Technology and startups
After much fanfare, the Consumer Data Right in banking is doing ... not much. Now the ACCC is making veiled warnings of greater regulatory enforcement.
One of Australia's unicorns has launched its most ambitious product update yet.
The CEO of Blackbird-backed Heidi left years of medical training as a vascular surgeon behind to solve what he believes is the biggest issue in medicine right now.
The fines are piling up for social media companies that don't do enough to protect children.
Tech salaries may be on the up, but women continue to be paid less than men, according to a new report.
As federal legislators chew over firmer restrictions for online gambling companies, AI, machine-learning and social media gamification are helping industry giants and startups reach new and younger bettors.
Insatiable demand for data driven in part by the boom in AI has prompted the world's second most valuable company to spend vast sums doubling capacity in Australia.
The quantitative futurist says accelerating technological development will materially change our lives in the not-too-distant future — for better or for worse.
It's the first time the creative festival has been held outside of Texas, but the event held in Sydney held little resemblance to the original.
Venture capital was a popular topic at the SXSW event, with multiple panels involving top startup investors drawing capacity crowds.
At a moment where it’s easy to get caught up in all sorts of AI hype, it's refreshing to hear a different view.
Adir Shiffman's cross examination in his Sleeping Duck lawsuit is focused on how much Shiffman knew about fellow minority investor - Prateek Bandopadhayay - and when.
Unlike artificial intelligence, which is mostly developed in America, Australia is well-positioned to be a leader in quantum computing.
The founder of sustainable eyewear company Good Citizens chose to ignore advice from venture capitalists to make his product less durable. The decision paid off.
An Australian digital security and fraud prevention platform backed by US Ventures, Blackbird and Airtree Ventures wants to take on AI-powered scammers.
Artificial intelligence can help insurers, bankers and investors save profits by saving the planet, according to SXSW panellists.
In a wide-ranging interview at SXSW Sydney covering Australia's innovation sector, Robyn Denholm mentioned almost everything — except for Elon Musk.
Lawyers for Melbourne investor Adir Shiffman have laid out their opening arguments in his court dispute with Sleeping Duck, as a 10-day trial gets under way.
Banking one in five Australians and a major force in innovation, customer-owned banks face scale challenges, particularly in the cost of regulation, says COBA CEO Michael Lawrence.
Startmate is one of Australia's longest running and most successful accelerator programs. It wants its latest batch of founders to focus on customers, not investors.
Canva and Atlassian have shown that Australia can be home to successful tech firms. The $294 billion video games industry is a natural next step.
The Australian software giant has just spent a large chunk of its cash reserves on screen recording startup Loom.
In the days since Hamas launched its attack on Israel, a hundred hacker groups have joined the fray. And their targets reach far beyond the borders of Israel or the Palestinian territories.
It could soon be valued at $2 billion and is already managing $75 billion worth of salaries. But Employment Hero's ambitions are even bigger than that.
Publishing executives are losing confidence in their ability to renew lucrative deals with social media giant Meta without government intervention.
Boffins in Canberra scrambled to formulate a response to generative AI after the launch of ChatGPT. But eight months later, the government is still working on how to regulate the technology.
In the past few weeks Google and Meta have launched new hardware with generative AI smarts built in, while OpenAI is reportedly planning to launch its own phone.
Prominent investor Adir Shiffman is taking portfolio company Sleeping Duck to court in a case that will be closely watched by the startup community.
Cheryl Mack shares what makes an investment exciting to her and how she fell into angel investing.
Like many international conflicts in recent years, the Hamas assault on Israel was followed by cyberattacks aimed at government, business and the media.
