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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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The Productivity Commission says artificial intelligence will be as transformative electricity, the internal combustion engine and the Internet, but is not convinced sovereign AI development should be targeted by...
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Google has agreed to cop a $55 million fine for reaching secret deals with Telstra and Optus to exclusively preinstall its search engine on Android devices sold by the...
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For decades, Australian policy has been anchored on a familiar refrain: universities must do more to engage with the end-users of research. The underlying assumption has been that if...
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Former chief scientist Cathy Foley has been appointed the next president of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), replacing outgoing president Katherine Woodthorpe. Dr Foley, a...
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Australia’s peak technology industry body has used a new report to call on the Albanese government to declare its ambition for Australia to become a regional hub for global...
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Crumbling technology, design flaws and gaping governance gaps in the federal government’s welfare compliance system mean the validity of its automated decisions can not be assured as it impacts...
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Greens Senator David Shoebridge is warning neither Labor or the Coalition have been willing to engage on almost any effective tech policy, as the government prepares to “let rip”...
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Federal government agencies may have barely scratched the surface with artificial intelligence, but those that have are increasingly finding themselves trapped in a cycle of endless proof of concept...
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The Western Australian government has appointed a new 13-member Science and Technology Council to steer the growth of the state’s research and innovation ecosystem. Chaired by newly appointed WA...
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CyberCX, one of Australia’s largest privately-owned cybersecurity firms, will be acquired by tech consulting giant Accenture less than six years after it formed to challenge the US behemoths. Subject...