Australian-listed smart watch maker Spacetalk has announced the launch of its Family App, a mobile first family safety and tracking app that is targeted at the lucrative teens and tweens market.



Technology consultant Thoughtworks has partnered with Australian online trading marketplace hipages to provide a platform for tradespeople to manage and grow their business.

Global PC shipments dropped to 65.6 million units in the third quarter of 2023, a 7% year-on-year fall, the technology analyst firm Canalys reports, adding that this was, however, a rise of 8% from the second quarter of the year.

Australian telecommunications heavyweight Telstra has acquired cloud computing specialist Versent for $267.5 million, a move that would bolster its digital services arm, Telstra Purple.

Assistive artificial intelligence is emerging all around us, but does it really help or is it a gimmick? GitHub has the answers, after conducting research on its own GitHub Copilot Chat facility - showing that in fact code quality is objectively improved.

Following its upgrade on the Indigo Submarine Cable, undersea networks systems company Subco has deployed Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme technology, powered by WaveLogic 5 Extreme in the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform, to increase the capacity of the Oman Australia Cable (OAC) to a maximum of 48Tb/s.

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