It’s been widely said the tech companies are the railroads or oil companies of the 21st century. These companies wield enormous power. They have done much good, but they...
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The New South Wales government has allocated a further $500m to its Digital Restart Fund, expanding Australia’s biggest government digital infrastructure program beyond $2 billion and extending it a...
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The Victorian government won’t move to completely block police access to its COVID-19 QR code check-in app data despite authorities trying to obtain this information on multiple occasions, in...
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Uber paid one of its drivers a “life changing” settlement to avoid a landmark court ruling that could have forced an overhaul of the tech giant’s business model, according...
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The transport union has claimed Amazon delivery drivers were sacked after they spoke with union officials during a site visit to check on worker safety, and that at a...
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Australia’s ambassador to the United States Arthur Sinodinos has revealed a dialogue has begun with the Biden Administration aimed at securing a digital economy trade agreement along the same...
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Privacy and technology experts have written to ABC management, urging them to reconsider the decision to require iview users to log in to use the video streaming service, saying...
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The shift toward a better understanding of cybersecurity, data protection and sovereign capability has intensified as the COVID19 pandemic, subsequent digital transformation and global supply chain issues have exposed...
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The New South Wales government has backed a trial of cashless gambling in Newcastle that will let people use digital payments for gaming machines like pokies. But the trial...
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The competition regulator has approved the proposed acquisition of collaboration software firm Slack by CRM giant Salesforce for $37 billion, saying the deal was unlikely to lessen competition. The...
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The National Archives of Australia (NAA) has been in the news lately. It desperately needs many millions of dollars to digitise Australia’s decaying historical records, particularly those on film...
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The Morrison Government has announced a $1.2 billion package as part of the 2021-22 budget under the strapline ‘Digital Economy Strategy – Delivering a modern and digital economy to...
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Ada Lovelace, the daughter of poet Lord Byron and collaborator with mechanical computer pioneer Charles Babbage, is credited with being the world’s first computer programmer. Lawyer and writer Lizzie...
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The Morrison government’s second pandemic budget contained plenty of red meat for the tech industry through its $1.2 billion digital economy strategy initiatives. But despite this focus, the Digital...