Australia’s $1 billion bet on a US quantum computing startup will deliver double digit returns to taxpayers, Industry minister Ed Husic has claimed while defending the deal from Opposition criticism ...

If some of the world’s most zealous tech leaders are to be believed, 2027 is going to be a pivotal moment in human history. It’s the year the world may see the arrival of an Artificial General ...

Australia’s tech industry groups are divided on the impact stricter mergers laws will have on the incentive to grow innovative startups in Australia and attract venture capital investment. Among the ...

South Australian startup Paladin Space will continue developing a reusable space debris remover in Adelaide after landing a $100,000 grant from the state government. The company will work with the ...

Five Australian health science startups will share in $3.25 million in additional funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) as part of stage two of a program being managed by digital health ...

From Australia’s red lands to the permafrost of Canada, Fleet Space Technologies has deployed its ExoSphere technology to some of the harshest environments in the world. ExoSphere is an end-to-end ...

Federal public servants have been warned not to underestimate the cost of digital projects or exaggerate expected benefits in new guidance that follows around $1 billion in failed tech projects over ...

Australia’s outgoing chief scientist Cathy Foley initially doubted the claims of Californian startup PsiQuantum in its unsolicited proposal to the federal government and was “put off by the ‘salesman’ ...

A parliamentary inquiry has rebuffed calls for laws banning AI-generated images and videos in election campaigns despite acknowledging the technology will almost certainly be used to spread ...

The release of ChatGPT in November 2022 opened up a world of new opportunities across nearly every sector of the economy. The emergence of the generative artificial intelligence chatbot tool provided ...

More than 890 billion plastic bottles are produced every year, and more than 80 percent of these are not recycled, ending up in landfill or the ocean. In total, more than half of plastics ever made ...

AIM Defence has delivered two more of its high-powered counter-drone laser systems to Defence, bringing its work with the department to more than $10 million over the past year. The new $4.8 million ...