Technology stories regarding hardware and software (including crypto)
RoBird is now flying around Moreton Bay skies to protect the city’s $100 million strawberry industry from the real deal. The drone is being tested by council in a deal with research and development corporation Hort Innovation and Canadian technology […]
Digital cryptocurrency exchange Bitget is turning to pizza to poke fun at, and reject, constant predictions of death for bitcoin. The universal exchange (UEX) platform launched its global Bitcoin Pizza Day 2026 brand campaign, Flip the Slice, centered around a music
Another space capsule has made a safe return to the Koonibba Test Range, near Ceduna, on South Australia’s Far West Coast. Local company Southern Launch oversaw the launch and return of the Varda Space Industries W-6 capsule; it carried next-gen
Google Cloud is expected to have its fully independent platform developed for Germany up and running publicly by the end of the year. A statement from project partners Google and French defence-tech firm Thales Group say the new German platform
A higher overseas airline departure tax needs to fund the full adoption of a digital arrivals app across all international airports. The call from the Australian Airports Association (AAA) follows the release of the 2026-27 federal budget on Tuesday: the
Russian drones have destroyed emergency response equipment at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, located in Ukraine, the United Nations says. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says a drone attack was carried out on a lab about 4km from the
Technological evolution is poised to supercharge demand on Australian power grids, worsened by growing climatic disasters such as heatwaves, bushfires, drought and floods. A new Monash University report (click here to read the report) says practices like AI-driven systems, electrified
Companies are using AI to cut jobs without building the capability to use it in the longer term, new national research shows. A report from Humanova shows 70% of Australian office workers use AI weekly but there is a growing
Draft news media laws to compel digital platforms to pay for Australian content will go before federal parliament this winter. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the draft News Bargaining Incentive (NBI) will remove a loophole in the News Media Bargaining
Microsoft Australia is to spend $25 million on building data centres, cybersecurity and AI skills training over the next four years. The decision was announced by the company’s global chairman and chief executive officer Satya Nadella alongside Prime Minister Anthony
