Tag: tech

Gig Guide: CSIRO appoints inaugural digital chief

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CSIRO’s inaugural chief digital officer is Rebecca Ostergaard, who moves from her role as digital services project director at the Western Australia Office of Digital Government. During her time...

Quantum Brilliance releases quantum software dev kit

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Quantum Brilliance has launched a publicly available software development tool that enables researchers to deploy miniaturised quantum computers alongside classical computers. Called Qristal, the open-source software development kit (SDK)...

Gig Guide: Former Victorian minister to chair MTPConnect

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Former Victorian Innovation and Digital Economy minister Jaala Pulford is the new chair of MedTech and pharmaceutical growth centre MTPConnect. Ms Pulford left her ministerial role at the Victorian...

Local tech giants resisting redundancy wave

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Some of Australia’s biggest local tech firms, including Canva, TechnologyOne and SafetyCulture, are eyeing expansion amid the wave of job cuts sweeping through the sector following higher interest rates...

O’Neil details measures to mitigate Medibank breach harms

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The federal government has engaged social media companies and placed protections on government data as part of initial measures designed to respond to the release of stolen Medibank customer...

Aust, UK to deepen non-AUKUS defence research ties

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Australia and the United Kingdom will deepen defence research ties as early bilateral quantum tech collaboration shows signs of success, according to the top defence scientists from both nations....

Fortescue’s $9bn decarbonisation plan for mining operations

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Andrew Forrest’s $9 billion package to accelerate the decarbonisation of iron ore giant Fortescue’s operations by 2030  includes the mass deployment of more renewable energy as part of an...