The surprise firing of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman late last week arose from the board's fears the company had developed a superintelligence named Q* that could solve maths problems, allege sources to Reuters. We're not even making this up.



Demand for artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and the "duelling pressure" to reduce energy consumption, costs and greenhouse gas emissions loom large over the data centre industry - and will be at the forfefront - heading into 2024, according to a new trends forecast.

Investment in technology has returned to pre-pandemic levels with 45% of senior technology decision makers still saying they are expecting tech budgets to increase in the next 12 months, according to a new survey and report by one global digital services consultancy.

Today’s Black Friday sales may be the spark which Australian businesses “desperately need” after a flat year of sales, the National Retail Association has predicted.

Data technology provider InterSystems has launched its HealthShare Health Connect Cloud solution in New Zealand.

Australian internet provider TPG Telecom announced it has acquired new licences in the 3.7GHz spectrum band.

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Josh Martinez, newsletter editor, iTWire