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IBM to invest US$150b over next five years in quantum push

IBM will invest US$150 billion (A$233 billion)in the US including on facilities for quantum computer production over the next five years, the latest American technology company to back...

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Brazil to offer tax breaks to lure data centre investments

Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad will travel to the US this week with a plan to lure big tech data centres to his country by exempting the related technology investments from...

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MGA Thermal takes clean steam leap over valley of death

Energy storage innovator MGA Thermal has turned its sights to large scale commercial projects after proving up its proprietary technology as a clean steam alternative to gas for...

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$6.4bn consultant cull to pay for Labor’s election promises

A further slash of Canberra consultants and a hike on student visa fees will pay for Labor’s election promises, Treasurer Jim Chalmers revealed Monday in a release of costings a week...

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$40m pledge for ‘new energy tradie’ skills centre

A returned Albanese government will co-fund a $40 million national training centre in Melbourne to reskill thousands of plumbers and gas fitters for the changing energy...

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NZ readies new regulations for space sector infrastructure

New Zealand will have in place by July legislation regulating operators of ground-based space infrastructure, aimed at deterring foreign interference, the country’s Space minister...

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CRCs across govt can fill R&D ‘missing middle’

Cooperative Research Centres are seeking an expanded role that would allow them to access government funding beyond the Industry department and help deliver flagship programs like the...

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Trump sackings are ‘dangerously degrading’ US cyber defences

US President Donald Trump's purges and apparent acts of retribution aimed at top cyber officials put the nation's digital defences at risk, a former head of the US Cybersecurity and...