Just for a moment this week, Larry Ellison, co-founder of US cloud computing company Oracle, became the world’s richest person. The octogenarian tech titan briefly overtook Elon Musk after Oracle’s share price rocketed 43% in a day, adding about US$100 billion (A$150 billion) to his wealth. The reason? Oracle inked a deal to provide artificial intelligence (AI) giant OpenAI […] … learn more→

Entire neighbourhoods in Gaza lie in ruins. Hundreds of thousands are crammed into tents, struggling for food, water and power. Despite this devastation, a leaked 38-page document from Donald Trump’s administration – the Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation (Great) Trust – proposes to “fundamentally transform Gaza” folding it into the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (Imec). While […] … learn more→

The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025, has drawn widespread condemnation and renewed attention to the climate of political violence in the United States. To many, Kirk was not just another partisan commentator. He was one of the most visible leaders of the young conservative […] … learn more→

Remember the agony of travel prior to smart phones? These days, we’re addicted to them for all and sundry—navigating with maps, having menus interpreted, and reporting experience back to family at home. But there’s still one enormous pang: being in touch without costing an arm and a leg. That’s where eSIMs come in, and I […] … learn more→

On a cold winter night in a rural area, I looked through a scope to see the rings of Saturn for the first time. Connecting grade school science book descriptions with a real life view amazed me. Even without a telescope or binoculars, many of us have had similar memorable moments — like watching the […] … learn more→

The Trump administration has made combating immigration a domestic policy priority. Beyond the shocking images of arrests, the reality is more complex, particularly for immigrants with highly specialized scientific skills. America’s scientific and technological supremacy continues and will continue to depend on its ability to attract the world’s top talent. President Trump is mass-deporting undocumented […] … learn more→

Imagine a person who arrives at work every day unmotivated. They complete their tasks, avoid conflicts, and have no serious complaints about their salary or working conditions, but something is missing. They don’t feel like they belong in their workplace. What is a sense of belonging? From the perspective of organizational psychology , a sense of belonging […] … learn more→

Why do some young graduates thrive from their first day at work, while others struggle to find their way into the workplace? The answer often lies in a pivotal figure: the manager. We sifted through nearly 2,000 responses from business school alumni and early-career engineers with less than six years of professional experience. Between massive statistics and […] … learn more→

High‑growth SaaS companies often hit the same wall: support volume climbs with adoption, but hiring linearly to match that demand inflates overhead and drags margins. The answer isn’t simply “more agents” or “more bots.” It’s a support model that scales intelligently—routing the right work to self‑service and assisted channels, reserving human expertise for the moments […] … learn more→

The phrase “go woke, go broke” is often used by critics of corporate social responsibility. It implies that companies face a binary choice: embrace progressive values or pursue profit. But this dichotomy between “wokeness” and capitalism is both simplistic and increasingly out of step with corporate reality. Many companies are learning to navigate a middle […] … learn more→