Atlassian homes in on work hub
Working from home is here to stay and the office as we know it will more resemble a first-class airport lounge, Atlassian says.
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Social media ‘link’ to young women’s mental health
The start of last decade saw the beginning of two things – the rapid rise of social media platforms like Snapchat and Instagram, and the rapid fall in the mental health of young women. Coincidence?
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TechnologyOne’s SaaS Plus uses a transformed ERP implementation process to address the three greatest impediments to investing in digital transformation – time to value, cost, and complexity.
OneCouncil is one-stop software solution for entire community
OneCouncil combines all the tools needed to run various operations such as finance, property & compliance, enterprise assets, human resource and payroll, and document management functions.
Shoalhaven finds tech path to meet residents’ needs
Shoalhaven region endured 15 natural disaster in the past four years. The region’s council has taken the tech option offered by TechnologyOne to identify, and help repair damage.
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No more anti-competitive Google deals: Telstra, Optus
Google’s search service was installed as the default service on Android devices they supplied to customers in return for a share in its advertising revenue.
TPG enters streaming wars, partners with Foxtel Group’s Hubbl
Australia’s third biggest telco is intensifying its battle with bigger rival Telstra, muscling into the content space via partnership with Foxtel Group’s new streaming platform Hubbl.
Top exec identifies flaw in Future Made in Australia idea
A reset across corporate Australia’s thinking is needed to achieve the ambitious goals under the government’s Future Made in Australia, one of the nation’s top tech incubators says.
Sonos aces its foray into headphones
It’s a crowded market, dominated by Apple, but that hasn’t stopped Sonos from delivering a sonic boom in its first attempt at making headphones.
How AI helped childhood cancer charity boost donations
As charity donations dry up, the Kids Cancer Project turned to artificial intelligence to preserve precious staff resources, analyse donor base data and increase investments in cancer research.
CSIRO unveils new $15m Dell-built ‘supercomputer’
Australia’s science agency has spent $15m on a new ‘supercomputer’ that it says will speed up scientific discoveries, helping grow the national economy.
Canva founders’ $31.6m charity giveaway
Canva’s three co-founders have pledged to give away their fortunes, and have already emerged as some of Australia’s biggest living donors.
Big change coming to Mercedes-Benz
The up-market German car manufacturer has launched new tech in its cars, declaring it will help make traffic jams a thing of the past.
European Union vs. Big Tech: let the war begin
EU antitrust tsar Margrethe Vestager is testing laws on Big Tech to increase competition, all while Australia sits and watches despite that being recommended by the ACCC two years ago.
Seven West Media caught in major hack
Online criminals have used an AI-generated version of Elon Musk’s likeness to hijack Seven West Media’s YouTube accounts.
Audit office to probe PsiQuantum deal legal fees blowout
The Auditor-General will probe a multimillion-dollar legal fees blowout by Ed Husic’s department supporting ‘due diligence’ on the $940m deal with US-based tech firm PsiQuantum.
PC maker’s $200m Pakistan deal with Google
Adelaide PC maker Allied Corporation and tech giant Google have struck a $200m deal to manufacture laptops for students in Pakistan.
Losses to scams fall but AI grows the threat: BioCatch
A report by behavioural biometrics company BioCatch says fraudsters are getting better at ‘doing their homework’ on targeted consumer accounts and that AI is their tool of choice.
Canva reaping dividends from $50m developer fund
The graphic design darling wants to grow from 190 million users to 1 billion, and a free-to-use developer marketplace is emerging as a cornerstone for the strategy.
Telstra dumps $1.35bn VC fund as part of ‘capital discipline’
Telstra Ventures will be renamed as the telco looks to offload hundreds of millions of dollars in investments from the fund it started a decade ago.
AI and copyright group met twice in six months
Stakeholders are getting impatient with the ‘snail-pace’ progress on the government’s copyright and AI rules, as it emerges that the body assigned to deal with the issue has met only twice in six months.
Sydney tech firm adds Microsoft exec to board
Sydney-based innovation studio Lakeba has tapped a Microsoft executive to join its board as it looks to expand deeper into Southeast Asia.
AI is helping scammers outsmart you — and your bank
Your ‘spidery sense’ is no match for the new wave of scammers.
‘Just like the atom bomb’: tech CEO praises Aussies
DigiCert boss Amit Sinha believes the benefits from quantum computing – which remains a promising but elusive technology – outweighs the risks. But he says governments and companies need to be prepared for the fallout.
Apple, Meta have discussed an AI partnership
The longtime rivals have held talks about potentially integrating Meta’s generative AI model into Apple Intelligence.
‘There’s more to AI stocks than just Nvidia’
The AI boom has propelled Nvidia to dizzy heights but investors can look further afield to get exposure to those set to benefit most from this disruptive technology.
Packer’s Nvidia stake hurtles towards $1bn
Australia’s biggest investors in Nvidia have received an added $8bn in value to their holdings in the AI chip maker in the past four months, and James Packer leads the field.
eSafety code to corral reluctant tech leviathans
Tech giants will be forced to tackle child sexual abuse and pro-terrorist material under new mandatory standards, after ‘resistance’ to act on abhorrent material.
‘AI for everyone’ after new PCs hit the market: Harvey Norman
AI has entered the mainstream, says Harvey Norman chief executive Katie Page, as a new line of laptops hits the Australian market to assist in daily life whether at home or in the office.
This ugly destruction is endless and super great
Government intervention isn’t needed on Big Tech. Naturally, capitalism’s lifeblood — creative destruction — renders such plans counter-productive. Here is how.
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