Several former Space X engineers have received $50 million USD in funding to create autonomous electric freight vehicles that would change the future of freight transportation. Investment into the design was made by Anthos Capital, Congruent Ventures, Riot Ventures as well as Embark Ventures and others to raise $53.15 million USD or approximately $73…
Australian artist Tones and I is set to perform this coming Saturday in the interactive online Fortnite Soundwaves event where she’ll be showcasing a virtual concert. The singer released her debut album ‘Welcome to the Madhouse’ over six months ago and is expected to perform a mix of old and new songs. Tones and…
Making its debut on February 4 is the Europa Europa Film Festival that will celebrate the best and newest European Cinema with the event to be held in Sydney and Melbourne. For three weeks a wide range of new European films will be showcased to the Australian public with movies from over 50 countries on…
Technology corporation Microsoft has announced that they will be purchasing gaming company Activision Blizzard which will soon make them the third-biggest gaming business in the world. In a statement released yesterday, Microsoft said that the purchase would evolve the gaming side of operations across multiple platforms including the metaverse. “Microsoft will acquire Activision Blizzard for…
A 31-year-old man has faced court today charged with the murder of a missing schoolgirl after he was arrested late Tuesday night in Surry Hills. The New South Wales (NSW) Police released a statement declaring the circumstances of the arrest were in connection to and “consistent” with the discovery of a child’s body near Colo…
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved a drug called Zejula in the treatment for women suffering from advanced high-grade ovarian cancer and chemotherapy resistance. CEO of Ovarian Cancer Australian Jane Hill said that the introduction of Zejula will be a welcome step forward in helping women to combat ovarian, fallopian and primary peritoneal cancer.…
This years Winter Olympics will see Jamaica in all three bobsled events with the tropical nation tackling the icy sport yet again. On twitter early this morning, Team Jamaica announced that they qualified for the forthcoming Winter Olympic games in Beijing. “JAMAICA, WE HAVE A BOBSLED TEAM HEADING TO BEIJING!,” the statement said. “It will…
United Kingdom Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has announced that the British government intends to cut funding to the BBC license fee by 2027. Ms Dorries told Parliament that the Conservative party could not fathom the idea of increasing the license fee for the BBC while people around the UK were struggling to make ends meet.…
An asteroid called (7482) 1994 PC1 which is twice the size of the Empire State Building is expected to pass by earth sometime January 18. Discovered in 1994 by Scottish-Australian astronomer Robert H. McNaught the near-earth asteroid will pass by earth approximately 1.9 million kilometres away and is travelling at a speed of 70, 415…
This past Saturday’s eruption of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai undersea volcano had sent tsunami warnings to some parts of Australia with the threat now cancelled. As of late last night, The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) revoked all Tsunami watch for the east coast of Australia claiming that there is no longer a threat. Originally…