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Since the start of the year, InnovationAus.com has been beavering away on a couple of new podcast projects – including for the first time the addition of a LIVE...

Gig Guide: Craig Scroggie to chair Data Centres Australia

NEXTDC chief executive and managing director Craig Scroggie has been appointed the inaugural chair of Australia’s peak data centre industry body. Data Centres Australia on Friday unveiled its first...

The SERD, the BERD and the calls for AI GERD

Industry and Science minister Tim Ayres will deliver the National Press Club address as part of the Science Meets Parliament festivities on March 25. The event has been sold...

DTA seals new Microsoft mega-deal on promise of cost certainty

The federal government has inked a new mega-deal with tech giant Microsoft, promising greater savings for agencies after a strategic review found discounts were “difficult to quantify”. The Digital...

Two-year study into social media age ban gets underway

A two-year study into Australia’s world-first social media age ban is underway, with the findings set to inform a future legislative review and potentially shape how other countries move...

US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives

The Trump administration has ordered US diplomats to lobby against attempts to regulate US tech companies’ handling of foreigners’ data, saying in an internal diplomatic cable that such efforts...

‘Ferret’ robot, thermal battery startups nab NSW MVP grants

NSW’s revamped MVP Ventures program has awarded $1 million to 22 startups developing breakthroughs like residential thermal storage system, medical devices and software platforms. The MVP Ventures program, which...

Window for AI regulation is closing fast, warns Toby Walsh

The federal government must act to regulate artificial intelligence “in the next year” to avoid generational harms posed by chatbots and lock in the technology’s productivity benefits, top AI...