TECHNOLOGY

With the iPhone 17 series still fresh in stores, speculation is already swirling around Apple's 2026 flagship lineup, particularly the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. Analysts and supply chain sources point to meaningful upgrades in battery life, camera capabilities and processing power, even as the overall design remains largely familiar.

Apple's iPhone 17e, released March 11, 2026, after a March 2 announcement, positions itself as the most affordable way to access the latest iOS features and Apple Intelligence at $599 for 256GB storage. Yet early reviews and consumer feedback highlight significant compromises that make it a questionable choice for many buyers just weeks after launch.

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple's iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are shaping up as significant evolutionary steps for the flagship lineup

Sony Interactive Entertainment will increase prices for its PlayStation 5 consoles and related hardware by $100 to $150 starting April 2, 2026, marking the second major price hike for the console in less than a year as the company points to "continued pressures in the global economic landscape."

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates remains one of the most influential voices on artificial intelligence, blending profound optimism about its transformative power with clear-eyed warnings about its risks.

Anthropic's popular AI assistant Claude experienced another round of service disruptions on Friday, March 27, 2026, with users reporting elevated errors particularly affecting the Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 models.

As artificial intelligence infrastructure spending accelerates in 2026, investors are eyeing a fresh wave of stocks poised for outsized gains beyond the mega-cap leaders.

In the high-stakes world of American business leadership, the smartphone remains an indispensable tool for executives juggling multimillion-dollar decisions, global travel and real-time AI collaboration.

As artificial intelligence races toward surpassing human intelligence and SpaceX pushes reusable rockets to new heights, Elon Musk continues to captivate the world with bold visions and unfiltered insights.

Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing to file paperwork for what could become the largest initial public offering in history as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter, accelerating plans for a potential June debut that would value the rocket and satellite giant at more than $1.75 trillion.

Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 7, the company's thinnest and lightest book-style foldable yet, features a folding display certified to withstand 500,000 folds — more than double the rating of its predecessor and enough to theoretically last over a decade for typical users, according to the company and independent certification.

Elon Musk offered to personally fund salaries for Transportation Security Administration workers caught in the partial government shutdown, but the White House rejected the proposal as long security lines disrupted air travel across the United States this week.

SYDNEY — Starlink, SpaceX's satellite internet service, has transformed connectivity for thousands of Australians in remote, regional and rural areas where traditional NBN or fixed broadband falls short.

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, is not experiencing a widespread outage as of Thursday, March 26, 2026, though users in some regions have reported intermittent issues with loading feeds, logging in and refreshing timelines over the past week, according to real-time monitoring sites and company statements.

ChatGPT has solidified its position as the world's most popular mobile app in early 2026, overtaking traditional social media giants like TikTok and Instagram with hundreds of millions of downloads and massive monthly active user growth, as artificial intelligence tools reshape how people communicate, create and consume content on smartphones.

As Apple prepares to enter the foldable smartphone market with its long-rumored iPhone Fold in late 2026, speculation is intensifying over whether the device can outperform Samsung's anticipated Galaxy Z Fold 8, which is expected to launch several months earlier around July 2026.

With the iPhone 17 Pro already six months old and the iPhone 18 Pro still roughly six months away, many Australian buyers are asking the perennial question: buy now or hold out?

Apple's newly launched iPhone 17e offers an affordable entry into the latest iPhone lineup at $599, packing the A19 chip and a modern Dynamic Island design, but buyers wondering whether to snap it up or hold out for the more advanced iPhone 18 Pro face a lengthy wait until at least September 2026 — and potentially longer for base models — as Apple shifts its release strategy.

Apple Inc. shares gained ground in early Wednesday trading, climbing to around $253 as investors welcomed fresh data showing a 23% surge in iPhone sales in China during the first nine weeks of 2026

SYDNEY — ChatGPT continues to tower over rivals as the most popular artificial intelligence chatbot among Australians in 2026, commanding the lion's share of usage even as Google's Gemini makes significant inroads and newer entrants like Grok and Claude carve out niches in a rapidly evolving market.

PERTH, Australia — Escalating conflict in the Middle East has triggered the largest oil supply disruption in history, sending crude prices surging and spotlighting vulnerabilities in global energy chains.

China's aggressive embrace of open-source artificial intelligence models is creating a "self-reinforcing competitive advantage" that threatens U.S. leadership in the sector, even as Washington restricts access to advanced chips

Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang stunned the technology world Monday by declaring that artificial general intelligence — long considered the holy grail of AI — has already been achieved, telling podcaster Lex Fridman "I think it's now. I think we've achieved AGI."

Apple's iPhone 18 Pro Max is shaping up as one of the most significant upgrades in years, with rumors swirling around a massive battery capable of up to 40 hours of use, a smaller Dynamic Island edging toward under-display Face ID, and the debut of the company's first 2nm A20 Pro chip as the lineup prepares for a September 2026 unveiling alongside a foldable iPhone.

In a head-to-head comparison of conventional military power, Iran's armed forces outrank Australia on most quantitative measures according to 2026 global assessments, yet experts caution that Australia's smaller, highly trained force — backed by advanced Western technology and strong alliances — would likely prove more capable in a high-intensity, technology-driven conflict far from home.

OpenAI announced Tuesday it will discontinue its standalone Sora video generation app and related services, a surprising move that comes roughly six months after the tool's public launch and just three months after a high-profile partnership with Disney that included a planned $1 billion investment.

Thousands of users worldwide are reporting disruptions to Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot integrated into Elon Musk's social media platform, X.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is steering the artificial intelligence juggernaut through one of its most turbulent and transformative periods, rejecting a massive unsolicited buyout offer from Elon Musk while forging new partnerships with Amazon and the U.S. Department of Defense, even as he grapples publicly with the technology's disruptive impact on jobs and capitalism itself.

LastPass, one of the world's most widely used password managers, faced widespread user complaints of login failures and vault access problems Tuesday, March 24, 2026, prompting the company to acknowledge an internal issue and launch an active investigation.