Seaweed solution: Tasmanian CEO awarded for ‘groundbreaking’ methane work
US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy honoured Sea Forest CEO Sam Elsom and seven other outstanding Australians at the American Chamber of Commerce Alliance Awards in Sydney.
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How Google’s NotebookLM is changing the podcast game
It used to take hours to create a high-quality podcast. NotebookLM can do it in around 5 minutes with eerily accurate and conversational results.
‘Greatest comeback since 1892’: Gina Rinehart on Trump’s second Presidency
Australia’s richest person joined Trump and Elon Musk at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on election night. Rinehart calls the US border a ‘nightmare’ and says Trump will make the US safer.
Election outcomes: How will the Australian economy fare?
As the dust settles on the US election and the world prepares for Trump to take the Oval Office in January, economists weigh in on how the Australian economy may be impacted.
Battleground ballots: Arizona’s ‘Trump Train’ steams through
Donald Trump swept battleground states in the 2024 election. Ballot counting in Maricopa County – the epicentre of election denialism in 2020 – is still underway, though Trump has already claimed victory. Forbes Australia is on the ground in Scottsdale talking to voters about what matters to them.
Canva’s Magic Studio, Bivacor maglev heart: The best inventions of 2024 revealed
The Australian inventions were named in Time’s Best Inventions of 2024 list, alongside a transparent TV, goggle-free immersion, and bird-identifying binoculars.
Canva steamrolls on as valuation climbs $10bn to $49bn
Sydney-founded Canva — the world’s largest design company expected to IPO imminently — is now valued at $49 billion. The company was valued at $38.5 billion last year down from its high of $54.5 billion in 2021.
The off-pitch evolution of on-pitch Mary Fowler
She won the hearts of Australians in the FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup. Queensland-born superstar Mary Fowler played her first game for the Matildas at just 15. Off-the-pitch, the now 21-year-old changed how she approaches the game and is happier and more successful than ever.
Female founders forced to wear ‘concrete boots,’ funding still ‘appallingly low’
Funding for female founders rose from 11% of deals in Q2 to 13% in Q3. But its still down significantly from 2023. Techstars managing director Kirstin Hunter and Flying Fox Ventures’ Rachael Neumann say companies founded by women are not getting the resources they need to be successful.
Elon Musk expected to finally unveil driverless ‘Cybercab’ at Tesla robotaxi event
Musk is returning to his old stomping ground of LA to lift the lid on Tesla’s Cybercab. In true Hollywood style, the reveal is happening on the Warner Brothers lot in Burbank.