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Australian hospitality technology group Liven has acquired four tech companies worth a combined $152 million, in a bid to fuel international expansion.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected water vapour in a “planet-forming” area of a distant star, the agency announced Monday, in a major discovery that marks the first time astronomers have found extraterrestrial water in an area with planets on the cusp of being formed, shedding light on how life could have begun on Earth.

Several major U.S. and international publishers are joining forces as part of an effort to sue major artificial intelligence companies for using their content to train their generative AI models and seek new rules that govern such actions, Semafor reported Sunday.

Popular music streaming platform Spotify has confirmed that they will be raising their prices from $11.99 to $12.99 a month for Premium users.

The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) offers Australia an exciting opportunity to rise to the next level as an advanced manufacturing powerhouse – but will the country fall behind?

Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk launched a long-teased website X.com on Sunday, redirecting the domain to Twitter, and said he will relabel the social media platform’s iconic blue bird logo as the letter “X,” the latest step in a massive rebranding effort toward what Musk has described as an all-in-one “everything app.”

Spotify plans to raise the price of its advertisement-free premium streaming plan by $1 a month, sources told the Wall Street Journal on Friday, as the streaming giant looks to remain competitive in a growing streaming marketplace, following similar moves by Netflix and Peacock.

As the United States goes for a historic three-peat, it’s USA vs. The World this summer in Australia and New Zealand. Financially, though, it’s no competition—with 11 Americans among the tournament’s top 15 earners.

Threads has seen a 70% decline in active daily users since its July 7 peak, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower.

When KPMG asked Charlie Wood to take a look into another business, he never imagined or planned on becoming its CEO. Since taking over at Wiise, the company has tripled its revenue and average revenue per unit (ARPU) has grown by 85%.