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Mixed fortunes: AI powers cloud, tariffs hit consumer devices

The fortunes of Big Tech are diverging in a rapidly changing business landscape, as demand for artificial intelligence fuels growth in cloud and digital ads while consumer electronics take...

Tech roles surge 55% in digitisation decade

The last decade has seen rapid growth of the tech workforce as organisations digitally transformed, with the number of these workers increasing 55 per cent, according to new analysis...

The silence on tech policy is setting off alarm bells

Days out from a federal election and almost nothing has been uttered on tech policy in a month-long campaign, with political leaders overlooking or undercooking transformative issues like artificial...

‘It makes sense’: PM digs in on critical minerals reserve

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has weathered criticism about his plan to buy and stockpile critical minerals and rare earths in a strategic reserve, saying the national interest trumps miners’...

ACMA gives telco consumers ‘stronger protections’ for outages

A long-awaited update to industry rules that direct telecommunications companies on how to communicate with customers during outages has been unveiled by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)....

Government VC and the catalysing of private investment

A recently released NSW Innovation Blueprint presents the NSW government’s strategic vision for the state’s innovation ecosystem. The Blueprint includes a proposal to investigate the development of a government...

Work begins on national Indigenous knowledge policy

Australia’s chief scientist will meet with Indigenous experts within weeks to begin work on how the government can help elevate and protect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge systems....