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Online music platform Melodie banks $1m funding
The Funded blog is the home for news on the tech deals that are done in Australia, as soon as we hear about them.
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- Paul Smith
Police contacted over threats to eSafety chief: court documents
Australia’s e-safety watchdog went to police after commissioner Julie Inman Grant received threats and online abuse after telling X Corp to take down a video of a brutal church stabbing.
- Miklos Bolza
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- Cybersecurity
Hackers hold Australian prescription platform to ransom
The government’s cybersecurity co-ordinator is managing the fallout from a “large-scale ransomware data breach” at digital prescription network MediSecure.
- Nick Bonyhady and Euan Black
‘Business spends bugger all’: what landmark R&D review aims to fix
Technology industry experts warn a new government review into the R&D system must not cut tax incentives, and must kick-start anaemic business investment.
- Paul Smith, Tess Bennett and Nick Bonyhady
Hackers steal the keys to Iress’ OneVue platform
Financial software provider Iress is investigating if any client data has been breached after discovering hackers stole a credential to gain access to its systems.
- Tess Bennett
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- Australian Ethical Investment
Healthcare opportunities amid market challenges
Amid a fixation on traditional pillars, investors risk overlooking the potential lurking in innovative industries like healthcare and technology.
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Opinion & Analysis
How gridiron and cartoon elves sent this ASX giant surging
The 12 per cent surge in Aristocrat Leisure’s share price reflects a solid profit beat. But there’s a secret sauce behind its long track record of growth.
Columnist
X ruling marks the spot for online police
Elon Musk has overreach by Australia’s eSafety commissioner to thank for an important victory in the courts.
Legal editor
A toothbrush that cuts your hair? This is the Swiss army knife of grooming
As Panasonic’s multifunction device reveals, there’s a natural order to morning ablutions.
Columnist
Tesla slashes jobs in Australian charging team
The company’s global cuts have come to Australia, with staff laid off and at least one charger location cancelled.
Technology writer
Technology reviews
- Opinion
- Digital Life
Dell rethinks its legendary laptop
Dell has made some dramatic design choices in its quest to revitalise its legendary-but-ageing XPS laptop lineup, and we’re not sure all of them have worked.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Digital Life
You’ll forget you’re even wearing these earbuds
The OpenFit earbuds by Shokz might not look the best, but they certainly feel the best of any earbuds we’ve ever reviewed.
- John Davidson
Yesterday
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
How gridiron and cartoon elves sent this ASX giant surging
The 12 per cent surge in Aristocrat Leisure’s share price reflects a solid profit beat. But there’s a secret sauce behind its long track record of growth.
- James Thomson
This Month
For the Taliban, Afghans’ best status symbol is a $2120 iPhone
Commerce is thriving for some entrepreneurs despite the difficulties imposed by the country’s rulers.
- Riazat Butt
Google steals OpenAI’s thunder with something 15 times bigger
The new version of Gemini can write poems about objects it’s seen, or even tell the user where it last saw her glasses.
- John Davidson
- Analysis
- Social media
X ruling marks the spot for online police
Elon Musk has overreach by Australia’s eSafety commissioner to thank for an important victory in the courts.
- Michael Pelly
Judge rebukes ‘clear case’ of government overreach on stabbing video
A Federal Court judge said a global ban would not be a “reasonable” step and would likely be ignored by other countries.
- Max Mason and Nick Bonyhady
Firstmac hack deepens, credit card data stolen
The theft of credit card details has raised concerns about the Brisbane-based lender’s security and encryption standards.
- Liam Walsh
$100m Sydney fintech raises $34m to take on global rivals
Ellerston Capital has taken a stake in digital identity and verification player Data Zoo, in a deal that values the Sydney-founded business north of $100m.
- Tess Bennett
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- AI
‘Like AI from the movies:’ New ChatGPT arrives
The launch was not without some snags: after coaching a researcher through solving an algebra problem, it said: “Wow, that’s quite the outfit you’ve got on.”
- Paul Smith
- Exclusive
- Cybersecurity
This industry needs 5000 new workers every year just to keep up
Australian cybersecurity workers warn the domestic industry is not competitive with foreign rivals.
- Andrew Tillett
A toothbrush that cuts your hair? This is the Swiss army knife of grooming
As Panasonic’s multifunction device reveals, there’s a natural order to morning ablutions.
- John Davidson
Musk triumphs over Australian government on stabbing videos
The ruling raises questions about whether the eSafety Commission has sufficient powers to do its job or if it bungled its case against Elon Musk’s X.
- Nick Bonyhady
R&D boost needed for Future Made in Australia plan to fly
Australian firms that develop innovative technologies say they are disincentivised to build their products in Australia and are calling for R&D incentive changes.
- Tess Bennett
Apple will revamp Siri to catch up with chatbot competitors
Apple is expected to release an improved Siri that is more conversational and versatile at its developer conference in June.
- Tripp Mickle, Brian X. Chen and Cade Metz
Flexible work payroll software failures risk huge fines
The disconnect between the hours that payroll systems think people work, and how long they’re actually working, is only going to get more expensive to ignore.
- John Davidson
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- Quantum Computing
UK’s bet on PsiQuantum is one-fiftieth the size of Australia’s
Leading British quantum computing specialists have expressed surprise at the Albanese government’s decision to invest nearly $1 billion in backing the start-up.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Investors question Life360’s Nasdaq dual-listing plans
Investors and analysts are concerned about how the San Francisco-based, ASX-listed app developer will fare in a crowded US public market.
- Tess Bennett
15 minutes to get around X’s stabbing video ban, court hears
Lawyers for the social network argued that they had complied with a government take-down notice, which they said was invalid, by blocking footage in Australia.
- Nick Bonyhady
- Updated
- Earnings season
Life360 reheats plans to target US investors with Nasdaq listing
The ASX-listed, San Francisco-based family-tracking app does not expect to raise more than $US100 million. It had considered a similar move in 2021.
- Tess Bennett
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
Tesla slashes jobs in Australian charging team
The company’s global cuts have come to Australia, with staff laid off and at least one charger location cancelled.
- Nick Bonyhady
- Opinion
- Tech Observed
Apple ad fail shows why we fear AI
Apple has apologised for an ad for its new iPads that was so tone-deaf that the creative types, who normally love the company, had an existential fright.
- Paul Smith
