Facebook owner Meta’s $14.8 billion (A$22.8 billion) investment in Scale AI and hiring of the data-labeling startup’s chief executive will test how the Trump administration views so-called ‘acquihire’ deals,...
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Australia’s peak business lobby is urging the Albanese government to introduce a suite of new incentives to de-risk research and development investment and motivate businesses to develop IP locally....
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Tech sector professionals are pushing for private sector access to the government’s fledgling data sharing scheme, telling a review their admission under tighter controls could start delivering the promised...
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Queensland has a new privacy commissioner in Alexander White, a former privacy advisor to the US Department of Homeland Security and the current privacy commissioner of Bermuda. Mr White,...
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Sydney has maintained its position as the top startup ecosystem in the Southern Hemisphere and clocked an estimated value of $55 billion in new rankings, but couldn’t buck the...
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The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was at the Press Club this week telling Australia that he had instructed the Treasurer Jim Chalmers to convene a special Productivity Roundtable in...
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The Western Australian government and UK tech and business groups are among critics of AUKUS’s advanced technology program, warning ‘Pillar II’ is still missing funding, structure and direction four...
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The Victorian government has released its first Industry Policy in almost a decade, promising new direction and long-term stability to businesses powering the state’s economy. Minister for Industry and...
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NEXTDC on Thursday committed $2 billion to a new data centre hub in Melbourne’s Fishermans Bend Innovation Precinct, promising customers the latest AI infrastructure at a new 150MW, 50,000m²...
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Nvidia will build its first artificial intelligence cloud platform for industrial applications in Germany, chief executive Jensen Huang said at the VivaTech conference in Paris on Wednesday. The technology,...
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The head of the Australian Information Industry Association Simon Bush will step down next month, leaving the peak representative body for another role in the IT industry. The AIIA...
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The European Union’s top diplomat in Australia says there are encouraging signs that the Albanese government is edging toward a move to join the giant Horizon Europe science and...
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Victoria’s state-run VC fund and startup development agency will go under the microscope as part of the most extensive review of the state’s innovation investment settings in a decade....
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Unless you work in public policy, you may not be aware of the many discussions happening about protecting Australian kids on the internet beyond just the upcoming social media...