regulate Apple Pay and Google Pay like other payment services.
- James Eyers
Microsoft boss says Google default makes search choice ‘bogus’
Satya Nadella said Google’s power in online search was so dominant because of contracts that make the tech giant the default search engine on mobile devices.
- David McCabe and Cecilia Kang
September
Inside a tech merger | Do 99pc of start-ups really fail? | Our verdict on the new iPhone
The Australian Financial Review’s new tech newsletter The Download takes an insightful look at the week’s biggest tech stories, deals and trends.
- Paul Smith
Apple’s safe-haven status is being tested by tech slump
Apple’s weak momentum is one reason why the S&P 500 tech sector entered correction territory, and why Ned Davis Research lowered its view on big tech.
- Ryan Vlastelica
Apple’s new iPhones are hot - but not in a good way, say some users
Shortly after the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max were released, users across the world began reporting that the devices could become uncomfortably warm during use.
- Chris Velazco
Why the Pro Max could be the iPhone 15 for you
The iPhone 15 Pro Max is Apple’s best phone yet. If only people would stop ringing it, it would be perfect!
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Review
The new Musk bio is more love letter than personal history
The entrepreneur’s much-anticipated biography has interesting anecdotes but is too uncritical of its flawed subject.
- Mark Di Stefano
Microsoft closes in on Apple’s spot as world’s largest stock
While Apple is still a multi-trillion dollar behemoth, investors have increasingly shown a preference for Microsoft - and its dominance in cloud computing and AI.
- Ryan Vlastelica
- Exclusive
- Cyber Summit
ASIC to target boards, execs for cyber failures
The corporate regulator has put Australian business on notice that it will begin seeking punishments for hacked companies that hadn’t put sufficient protections in place.
- Updated
- Paul Smith and Ronald Mizen
With phone sales falling, Apple prepares a plan B
The new iPhone 15 is capable of creating 3D video for Apple’s forthcoming virtual-reality headset.
- John Davidson
- Analysis
- Government Observed
Technology’s dangerous-by-design era to come to an end
Cyber minister Clare O’Neil is pushing for Australia to join the rest of the world and shift responsibility for digital safety away from consumers and onto software vendors and smart device makers.
- Tom Burton
Major banks singing in unison on new rules for digital platforms
A Financial Review roundtable on the future of payments identified that banks are paranoid Apple and Google may expand their tentacles into other areas of banking.
- James Eyers
Will your USB-C cable work with the new iPhone?
Apple’s iPhone 15 now uses the same cord as everything else. Only, it doesn’t. There’s more than one type, even for the phone itself.
- John Davidson
At last, one cable rules them all with Apple’s new iPhone 15
The biggest surprise at the mobile’s launch was the size of the price rise: $300 more than last year for the priciest model, though it does have more storage.
- John Davidson
The new iPhone Australians will be buying
Economic uncertainty appears to have scared off budget-conscious phone buyers, leaving high-end iPhones to pick up the slack.
- John Davidson
