Technology and startups

A key media lobby group has been assured that work on a planned levy on US tech giants will not be abandoned despite fears of blowback from the White House.

The Melbourne fintech, with 85,000 small business customers, is launching a digital banking solution for startups after facing frustrations with traditional banks.

Just over a year ago, AMP’s digital bank announcement was overshadowed by a margin crunch. Last week, it launched on time and on budget, surprising many.

Brisbane-based AdvanCell raised $178 million in one of the biggest funding rounds of 2025 so far. It's good news for an overlooked corner of the startup sector.

Ex-Rio Tinto executive Leigh Staines is developing new technology to unlock copper reserves and meet soaring demand for the metal.

The ban for children 16 and under means Meta, TikTok and Snapchat can be fined up to $50 million but Google's YouTube is set to secure an exemption from the law.

Rupert Murdoch's publishing and digital real estate business has become one of the largest companies to raise alarms over DeepSeek’s use by employees.

Google's YouTube, some messaging services such as WhatsApp and online games secured exemptions from the government's ban on social media for children under 16.

If Australia wants to compete in AI, it needs more computing power — but securing it is unnecessarily hard, warns IREN founder Daniel Roberts.

Sexual harassment and discrimination allegations against Dovetail and its CEO Benjamin Humphrey will be an early test of new cost protections for claimants in similar cases.

VC investment in Australian crypto startups dropped nearly 40% in 2024, while funding in the US remained flat.

Sexual harassment allegations against Dovetail CEO Benjamin Humphrey raise questions about power dynamics and employee protections in the country's maturing tech sector.

Previous efforts to establish crypto laws stalled under the Albanese government. Now, the Coalition is betting that reviving them will be a winning strategy.

Airtree, Square Peg and Blackbird say there is no uniform strategy on board positions as questions mount over Dovetail's governance amid a harassment scandal.

Shares in the biotech giant plunged today after a sharp sales decline in its immunisation business in the US, where vaccine-sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr is set to become health secretary.

The software startup is facing fresh scrutiny over its unusual board structure amid broader industry tensions over governance and growth.

Puji Fernando brings five years of scaling experience to the government-backed startup agency as it works to create 30 billion-dollar companies by 2030.

New allegations against WiseTech Global's billionaire founder Richard White come at the same time the company is facing disruption from Trump's trade war.