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WiseTech billionaire founder Richard White is offering 100 students the equivalent of $300,000 to study at university while working at the software giant – doubling last year’s intake – in an effort to ease the nation’s chronic tech worker shortage.

Dyson doesn’t enter a new category for the hell of it so its second attempt at cracking the personal audio market comes with some serious swag. But can the new OnTrac headphones rival Apple?

The Albanese government is preparing to force social media platforms to obey mandatory codes of conduct after warning the technology sector’s voluntary approach to combating scams and frauds may be falling short of expectations.

JOBS
How to win a $300k education jackpot
More women complete this ‘Earn & Learn’ program than those who study pure university courses despite it not having diversity quotas. Here’s why and how you can apply.
By JARED LYNCH
EXCLUSIVE
Canberra ‘wastes’ $150k on scam consult, says TPG
Why was Deloitte awarded $150k to examine cost versus benefits of a new SMS sender ID register to head off scammers already deemed mandatory?
By JARED LYNCH
REVIEW
Dyson takes on Apple with new $799 headphones
Dyson doesn’t enter a new category for the hell of it so its second attempt at cracking the personal audio market comes with some serious swag. Can it rival Apple?
By JARED LYNCH
NATIONAL SECURITY
‘No one better placed’: New cyber spy chief named
Former naval officer Abigail Bradshaw will lead the nation’s fight against soaring cyber threats as the new director-general of the Australian Signals Directorate.
By BEN PACKHAM
PROPERTY
Square, Afterpay relocate to Tech Central
Australia’s largest buy now, pay later operator and a payment terminal giant plan to woo customers after relocating to the most unlikeliest of locations – a reimagined brewery.
By JOSEPH LAM
SCAMS
Tech sector scam code lacks bite
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones has flagged plans to introduce tougher mandatory codes of conduct for the tech, telco, and banking sectors in “weeks, not months”.
By DAVID ROSS
RESULTS
Aussie Broadband earnings rise 34pc
Aussie Broadband has declared an inaugural dividend after its recording revenue just shy of $1bn in FY24.
By JOSEPH LAM