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SpaceX to file IPO application next week, source tells AFP

The IPO aims to raise up to US$80 billion, eclipsing Alibaba’s 2014 record.

The real story of AI isn't innovation. It's power.

Karen Hao says tech giants build AI empires by extracting global resources.

AI future for Māori stories: Who controls culture in the digital world?

A briefing says generative AI raises critical issues around cultural appropriation.

Parenting in a 'polycrisis': The real reason birth rates are in free fall

NYT Analysis: There's much more to it than money and domestic equality, researchers say.

'Same playbook': Hantavirus outbreak resurrects Covid-era conspiracy theories

New York Times: AI has made it even easier to spread misinformation online, experts say.

AI hesitation affecting productivity. Tech with 2degrees| Herald NOW Business

The real barrier isn’t the tech falling over, it’s our hesitation, low trust and fear of getting it wrong. Peter Griffin - The Business of Tech Podcast. Video| Herald NOW Business

Andrew Barnes: AI could rewrite the working week but who benefits?

OPINION: This is a glaringly obvious question for workers that CEOs don't answer.

Milford Senior Analyst - James Buchnanan on the AI agents

The big US tech companies are on track to spend more than US$1 trillion on AI next year. Video / Herald NOW Business

Struggling with phone addiction? Try these remedies

New York Times: Counting minutes is a poor way to curb phone habits.

Meet the Kiwi developers who just landed a movie deal with 20th Century Fox

Kieft, Hufton and Angland met on Roblox as 13-year-olds and now develop games fulltime.

‘Overuse of AI in the wrong places': Business leaders' take on NZ's digital priorities

Tech leaders rate New Zealand's tech adoption a flat six out of 10.

How to plan a massacre: AI bots told scientists how to make biological weapons

NY Times: Chatbots described how to assemble deadly pathogens and unleash them in public.