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Category Archives: Business & Innovation
Startups, telco, fintech, retail, energy, space
Amazon takes on Musk’s Starlink, launching 27 satellites
Australian telcos, government, the NBN and iconsumers will benefit from Amazon’s long-awaited launch of its first Project Kuiper satellites.
Wind, solar and pumped hydro stored energy can deliver baseload power years ahead of nuclear
Baseload power can be delivered by wind, solar, and hydropower from stored renewable energy without any need for a nuclear solution.
Could Trump make a play for telco giants Nokia, Ericsson?
Europe has been pondering whether Donald Trump might make a purchase of Nokia or Ericsson part of a tariff deal?
Space junk threat derails record-breaking rocket launches
A record of five rocket launches in 24-hours was scuttled due to fears about possible collisions with space objects.
Oracle mulls nuclear energy for powering a data centre
Oracle is designing a data centre with three small nuclear reactors, its cofounder Larry Ellison says.
EV charger maker eLumina unfazed by Tritium’s spectacular collapse
eLumina has showed off its new manufacturing centre at Yatala where it will employ 300 staff to build EV chargers and community batteries.
Optus collaborates with SpaceX to pioneer mobile-to-satellite texting in Australia
Optus customers will send text messages even where there is no ground based coverage.
PureLiFi wants to bring revolutionary light-based WiFi to consumers
Data transmissions using light or LiFi has already taken place with military applications.
AI drugs targeting proteins are in the pipeline
AI-developed drugs that target proteins will become available in clinics within a couple of years.
‘Clicks’ creates a BlackBerry style keyboard for iPhones
Clicks has created the unthinkable addition of a BlackBerry-style clickable keyboard for the iPhone.
HMD Global lets users repair their own phones
HMD Global has joined brands letting owners repair their devices.
Innovation is the key to our renewable future
A goal of 82 percent renewable electricity by 2030 has become part of the Albanese Government’s climate target rhetoric.
Ric Richardson to crush malware
Prolific Australian inventor Ric Richardson is back with an operating system modification that he says will stop malware and ransomware in its tracks.
How practical is Nokia’s self-repair smartphone?
Nokia phone maker HMD Global has partnered with US self-repair firm iFixit to produce a handset you can fix yourself using supplied tools and replacement parts.
Mediatek chips will power satellite texting in Oz
MediaTek says its new microprocessors are up to the job of enabling everyday smartphones to stream to geostationary satellites 36,000km above the earth.
Telstra confirms satellite video calls for mobile
Australians will make satellite video calls directly from their phones without needing a dish, says Telstra.
Bullitt to offer satellite texting in Australia
British rugged phone maker Bullitt plans to install its satellite connect platform in Australia, which will allow texting from anywhere in the country.
It’s time for new frontiers
I’ve been lucky to witness several decades of technological development including now the profound effect of the connected world and the internet.
Fibre loses its shine to Perth’s Pentanet
Perth-based internet provider Pentanet has matched the fastest residential NBN speeds with wide area wireless.