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A legal battle over payments for PepsiCo’s drink concentrates - and whether it included intellectual property - will have implications for taxes on US tech giants.

‘Dead end’ for ATO on big tech billions after Pepsi test case failure

The tax office has yet to concede defeat on a levy that drew the ire of US President Donald Trump despite a resounding courtroom loss this month.

  • Colin Kruger

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A image of Donald Trump created by Grok, an artificial intelligence program owned by Elon Musk.

One thing right now is changing us as humans – and not always for the better

The AI arms race has been so stratospherically swift that many legal, moral and societal questions about it have been swept to the side.

  • Tim Duggan
The Age, news.Business. These young people are the subjects of a new movie - Spreadsheet Champions - and competed in the recent Microsoft Excel world championships. The film is appearing at the upcoming Melbourne International Film Festival.Left to right. 1. Carmina Solares,Yvan De La Paix,Alkmini Gaitantzi and .Mason Brainthwaite,Pic Simon Schluter 8 August 2025

Excelling at Excel: The spreadsheet world cup is anything but boring

Forget slam dunks, penalty shootouts or gold medals. The most nerve-racking competition you’ve never heard of involves cells, formulas and pivot tables.

  • David Swan
Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn.

Bring back the humans: CBA’s embarrassing AI jobs bungle a salutary lesson 

It is clearly a bad look for the bank that talked up embracing the new technology to so publicly mishandle this particular aspect of its implementation.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Canva founders Cliff Obrecht (left), Melanie Perkins and Cameron Adams.

Canva now bigger than Telstra, Woolies

The software powerhouse has made billionaires out of its co-founders, and now some of its “Canvanauts” are set to become instant millionaires thanks to a new share sale.

  • David Swan
Atlassian co-founders Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes at the National Press Club on Wednesday.

Tech bros, or broken? Farquhar and Cannon-Brookes face greatest test

They’re two of Australia’s wealthiest people and they have big ideas for the nation’s future. But should we listen?

  • David Swan
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Apple chief executive Tim Cook greets developers at WWDC on Tuesday.

All the new features coming to your Apple device

Apple’s latest developer conference covered a huge number of features coming soon to the iPhone, iPad and other devices.

  • Tim Biggs
Many elements in the new software can be customised to be transparent.

Apple unveils a new look but the wait for AI Siri continues

This year’s software updates will bring a new visual design that Apple is calling Liquid Glass.

  • Tim Biggs
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And one stray elephant.

An Apple spokesperson blamed the issue on phonetic overlap between the two words.

‘I don’t see how it doesn’t happen’: Apple eyes giant change to devices

Apple is “actively looking at” revamping the Safari web browser on its devices to focus on AI-powered search engines, a seismic shift for the industry hastened by the potential end of a longtime partnership with Google.

  • Mark Gurman, Leah Nylen and Stephanie Lai