Sydney-based fintech OpenDebt has secured $2 million in seed funding to expand autonomous voice agents for debt recovery, targeting Australian lenders, utilities and collection agencies.
Hannah Kim
Sep 22, 2026
Dollarama's reported Australian expansion is expected to intensify competition for accessory distributors and major retailers as the discount chain applies its direct-from-factory sourcing model.
Hannah Kim
Sep 22, 2026
Apple has begun selling the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max globally, featuring a variable-aperture camera, Siri AI powered by Google Gemini models and new image-authentication tools.
George Anton
Sep 19, 2026
Amazon is expanding refunds under its FTC settlement over Prime enrolment and cancellation practices, allowing more customers to receive automatic payments of up to $200 without filing a claim.
Tony Jackson
Sep 19, 2026
Robinhood shares rose nearly 9% after the SEC introduced an exemption for tokenised stocks, adding to optimism around the company's blockchain strategy despite ongoing regulatory uncertainty.
Tony Jackson
Sep 19, 2026
Coinbase shares rose 11.72% to US$194.36 as bitcoin climbed above US$80,000, while an SEC tokenisation exemption and a new partnership with X boosted investor sentiment.
Scott Lance
Sep 19, 2026
Strategy shares rose 13.66% to $150.32 as bitcoin rallied, analysts lifted price targets and investors continued to treat the company as a leveraged proxy for cryptocurrency prices.
Mike Clair
Sep 19, 2026
Braveheart Bio shares rose 5.5% after the company began its pivotal Phase 3 trial of BHB-1893 and reported financial results supporting development of two late-stage programmes.
Tony Jackson
Sep 19, 2026
Attovia Therapeutics shares rose 8.36% to $24.63, extending a run of sharp, unexplained moves as investors await clinical updates from the biotechnology company's pipeline.
Tony Jackson
Sep 19, 2026
Alamar Biosciences shares jumped 15.9% to $37.10, nearing their 52-week high as investors responded to analyst upgrades, partnerships and progress in precision proteomics.
Mike Clair
Sep 19, 2026
Bitcoin rose 6.03% to US$80,947.85 after investors interpreted the Federal Reserve's latest projections as signalling a less aggressive path for future interest rate rises.
Tony Jackson
Sep 19, 2026
Maye Musk says Elon Musk disregarded her advice to choose one venture after selling PayPal, instead pursuing electric vehicles, rockets and solar energy at the same time.
George Anton
Sep 19, 2026
The FTSE 100 dropped 1.25% on Friday as geopolitical concerns and uncertainty over the Bank of England's future rate decisions outweighed stronger retail sales and lower oil prices.
Mike Clair
Sep 19, 2026
Agile Energy research says demand charges based on a business's highest 30-minute electricity use can add thousands annually, while network location may create much larger cost differences.
Steve Jones
Sep 18, 2026
South Korea's KOSPI rose 2.81% to 6,903.94 as lower oil prices and an anticipated US Federal Reserve rate rise eased inflation concerns, with institutions driving broad gains.
Mike Clair
Sep 18, 2026
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says lowering net overseas migration will create economic trade-offs, with farmers warning that limits on working holidaymakers could worsen labour shortages and raise food prices.
Hannah Kim
Sep 18, 2026
IBM shares fell 3.2% amid pressure on infrastructure and mainframe operations, despite resilient software growth, strong cash flow and ongoing investment in AI and quantum computing.
Tony Jackson
Sep 17, 2026
Forgent Power Solutions shares rose nearly 12% after the company reported record quarterly results, strong bookings and backlog growth, and raised its full-year earnings guidance.
Mike Clair
Sep 17, 2026
AMD shares rose 4.15% in midmorning trading as semiconductor stocks recovered from recent losses linked to concerns that AI safety debates could slow infrastructure spending.
Tony Jackson
Sep 17, 2026
Intel shares climbed after reports that SK hynix is considering using Intel's US capacity and CEO Lip-Bu Tan said the company can meet only about half of customer CPU demand.
Mike Clair
Sep 17, 2026
Riot Platforms shares gained as investors continued backing its shift into AI data centres, following a long-term Anthropic capacity agreement worth an estimated $9.1 billion.
Tony Jackson
Sep 16, 2026
Salesforce shares traded nearly flat after a global outage disrupted hundreds of customer instances during Dreamforce, as investors appeared to treat the technical failure as temporary.
Mike Clair
Sep 16, 2026
Cipher Digital shares rose 11.25% as investors focused on its transition from bitcoin mining to AI data centres, a growing hyperscale backlog and upcoming facility launches.
Tony Jackson
Sep 16, 2026
GameStop's pursuit of eBay remains unresolved, with reports suggesting Ryan Cohen may favour a partnership over the proposed $56bn takeover while retaining a substantial stake in the company.
Scott Lance
Sep 16, 2026
Salesforce resolved a global service outage lasting about four hours, but the company has not disclosed its financial cost, while customer losses and reputational damage remain difficult to quantify.
George Anton
Sep 16, 2026
A global Salesforce outage disrupted access to core services across several countries during Dreamforce, with the company tracing the incident to an internal login service bottleneck.
George Anton
Sep 16, 2026
Owala is releasing five Pokémon-themed FreeSip water bottles exclusively at Target to mark Pokémon's 30th anniversary, with designs featuring several of the franchise's best-known characters.
Joe Green
Sep 16, 2026
Elon Musk leads Forbes' wealthiest Americans for a fifth consecutive year with $908 billion, while the combined fortune of the Forbes 400 reaches a record $8 trillion.
Scott Lance
Sep 16, 2026
Samsung co-led a $231 million funding round for Dutch startup Euclyd, seeking exposure to AI inference chips, memory-centric architecture and alternatives to Nvidia's market dominance.
Tony Jackson
Sep 16, 2026
Growing businesses can ease operational pressure by automating repetitive workflows, setting clear limits on AI systems and moving infrequently used equipment or inventory into organised external storage.
Steve Jones
Sep 16, 2026
