Author: Justin Hendry

Tech Council pushes more ‘realistic’ R&D target

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s peak tech industry lobby has urged the federal government to adopt an R&D investment target of 2 per cent of GDP by 2035, putting it at odds with...

Call for crackdown on Big Four software tie-ups

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Big Four consulting firms that have commercial agreements with software vendors would be barred from advising federal government agencies on technology projects under a proposal from TechnologyOne. In a...

Victoria govt joins Canberra’s AWS mega-deal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Victorian government has renewed its state purchasing contract with Amazon Web Services, giving public servants an “enhanced” way to buy hundreds of cloud services from the hyperscaler. The...

US wants equity stake in Intel for CHIPS grants

Posted on   |  by Andrea Shalal and David Shepardson
The US government wants an equity stake in Intel in exchange for cash grants approved during the administration of former President Joe Biden, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on...

Gap analysis shows existing laws ‘inadequate’ for AI age

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s existing regulations are “inadequate” to deal with the emerging risks from general-purpose AI models, according to a new study that surveyed dozens of experts in the field. As...

UK agrees to drop ‘backdoor’ mandate for Apple

Posted on   |  by Kanishka Singh
US director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on Monday the UK had agreed to drop its mandate for iPhone maker Apple to provide a “backdoor” that would have...

Let’s not waste our multibillion-dollar biotech opportunity

Posted on   |  by Rebekah Cassidy
Australia’s life sciences industry is a quiet and unfortunately, regularly misunderstood achiever. With billions in annual revenues, the sector not only delivers world-class research, it also provides everyday Australians...

Trump administration in talks to take 10% stake in Intel

Posted on   |  by Zaheer Kachwala and Jaspreet Singh
The Trump administration is in talks to take a 10 per cent stake in Intel by converting some or all of the struggling company’s Chips Act grants into equity,...

Govt R&D spend to slide after post-pandemic bump

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Government R&D spending as a share of GDP is set to continue its slide after a brief bump over the last two years, with new data forecasting expenditure will...