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Where’s the beef (from)? China to trace Aussie beef to the plate
Australian cattle farmers may have a new inroad into the Chinese market as a new platform launches promising high tech tracking of Aussie beef from farm to chopstick… read more...
Facebook and the age of data enlightenment
With #DeleteFacebook trending, the creepiness of the social giant’s data-enabled reach is beginning to hit home… read more...
Telstra Ventures invests in remote drone tech
Operating drones over the internet? Yes please. Cape brings remote control drone tech downunder… read more...
Space downunder the final frontier
The Southern skies are set to be busy as governments open space for business… read more...
Former DTO head calls for govt independence from big vendor influence
Former DTO boss Paul Shetler has told a Senate inquiry that the government needs to overhaul its procurement process… read more...
Reengineering tech: A new approach to IT delivery
Deloitte offers big thinking for beleaguered CIOs looking to influence but feeling the weight of a raft of new responsibilities… read more...
Mac attack: Malware targeting Macintosh computers soars 270 percent
Apple users aren’t looking so smug as almost undetectable malware threats to Macs go through the roof… read more...
Travel and tourism’s big tech makeover 2018
AI, IoT and Wi-Fi everywhere: How the travel industry is embracing new technology to secure a bigger slice of the tourism pie… read more...
CFOs need to think about the hole, not the digger
Underpinned by data, services and customer-centricity, the role of the CFO is evolving… read more...
Smart communication or app overload? The new workplace comm problem
When it comes to the myriad things “costing billions to the average business”, here’s something else to add to the list: Too many comm apps… read more...
World FinTech Report: Big or small, collaborate or perish
While fintechs and legacy players battle over customers, they might just be missing the real opportunity: cooperation… read more...
Is Facebook and Google’s free ride over? ACCC prepares to get tough
Australia’s competition watchdog is taking a long hard look at how digital platforms – and the companies that dominate them – are affecting society… read more...
Space tech brings IoT anywhere one step closer
As IoT and this hemisphere’s space capabilities mature, satellite comms company Myriota hopes to cash in… read more...
New instant-payment platform hits Australia
In an industry well overdue for some innovation, a new payment platform promises near-instant payments and huge innovations for the fin-tech sector… read more...
Failure to complete digital transformation will cost plenty
Integration vendor identifies integration as a major contributing issue… read more...
Union pushes for regulation of peer-to-peer delivery platforms
With the Transport Workers Union calling for a crack down on in the gig economy, is it the best – or worst of times – to be an independent contractor?… read more...
Fujitsu’s enterprise security BaaS solution goes live down under
Following successful collaborations in Europe and America, Fujitsu’s new enterprise-focused biometric identification solution launches in Australia… read more...
Strategy, 2030: Australia’s plan for prosperity through innovation
A new report looks to map Australia’s future competition in the $1.6 trillion global innovation race… read more...
$6 million Defence boost for quantum tech research
Call for applications as quantum tech becomes part of $730 million Next Generation Technologies Fund… read more...
Don’t panic: Here comes ‘Industry 4.0’
We’re on the cusp of a new technological revolution and we’re woefully unprepared, says Deloitte. But that’s okay… read more...
