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Canberra’s third AWS mega-deal lurches to life

The Bureau of Meteorology has inked a $7.4 million cloud service deal with AWS, kicking off the US hyperscaler’s new whole of government arrangement as a review of volume...

Albanese’s new ministry recalibrates machinery of innovation

The Second Albanese Ministry and its 2025 Administrative Arrangements Order show a government shifting decisively from reform design to delivery architecture. With stable super-departments and a growing cadre of...

FCC approves Verizon acquisition after changes to DEI policy

The US Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it was approving Verizon Communications’ US$20 billion (A$31.2b) deal to acquire fibre-optic internet provider Frontier Communications after the company agreed to...

NSW Health told to open up digital patient records

A landmark commission into NSW health funding has called for a radical expansion of the state’s $1 billion digital patient record system so GPs and not for profit hospitals...

Apple wins Aussie patent dispute over Face ID

Apple has won a lengthy patent dispute over biometric security with an Australian technology investment company, with the Federal Court this week ruling in favour of the US tech...

Gilmour Space scrubs launch after electrical fault

Gilmour Space Technologies has postponed the historic maiden launch of its Eris rocket indefinitely after an electrical fault during pre-launch checks caused the nose cone to open. The company,...

UTS Startups to throw open new Tech Precinct incubator

UTS Startups, which has cultivated more than 1,500 startups and countless young entrepreneurs over the last six years, has announced its new home in Sydney’s Tech Central Precinct. The...

Manufacturing sector slumps into recession: AiGroup

Australia’s newly sworn-in Minister for Industry and Innovation Tim Ayres will need to hit the ground running in the portfolio, with new data showing the manufacturing sector fell into...

Trump scraps Biden-era plan to limit sale of personal data

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is scrapping a proposal issued under former President Joe Biden that would have sharply limited the sale of Americans’ private information by “data...