Did you pack too much? Your suitcase knows
Your suitcase has taken on a life of its own. It can now tell you if it has strayed too far, or if you've packed too much, and it may soon be able to call you an Uber car.
Innovation
Amazon's computer vision: A home appliance for suburbia
One measure of the power of Amazon 's vision is how quickly its rivals are racing to copy it; both Apple and Google have their own takes on the Echo Show. But Amazon's device is well on the way to becoming the operating system for suburbia.
Facebook exploiting fear of 'social isolation' to extort users
German regulators are asking whether Facebook takes advantage of its popularity to bully users into agreeing to T+C's they don't understand.
Big pharma turns to AI to speed drug discovery, GSK signs deal
The world's leading drug companies are turning to artificial intelligence to improve the hit-and-miss business of finding new medicines, with GlaxoSmithKline as part of a new $US43 million ($55.9 million) deal.
ATO warns 60,000 Uber and ride-sharing drivers
One-third of drivers involved with ride-sharing services such as Uber are yet to register for GST or to fully declare their income.
Uber introduces tipping to appease unhappy drivers
Australians should soon be able to tip Uber drivers as part of a suit of measures the ride sharing giant is rolling out to appease disgruntled drivers.
HIV test company taps backers for more funds
Atomo taps backers for more funds as it seeks to build global growth
European access helps lift SpeeDx valuations
Regulatory changes in Europe has helped boost the sale value of local diagnostic test outfit SpeeDx
Former used car salesman makes paper out of stone
Scissors, paper, rock: Japanese entrepreneur Nobuyoshi Yamasaki now plans to make paper out of stone to build "a company that will last for hundreds of years".
How your rubbish is being used to power your home
Australia's poor recycling track record has an upside.
Stockland on the charge with Tesla
When visiting a Stockland shopping centre, customers can not only say "charge it", they can also keep the car at full voltage.
Uber is transportation, but keep that on the down low
Uber is a technology company. It is also a transportation company. That may seem like a trivial distinction, but a lot is riding on it.
Google co-founder reportedly building $100m 'air yacht' to help the poor
The project is the latest example of Silicon Valley attempting to reshape how goods and people are moved. Some say it also underscores a penchant for tech moguls to colour their projects with seemingly virtuous ambition.
Our universities aren't earning the money we give them
Sorry, but the small funding cuts imposed on the universities in the budget don't rouse any sympathy from me.
Ride an Uber, drive a Tesla - just don't invest in them
All tech is not good tech. And just because they are big today doesn't mean they are safe investments.
Standing desks mean fewer sick days for this accounting business
Blue Rock is intent on getting people out of their desks and the health benefits are positive.
Tesla's Musk just launched the final piece of his clean-energy plan
Tesla has begun taking orders for its transformative new solar roof, combining solar power, home batteries, and electric cars.
How the fidget spinner origin story spun out of control
Several publications credited Catherine Hettinger as the inventor of the fidget spinner. Only she isn’t.
The Frightful Five: There's no escape from these companies
This is the most glaring and under-appreciated fact of internet-age capitalism: We are, all of us, in inescapable thrall to the handful of American companies that now dominate much of the global economy.
Canberra business the full bottle on exports
A Canberra business has carved a niche as one of Australia's leading producers of promotional drink bottles and is now taking on the world.
Google admits the ATO is chasing it for money
Google Australia has confirmed for the first time ever that it has been hit with an amended tax bill by the ATO following audits of its affairs and that "the company will lodge an objection".
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.