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Global Switch 'fire incident' triggered major Tabcorp outage
Tabcorp wagering services were forced offline over the weekend thanks to a smoke and "likely fire" incident at Global Switch's data centre in Sydney.
- Yolanda Redrup
- Exclusive
- Venture capital
Remote worker management tech start-up raises funds
Australian venture capital fund Future Now Ventures has backed JESI, a start-up that has built technology to help organisations keep tabs on remote workers.
- Yolanda Redrup
Bell Potter launches Kleos Space placement
Satellite technology company Kleos Space is getting some cash in the door to help it take its second bunch of satellites into orbit.
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
Alibaba's sales growth plateaus despite China's COVID recovery
The e-commerce titan's revenue rose 30 per cent to $32 billion in the September quarter.
- Coco Liu
China halts Ant Group’s blockbuster IPO
The Shanghai Stock Exchange slammed the brakes on Ant's initial public offering, which was set to be the biggest stock debut in history.
- Raymond Zhong and Cao Li
Twitter won't let candidates claim victory themselves
Tweets that include premature claims of victory will be labelled and direct people to Twitter's official US election page.
- Molly Schuetz and Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou
Opinion & Analysis
Fake news is just the tip of the (melting) iceberg
The US election might go down in history as the beginning of an era when Big Tech finally acknowledged the devastating effect it has been having on public discourse.
Columnist
Australia risks missing out on $700b agrifood tech industry
Exporting agritech is a fundamentally different opportunity than exporting agricultural produce, but the chance to lead the world is being ignored by government.
Contributor
The Xbox Series X is the most powerful console ever – with a catch
Two new gaming units from Microsoft, set to debut on November 10, feature impressive technical advancements but few games to showcase their power.
Contributor
Nuix director's $130m Vanuatu retirement fund
His conviction was overturned after 14 months in prison. Tony Castagna is vindicated, but the optics for Nuix's IPO are awkward.
Senior writer
Technology reviews
- Opinion
- Review
Why Google's Pixel 5 is a threat to the pricey iPhone 12
The Pixel 5 may not be the most futuristic phone on the market, but somehow it feels like the future of phones.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Review
Sony's Alpha 7C reinvents the travel camera
This full-frame compact model can take the public performance that is tourism and transform it into high art. More Instagram followers are a snap away.
- John Davidson
More From Today
- Opinion
- Tech crackdown
Fake news is just the tip of the (melting) iceberg
The US election might go down in history as the beginning of an era when Big Tech finally acknowledged the devastating effect it has been having on public discourse.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Agriculture
Australia risks missing out on $700b agrifood tech industry
Exporting agritech is a fundamentally different opportunity than exporting agricultural produce, but the chance to lead the world is being ignored by government.
- Sarah Nolet and Matthew Pryor
This Month
- Opinion
- Video games
The Xbox Series X is the most powerful console ever – with a catch
Two new gaming units from Microsoft, set to debut on November 10, feature impressive technical advancements but few games to showcase their power.
- Jason Schreier
- Opinion
- Rear Window
Nuix director's $130m Vanuatu retirement fund
His conviction was overturned after 14 months in prison. Tony Castagna is vindicated, but the optics for Nuix's IPO are awkward.
- Neil Chenoweth
- Opinion
- US votes 2020
A tight race is bad but on social media it is catastrophic
It shouldn't take such a malevolently strange era as the Trump presidency to show that social media platforms need to invest in policing content. A Biden administration must stop this madness.
- Paul Smith
- Opinion
- Gadgets
This high-tech BBQ could make your summer
Traeger's Wi-Fi-connected, temperature monitoring Ironwood Series 885 Pellet Grill makes barbecuing easy. (Some may say too easy.)
- Jim Rossman
- Opinion
- Rear Window
Presto! $110 million Nuix options disappear
Honey, I shrunk the options. Macquarie and Nuix misplace co-founder’s share of IPO windfall.
- Neil Chenoweth
Dorsey wins support to stay as head of Twitter
Jack Dorsey has been reaffirmed as Twitter CEO after a board committee including representatives from Elliott Management examined the social media group’s leadership structure.
- Hannah Murphy
- Exclusive
- Fintech
Why Vocus founder went all-in on Beforepay
Well-known entrepreneurs James Spenceley and Fred Schebesta have bought into an oversubscribed round at new fintech Beforepay, which gives users a payday advance.
- Yolanda Redrup
- Exclusive
- Wine
Treasury Wine Estates signs three-year deal with harvest prediction AgTech company
The ASX-listed wine maker is rolling out The Yield's sensors across vineyards to tells growers the best time to harvest their grapes.
- Natasha Gillezeau
- Exclusive
- Cloud
Woolworths plans AI driven stores as cloud transformation bears fruit
Woolworths is making big calls in an ambitious cloud computing push, and is targeting some of its increased computing power at AI systems to help it choose what to sell.
- Paul Smith
Optus buys Amaysim for $250m
The telco giant has bought the ASX-listed company in an all-cash deal, as it launches its own new brand to target budget-conscious consumers.
- Updated
- Paul Smith
- Exclusive
- AI
Start-up raises $5m to rid supply chains of waste and woe
Artificial intelligence platform Robobai aims to speed up decision making for corporates with thousands of suppliers after raising money in a round led by AirTree Ventures.
- Michael Bailey
- Opinion
- Tech crackdown
Big tech on the nose as Aussies demand accountability and tougher laws
Overwhelmingly people believe the big tech companies that help shape so many parts of their daily lives are untrustworthy and need bringing into line.
- Paul Smith
- Exclusive
- Funding
Atlassian co-founder's fund backs sustainable packaging start-up
Skip Capital, Kim Jackson and Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar's private investment fund, has led a $2m round in sustainable packaging start-up Zero Co.
- Natasha Gillezeau
- Exclusive
- IPO
Modular data centre business DC Two heads for the ASX
Data centre companies have a decent record on the ASX and DC Two plans to list on November 9, having completed a $5.5 million IPO raise.
- Yolanda Redrup
- Exclusive
- Food
Celebrity chef Shane Delia turns tech entrepreneur
In only five months, Shane Delia's high-end restaurant and food online marketplace Providoor has taken off and is predicting big growth in its first year.
- Yolanda Redrup
October
The stories behind the Nobel women of science
Telling the tales of some of science's most accomplished women was a voyage of discovery for the author of a new book.
- Laura Elvery
Twitter adds one million users, falling short of estimates
While new users proved hard to hook, advertisers flocked to the social media company, driving quarterly sales well above analysts' estimates.
- Kurt Wagner
