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Crowd-funder brings respected tech exec aboard

Former Boston Consulting Group executive Kate O’Keeffe joins Birchal at a time when statistics show crowd funding has been more resilient than venture capital and the ASX.

AI seen as vital to lifting productivity

Australian workers think generative AI is ‘miraculous’ and want more of it in their jobs, yet few feel they have the skills to make the most of it, according to a new survey.

By HELEN TRINCA

New program to push start-ups into Southeast Asia

Market accelerator Haymarket HQ is launching new programs into Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, in a bid to give start-ups a pathway to international expansion.

AGE VERIFICATION

TikTok removes 190k kids every day

The social media giant says it removed more than 17 million users under the age of 13 from its platform over just three months.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Eight telcos breached consumer laws, says ACMA

An investigation by Australia’s communications watchdog has found telcos, including majors Vodafone and Optus, failed their customer obligations.

All-female team behind World Cup’s tech challenge

The IT sector has a problem attracting women and girls but this team of network engineers is kicking goals off field while the best women footballers weave their magic on the pitch...

Stausholm prepared to spend big in pursuit of growth

Rio Tinto’s Jakob Stausholm has an ambitious plan for the miner but heavy polluting Australian aluminium isn’t making it easy.

By ERIC JOHNSTON

‘It’s been humbling’: former Milkrun exec lifts the lid

In the first interview since Milkrun’s collapse, its former chief operating officer reflects on lessons learned and his new role leading $8bn payments giant Airwallex.

Facebook owner ordered to pay $20m fine to govt

Two of the company’s subsidiaries have been found to have misled Australian consumers, and secretly collected and aggregated their data.

CSIRO-linked VC to plough $450m into climate, AI

CSIRO-linked venture capital firm Main Sequence has closed its third fund and passed $1bn in funds under management, defying the deepening ‘tech wreck’.