It is only June, and yet it’s already possible to declare 2025 the year of sovereign AI and digital supply chains. At least, this is certainly true of our...
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When 13-year-old Jasmine Elkin tried out the age-checking software Australia might use to ban children and teenagers from social media, she was surprised some products could identify a person’s...
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The Western Australian government will tip another $500 million into the state’s Strategic Industries Fund, deepening its commitment to future industrial projects at several sites across the state. The funding,...
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National Australia Bank has been slapped with the country’s largest ever fine under the consumer data sharing regime for failing to disclose credit limit information on four occasions. The...
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Energy majors are pouring money into gas exploration and production in Malaysia and Indonesia to meet rising power demand from growing populations and a proliferation of data centres in...
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Defence has begun testing wearable technologies from almost a dozen local and overseas companies to protect Australian troops against kamikaze drone attacks while on patrol. InnovationAus.com can reveal the...
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Koki Mashita was awarded a Thiel Fellowship in May, shortly after co-founding a startup building technology to reduce the severity and impact of extreme weather events like tropical cyclones....
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Malaysia is expected to add 6 to 8 gigawatts of gas-fired power by 2030 to address growing electricity consumption driven by demand from data centres, an industry official said....
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The head of China’s central bank pledged to expand the international use of the digital yuan and called for the development of a multi-polar global currency system, where several...
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Australia’s food standards regulator has simultaneously overhauled the definition of genetically modified food while approving the first cultured meat product for sale in Australia and New Zealand, marking a...
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Sally-Ann Williams will step down as the chief executive of deep tech incubator and Tech23 organiser Cicada Innovations after six years in the role supporting Australian science and technology....
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The New South Wales government has earmarked almost $126 million in its upcoming state Budget for critical network, cybersecurity and payroll system upgrades at NSW Police. The lion’s share...
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Optus has agreed to pay a $100 million fine for selling phones and plans to hundreds of vulnerable and disadvantaged Australians, following court action brought by the competition watchdog....
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Federal teal independent MP Allegra Spender has called for the Albanese government to impose a revenue-based Digital Services Tax on Big Tech multinationals to protect the nation’s tax base....