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Joseph Lam is a technology and property reporter at The Australian. He joined the national daily in 2019 after he cut his teeth as a freelancer across publications in Australia, Hong Kong and Thailand.

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Amazon's upcoming 80,000sq m fulfilment centre that will employ 730 people

Amazon’s $490m move to speed up TV deliveries

Amazon plans to inject $490m in Western Sydney through two major fulfilment centres that will speed up the delivery of furniture and household appliances across Australia.

Joseph Lam

careersTechnology

Director-General of Security of ASIO, Mike Burgess, as he appears in the 'Why I Spy' ASIO recruitment campaign.The Why I Spy recruitment campaign will showcase the varied career paths and characteristics of ASIO employees.While we can’t use real ASIO officers’ names or faces, we have used real ASIO officers’ stories.

‘Clever, curious’ spies sought for new agency roles

Young Australians who can bring the fight to ‘sophisticated foreign adversaries’ are being sought by ASIO as it steps up its battle against extremism.

Joseph Lam

exclusiveTechnology

(L-R) MGA Thermal co-founders Erich Kisi (CEO) and Alex Post(CTO). Picture: Supplied

Hot energy start-up lands $5.7m to expand

A Newcastle duo plan to scale up development of thermal blocks capable of helping power industries, after securing an extra $5.7m from investors.

Joseph Lam

virtual officeTechnology

Zoom's US-based Australian chief people officer Matthew Saxon

Zoom’s next big bet is on where to sit at work

Zoom is making a play in the highly competitive world of office layouts, offering AI-driven suggestions on where a friendly colleague might be when booking hot desks.

Joseph Lam

innovationGadgets

Swann has built an AI-powered doorbell that functions like a housekeeper.

World-first Aussie doorbell that outfoxes intruders

An Australian security company has developed what is believed to be the world’s first AI-powered doorbell that responds to unwanted visitors like a human would.

Joseph Lam

developmentTechnology

QBM - Nextdc boss Craig Scroggie has seen the value of his data centre company surge by billions of dollars as demand for streaming services and other online services surge during the pandemic shutdown. Craig at the data centre at Fortitude Valley. Pic Mark Cranitch.

NextDC banks on $1.3bn raise to build computing future

Listed data centre developer NextDC says it needs at least $1.3bn to build out the digital needs of the future amid the nation’s AI boom.

Joseph Lam

ereadersGadgets

Rakuten Kobo chief executive Michael Tamblyn

It’s not all black and white as Kobo gets colourful

Kobo has ended a 14-year black-and-white stretch with its first colour e-reader range. But there are different opinions within the company itself as to who it will attract.

Joseph Lam

Technology