Australia can chart its own path on AI regulation and should not be compelled to follow the competing approaches of risk and safety-focused Europe or the hands-off US, ACTU...
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‘High-tech trench warfare’ was an oxymoron – until Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. On Ukraine’s battlefields, Cold War artillery meets 21st-century innovation. Shells fall while AI-enabled drones...
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Australia’s biggest data centre operators have welcomed a NSW government proposal to speed up planning approval times for major projects, as the race to secure the next generation of...
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Australia’s health and medical research translation centres will each receive a $1 million boost from the federal government to continue work towards better health outcomes. Federal Health minister Mark...
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Australia’s competition watchdog has urged the government to stay the course with its proposed digital competition regime, warning that existing laws are “insufficient” to tackle the market power of...
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The South Australian government has struck an employer partner agreement with Boeing Defence Australia to help design learning programs for the Heights Technical College ahead of its opening next...
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NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey’s state Budget this week will include the creation of a new Investment Delivery Authority and $80 million in new innovation funding to support startups. The...
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If everything goes to plan, Gilmour Space Technologies’ ElaraSat satellite bus will be lifted to low earth orbit on Tuesday as a rideshare customer aboard the next SpaceX Transporter-14...
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At a market stall in Berlin run by charity Topio, volunteers help people who want to purge their phones of the influence of US tech firms. Since Donald Trump’s...
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The challenge of commercialising deep tech in Australia has never been about the lack of ideas, talent or ambition, according to outgoing Cicada Innovations chief executive Sally-Ann Williams. But...
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The Western Australian government has unveiled a suite of Budget measures to grow the state’s manufacturing base, including $50 million in grants and low-interest loans for locally-made batteries and...
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Former Australian Ambassador to the United States Arthur Sinodinos has been appointed chair of the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, succeeding Mark Baillie, who served as...
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Age assurance technologies are not “guaranteed to be effective” in all applications, with usability among the main issues, an independent trial has found as the deadline for Australia’s social...
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Australia’s first national quantum testbed may still be months from launching, but project lead and University of Queensland Associate Professor Arkady Fedorov is already hopeful about its success. “If...