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Co-founder leaving ‘to spend more time with his young family, improve the world via philanthropy, and help further the technology industry globally’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastScott Farquhar, the Australian tech billionaire and joint chief executive of software company Atlassian, will step down from his role at the end...

Less than 24 hours after the bot was launched, internet users were already attempting to ‘jailbreak’ the programFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastCharlie, the AI war veteran chatbot, was programmed to educate people about the first world war, mateship and life in the trenches in time for Anzac Day.But...

Company denied that Tim Cook deceived investors when he said iPhone sales were strong weeks before revenue warningApple has agreed to pay $490m to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging chief executive Tim Cook misled investors about a steep downturn in iPhone’s sales in China that culminated in a jarring revision to the company’s revenue forecast.The preliminary settlement filed Friday in Oakland, California, federal court...

University of Oxford study shows benefits and risks of technology to healthcare, but ethical issues remainBritain’s hard-pressed carers need all the help they can get. But that should not include using unregulated AI bots, according to researchers who say the AI revolution in social care needs a hard ethical edge.A pilot study by academics at the University of Oxford found some care providers had...

European Commission investigates Spotify complaint that tech giant blocked users from cheaper subscriptions outside app storeApple is reportedly facing a €500m fine from the EU over restrictions on access to music streaming services, in what would be a landmark blow to the US tech company.The European Commission is investigating whether the US company blocked music streamers from telling users about cheaper ways to subscribe...