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World markets
ASX hits record high; CBA eclipses BHP as Australia’s biggest company
The Australian sharemarket climbed to a record high after four out of every five stocks that comprise the benchmark S&P 500 Index advanced on Wall Street overnight.
- by Millie Muroi
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PCs & laptops
Microsoft’s latest MacBook-beater is the real deal, with an asterisk
A phenomenal laptop with incredible battery life, Microsoft’s new Surface is perfect for many users, but a definite non-starter for others.
- by Tim Biggs
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PCs & laptops
Why your next laptop will be the smartest of the lot
In the 1980s, the best laptop let you edit documents on the go. Today they can produce their own documents and images on demand, and process anything they see and hear.
- by Tim Biggs
Microsoft, Macquarie pump billions into power hungry data centres
The global heavyweights are joining with Goodman Group and ploughing billions of dollars into new data centre developments.
- by Carolyn Cummins
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Sharemarket
Utilities and energy firms lift ASX; Kathmandu drops
The Australian sharemarket staged a major turnaround in the latter half of the trading session to finish on a high, after Wall Street equities backed away from recent records.
- by Millie Muroi
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World markets
The $5 trillion monster: Nvidia just became the world’s most valuable company
The AI giant jumped over rivals Microsoft and Apple for the top spot after another share price surge.
- by Subrat Patnaik and Carmen Reinicke
It’s Apple v Microsoft as tech titans battle for AI supremacy
Apple Intelligence will go head-to-head with Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs, which are being launched this week.
- by Tim Biggs
Top-selling video games lead Xbox’s annual refresh
Call of Duty and Doom games will head to the Game Pass subscription on Xbox and PC, but will also be available to purchase on the rival PlayStation 5 console.
- by Tim Biggs
Opinion
Sharemarket
Why friends and family are asking me if it’s too late to buy Nvidia stock
The chipmaker is the world’s third-largest company, larger than Tesla and Amazon combined. Should you buy into the hype?
- by William Bennett
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Investing
Nvidia leaps into the $3 trillion club and could soon own it
The chipmaker’s market capitalisation has grown by more than four times the market value of BHP – in just six weeks.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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AI
AI dominance makes Nvidia now bigger than Apple
Once a niche tech firm for video game players, AI chipmaker Nvidia is now the world’s second-most valuable company with a market cap of more than $US3 trillion.
- by David Swan