The tech bloodbath continues as Xero cuts up to 800 jobs
Xero is the latest tech company to make major staff cuts, following Atlassian earlier this week, shedding roughly 15% of its workforce.
Salesforce backs generative AI with $369 million investment fund and a ChatGPT app for Slack
Salesforce has made a number of generative AI announcements at TrailblazerDX, including a $369 million investment fund and a ChatGPT Slack app.
Atlassian lays off 500 employees as it refocuses on high priority areas
Australian tech company Atlassian has announced a cut to 500 of its staff, which equates to about 5% of its global head count.
How seven Australian small businesses are scaling up with the help of ChatGPT
Many business owners on a budget or who need more hours in a day have been utilising ChatGPT as a tool to help them write everything, enabling them to focus on other areas of their businesses.
Of course Victor Dominello’s last ministerial speech was about Digital ID
Outgoing NSW minister for customer service and digital government, Victor Dominello, has used his final speech in office to advocate for Digital ID.
“A thriving ecosystem”: Key takeaways from evokeAG 2023
After three long years, evokeAG finally returned, bringing the Australian agri-food tech industry together. Here are the author's key takeaways.
Surveillance tech Auror under lens after Greens Senator calls for “urgent review”
Little-known “crime intelligence” platform Auror is used in 40% of Australian stores, like Woolworths and Coles, that the company claims can be used to predict crime.
Attorney-General’s massive data privacy report calls for end to small business exemptions
Small businesses should not be excluded from data privacy laws, but those exemptions should only be removed once independent businesses are capable of meeting their new cyber security obligations, according to an influential report destined to reshape and modernise Australia's data privacy legislation.
The 2023 tech reckoning is here: is your business ready to deal with the change?
The last 12 months have been pretty tough for the world of tech, including for tradie platform hipages.
Electric utes are no longer the future — they are already here
Electric utes have much lower running costs and have improved performance, with instant torque and rapid acceleration.
ChatGPT Plus may be rolling out in Australia sooner than expected
After stating that other countries would have to wait a little longer for ChatGPT Plus, it seems like some Aussies may have access now.
Bard, Bing and Baidu: How big tech’s AI race will transform search — and all of computing
No sooner did Google introduce the Bard chatbot into its search facility than Microsoft and other tech giants followed suit.