Author: Justin Hendry

Diraq, SQC tapped for DARPA quantum drive

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Two local quantum computing startups have secured contracts with US defence research agency DARPA for a coveted benchmarking program designed to find the companies capable of achieving utility-scale within...

‘A vacant paddock’: Sydney Science Park’s lost decade

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“Little more than a water recycling facility that has no present utility and will go into non-operational maintenance mode for the foreseeable future.” That’s how an NSW parliamentary committee...

NSW to co-invest in critical minerals exploration

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A co-investment fund for critical minerals exploration will be established in New South Wales, with $2.5 million in seed money to be made available to help miners unlock rare earths...

Law Council push for Digital ID to replace data obligations

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Data retention obligations imposed on businesses should be scaled back and replaced with the federal government’s digital identity scheme or other privacy-preserving methods, according to the Law Council of...

Govt calls in experts on digital games tax offset

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The federal government will bring in outside help from the private sector to help its three-person advisory board assess applications under the tax offset scheme for video game developers....

Innovation dropped from WA public service

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Innovation and science have been excised from the Western Australia public service, with the government dropping the words from the title of a key department as part of a...

OpenAI closes $64bn funding round to boost AI efforts

Posted on   |  by Jaspreet Singh and Harshita Mary Varghese
OpenAI said on Monday it would raise US$40 billion (A$64 billion) in a new funding round led by SoftBank Group at a US$300 billion valuation to advance AI research,...