Power to the people: How battery storage can take on the power companies
German battery challenger Sonnen wants to create communities of connected battery users to create virtual power plants.
Innovation
Apple is going to test self-driving cars
After months of speculation that the company is developing automotive technology, Apple has officially leapt into the war for self-driving cars.
Women tackle tech's toxic bro culture
Women are lamentably unrepresented in the innovation ecosystem at the heart of the Prime Minister's ideas boom.
Tesla has something hotter to sell than cars: Its story
Tesla has ascended into a rarefied realm of so-called story stocks - companies that have so bewitched investors that their share prices are impervious to any traditional valuation measures because their stories are simply too good not to be true.
'I want humans in space': Bezos sells $1.3b in Amazon stock a year to pay for it
The Amazon founder hopes big windows will give space tourism a boost as he spends up big to fund his private space exploration project, Blue Origin.
Apple Pay ruling hits innovation: Westpac
Westpac believes the competition watchdog is suppressing innovation by backing Apple's block on banks' contactless payment apps on iPhones.
'Stormy weather in Shortville': Musk mocks investors as Tesla soars
Tesla's Elon Musk has poked fun at short sellers as his electric-car maker's stock surged to a record, vaulting its market value past century-old rival Ford.
'Baffling and sad': The decision that left Richard Branson shaking his head
Sir Richard Branson on why he is still aiming for space, not retirement.
Sydney School of Entrepreneurship a millionaire factory in the making
What has Stockholm ever done for us? When the Sydney School of Entrepreneurship gets its first students in the second half of this year, there will be a new answer to the question (aside from IKEA).
The 22 year-old at the centre of the self-driving car craze
In the sixth grade, Austin Russell turned a Nintendo gaming handset into a mobile phone. At 15, he built a holographic keyboard. By 17, he'd filed for a patent. Now at 22, he's running a startup at the heart of Silicon Valley's latest technology mania.
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.
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.