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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- April 8, 2021 2 MIN READ

It’s Thursday and here’s the latest tech news from around the world.  Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.40pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus.   The US of YouTube The Pew Research Center released a study into US social media habits overnight, which revealed that while 7 in… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- April 7, 2021 4 MIN READ

Welcome to Wednesday. Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.40pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus. Here’s today’s tech news.    Google beats Oracle A decade-long legal battle between tech behemoths Google and Oracle over copyright infringement on software code is over with the US Supreme Court finding in… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- April 1, 2021 2 MIN READ

It’s Thursday and the end of the week. Have a good Easter, stay safe and catch your breath. Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.40pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus. Here’s today’s tech news.    Deliveroo’s leftovers Like a meal served cold, UK food delivery business Deliveroo’s IPO… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech Weds

- March 31, 2021 2 MIN READ

Welcome to Wednesday and the second-last working day of the week ;-). Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.40pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus. Here’s today’s tech news.  Visa goes crypto Credit card giant Visa is embracing cryptocurrencies, announcing it will use USD Coin (USDC), a stablecoin backed… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- March 30, 2021 3 MIN READ

Happy Tuesday all. And a very happy first anniversary to our colleagues at ausbiz.com.au who, on this crazy and uncertain date 12 months ago, launched a tech startup that brought Australian business news into the digital era with a brand new TV streaming service. Congrats gang. It’s great to have both watched and experienced the… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- March 29, 2021 3 MIN READ

Welcome to Monday and the latest tech news.   Nine cyberattack TV and newspaper empire Nine Entertainment Co has called in the federal government’s global threats intelligence organisation, the Australian Signals Directorate, after an apparent cyber attack took down its broadcasting systems on Sunday. The hack stopped the Weekend Today program going to air. The… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- March 26, 2021 3 MIN READ

Happy Friday and congrats on making it through another working week       House hustle Real estate is one of the world’s oldest hustles in the world, so we were intrigued by a Forbes profile on US startup Pacaso, which is basically a share holiday house platform. Just five months old, it’s already claiming… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- March 25, 2021 3 MIN READ

G’day all and happy Thursday. Here’s the latest news from around the traps.   Humming along Humm (the BNPL formerly known as Flexigroup) hasn’t been the sexiest of fintechs, and has been largely ignored by investors for stocks such as Afterpay and Zip. But in releasing results today Humm’s (ASX: HUM) CEO Rebecca James argues… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- March 24, 2021 3 MIN READ

Welcome to Wednesday. Here’s some of the big news from around the world today. Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.45pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus. Amazon’s Deliveroo win Amazon.com Inc. could bank more than £107 million (A$193m) selling down part of its stake in UK-based Deliveroo Holdings Plc… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- March 23, 2021 2 MIN READ

Hello from soggy Sydney. It’s Tuesday and here’s what’s happening.   AVEVA’s $6.4bn buy UK industrial software firm AVEVA has acquired California industrial data managment SaaS OSIsoft for US$5 billion (A$6.4bn) in a merger the British software giant says will combine their complementary offerings to help industrial customers accelerate their digital transformational strategies. OSIsoft’s client… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- March 19, 2021 2 MIN READ

Yay! Made it to Friday. Here’s what we spotted in big news to end the week. Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.45pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus.   One small step to the Moon Elon Musk’s SpaceX may be powering up to get to Mars (except the rockets… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- March 18, 2021 3 MIN READ

Happy Thursday team. Here’s some news that caught our eye. Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.45pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus. Google Play cuts its cut Google’s VP of product management Sameer Samat announced this week that the company will cut the commission it charges on Google Play… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- March 17, 2021 3 MIN READ

Welcome to Wednesday all. Here’s some news that caught our eye. Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.45pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus.   Deepfake test University of Buffalo researchers think they’ve found a way to tell in a video clip is a “deepfake” (think: those recent Tom Cruise fakes).… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- March 16, 2021 3 MIN READ

Happy Tuesday all. Here’s some news that caught our eye. Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.45pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus.   NFT art heist Well it didn’t take long for the scammer to move into the dumpster fire that is non-fungible token (NFT) art. Artists are reporting… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- March 15, 2021 3 MIN READ

Welcome to #March4JusticeAU Monday. We’re hearing Helen Reddy’s “I am woman hear me roar”, but also thinking Sam Cooke: “A Change Is Gonna Come”.   Microsoft v Google Microsoft might be in a world of pain right now over the Exchange hack that’s left thousands of companies and other institutions vulnerable, but that didn’t stop… Read more »