The Aussie company about to make its riskiest move yet
GPS devices attached to sports stars playing in grand finals this weekend could be in for a bumpy ride, as could the future of Catapult Group, the company that makes them.
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Someone is going to get burned in the food delivery wars
In recent days, two London-based food delivery services with connections to Australia have moved to shore up their finances, in markedly different ways.
The vegan race car hippie chick running her own race
American race car driver Leilani Munter has faced her fair share of sexism.
Australia can play a role in 'second space age'
There is a fierce national debate over energy policy, but also as a (much quieter) debate around Australia's possible role in what is being described as "the second space age" begins to play out.
Blackbird tries out a new tune for hiring
The lack of female founders and mentors in Australia's tech community is a worry says Blackbird Ventures co-founder Niki Scevak, but the firm is trialling new ways of hiring.
Mercedes plots Tesla attack with $1b US electric push
Daimler plans to spend $US1 billion ($1.26 billion) to start production of Mercedes-Benz electric vehicles at its Alabama factory, setting the world's largest luxury-car maker up to battle with battery-car specialist Tesla on its home turf.
Zoox is coming out of the shadows as it enters 'Godzilla mode'
A secretive, billion-dollar start-up founded by an Australian designer, is taking its first steps out of the shadows and into the spotlight.
SpaceX's greatest explosions, courtesy of Elon Musk
The Tesla billionaire published a blooper reel of the company's many failed attempts to land its rockets so they could be used again.
Nobel-prize winner's plan to end inequality, tax dodging
Nobel-prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on how to stop inequality and tax avoidance
'That's enough': Cook is plotting Apple's biggest deal
It's been a busy week for Apple. While its CEO Tim Cook showed off the 10th anniversary iPhone in California, he had his lieutenants work half a world away on what may become the company's largest deal ever.
Why troubled kids make bold entrepreneurs (until they fall)
Entrepreneurs, it turns out, do not just move fast and break things, as Facebook's longtime credo put it. They are also more likely than others to cross the line.
The 'tech-lash' against Google and Facebook is upon us
The world's biggest technology companies all had to overcome ridiculous, seemingly insurmountable odds to get where they are today. Having scaled the summits of capitalism, they are now facing a different, and arguably even more unpredictable, kind of challenge.
Street culture roots keep Cirque du Soleil alive for 33 years
Cirque du Soleil's CEO Daniel Lamarre is heading to Melbourne, but not for the circus.
'Huge potential': Apple has just opened the next front in the tech wars
People already spend a lot of time staring at their phones and holding them up to things, including their own faces (selfies, anyone?). The future Apple envisages involves them doing this even more.
Investors bet $55m on future of milk - and it's yellow
The latest contender for space in your refrigerator is milk made from yellow peas.
Samantha lands one of Australia's most coveted tech jobs
While plenty of people like to say they have entrepreneurship running through their veins, in Samantha Wong's case it's actually true.
'Surreal and sad': American businesswoman's take on Trump
Corporate America's sweetheart, Ariel Investments president Mellody Hobson, talks on gender and politics.
Always be hustlin': Where working 9 to 5 is for losers
Just when a lot of industries are paying more attention to work-life balance, tech companies is branding workaholism as a desirable lifestyle choice.
The sad, sorry collapse of SurfStitch could be even worse than it looks
It's not just Amazon that is threatening Australia's e-commerce scene.
'No longer kill animals': Gates, Branson back clean meat
The billionaires have joined other business giants backing a start-up that makes meat from self-producing animal cells.
Amazon's Australian invasion: separating hype from reality
Amazon, the $US500 billion ($630 billion) gorilla stalking Australian retail, took a giant step towards establishing a bona fide e-commerce presence in this country last week.
Tesla is burning through cash, and (some) investors love it
Tesla is burning through cash with gleeful abandon. But for its long-term believers, it doesn't seem to matter.
Apple's future: From phone pioneer to fee collector
A different kind of tax is powering Apple's profits
The secret war in Millennial super
A dispute between two of the most ambitious new entrants to Australia's $2 trillion superannuation industry is on the radar of regulators and has enthralled the fintech community.
Elon Musk sees `production hell' ahead for Tesla
"A year from now, if he hits the goal and is selling half-a-million cars to overwhelmingly satisfied customers, even the skeptics might dub him Iron Man." is how one analyst puts it.
World's two richest men back Uber rival
As Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos jockey for the designation of world's wealthiest man, the two billionaires are united behind at least one local venture - an Uber for trucking.
The Amazon meme that explains 20 years of business
It wasn't that long ago - in the scheme of things - that technology, in a business context, to many (misguided people) meant 'IT department'. Now tech permeates everything.
Elon Musk, Zuckerberg trade barbs over killer robots
It's not the first time the two tech moguls have clashed publicly.
eBay struggles to emerge from Amazon's shadow
The challenge is convincing investors smitten with Amazon that e-commerce isn't a winner-take-all game.
Elon Musk claims approval to build world's longest tunnel
With a tweet and very little else by way of detail, entrepreneur Elon Musk has raised the prospect of building the world's longest tunnel for an ultra-high-speed train line to connect New York to Washington.