Amazon CTO Werner Vogels’ tech predictions for 2024
Werner Vogels has a front-row seat on how technology is changing the world. Here are his predictions for 2024
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EV hype subdues as hybrids take centre stage overseas – but what’s happening Down Under?
New research finds used electric vehicle prices are down more than a third, with Teslas suffering some of the largest price drops – but hybrids are selling like hotcakes.
New XPrize will award $101 million to innovators who can reverse aging
The new contest aims to spur innovation into longer ‘healthspans’ with treatments that can actually reverse age-related degradation in body, mind and immune system.
Funding for Europe’s startups slumps again
Just four weeks after launching, a team of former Meta and Google artificial intelligence researchers raised $113 million in June for a new AI startup.
A secretive $10 billion firm backed by WhatsApp billionaire is quietly building a startup portfolio
Led by former Sequoia partner Michael Abramson, two-year-old Newlands already holds billions in equities like Alphabet, Amazon and Meta. But no one wants to talk.
Unlocking Gen Z: How Australian businesses can use Generative AI to reach emerging consumers
Small businesses that master AI-powered marketing can appeal to Gen Z consumers and gain a competitive business advantage.
Bhutan built a Bitcoin mine on the site of its failed ‘education city’
The Himalayan Kingdom quietly spent millions building its own bitcoin mining operation. Now, satellite imagery reveals the mine’s secret locations.
Paper receipts cost 150,000 trees and just might give you a toxic load
A 50cm-long paper receipt for a power tool prompted Paul Weingarth to found digital receipts company Slyp in 2016. Now, he’s got the University of Technology, Sydney to produce a lifecycle analysis of the true cost of the 10.6 billion receipts handed to Australians each year. Key Takeaways Paul Weingarth was a self-described “payments nerd” […]
AI Superheroes: Meet the 8 disruptors shaping the future of artificial intelligence
In Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises,” a character is asked how he went bankrupt. His reply? “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” The astounding trajectory of Artificial Intelligence (AI) bears many similarities.
100 trillion: Meet the Aussies on a mission to clean up space junk
Space Machines Company launched in 2019 with a mission to clean up space junk and service the some-7,000 satellites orbiting in the sky. After two-and-a-half-years in design-mode, its orbital servicing vehicle, Optimus, is ready for take-off, on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch in March 2024.