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 service to...
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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...
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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 information...
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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 SentinelOne following pressure...
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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...
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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 coordination...
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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 Union. In...
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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...
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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...
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The Australian Computer Society has urged the next federal government to take a “unified, national approach” towards reforming digital skills and research commercialisation, warning that the country’s future prosperity...
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TAFE institutes are demanding a bigger role in the national R&D system, proposing a Canadian-style approach of direct applied research funding to leverage their industry connections and nation-wide network....
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Facial recognition technology used within a system for identifying potential suspects for more than a decade has been deactivated by NSW Police amid concerns over its accuracy. The country’s...
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A critical minerals reserve proposed for Australia in the wake of sweeping US tariffs on global exports is “not intervention, it’s support”, Resources minister Madeleine King has declared. “…...
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Meta Platforms chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has taken the stand at a high-stakes trial in Washington over US antitrust enforcers’ claims that the company spent billions of dollars to...