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Canva in duelling US lawsuits over music licensing
6+ hour, 29+ min ago (263+ words) Canva and US music-rights specialist Crunch Digital are suing each other after their commercial relationship broke down amid competing allegations over confidential data leaks, music licensing and unpaid work. In the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Canva…...
Low-rate era is firmly over as markets brace for central bank hikes
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (327+ words) Interest rate rises are firmly back in vogue. Or, as ANZ put it in a recent note, “the post-GFC era of low rates is over”. Here’s what you need to know about the key economic data releases this week. The…...
Australian shares to open lower as surging oil prices hit Wall Street
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (434+ words) The news: The Australian sharemarket is set to open lower after Wall Street fell overnight, as an uptick in US producer prices and surging oil prices fuelled expectations the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates next week, while rising Treasury…...
Oil above USD107 as Houthis close in on shipping chokepoint
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (78+ words) Good morning. Here’s what happened overnight and what you need to know today. First Table raises $10 million without AI angle. Oliver Curtis is shifting focus beyond Australia’s shores. It could also be a new frontier for Firmus investor and supplier…...
Dining platform First Table raises $10m to sell empty tables restaurants can’t fill
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (332+ words) Australian restaurants are closing down at twice the rate of the rest of the economy, but a New Zealand dining platform is hoping to convince these restaurants that a table sold at half price is more valuable than if it…...
TSMC, MediaTek sales surge as AI chip demand stays strong
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (328+ words) The news: MediaTek and TSMC both reported a surge in monthly sales on Thursday as Taiwanese chipmakers grapple with strong demand for AI semiconductors. TSMC, the world’s largest chipmaker, reported a 53.3% increase in monthly sales in August, lifting revenue to…...
The government should give us actual choice over our feeds
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (299+ words) Forgive me my pedantry, but if Australia is going to regulate social media algorithms, we should be precise about what an algorithm actually is. Discussion of the Albanese government’s proposed digital duty of care has been framed in the media…...
UK’s Andy Burnham rejects call for data centre moratorium
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (380+ words) The news: British prime minister Andy Burnham has rejected a call from a member of his own party to impose a moratorium on AI data centres. Labour MP Ian Lavery asked Burnham to support a moratorium on future data centres…...
Dirt resistant — Capital Brief
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (198+ words) They all deny it. But all political parties have what are known in the trade as dirt units. Dirt unit staff spend their time searching for embarrassing information about political opponents, which they then leak to the media. The ultimate…...
Australian shares to open lower as oil surge hits Wall Street
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (367+ words) The news: The Australian sharemarket is set to open lower after Wall Street fell overnight as oil prices surged above USD101 ($138) a barrel, with losses deepening after the US Treasury announced plans to purchase up to USD6 billion of longer-dated government debt....