Telstra national mobile outage hits transport, Triple Zero services

Telstra’s mobile services are unavailable for thousands of customers across Australia. The company says it’s aware of the problem and is working to fix it. Key Takeaways Crucial Quote   “The issue is impacting a number of nodes within our network that keep time across the mobile network, and when these nodes are not operating as expected, […]

Brandon Capital scores its biggest return ever with $2.1bn biotech acquisition

Brandon Capital led cancer therapeutics startup Myricx Bio’s $8.5m seed round in 2019. Now Novartis is buying it for up to $2.16 billion. One of Australia’s longest tenured VC firms will soon enjoy its best ever return on a single investment following Novartis’ US$1.1 billion ($1.58 billion) acquisition of London biotech startup Myricx Bio. Melbourne-headquartered […]

IREN co-founders score $1.14 billion pay packet amid AI bonanza

The board of Sydney-headquartered IREN approved a four-year stock compensation package for co-CEOs Dan and Will Roberts currently worth over $570 million each. The board of Sydney-headquartered, New York-listed IREN has approved an equity package for co-founders Will and Daniel Roberts valued at US$788 million ($1.14 billion) based on its stock price today. Each brother […]