In June 2024, the Australian government ended the Women in STEM Ambassador program. The decision followed a report that urged a broader, intersectional approach to diversity in the fields...
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Apple on Wednesday (Thursday AEST) failed to persuade a US appeals court to pause key parts of a federal judge’s order requiring the iPhone maker to immediately open its...
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US tech giants’ removal of misinformation in Australia plummeted last year, new transparency data shows, with platforms like Facebook and YouTube taking down tens of thousands less posts and...
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Infosys’ global tech chief Rafee Tarafdar says companies will soon face a “third wave” of AI adoption, where they will need to balance the innovation gains of the technology...
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Industry group AusBiotech and Austrade have partnered to help unlock new export pathways for small and medium-sized businesses in Australia’s multi-billion dollar life sciences sector. The partnership will see...
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The federal Opposition has suffered an early blow to its shadow ministry, with Liberal candidate and proposed shadow assistant technology minister Gisele Kapterian missing out on the Sydney seat...
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Meta Platforms on Tuesday said it has struck an agreement with Constellation Energy to keep one of the utility’s reactors in Illinois operating for 20 years, in the Big...
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UK public servants saved an average of 26 minutes each day using Microsoft’s generative AI tool during a large-scale trial last year – less than half the time Australians...
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Breakthrough Victoria could be retooled to help grow local defence industry under changes being considered to better align the government-backed venture capital fund with the state’s economic priorities. As...
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On a day when newly appointed Industry minister Tim Ayres said Australia’s trade unions needed a stronger voice in managing the impact of technology in the workplace, the union...
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Accomplished nanotech researcher and RMIT University commercialisation leader Sharath Sriram has been named Western Australia’s new chief scientist — its first new top science advisor in more than a...
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Former Industry Minister Ed Husic on Tuesday blamed Treasury “hard heads” for limiting Australia’s technology development, and revealed he wants artificial intelligence governed by an AI Act to instill...
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Industry minister Tim Ayres has given the clearest picture yet of the federal government’s AI policy reset, arguing Australia must “lean in” and secure a stake in the technology...
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Australia has the opportunity to create a new frontier of competitive advantage in sustainable digital infrastructure by aligning the rapid growth of data centres with the expansion of renewable...