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Daniel Van Boom
Technology correspondent
Daniel joined Capital Brief after eight years at CNET. He is an award-winning journalist who's covered issues across Big Tech, cryptocurrencies, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.
Two former OpenAI board members have used an op-ed to explain the shock firing of the generative artificial intelligence company's co-founder, which triggered a staff revolt and his eventual reinstatement.
Australia's biggest telco denies AI had anything to do with today's announcement of 2,800 job cuts. Instead, they point to a more worrying challenge facing the telco sector.
The Sydney startup develops technology that allows autonomous vehicles to see the world around them using cameras, rather than industry-standard lidar.
Two years after raising $10 million in seed funding, Kinde is beginning to grow in the authentication space – thanks in part to an unintentional boost from Okta.
Jim Chalmers' federal budget seeks to balance a longer-term economic vision with the more politically pressing need to address cost of living pressures. The Capital Brief team dissects what it means for the different sectors in Australia's new economy.
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It only took a single vague post on X by day trader Keith Gill, better known as Roaring Kitty, to light a fire under memestocks such as GameStop that have seen little action since the 2021 rush.
In an exclusive interview with Capital Brief, Anthony Albanese said the process went through “many hours of many meetings, at every level of our cabinet processes" - but the federal opposition is not convinced.
Different quantum technologies should have been put to the test before the Australian government's investment in PsiQuantum, according to a rival startup.
Both Qantas and Optus are trying to rebuild their brands and trust with customers after a tough year, and new leadership is a key part of both companies' strategies.
Optus' incoming chief executive faces a daunting task keeping his parent company happy while turning around what was recently named Australia's least trusted brand.
Australian philosopher Peter Singer is one the key intellectuals behind effective altruism, which focuses on maximising the impact of philanthropy, and has become highly popular in tech circles.
The co-founder and chief executive of PsiQuantum says he believes there is “no alternative” to leveraging the semiconductor industry as a means to build the world’s first commercially useful quantum computer.
On the eve of Sunrise, the country's biggest startup festival, the government announced the biggest single investment into a startup in memory. But not everyone is enamoured with that.
It's possibly the biggest ever injection of Australian taxpayer funds into a startup. But will the Albanese government's $940 million quantum computing bet pay off?
Australia is home to some of the world's most renowned quantum researchers and companies, yet the government chose an American startup to invest $940 million in.
While the price of Bitcoin is tipped to strengthen further this cycle, the former Iris Energy is already preparing for the next crypto winter by diversifying with a $40 million AI bet.
Luminaries from the global tech and venture capital sectors have rushed to praise Scott Farquhar after he announced plans to step down from Atlassian after 23 years.
Billionaire Elon Musk has become entangled in a feud with Australia's online safety regulator — and the prime minister — just as his biggest company Tesla faces urgent challenges.
King River Capital cofounder Zeb Rice started putting investors' funds back to work early last year after staying on the sidelines for more than a year.
Apple's most senior software engineer has criticised European legislation in the most damning way possible: by saying it will make iPhones more like Androids.
When one of Apple's top executives appeared in a Melbourne court today for cross examination in the Epic Games lawsuit, he also gave away some clues about the tech giant's culture and future plans.
Jeremy Howard’s Answer.AI, which closed an US$8 million angel investment round overnight, is a research and development lab hoping to prove there’s more to AI than chatbots.
Meta's pivot to AI has helped propel its share price 60% higher since November. Will two major announcements this week prove there's substance beyond the hype?