Microsoft
Analysis
Video games
Game subscriptions heat up as PlayStation joins the race
Sony is joining Microsoft in the subscription video game race, as everyone from Samsung to Netflix looks to capitalise on games’ increasing popularity.
- by Tim Biggs
Latest
After 27 years, Internet Explorer is dead
Internet Explorer is finally headed out to pasture, joining BlackBerry phones, dial-up modems and Palm Pilots in the dustbin of tech history.
- by Richard Jacobsen
Talent quest: Setting up for success in the skills shortage
In a tight labour market, employers are becoming increasingly aware of the need to keep their talent happy and provide workers with an environment in which they can flourish.
- by Sue White
Exclusive
Child abuse
Online watchdog demands ‘full transparency’ as tech giants act on sexual abuse
Australia’s online safety tsar will go further, demanding “radical transparency” from companies on how they deal with the scourge.
- by Nick Bonyhady
Why ‘Big Tech’ isn’t scared of the Wall Street wobble
They may have lost $US2.7 trillion ($3.7 trillion) in value so far this year, but the tech behemoths are as bullish as ever.
- by Tripp Mickle
Opinion
World markets
Bubble fears: Wall Street’s new age of uncertainty
In the two decades since the dot-com crash, investors have been bracing themselves for another tech bubble to burst. Now there is serious talk that the correction everyone feared might finally be happening.
- by Parmy Olson
Microsoft to help cover workers’ travel costs for abortions as new restrictions loom in US
Microsoft is the latest corporate giant to confront the issue following the release of a draft Supreme Court opinion last week that would overturn a landmark ruling that legalised abortion throughout the US.
- by Dina Bass and Nick Turner
Opinion
Digital business
Digital revolution is leaving economists scratching their heads
The new digital era is throwing economists’ models out the window.
- by Ross Gittins
Analysis
Investing
Young investors feel the heat of tech share meltdown
The decade-long bull market in US technology stocks appears over with the US Federal Reserve expected to lift interest rates this week, crimping demand for the big-name tech darlings.
- by John Collett
Big Tech has a fight on its hands in Australian courts
The Federal Court of Australia’s insistence that local laws override Big Tech’s contracts with users could pose a threat to the US platforms’ legal strategy. It may explain why the platforms are so eager to fight this fight.
- by Laurel Henning and James Panichi
Analysis
Video games
Microsoft’s historic $96b deal comes with a lot of games - and a spotty reputation
Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Crash Bandicoot and more will soon be under the Xbox umbrella, along with Activision Blizzard’s tarnished reputation.
- by Tim Biggs