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A discussion on copyright compensation. Pic: Microsoft Copilot

Big tech to discuss compensation with creatives for AI training 

Posted on August 22, 2025October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Australian organisations representing big tech firms and creative industries plan to discuss compensation for works used to train AI models.

Tech Council of Australia CEO Scott Farquhar

Scott Farquhar’s AI copyright conundrum

Posted on August 11, 2025October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Scott Farquhar’s address to the National Press Club introduced compelling ideas but some elements need scrutiny.

Trump phone

Trump phone accused of being not ‘made in America’

Posted on June 26, 2025October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

A Trump related business could be breaching the “Made in America” policy.

Amazon launches first full scale launch of Project Kuiper satellites

Amazon takes on Musk’s Starlink, launching 27 satellites

Posted on April 30, 2025October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Australian telcos, government, the NBN and iconsumers will benefit from Amazon’s long-awaited launch of its first Project Kuiper satellites.

A group of teenagers in a modern urban park each of them focused on their smartphones.

From isolation to innovation: Rethinking social media for under 16s

Posted on March 25, 2025October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

We’ve got off on the wrong foot with the government’s social media ban for Under 16s. Let’s add some positivity to the negativity of a ban.

Pumped hydro

Wind, solar and pumped hydro stored energy can deliver baseload power years ahead of nuclear

Posted on March 24, 2025October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Baseload power can be delivered by wind, solar, and hydropower from stored renewable energy without any need for a nuclear solution.

EU First Executive Vice-President and Competition Commissioner Teresa Ribera

Meet the European woman who is staring down Donald Trump on big tech regulation

Posted on February 20, 2025October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

The EU’s competition commissioner is standing firm against Donald Trump on the issue of big tech regulation and tariffs.

Xi Jinping meets tech billionaires

China’s leader strikes a deal with technology billionaires

Posted on February 18, 2025October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Geopolitics is a driver in a new era of cooperation between China’s Government and the country’s technology billionaires.

Donald Trump and Ursula von der Leyen

Could Trump make a play for telco giants Nokia, Ericsson?

Posted on February 13, 2025October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Europe has been pondering whether Donald Trump might make a purchase of Nokia or Ericsson part of a tariff deal?

SpaceX launches two Maxar Earth-observing satellites. Pic: Space.com

Space junk threat derails record-breaking rocket launches

Posted on February 5, 2025October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

A record of five rocket launches in 24-hours was scuttled due to fears about possible collisions with space objects.

MyID Digital ID application

Lowkey Digital ID rollout avoids Australia Card 2 mayhem

Posted on November 25, 2024October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Bill Shorten says the government has no plan for a publicity campaign to formally promote and explain the new Digital ID framework.

Larry Elison speaks in Las Vegas

Oracle mulls nuclear energy for powering a data centre

Posted on September 12, 2024October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Oracle is designing a data centre with three small nuclear reactors, its cofounder Larry Ellison says.

Generative AI tool

Alarm raised over Generative AI’s massive water consumption

Posted on February 28, 2024October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Generative AI is being blamed for a massive increase in the use of water for cooling in data centres.

Thousands of books. Image: Bing/AI

Authors could lose in AI-related theft of almost 200,000 titles

Posted on January 2, 2024October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Shawn Presser has horrified the world’s authors and publishers by publishing almost 200,000 pirated titles online.

City aerial shot

Authors, artists take the fight to Big Tech over AI

Posted on January 2, 2024October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Associations covering artists, authors and publishers have hit out at big tech firms for wanting Australia to water down its copyright law.

Solar, wind and pumped hydro will play the major roles in Australia's renewable future.

Innovation is the key to our renewable future

Posted on December 11, 2023October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

A goal of 82 percent renewable electricity by 2030 has become part of the Albanese Government’s climate target rhetoric.

Tech firms want copyright relaxed

Posted on August 28, 2023October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Tech companies want Australia’s copyright law eased to give generative AI systems access to online information for free.

US, Australian tech move closer as AI regulation looms

Posted on August 9, 2023October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Do US tech firms fear the Australian government taking a tough stand on AI regulation? It’s an important question.

Focus groups said Musk’s X.Com sounded like a porn site

Posted on July 25, 2023October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Focus groups said Musk’s X.Com sounded like a porn site when he first proposed the name 20 years ago.

Atlassian, Canva, Afterpay in tech council push

Posted on July 24, 2023October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Multibillion dollar Australian firms Atlassian, Canva and Afterpay have joined forces in what’s becoming a powerful tech lobby at the centre of national conversations between government, industry and the Australian public.

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