Technology
Gig economy gets green light to use contractors
Both the victorious company, Deliveroo, and the Transport Workers Union said the ruling showed why the federal government’s reform process was needed.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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Australian watchdog to examine Instagram’s TikTok mimicry
The ACCC will examine whether social media behemoth Meta is throttling a potential competitor by aping TikTok’s signature features on Instagram.
- by Nick Bonyhady and Zoe Samios
Tech billionaire says defence, nuclear power should be in investors’ sights
Palmer Luckey has created two firms worth more than $US1 billion and been fired from one.
- by Nick Bonyhady
Video killed the news feed post: Pull on director’s hat to stay ahead of the curve in business
Amid an ever-changing social media scene, a digital marketing guru urges business owners to try their hand at video content.
- by Cameron Myles
Why robot workers can’t fill the labour gap
While the current labour shortage might seem like the best time to automate jobs, robots are pretty much useless at carrying out mundane manual tasks.
- by Tim Biggs
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Start-ups
Koala cuts jobs, hits brakes on Korean expansion
The buzzy e-commerce start-up has denied claims it had explored a public listing this year only to shelve it as market conditions worsened.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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Start-ups
Start-ups: Staff to go, kombucha and yoga can stay
Is free kombucha cheaper than paying $40,000 extra in salary to someone who wants to work somewhere cool? Some tech workers think so.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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Industrial relations
Uber Eats riders’ families launch legal battle for compensation after deaths
Uber has an insurance policy for riders, but it is capped hundreds of thousands of dollars lower than the NSW state scheme.
- by Nick Bonyhady
‘Please uninstall COVIDSafe’: App branded a failure and deleted
Costing $21 million and detecting only two unique cases over two years, the controversial app has now been decommissioned.
- by Tim Biggs
Review | The world's smartest motorcycle helmet?
Forcite's new MK1S helmet combines a camera, lights and speakers into a light-weight, carbon fibre shell.
Perth supercomputer images aftermath of star’s violent death in first big test
A WA supercomputer with a very West Australian name has passed a major “stress test” with flying colours.
- by Cameron Myles