Beneath Meta AI’s inviting exterior lies a crucial distinction that transforms the chatbot into a sophisticated data harvesting tool.

New data on startup and scale up founders’ salaries shows they are well paid but a lingering gender pay gap still needs to be addressed with a 8.6% premium earned by male founders.

If you’ve been watching Meta and Microsoft’s latest financial results and thinking, “Wow, tech is back!” well, enjoy the party while it lasts.  Because just beyond the confetti and Mark Zuckerberg’s AI-powered smile, there’s a freight train of tariffs and antitrust headaches barreling straight for Silicon Valley’s golden children.

Zuckerberg testifies in the FTC’s antitrust trial against Meta, chip makers tot up the cost of new restrictions on exports to China, and how to do DOGE the right way in New Zealand.

Simpson Grierson warns that the legal aspects of cybersecurity may be overlooked by many organisations with overseas examples increasingly seeing board directors held liable for cyber incidents.