• Why software stocks are getting pummelled {paywall} (economist.com) Examines why software stocks have been declining. An AI upheaval may be imminent. Two risks dominate: AI coding tools now let companies build software faster and in-house, and AI-native enterprise startups threaten to undercut incumbents with smarter, more automated alternatives.

• It’s meant to help, but 60% of Aussies loathe this car feature (drive.com.au) Examines why 60% of Australians dislike advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) such as lane keep assistance, despite their safety benefits.

• Firefox is adding a switch to turn AI features off (blog.mozilla.org) From Firefox 148 (Feb 24), Firefox adds a single settings panel to disable all current and future AI features, while still allowing granular control for users who opt in.

• China bans hidden car door handles over safety concerns (bbc.com) China has banned hidden EV door handles, requiring mechanical inside and outside releases after safety concerns linked to fatal crashes where power failures prevented doors from opening.

Antony Green’s Election Blog

Once a fixture on ABC TV election night coverage, Antony Green, now retired, continues to provide meaningful election analysis. Once a psephologist, always a psephologist! (Try saying that fast.)

For real insights on Aussie political trends his blog is worth bookmarking, or better yet, adding to your RSS feeds.

Spend it while you can

I love a good chart. This one hits hard. It is quietly confronting.

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• Bitcoin Drops 40% in Four Months (slashdot.org) Bloomberg attributing it to a lack of buyers and waning belief in the cryptocurrency.

• Careful how we assess new company tax mix. (theconversation.com) A company tax cut results in lower income for Australians. If instead we add a cash flow tax, that will reverse these losses by collecting more revenue from foreign investors and multinational corporations.

• A Review Of The Adobe Project Indigo App For iPhone (decafjournal.com) A better iPhone camera? Adobe Project Indigo app takes a different path.

• LG joins the rest of the world; accepts that people don’t want 8K TVs (arstechnica.com) LG Display ceases production of 8K LCD and OLED panels, citing lack of market demand and content ecosystem.

19 years for a keyboard

I’m not a one-eyed Apple fan. It’s just they make good stuff. Like this 2007 keyboard which has only just started playing up. 19 years is pretty good. You can see how hard it’s been worked, with the A and the S virtually worn off.

How 3D Metal Printing Revolutionised F1 Pistons

As 2026 Formula 1 testing begins, it’s worth pausing to appreciate just how far the technology has come. Modern Formula 1 engines scream to maximum RPM with components that, remarkably, are built layer by layer from metal dust and lasers. Honda’s championship-winning pistons aren’t forged in the traditional sense. They’re printed.

Auto-generated description: A process flow diagram shows the stages from design data to 3D printing and producing a physical product.

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• Tesla’s own Robotaxi data confirms crash rate 3x worse than humans even with monitor (electrek.co) Examines Tesla’s own data on the crash rate of its Robotaxi autonomous vehicles, which reportedly shows a rate 3 times worse than human drivers even with monitoring systems in place.

• Self-driving cars, drones hijacked by custom road signs • The Register (theregister.com) Examines how custom road signs can hijack self-driving cars and drones, posing a security risk in the autonomous vehicle era.

• B2CC - Claude Code is your customer (calebjohn.xyz) For software developers Ai agents are the end user now, not humans. Going into 2026 the single best way to build an “AI native startup” is to build an API first product that can easily be used by Claude Code.

• AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it’s getting weird fast - Ars Technica (arstechnica.com) Explores the emergence of a Reddit-style social network for AI agents, highlighting the unusual and intriguing developments in this rapidly evolving field.

Homer became a MAGA voter - why?

That’s the question posed by James Breckwoldt in a fascinating study that uses Simpsons characters as archetypes to analyse changes in US society. This is not a matter of judging right or wrong, left or right. It’s a useful framework for understanding political realignment.

Breckwoldt uses American National Election Studies (ANES) data to model how characters from The Simpsons would have voted in every US presidential election since 1972. The Simpsons have been running for 36 years now. A lot has changed in that time.

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Political education in 15 second grabs

More Australians now access their news via social media than through traditional outlets. For young Australians, the shift is sharper still. The 2025 Digital News Report confirms they are increasingly drawn to video news on TikTok and Instagram. This is where political views are being formed. In The Age, former Liberal Party MP Lucy Wicks recounts a moment that brought this home. During a car ride, her nearly-17-year-old son Oscar told her that “socialism sounds pretty good.

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• Someone turned Apple’s most annoying bugs into a scoreboard (9to5mac.com) Developer creates scoreboard tracking Apple’s most annoying bugs, highlighting wasted human time. Tracks issues like iCloud sync problems, iOS keyboard glitches and macOS Finder crashes.

• Over 175,000 publicly exposed Ollama AI servers discovered worldwide - so fix now (techradar.com) Cybersecurity researchers discover over 175,000 publicly exposed Ollama AI servers globally, urging immediate action to address the vulnerability and secure these systems.

• AI in the workplace: Some businesses embrace AI agents, others find human-led service better (theage.com.au) Businesses grapple with AI adoption in customer service. Some, like Sarah’s company, trial AI agents but find human-led service more effective. Others, like a mortgage broker, embrace AI to streamline operations and enhance customer experience.