Banks will have to go it alone in Apple Pay fight
Australia's big banks will have to go it alone in their wrangle with tech giant Apple over the introduction of iPhone payments in this country.
Innovation
Elon Musk's SpaceX just had its Wright Brothers moment
Tesla billionaire founder Elon Musk has just reached a significant milestone in his mission to make space travel cheaper.
Elon Musk finds powerful China whisperer for Tesla
Tesla chief Elon Musk just gained a massive and well-connected confidant to help him better crack China's auto market: Tencent Holdings.
My car can beat Lewis Hamilton, but not a tram
Jochen Haab is confident his team's car could beat Lewis Hamilton at this weekend's Melbourne Formula One Grand Prix.
How bad can a tweet be for business? Hootsuite's CEO should know
What if you're putting yourself out there as a thought leader advising companies how to build brands on social media, but you tweet a lewd suggestion to a reporter whose story you don't like? Nothing much good, as Ryan Holmes knows.
Adidas trials personalised jumpers for $278, ready in four hours
Adidas has been testing a store where shoppers can design a jumper, have a body scan to determine fit and get it knitted by a state-of-the-art machine within hours.
World without Wi-Fi looms as unlimited plans rise
The Wi-Fi icon - a dot with radio waves radiating outward - glows on nearly every internet-connected device, from the iPhone to thermostats to TVs. But it's starting to fade from the limelight.
Silence on ideas boom 'is sad'
Policymakers should stop sticking their heads in the sand and ignore the fact that "there are going to be a massive amount of jobs destroyed" from the digital revolution, says Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder of Australia's most successful tech company, Atlassian.
Airbnb for boxes: Aussie start-up takes on US
Australian self-storage start-up Spacer has put its planned expansion into Asia on ice to jump into the world's largest economy first.
Witchetty grub lab explores erectile dysfunction 'powers'
A backyard scientist is hoping witchetty grubs in his garage will make him rich, and that they'll perhaps produce an ingredient to cure erectile dysfunction.
Breakthrough for local biotech as an influential backer emerges
It's more than a lifestyle outfit.
Engineer is now Google's no.1 enemy
In 2013, Anthony Levandowski was the star of Google's self-driving car project. The tall, swaggering engineer was featured in a long New Yorker story about the search engine willing the impossible technology into reality.
Optus switches on 4.5G mobile network
Macquarie Park in Sydney is the first suburb getting access to Optus' new 4.5G network, which is capable of 1.03Gbps maximum theoretical download speeds.
'We need to significantly lift our game'
We brought the world wi-fi, black box flight recorders, cochlear implants and dual-flush toilets, but a new report shows Australia isn't tracking well against other nations.
Being 'Born Global' could mean thousands of new jobs for NSW
Small and medium sized businesses need to think global from the start to fulfil their promise of jobs growth acceleration, according to the NSW government.
Billions spent, a 99% failure rate and no 'magic bullet'
Despite a 99 per cent failure rate and a recent setback, Alzheimer's researchers are plowing ahead with hundreds of experiments - and a boost in US federal money - to try to crack a deadly disease that has flummoxed them for decades.
Snapchat parent kicks off $3.9b IPO
Snap, maker of Snapchat, has file documents for its sharemarket float, the first social media IPO since Twitter three years ago. It could turn its boss Evan Spiegel and supermodel fiancee Miranda Kerr into one of the world's richest young couples.
Bye bye bean counters, hello business consultant
Small shopfront accountants nationwide are worried about the end of the traditional tax return.
Sirtex hit by class action on sales forecast downgrade
Cancer treatment company Sirtex has become the latest target of a class action law suit, the third within a week.
'LMK': Elon Musk asks for help to rewrite Trump's immigration bill
Always an innovator, Tesla founder Elon Musk has asked the public for help in rewriting Donald Trump's controversial immigration bill.
One in six Aussies have an Airbnb account, 2.4m with Uber app
Regulators are struggling to keep up with the rapid growth of Australia's 'sharing economy'.
Biotech set to regain favour after recent thrills and spills
Analysts find value in smaller players, despite a rough few months for the sector.
Ridesharing revolution: Is Uber's only competition, GoCatch, running out of gas?
Some minority investors are querying whether GoCatch has a future and whether it has squandered a first mover advantage.
Fail hard, fail fast: innovation ministry dance continues
What will happen to Turnbull's innovation agenda with this third minister in as many years?
Uber releases coveted travel data - including for Sydney
Uber will share its data - starting with Sydney, Manila, Washington and Boston - in a bid to make good with city planners.
Move over smartphone: Next frontier is the windshield
Automakers, tech companies and glass manufacturers are teaming up to turn the iPhone display into a car windshield that can show ads, directions and vehicle information to the person behind the wheel.
How Elon Musk's brother is disrupting farming
Kimbal Musk - Elon's brother - just opened a shipping container farm compound in New York City.
Toyota reckons cars won't be self-driving for years to come
Toyota Motor plans to spend years designing cars in which people retain a large measure of control, since the goal of turning all driving decisions over to computers seems too dangerous for now.
ExxonMobil delivers hard truths about our energy future
We'll be driving more, using electric cars, along with more renewable energy - and nuclear energy over the next 25 years. But our addiction to coal will remain, while gas will emerge as our main source of energy.
Don't fear the robots; they won't kill jobs
Robot K-2SO is the undisputed star in Star War's latest installment , outacting the actors - a sign of things to come in our automated economy?