Author: Justin Hendry

Meta, Google lose US case over social media harm to kids

Posted on   |  by Dawn Chmielewski, Courtney Rozen and Jody Godoy
A Los Angeles jury has found Meta and Alphabet’s Google negligent for designing social media platforms that are harmful to young people, in a US$6 million verdict that will...

‘I’m ambitious for reform’: Tim Ayres talks up R&D

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Industry minister Tim Ayres has given the strongest signal yet that the federal government intends to take a more strategic, coordinated approach to Australia’s R&D system. But he has...

Critical infrastructure laws ripe for overhaul, review finds

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s critical infrastructure laws are complex, duplicative and ill-equipped to respond to the emerging technological or geopolitical risks now facing the country, an independent review has found. The review...

KuCoin builds momentum as crypto landscape evolves

Posted on   |  by Suzanne Prescott
Global cryptocurrency markets are entering a more structured phase, as exchanges compete to strengthen liquidity, transparency and regulatory alignment following several turbulent years for the sector.​  Among the clearest...

Fuel crisis demands we reconnect research to industry

Posted on   |  by Natalie Chapman
We all still remember how Australia came together during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Commonwealth, state and territory governments, industry, the research sector and the wider community were united in the...

NRF backs second Sydney quantum startup with $20m

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government’s $15 billion industry fund has made a second major bet on Sydney’s quantum computing sector, injecting $20 million into Silicon Quantum Computing seven weeks after committing...

‘Vague’ data centre expectations get a lukewarm reception

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
New data centre expectations designed to set out the conditions operators must meet to secure Commonwealth backing have won cautious support from tech industry and environmental groups. But both...