Australia’s strict foreign investment scheme, power supply issues and tight government data rules are among some of the tightest regulations facing data centre investors in the APAC region, according...
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Last month, two developments delivered a sharp warning to Australia’s industrial base. In a major economic address, Treasurer Jim Chalmers declared productivity the “defining economic challenge of the next...
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New rules that will require telcos to block scam texts or warn recipients they come from unregistered senders by the end of the year have been rewritten to account...
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The NSW government has awarded more than $26 million to 13 clean technology startups aiming to fast-track emissions reduction across sectors like shipping, aviation and agriculture. Announced on Tuesday,...
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Gilmour Space Technologies engineers were rolling out the company’s Eris three-stage rocket from its vehicle assembly building on Monday evening ahead of its third launch attempt scheduled for Wednesday....
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France, Spain, Italy, Denmark and Greece will test a blueprint for an age verification app to protect children online, the European Commission said on Monday, amid growing global concern...
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ASX-listed tech accelerator Scalare Partners has acquired Tank Stream Labs in a $5.5 million deal, expanding its footprint in the early-stage tech ecosystem and bolstering its founder-focused offerings at...
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New standalone schemes for ambitious exploratory research ideas and early career researchers will be part of generational changes to publicly funded research grant programs. The schemes were locked in...
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Australian counter-drone device-maker DroneShield will invest at least $13 million in a new Sydney-based manufacturing and in-house assembly facility to meet surging demand for its sovereign defence technologies. The...
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An industry-government consortium led by Optus will build a low-Earth orbit satellite (LEOSat) in Australia, opening the door to a future constellation of sovereign satellites to rival Elon Musk’s...
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The Albanese government has copped a ton of criticism for its slow-moving regulatory response to artificial intelligence since OpenAI’s ChatGPT burst onto the scene, and for good reason. While...
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A French probe into Elon Musk’s social media platform X deepened on Friday, when the Paris prosecutor’s office said it had enlisted police to investigate suspected abuse of algorithms...
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Chinese artificial intelligence startup Moonshot AI released a new open-source AI model on Friday, joining a wave of similar releases from local rivals, as it seeks to reclaim its...
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The Australian Space Agency remains without an advisory board more than 12 months after it was emptied as part of a far-reaching review of the agency’s governance arrangements. The...