When analysts at Morgan Stanley were trying to handicap the driverless car race, their thoughts kept turning to chicken wings. And the Disney film "Frozen." And beer. All the things you can do when you're not spending your time locked behind the steering wheel anymore.
Almost fifty years ago, science fiction author John Brunner wrote about a world filled with electric cars... rising investment, as evidenced by Volvo's landmark decision this week, suggests that may well be about to happen.
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.
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.
German regulators are asking whether Facebook takes advantage of its popularity to bully users into agreeing to T+C's they don't understand.
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.
One-third of drivers involved with ride-sharing services such as Uber are yet to register for GST or to fully declare their income.
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.
Atomo taps backers for more funds as it seeks to build global growth
Regulatory changes in Europe has helped boost the sale value of local diagnostic test outfit SpeeDx
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".
Australia's poor recycling track record has an upside.
When visiting a Stockland shopping centre, customers can not only say "charge it", they can also keep the car at full voltage.
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.
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.
Sorry, but the small funding cuts imposed on the universities in the budget don't rouse any sympathy from me.
All tech is not good tech. And just because they are big today doesn't mean they are safe investments.
Blue Rock is intent on getting people out of their desks and the health benefits are positive.
Tesla has begun taking orders for its transformative new solar roof, combining solar power, home batteries, and electric cars.
Several publications credited Catherine Hettinger as the inventor of the fidget spinner. Only she isn’t.
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.
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 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".
After months of speculation that the company is developing automotive technology, Apple has officially leapt into the war for self-driving cars.
Women are lamentably unrepresented in the innovation ecosystem at the heart of the Prime Minister's ideas boom.
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.
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.
Westpac believes the competition watchdog is suppressing innovation by backing Apple's block on banks' contactless payment apps on iPhones.
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.
Sir Richard Branson on why he is still aiming for space, not retirement.
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