Business
Microsoft acquires twice as many Nvidia AI chips as tech rivals
Financial Times: Race on as demand outstrips supply of Nvidia’s most advanced units.
Latest from Microsoft
Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
US stocks surge to records on tech gains, Fed rate cut hopes
Even strange behaviour in South Korea and France doesn't dent Wall St optimism.
Microsoft targets Egyptian linked to DIY phishing kits
Attacks have surged in recent months, with criminals increasingly using QR codes.
'Black Fraud Day?': Black Friday scams make for phishy business with QR cons, fake shops
Black Fraud Day? Desperate scammers may entice people desperate for deals.
Microsoft’s revenue beats estimates on AI boom's cloud demand, Meta sees AI spending accelerating
Financial Times: Boom in adoption of AI tools features strongly in Big Tech results.
Google’s strong earnings boosted by cloud computing growth
Financial Times: Shares in parent company Alphabet rose 5% in after-hours trading.
Nuclear energy stocks hit record highs on surging demand from AI
Financial Times: Amazon and Google deals to deploy reactors in sector’s revitalisation.
S&P 500, Dow close at fresh record peaks on tech buying
Semiconductors were especially in vogue during a day of vigorous trading.
Jarden Wealth Weekly: Why global exposure is critical for Kiwi investors
OPINION: Earthquakes, disease, and tech stocks can make a global perspective lucrative.
US weighs Google break-up in landmark antitrust case
Financial Times: Justice Department could seek ‘remedies’ such as forced product sales.
Tech Insider: Spark puts some numbers around its big Transpower win
Plus: Infratil is downgraded, Microsoft reveals its plan to reboot a nuclear plant.
BlackRock and Microsoft plan US$30b fund to invest in AI infrastructure
FT: Nvidia and MGX will join effort as energy-intensive tech strains power grids.
US accuses Google of dominating ad tech market as antitrust trial begins
Financial Times: Latest clash as Google has landmark loss in separate case over search.
How AI could more than double NZ’s productivity
Report says New Zealand needs to improve on its 'relatively low digital maturity'.
Trump campaign says it was hacked by Iran
Iran’s foreign ministry has not commented on the Trump campaign's claims.
'Flooding the internet': Latest Microsoft outage explained
Paul Spain speaks to Michael Morrah about the latest Microsoft outage. Video / Jason Dorday, Alyse Wright
Microsoft outage: Customers coming back online after morning woes
There’s fresh grief for Microsoft on the heels of its CrowdStrike chaos.
Alphabet revenue jumps, shows no sign of AI denting search business
Financial Times: Cloud growth is hot as companies race to build large language models.
NZ law firm predicts legal class actions in wake of Crowdstrike global IT outage chaos
Shareholder claims against unprepared organisations are also a possibility.
CrowdStrike chaos: Microsoft’s tone-deaf ‘less than 1%’ post
That tiny percentage included your bank and your supermarket.
'Less than 1%': Truth about global tech outage
Experts warn malicious actors are trying to exploit the global tech outage.
Retailers cop ‘aggressive customer behaviour’ during IT outage
Some customers became 'quite agitated' as payment systems went down in the global outage.
What is CrowdStrike, the $133b giant behind global IT meltdown?
Rogue file in US tech giant’s Falcon Sensor tool appears to have caused dramatic failure.
Opinion: IT outage exposes vulnerabilities in global information ecosystem
OPINION: Modern technology incidents paralyse the world in new and interesting ways.
'Billions could be lost': How global IT outage could take days to fix
One IT expert said the outage could have a financial flow-on effect.
Chip stocks tumble as Trump comments rattle investors
Financial Times: Markets fret over report of tougher semiconductor trade restrictions.
‘Moderately bearish’: Why Microsoft, Apple & Nvidia concentration could cause US market correction
US equities are euphoric this year, but is the market on course for a comedown?
The unsurprising stock overtaking Apple and Microsoft in record investing period
Meme stocks also made a comeback on Sharesies in June.
Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges
Financial Times: Energy-thirsty AI threatens tech giant’s ambition of reaching ‘net zero’.