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Meta starts AI subscriptions at $US7.99 a month
Meta has begun testing paid Meta AI tiers from $US7.99 a month inside Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, testing whether consumer AI can deliver recurring revenue.
Zscaler stock sinks on soft outlook and sales reset
Zscaler stock sank 31 per cent after softer guidance and sales turnover, raising fresh questions about cyber budgets and enterprise deal flow.
DeepSeek V4-Pro price cut deepens AI model price war
DeepSeek V4-Pro price cut leaves its flagship API at a quarter of list price, forcing developers and cloud buyers to rethink premium AI spend.
Canada lawful-access bill draws Apple and Google backlash
Apple and Google say Canada's Bill C-22 could widen police access to subscriber and service data, even as Ottawa says the measure stops short of mandating backdoors.
Google EU fine looms as Brussels targets search changes
Brussels is preparing a fresh fine against Google over search self-preferencing, adding pressure to the search page as AI answers reshape traffic and discovery.
Gemini for Science: Google's AI tools move into research labs
Google's Gemini for Science suite brings AI hypothesis generation and computational discovery to research workflows — and Singapore is already moving faster than Australia to adopt it.
Google turns AI search into an ad business, not just a search feature
Google tests AI-generated ads in Search and AI Mode, signalling the company's AI overhaul is shifting from user acquisition to monetisation. The move represents a fundamental change in digital advertising economics as Google transitions from referral engine to answer engine.
Google AI Studio Android apps pull teams deeper into Gemini
Google AI Studio Android apps could cut prototype costs for Australian teams, while pulling coding, testing and discovery deeper into Gemini.
AI writing scandals 2026: where editing becomes authorship
AI writing scandals now expose a wider problem for publishers, vendors and workers: when does editing help turn into authorship?
Google’s search appeal puts Apple’s Safari deal back in play
Google search monopoly appeal puts Apple’s Safari default deal back in focus, reviving the fight over browser defaults, data access and platform power.
Google launches Gemini Omni for video, avatars and AI editing
Google has launched Gemini Omni Flash, a multimodal model for generating and editing video, avatars and other media as it pushes Gemini further into production workflows.
Modal Labs valued at $4.65 billion after $355m Series C raise
Modal Labs raised US$355 million at a US$4.65 billion valuation, quadrupling its price tag in eight months as serverless GPU inference demand surges alongside AI coding adoption.
Google wants app prototyping to start in AI Studio, not Android Studio
Google's new AI Studio workflow lets non-specialists spin up native Android prototypes in minutes, but the larger play is control of the path from prompt to Play.
Apple, Google app store class actions delayed in Australia
An Australian court has delayed any bid to widen class actions against Apple and Google over app-store commissions while possible appeals in the Epic Games litigation are resolved.
Canva plugs into Google Gemini alongside Adobe, CapCut
Canva is among the first creative tools plugging into Google's Gemini app alongside Adobe and CapCut as Google pushes deeper into design workflows.
AI Data Centres Drive 76% Power Price Surge as Australia Watches
Wholesale power prices on America's largest grid jumped 76 per cent in Q1 2026, with data centre demand adding $13 billion to customer bills. Australia's own data centre boom is replaying the same dynamic.
Google turns startup SEO into a distribution problem
Google AI Search is squeezing startup SEO, pushing founders towards brand demand, direct traffic and pages AI answers cannot easily replace.
Nvidia earnings show the AI chip boom is still accelerating
Nvidia earnings showed AI chip demand is still rising, with $US81.6 billion in revenue and $US91 billion guidance despite fresh competition risks.
Exa Labs $250m raise signals agent-native search boom
Exa Labs' $250 million Series C at a $2.2 billion valuation signals that agent-native search infrastructure is becoming its own category beneath the chatbot layer. Announced a day after Google's I/O search overhaul, the raise landed alongside Parallel Web Systems' $100 million round — a coordinated bet on retrieval built for machines, not humans.
Google smart glasses return with Android XR this fall
Google smart glasses will return this fall with Android XR and Gemini, but price, full specs and Australian launch timing remain undisclosed.
Anthropic and OpenAI take 89% of AI startup revenue
Anthropic and OpenAI now capture 89 per cent of AI startup revenue, highlighting a winner-takes-most market that leaves smaller builders exposed.
Why OpenAI put Brockman over ChatGPT, Codex and agents
OpenAI product strategy is shifting towards one agent platform, bringing ChatGPT, Codex and the API stack closer for developers and enterprise buyers.
AI coding assistants shift work to technical debt clean-up
AI coding assistants are speeding up output, but Lightrun says 43 per cent of machine-written changes still need production debugging and clean-up.
The Verge's tech agenda centres on AI trust, Android and platform control
The Verge's 16 May front page points to a tech cycle shaped by AI guardrails, Google's Android push and tighter control over software distribution.
Apple, Google and Microsoft push passkeys, but recovery still matters
Passkeys are becoming the default sign-in option across major platforms, but the real question in 2026 is whether recovery and cross-device portability are finally good enough for mainstream users.
