Move over toilet paper: There’s now a shortage in microchips, and this will be a lot more costly
They were a boring commodity until recently. So how have we ended up with a shortage of silicon microchips in 2021?
The most-downloaded wine app Vivino has now launched in Australia, supporting local winemakers
Wine marketplace Vivino has launched commercial operations in Australia and is offering a 50% reduction on commissions to local wineries for the remainder of this year.
Managing cyber risk: Why Australian enterprises should adopt New Zealand’s new privacy laws
Voluntarily adopting the New Zealand laws can help Australian enterprises better mitigate risk and protect business reputation.
Fresh funding values Clubhouse at US$4 billion, even as Facebook and Reddit unveil rival platforms
Clubhouse reportedly now has a whopping US$4 billion valuation, announced in the same week as Facebook and Reddit unveil copycat products.
Why the Federal Court needs to issue serious penalties for misleading conduct from tech giants, including Google
The ACCC has had a significant win against Google, after the Federal Court found Google misled some Android users about how to disable personal location tracking.
Alibaba receives $3.6 billion fine as China tightens regulations for big tech players
China’s state-run anti-monopoly bureau has tightened its regulations on big tech players, as shown by its recent move against the country’s largest e-commerce company, Alibaba Group.
Canva adds Instagram scheduling for its premium users
Small businesses looking for ways to better manage and schedule their Instagram content now have another tool at their disposal.
ACSC releases critical warning for local organisations over new Microsoft email risk
Assistant Minster for Defence Andrew Hastie said that any Microsoft patch released prior to April this year did not cover the new vulnerabilities.
Penny for a pixel? Single-dot NFT sells for $1.3 million
A token certifying the buyer as the owner of a single pixel is now worth $1.3 million in the wild-west of NFT sales.
As Coinbase’s IPO ushers in a second crypto wave, Brisbane startup Coinstash has secured $2.8 million to ride it
Coinbase’s IPO has brought cryptocurrency back into the spotlight, with its share price indicative of a shift into the mainstream, for good.
‘Simple but ingenious’: 21-year-old University of Sydney student makes quantum computing coding breakthrough
Pablo Bonilla Ataides has attracted the attention of researchers worldwide for a ‘simple but ingenious’ change to quantum error correcting code.
Menulog’s employment trial will challenge the “fiction” that gig economy workers are entrepreneurs
Menulog’s trial to treat its delivery riders as employees could lead to a shift in the way gig economy companies classify their workers, challenging the idea that they’re entrepreneurs themselves.
