AI/Machine Learning

Trump’s trade war is hampering US hopes of leading the world in AI – and that hits Australia too

- April 16, 2025 3 MIN READ

The global trade war triggered by US President Donald Trump earlier this month shows no signs of ending anytime soon. In recent days, China suspended exports of a wide range of critical minerals that are vital ingredients in everything from electric cars and drones to the semiconductor chips that power artificial intelligence (AI) servers. Around… Read more »

FairSupply cofounders Dr Arne Geschke (l) and Kimberly Randle (r) with AirTree's Jackie Vullinghs
Business

An Australian startup developed a tariff calculator to help companies try and figure out what Trump’s brain farts will cost them

- April 14, 2025 2 MIN READ

If you need a reality check on just how crazy Donald Trump’s tariff plan-du-jour was last week, well, after wiping trillions in value from global markets, he followed up with April 9’s insider trading scam before the US President tanked markets all over again and capped it off with some crony capitalism. Economics analyst Joey… Read more »

Business

US tech giants are complaining to Daddy that Australia and other nations are being mean to them

- March 21, 2025 4 MIN READ

Some of America’s most profitable tech companies have seized on their chance to join US president Donald Trump’s global trade war arguing that laws and taxes in other nations are costing them money. Industry lobby group the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), which represents Amazon, Apple, Meta, Google and Elon Musk’s X, among others,… Read more »