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Mint Innovation mines circuit boards for gold

You wouldn’t know it from looking at them, but there was something a bit different about the medals at the Tokyo Olympics: They were made from discarded laptops and...

CSIRO kickstarts success for ground-breaking innovators

‘Zero wasted potential’ is the calling of workforce intelligence platform Reejig, but it could equally apply to the impact of CSIRO’s Kick-Start program — which was instrumental to the...

Hysata brings a step-change to green hydrogen

While having the potential to greatly assist with the energy transition, green hydrogen production has only experienced incremental improvements over the last five decades. Green hydrogen is expected to...

Digital platforms join misinformation plan pile on

Online platforms are railing against the Albanese government’s plan to combat misinformation and disinformation, warning draft legislation is poorly defined, hands the regulator too much power and could chill...

AI privacy fears ‘unsubstantiated and unwarranted’: SA Police

South Australia’s regulatory response to AI must not become the victim of “unsubstantiated and unwarranted” privacy concerns that could hinder important public safety work, the state’s policing agency has...

Australia signs on to 6G ‘global’ pact

Australia has joined most of its Five Eyes partners in a new alliance to diversify telecommunications supply chains and coordinate the roll out of 6G networks, after national security...

BluGlass named on US-backed semiconductor hub

Laser diode manufacturer BluGlass has been named as the only Australian member of a new regional innovation hub set up by the US Department of Defense to produce wide...

Queensland’s quantum strategy to deliver $76m boost

Queensland will pump $76 million into the research and commercialisation of quantum technologies through the state’s new quantum and advanced technologies strategy in a bid to become a “leader...

ICT worker demand helps worsen national skills crisis

Almost 70 per cent of ICT jobs are experiencing a skills shortage, making it one of the most in demand occupations in the country during the worst skill shortage...

Australian-made undersea Defence drone nears production

A low-cost unmanned underwater drone being developed by a Melbourne startup will progress to the next stage of prototyping after receiving a multi-million-dollar funding injection from the Defence department....

ARC flags AI disclosure requirements across all projects

The agency controlling university research grants has flagged potential future requirements for researchers to disclose their use of artificial intelligence in post project reviews. Currently the Australian Research Council...

Salesforce bags another $4m for its $124m NDIS platform

Salesforce has been handed another $4 million for the customer relationship management system that will serve the National Disability Insurance Scheme from late October, bringing the cost of its...

DUG digs deep to solve supercomputing disruptions

Perth-based company DUG was on the hunt for a way to make its supercomputers more environmentally-friendly and efficient. The company had designed and operated a network of some of...