We’ve all heard of the startup that was founded out of a garage. But what about the incubator that was created in the back of a train carriage? In the year 2000, when most of the country was celebrating the Olympics, a collaboration of our leading universities had something else on their minds. This was… Read more »
Throughout our lifetimes we consume, collate, curate, host and produce a staggering quantity of data – some by our own hand, some by others on our behalf, and some without our knowledge or consent. Collectively, our “digital footprints” represent who we are and who we were. Our digital legacies are immortal and can impact those… Read more »
There has been a clash of clans in mobile gaming, with angry birds Apple, Google and Epic Games in a saga over in-app payments. Video game developer Epic’s massively popular “battle royale” game Fortnite was removed from Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store last week. Android players can still download the game directly… Read more »
For many, COVID-19 has been a time for self-reflection. It’s been a time for understanding who we are and what drives us. A time to consider what’s important. We’ve noticed this changing tide through the growing interest we’re seeing in impact investing and the question of how we can be more conscious with how we… Read more »
Technology has relentlessly driven the future of the workplace, even work itself. For most of history, this evolution of work has been natural. Natural evolution tends to happen at a slower pace as technologies emerge and mature, sometimes taking winding paths that may even reverse. All this allows companies and workers to adapt, sometimes over… Read more »
Last night I dreamt I was back in the office for the first time. Our long communal tables in the kitchen were gone. My desk was surrounded on all sides by plexiglass – including overhead, which, for a guy my height, means stooped shoulders and a future riddled with chiropractic appointments. Nobody talked to each… Read more »
Australia’s long-awaited cybersecurity strategy, pledges to spend A$1.67 billion over the next ten years to improve online protection for businesses, individuals and the country as a whole. The lion’s share of the cash will go towards policing and intelligence, with smaller amounts set aside for a grab bag of programs from cybersecurity training to digital… Read more »
Despite statistics screaming high failure rates, every founder believes their startup will be among the minority to survive the first year. And it’s more than blind luck that makes the successful ones survive. Surviving the first year is a nightmare for all startups. It’s a cut-throat killing field. As the year progresses and the… Read more »
The Australian Government released Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy for 2020 this week. It outlines an investment in our nation’s cyber capabilities of $1.67 billion over the next 10 years, advocates for collaboration, and articulates actions required across government, businesses, and the community to make Australia more resilient to cyber incidents. The strategy is a win for… Read more »
In what seems to be a common occurrence, Chinese video-sharing app TikTok is once again in the headlines. After months of speculation about national security risks and users’ data being harvested by the Chinese Communist Party, US President Donald Trump has announced plans to ban TikTok in the United States any day now. In response,… Read more »
That COVID is hurting young workers more than older ones is widely recognised. What’s less well known is that even before COVID-19, in the decade leading up to it, incomes for young people (aged 15 to 34) were falling in real terms while incomes for others continued to climb. A graph that was created by… Read more »
Would you still own a car if it was cheaper yet more practical not to – if you could get around in cars you didn’t own? A few years ago I was about to sell my little car that I’ve had since I turned 19. I figured I don’t drive much these days now that I… Read more »
Twitter has announced it’s taking sweeping action to limit the reach of content associated with QAnon. Believers of this fringe far-right conspiracy theory claim there is a “deep state” plot against US President Donald Trump led by Satan-worshipping elites from within government, business and media. Twitter has banned more than 7,000 accounts tweeting about QAnon,… Read more »
Gone are the days when economic policy was adjusted once each year by the government in the budget and fine-tuned once each month at meetings of the Reserve Bank board. The coroanvirus means we haven’t had a budget in more than a year. What the Reserve Bank has done to interest rates means its monthly… Read more »
2020 has been quite the year, especially for startups. We’ve had fires, floods, pandemics and mass unrest. It’s been a year in which we’ve all pledged to consume less, do more, listen more carefully and unlearn what we have previously been told. As businesses, we’ve watched on the sidelines, guessing when it’s appropriate for… Read more »
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