New Qantas chair lands early as Goyder faces Woodside clash
Qantas will install John Mullen to the board as chairman-elect months ahead of schedule, as current boss Richard Goyder fights for survival at Woodside.
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Telstra Ventures backs US start-up in $76m raise
After 18 brutal months for venture capital funding, Coalesce, a firm focused on automating data engineering to train AI models, has attracted big-name investors.
Telstra boss apologises for triple-0 outage
A ‘technical fault’, a ‘communication error’ and errant backup processes have been blamed for the outage.
Telstra Ventures backs Amazon delivery challenger
Telstra Ventures has backed a challenger to Amazon’s delivery network in the US – which has emerged a stone’s throw from where Jeff Bezos founded his tech behemoth in the 90s.
National outage hits Telstra mobile calls
Australia’s biggest telco has had a two-hour outage, cutting off some mobile phone voice calls in ‘isolated pockets’ as it deployed more artificial intelligence systems across its network.
Outage hits Telstra, thousands affected
A major outage rippled across Australia in the afternoon, with the country’s largest telco scrambling to deliver a fix.
Inflation war ‘isn’t yet won’: RBA; ASX up
Bullock says ‘the war isn’t yet won’ on inflation, RBA ‘not ruling anything in or out’. Dollar falls. Telstra hit with two-hour outage. Bank of Japan’s first hike in 17 years. Takeover targets Pacific Smiles, Boral gain.
Business chief to head nation’s wealthiest uni
Former Telstra CEO David Thodey will be the next chancellor of the University of Sydney, taking over from Belinda Hutchinson after her decade-long reign.
Fatal cardiac arrest during Telstra outage
Telstra boss Vicki Brady has apologised to the family of a person who died during a national triple-0 Telstra outage on Friday morning.
Telstra Ventures cashes out in $2.75bn tech deal
The telco’s venture capital arm has secured a payday after one of its investments was taken over in a $2.75bn deal.
Equal pay should lift productivity
It is in companies’ interests to pay staff fairly, regardless of gender.
There’s a gender pay gap, can I ask for an increase?
You’ve discovered today your company pays men more. Now you can demand an increase, right? Not so fast.
Big businesses with very big gender pay gaps
The first gender pay list of almost 5000 Australian companies has been released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency | LIST: See how your company ranks
Smile, you’re on AI camera … and it could save your life
Emerging technology using artificial intelligence is helping to save lives across multiple industries including surf lifesaving, the health sector and in shopping centres.
Car parking, now bag policy stumps American Swifties
Taylor Swift fans watching her Australian tour from afar continue to be confused by minor details of the country’s laws and culture.
This will be AI’s year of big impact: Telstra boss
Investor interest in AI is white-hot. US chip designer Nvidia broke through a $3 trillion valuation last week. Australians companies seek to capitalise.
Why Swift fever keeps Telstra’s boss awake at night
Imagine if Taylor’s adoring fans didn’t have access to Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and dozens of other video-hungry mobile apps at her sold-out concerts.
Qantas signals ‘new chapter’ with Mullen as chair
The embattled airline has promised a ‘new chapter’ with former Telstra chairman John Mullen to take over the top board seat in place of Richard Goyder.
Why AI will create virtual teammates in your office
Meet your new colleague, an AI-powered virtual teammate. By the end of this year Australian AI gurus predict most companies will have one such worker in their office or at least their own version of ChatGPT.
Telstra taps AI in race to deliver $500m cost savings
Australia’s biggest telco has opened the door for potential job cuts as it aggressively shifts more tasks to artificial intelligence and races to deliver promised cost savings.
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