Business
Entrepreneurship
Ticking crypto time bomb could spark another financial crisis
Decentralised finance, also known as DeFi, is being touted as a better option to existing stuffy financial services. But it’s rife with unregulated middlemen.
- by Dominic Powell
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‘Orphaned inventions’: Life-saving AI discoveries trapped in legal black hole
The law insists inventors have to be human. But that means we’re missing out on groundbreaking medicine and technology developed by AI.
- by Angus Dalton
‘Our country can’t go on like this’: The Chinese entrepreneur not afraid to speak out
China’s entrepreneur class is grappling with the worst economic slump in decades but they can’t seem to agree how loudly they should complain. But Zhou Hang is different.
- by Li Yuan
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Pharmaceuticals
Aussie tech in postnatal depression pill breakthrough
Researchers at Monash University are hoping a technology they have invented will enable women who have to undergo lengthy intravenous infusion treatments for postnatal depression to take a simple pill instead.
- by Emma Koehn
Opinion
Global economy
Elon Musk’s Mars dream needs to be bigger
Elon Musk has been thinking about zooming off to establish a colony on Mars for years. But he needs more people there than he thinks, or there is no point going at all.
- by Paul Krugman
‘Just suck it up and start looking into NFTs’: Crypto through the lens of a marketer
In a space filled with strange terminology, dubious technology and valuable non-fungibilty, how do you convince companies and their customers to dive into the world of Web3?
- by Dominic Powell
How Tony Blair’s son built a $587m fortune
The unique selling point of Euan Blair’s start-up is directly opposed to his father’s flagship education policy when he was in Downing Street.
- by Gareth Corfield
Elon Musk’s sister betting on cheesy romance novels to make her own name
Tosca Musk considers herself very different from her brother, but she is similar in at least one way: She is determined to turn an easily ridiculed idea into a successful business.
- by Brooks Barnes
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Social media
Want to make a living as an influencer? Be male, Millennial, and on TikTok
New data shows Australian influencers earned an average of $52,000 last year through sponsored posts and merchandise. But are influencers effective advertisers?
- by Anthony Segaert
Justin Hemmes on his Melbourne moves, skyscraper plans – and how he beat anxiety
As he approaches 50, the businessman is still hunting out opportunities, with plans to take on Victoria’s foodie scene and add a skyscraper to Sydney’s Ivy.
- by Anne Hyland
‘Parasitic’: Why the founder of Dogecoin thinks crypto is a scam
Having founded $15 billion cryptocurrency Dogecoin, you might not expect Australian software engineer Jackson Palmer to be one of the industry’s harshest critics.
- by Dominic Powell