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Retail
Bunnings defends use of facial recognition after privacy breach
The retailer says its use of the technology appropriately balanced privacy with the need to protect staff against violent and organised crime.
- by David Swan and Jessica Yun
Latest
From a garage to a $2.5b start-up: SafetyCulture founder steps down
Luke Anear was a private investigator when he launched a start-up from his Townsville garage, growing it into one of the nation’s largest tech businesses.
- by David Swan
Anti-Musk: The social media site picking up a lot of X refugees in Australia
Bluesky is Australia’s top-ranked social media app in both Apple and Google’s app stores, firming as the social media website of choice for those quitting X.
- by David Swan
Buoyed by Trump win, US pro-crypto lobby group opens Australian outpost
‘Stand With Crypto’, a lobby group backed by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, is hoping to capitalise on a wave of momentum from Donald Trump’s decisive US election win.
- by David Swan
Perspective
Good Weekend
Who approves a Steaming Poo? The serious business of giving an emoji the thumbs-up
Who creates the symbols so many of us now use to communicate? How do they get on our phones? And why can’t we all agree on what each one actually means?
- by David Swan
New Optus boss ready for fresh chapter after two rough years for telco
Eight days into his new role, Stephen Rue says Optus can move on from outages and a cyberattack.
- by David Swan
Embattled WiseTech faces class action lawsuit from shareholders
Just weeks after its CEO stepped down, the software firm is now facing Supreme Court action alleging misleading conduct and a breach of disclosure obligations to investors.
- by David Swan
Exclusive
Venture capital
Albanese’s $15b tech fund gets ready to write first cheques
Two years after it was first legislated to beef up Australia’s competitiveness in technology and manufacturing, the National Reconstruction Fund is about to make its first investments.
- by David Swan
Albanese defends $1b start-up bet as Queensland support wavers
The contentious $1 billion project relied on federal and state co-operation, but the new Queensland government is sceptical.
- by Paul Sakkal and David Swan
From OpenAI to WiseTech: Does sector have a governance problem?
Some of the most powerful and influential companies remain in the hands of the executives who founded them and who are almost impossible to remove.
- by David Swan
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Diversity
‘Inhospitable environment’: Tech Council launches plan to retain women
The diversity initiative follows a string of recent high-profile instances of harassment and inappropriate behaviour plaguing the local sector.
- by David Swan
Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/by/david-swan-p53741