Author: Justin Hendry

Showtime! 2025 InnovationAus Awards entries now open

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Calling all entrepreneurs, researchers and deep tech pioneers! The search has begun for Australia’s most innovative technology-driven companies of 2025 through the fifth annual InnovationAus Awards for Excellence. Entries...

Device bank, new standards to help bridge NSW’s digital divide

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Thousands of pre-loved devices could be donated to vulnerable and disadvantaged communities every year to boost digital connectivity under NSW’s first-ever digital inclusion strategy. The strategy, which has been...

US court clash ends in $259m defeat for Israeli spyware firm

Posted on   |  by Raphael Satter
Meta Platforms won a US$168 million ($259 million) verdict against the Israeli surveillance firm NSO, the company said on Tuesday, capping a six-year arm wrestling match between America’s biggest...

US seeks breakup of Google’s adtech products after ruling

Posted on   |  by Abinaya Vijayaraghavan
The US Department of Justice has proposed that Alphabet’s Google divest its AdX advertising marketplace and ad server DFP, a court filing showed on Monday (Tuesday AEST), after a...

Defence tech firm Anduril to acquire Ireland’s Klas

Posted on   |  by Mike Stone and Abhinav Parmar
AI-powered defence startup Anduril Industries on Monday said it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ireland-based tactical communications systems maker Klas. Anduril, along with software maker Palantir...

All Albanese’s innovation sweeteners from the election

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
With Anthony Albanese and Labor claiming a decisive victory at the weekend’s election, attention now turns to the second-term government’s ambitious agenda for the next three years. Buffeted by...