Gadgets

NSW is looking to make e-scooters legal on its roads

- October 28, 2024 3 MIN READ

The NSW government considering legalising the use of e-scooters on the state’s roads, provided riders where a helmet and are over 16. At the moment, e-scooters can be bought locally, but can’t be ridden on NSW streets. But a plan to legalise their use forms part of a new E-micromobility Action Plan released by the… Read more »

Murray Hurps
Business

Startup Muster needs your views by September 9 – and 10 things you should now about it

- September 5, 2024 3 MIN READ

The annual Startup Muster survey has extended its response deadline until this Monday, September 9. Already more than 150,000 questions have been answered in the free, independent report, which shines a light on the progress of Australian startups, as well as the challenges and opportunities they face. UTS Startups director of entrepreneurship Murray Hurps, the driving… Read more »

Other tech

Spam calls? Sydney startup Curious Thing AI has a bot for that

- August 29, 2024 2 MIN READ

Artificial intelligence startup Curious Thing AI, which is at the forefront of AI-powered voice responses to phone calls, now has a solution for annoying spam and robocalls.  The Sydney-based voice communication platform’s flagship product for small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs), Lucy, is an AI phone agent designed to replace traditional voicemail systems to help companies and people… Read more »

Facial recognition
Other tech

Australian regulators gave up on legal action against facial recognition startup Clearview AI as the rest of the world takes the controversial tech startup to task

- August 23, 2024 4 MIN READ

The office of the Australian Information Commissioner announced this week it would be taking no further action against facial recognition company Clearview AI. This marked a significant victory for one of the most controversial technology companies in the world. In 2021, Australia’s privacy regulator ruled Clearview AI broke privacy laws for scraping millions of photographs… Read more »

Other tech

Melbourne’s e-scooter experiment is over

- August 14, 2024 2 MIN READ

The Victorian capital’s 30-month trial of renting e-scooters on the city streets will end after the council killed off their use in a majority vote. City of Melbourne councillors voted 6-4 to end the contracts with Lime and Neuron, having trialed their use since February 2022. Lord mayor Nicholas Reece led the charge against them,… Read more »

Events

Cicada x Tech23: Everything you need to know about forging the industrial landscape of tomorrow – and 5 startups doing it

- August 1, 2024 6 MIN READ

The annual Cicada x Tech23 event returns to Sydney next Wednesday, August 7, and in partnership with the team from Cicada, Startup Daily is profiling the 23 deep tech startups selected to take part. They span five key themes – systems, Cicada CEO Sally-Ann Williams calls them – and this time we’re diving into “Forging Industrial… Read more »

Soccer
Other tech

The value of Australian sportstech has grown 10% to $4.7 billion a year

- July 31, 2024 3 MIN READ

With the Brisbane Olympics now just 8 years away, Australia’s sportstech is already booming, growing 10% in both employment and revenue over the past 12 months to be worth $4.69 billion annually, according to new analysis. The third edition of the Australian Sports Technologies Network’s (ASTN) annual Sports Innovation Report concludes that the sector is… Read more »

Sally-Ann Williams
Events

Cicada Innovations reveals the startups starring at Tech 23

- July 2, 2024 8 MIN READ

Cicada Innovations has revealed the 23 startups to take part in this year’s Cicada xTech23 event next month. The 23 were chosen from more than 143 applications nationally and span five categories asking big questions about building the future with systemic solutions to broad-reaching problems. They range from wireless charging startup Aquila, which last month… Read more »