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Defence inks first contract with Elon Musk’s SpaceX

SpaceX, the rocket maker founded by tech billionaire Elon Musk, has struck its first direct contract with the Australian government to supply its popular Starlink satellite internet...

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Labor pledges $100m boost to Perth science centre

Science minister Ed Husic has dangled a $100 million upgrade to Perth’s largest science education centre if the Albanese government is re-elected, but says it will be up to the state...

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The Gig Guide: TfNSW tech chief departs

Transport for NSW's (TfNSW's) chief technology and innovation officer, Kurt Brissett has departed the agency after 9 years to join property developer Built as its chief digital and...

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Chris Krebs resigns from SentinelOne following Trump pressure

Christopher Krebs, whom President Donald Trump fired as head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in 2020, has announced he is leaving cybersecurity company...

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The silence on the digital economy is strange

If there was $26 billion worth of potential investment in infrastructure for the resources sector on the table and ready to be spent in the next five years, governments would bend over...

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‘Embrace interventionist industry policy’ to fix R&D woes

The federal government must use its generational review of the R&D system to link it to industry policy, according to robotics and artificial intelligence groups, which say the...

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Husic says AI regulation a priority for re-elected govt

Industry minister Ed Husic says the federal government is committed to finalising its risk-based model for regulating AI despite pull-back in the United States and the European...

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Quantum clock maker QuantX preps for world-first space launch

Quantum clock maker QuantX Labs is preparing to launch a key component of its optical atomic clock into space for the first time to test the reliability and performance of the...

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Trump’s trade war puts America’s AI ambitions at risk

The global trade war triggered by US President Donald Trump earlier this month shows no signs of ending anytime soon. In recent days, China suspended exports of a wide range of...